You're tutoring online and your business is growing. You're using social media and thinking about a website - after all if you're working online you need to be found One essential ingredient for both of these things -a website and social media is great images And for...

Have you wondered about setting up a Facebook group for your online tutoring business? If you're in my Facebook Group, you've heard me saying many times that a Facebook group really helps to get online students ( see what I did there? ) 'I know how to work the tech,...

It's the start of the academic year for many of us That means lots of enquiries from potential students, lots of admin, lots of fielding questions : First impressions count and this is our opportunity as online tutors to hit the ground running  You want any potential...

After running the How to Tutor Online Course for over 2 years I realised that building a website was where people were coming unstuck   An online tutor with no website ? Emm...it's a bit like a hairdresser with no scissors, a gardener with no lawnmower ...you get the...

Walking my dogs this morning I was listening  to this week's Desert Island Discs If you're in my Facebook Group you'll know what this week one of my recommended podcasts is Desert Island Discs - other people's lives combined with their choices of favourite music is...

How has your New Year started ? Same old, same old... or are you out the traps at a great pace and off to the races ? A lot of metaphors there - and mixed metaphors at that ! It's going to be a good year for online tutoring, I just know it. Schools are short staffed,...

How much should a tutor be paid ? Better Pay, More Respect are the resolutions of many teachers and tutors for 2020 I'm in touch with a lot of educators- teachers and tutors. I also read blogs written by teachers and check in with their ongoing discussions on various...

Is it a good time to start tutoring online?  Well, consider this ...In many cultures around the world, we expect teenagers who are fresh out of high school to choose a career. Not a starter job, mind you, but a career they expect to remain in for the next 40 years. ...

Many teachers decide to enter the profession based solely on the fact that within a few years they will most likely become millionaires. Oh, wait. Just kidding.  No teachers enter their profession because of the money. It’s common knowledge that pretty much wherever...

As many of you know, I have an online course that walks you through the steps of setting up your online tutoring business. My goal is to make the transition from traditional teaching to the virtual classroom not only painless, but exciting and joyful even. Once you...

There are online tutors, and then there is Stacey Howe-Lott. Her confidence, verve and mastery of the virtual teaching format make our business look downright sexy. I was thrilled to sit down and chat with Stacey about her journey from the traditional to the digital...

Yep, overworked teacher or not, Christmas, and all that comes with it, is finally upon us, for better or worse. Can you feel it? You know, the time of year everyone, even us overworked teachers have been thinking about / dreading / preparing for since shops filled...

    A Facebook Page for online tutors?  Here’s how setting one up will help you showcase your tutoring skills  You know that to tutor online you need to have an online presence .  You just don’t want to set up a website just yet. I get that.  It can be a daunting...

  I want to teach online - I must get at least 5 emails every week with that as the subject heading. But I couldn't believe the response to my recent post about the Top 1% of teachers... ...or, more accurately, my post about the other 99%. You know, the ones...

LIFE AS AN ONLINE TUTOR Over the years, many teachers have asked me how I made the transition from 1:1 teaching to start online tutoring.  here's my experience of classroom teaching versus online teaching  AUGUST 1993 Dear diary, I shouldn’t be awake right now. It’s...

WHY TUTOR ONLINE Isn’t it strange how quickly we forget things these days? I don’t only mean car keys or appointment times. I’m talking about the events that have profound impact on our way of life. Take, for example, the Occupy protests. Remember those? When...

Online tutoring: recreate your teaching career.There’s nothing like the start of a school year to make you think.Resolutions and fresh starts, yes...but for many, it’s also a time to reflect  on the past ad regroup. To take stock.Think for a moment about the past...

There's something about the view from a sun lounger that makes everything seem, well... different. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I've had some of my best ideas on holiday. The combination of  heat, swimming and Ambre Solaire creates space in my brain, stills...