Boosting Your Tutoring Business with Exam-Prep Lessons
- bellabrunke
- Mar 13
- 3 min read
Worried about your tutoring income bottoming out again this summer? This doesn't have to be the case. Finding a supplemental niche to expand your business is incredibly important, especially during a time when attendance drops and school’s out. Something that never truly stops despite the summer season is exam prep. Parents want their students to be as prepared as possible, and this leaves room for opportunity. Our tips will help turn the summer months into peak earners, rather than disappointing income dips.
In the run-up to summer, preparing specialized lessons and tutoring sessions centered around exam prep is a great way to set yourself up for success. Promoting this added service to an already established clientele could also pique their interest. Many parents would be delighted to get a jump on the year, and make sure their child doesn’t forget everything they’ve learned over the past year, particularly with a tutor they already respect.
Of course, promoting this service beyond already established customers is essential. Utilizing social media by posting ads across groups and pages is a smart way to gain notice from parents who would take interest in your business. Beyond this, interact with your community! Liaise with local schools to promote summer booster sessions, and leave flyers at doctors’ offices and community noticeboards just to name a few strategies.
Your exam prep business could also target several different kinds of exams, allowing for added opportunities and attracting different kinds of clientele. Online exam prep tutoring is also highly convenient for group lessons, as it allows for more students to be included in one class session due to the standardized format and decreased need for individualized lesson prep. The online formatting also includes student analytics, which would allow you to get a generalized idea of what the whole class is struggling with. This would allow you to adjust your course to see where you’re falling flat, while also being able to assist the entire class.
The longevity of the exam prep course is also very important. Many students sign up for 6-month courses to help prepare, so this summer business could expand further to other times of the year to help prepare, but offering it as preparation for the school year to keep students’ skills sharp is also significant. But at the same time, shorter intensive programs in small groups can tackle weaknesses and be really good earners.
In terms of content, it is absolutely essential to understand the test inside and out. Formatting and strategy are oftentimes the most essential skills taught in exam prep courses. It is important to establish that standardized testing is different from regular in-school tests. Standardized tests may ask questions in specific ways and target different skills. This distinction is highly important, as these tests are going to push students in different ways than regular testing. Be certain to educate yourself on the exam as thoroughly as possible. You are going to need to be an expert to be able to support students to the best of your ability. This knowledge will be essential to deliver summer booster sessions confidently and engender real progress!
Exam prep is certainly a lucrative business. It can also be extremely rewarding to help students work hard to prepare and succeed. In a time when tutoring slows down, now is THE time to start a new side hustle in addition to regular tutoring services. Exam season will begin to heat up and getting a jump on the next year will be incredibly effective.
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