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Acquiring a new tutoring student costs roughly five times more than keeping an existing one. Five times. And yet most independent tutors spend the bulk of their energy on getting students — the ads, the profiles, the free trials, the DMs — while almost nothing goes into keeping them. Here's
Your online tutor profile is probably beige. Not literally. But "Experienced teacher with a passion for languages and 8 years of teaching experience"? That's the profile equivalent of a magnolia wall. Inoffensive, forgettable, and shared by approximately every tutor on the internet. The good news: most
The "How Is Your Student Actually Doing?" Problem Here's a question every language tutor eventually asks themselves, usually mid-session: how is this student actually doing? Not "did they finish the homework" doing. Not "they seemed to understand the subjunctive today" doing. But
Here's the fear that keeps most great tutors stuck on marketplace platforms forever: "If I go independent, where on earth do I find students?" It's a reasonable question. It's also, thankfully, a very solvable one. You don't need a massive