Comments on: Side Hustle Series: I’m a Tutor

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:45:20 +0000

In reply to Ava Aseron. Rock on! Thanks for sharing Ava :)

By: Ava Aseron

Ava Aseron — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:23:41 +0000

Was also able to check this website http://preply.com/en for tutorial services it is indeed a lot of help for me

By: Ava Aseron

Ava Aseron — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:21:33 +0000

Thanks for the idea and tips! Im a teacher and I wanted to earn a little sideline related to my career.

By: Paul Gallipeau

Paul Gallipeau — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:39:06 +0000

Hi rabia,

In my experience, my clients have preferred to have me tutor in their home. I have had a few who requested a public location, such as the library. Since you have your profiles set up, I’d suggest posting an ad to craigslist consistently. There’s a post on my site that can guide you through that (here’s a shameless link: http://www.howtostarttutoring.com/how-to-write-a-good-craigslist-ad/).

Hope that helps!
– Paul

By: rabia

rabia — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:13:54 +0000

Hi.. I am very inspired by your article Paul. Can you Please suggest me from where should I begin tutoring? I have made my on line profiles but I don’t think that it will help. Can you please suggest me something? because I really need to make money due to financial crisis.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:07:18 +0000

Cool, good to know – thanks :)

By: Isabel

Isabel — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:15:26 +0000

First Tutors is the leading tutor matching service in the UK, and has just released its sister site in the US: http://www.firsttutors.com/usa/
Totally free for tutors to sign up on and create your own profile, and they don’t force you to go through some rigorous application process! Also, as tutors deal with the clients direct, you get to keep pretty much all of your proceeds. Its already generating a lot of user interest across the US, just in need of tutors to populate it.
Sign up at http://www.firsttutors.com/usa/register.php :-)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:28:47 +0000

Thanks again Paul! I’m glad to see everyone enjoyed this as much as I did. Even though the last thing I wanna do is tutor someone, haha… unless it has to do with blogging/building out projects – then I’d totally do it! That’s just pure fun ;)

@Stephanie – Haha, yeah – def. sounds more interesting than teaching calc ;)
@Sarah L – Yeah, I bet! Most people don’t go through the trouble of either DOING reviews, or asking reviews, so if all you have is GREAT ones – even just a few – it looks great!
@John Becker – Exactly :) Good addition…You make that money, you better pay them taxes!
@Natalie @ Mango – YES!!! In fact, I may need to find someone to move a piece of furniture I may buy on CL! :) Good good idea indeed, thanks for sharing it with all of us.

By: Natalie @ Mango

Natalie @ Mango — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:05:26 +0000

Paul, this is great advice. For some reason I always thought becoming a tutor must be more complicated than just posting an ad on Craigslist. But now that I think back on it, I’m sure that’s how my parents found us tutors growing up. This article got me thinking though– there are probably tons of things you can do, just by placing an ad on Craigslist or a similar site, to earn some extra cash. If you have a big truck and a strong friend or two, you could help people move. You could mow lawns, do yard work, fix things around someone’s house, maybe even clean houses or maintain pools if you’ve got the no-how and the tools. But always be careful offering or accepting any services or products from those sites! I work for Mango Money’s blog and we recently did a post about staying safe on Craigslist. Check it out, it might be helpful if you’re thinking about doing something like this! http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/how-to/the-misadventures-of-a-craigslist-rookie

By: Paul Gallipeau

Paul Gallipeau — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:49:39 +0000

@John: Yeah, you’re SO right! But there are a lot of tax advantages to tutoring; you can write off a lot of expenses for it. I have a few posts on the topic on my site. You can write off travel expenses, any books, magazines, or other media related to your tutoring field, as well as gifts (up to $25 per person per year).