My Story to Success... Part 1
Posted 10-28-2011 at 07:51 AM by brucear
I have always been on the Internet.. but never realised that I could make a living out of it! I had used it to create a (very poor) webpage selling my skills as a Mathematics Tutor - with limited success! What I failed to realise is that it's OK to sell your time, but the crunch comes when, after a hard day's work, you still have to drive to s student's home, spend an hour trying to get them to understand, what to you - is a really simple concept.
Before the "financial crisis" I had 7 students each month - for which I charged at total of £700 - this was good as it meant that on my meagre teacher salary, we could afford to do some nice things together.
But afer the "financial crisis" I found that although my ad costs were the same, my pupil numbers dropped away right down to one students a month (£100).
It was then that I decided that things had to change......
Before the "financial crisis" I had 7 students each month - for which I charged at total of £700 - this was good as it meant that on my meagre teacher salary, we could afford to do some nice things together.
But afer the "financial crisis" I found that although my ad costs were the same, my pupil numbers dropped away right down to one students a month (£100).
It was then that I decided that things had to change......
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