You can accept a client even if you don’t know everything about solving their problem. But, you should invest some time to do research and study.
Learn about all the technology and tools needed to solve their problem before the class begins. This is really important. You don’t want to go to the tutoring session underprepared. Keep a notebook where you can write the essential things needed.
That doesn’t mean that you need to know everything about technology before teaching clients. You can use google while teaching and be honest about your knowledge. Being honest about yourself is better than acting like an expert.
Now, it’s time to provide value. Schedule a video conference or an in-person meeting if possible. I use Skype for tutoring, and it’s very easy. You just need to do a video conference, and there is an option to share your screen.
You can do all the coding on your computer and show that to the client while teaching. Also, you can allow the client to share his screen and do coding if needed.
For doing this, make sure you are good with the tools. A laptop with Skype software, Internet connection, and an IDE to code would be enough.
Make sure you have a good earphone or microphone so that the audio would be clear. Also, sit at a place where there is enough light so that the client can see your face.
If you want to use slides, that’s cool. However, you can teach in any way. After a session is over, give the client some small assignments or things to learn.
If you do a good job with the first few classes, there is a high probability that the client will be interested to learn more from you. So, you need to keep that in mind.
Help the customer as much as you can and provide value. If you’re genuine about helping the client, you’ll get the reward for it. You can tease a little bit about the advanced things that you can do.
For example, when you finish the python basics class, you can show the clients the web apps that you built with Python and Django. That way, the client would want to learn Django as well. Hence, you can keep that client for some more time. It’s easy to keep existing clients than finding new clients.
When you finish the sessions for a client, make sure that you ask for the feedback. You can make a web page for feedback submission or do it in any other way that you like.
Feedback will be really helpful for your growth as a tutor. You can welcome healthy criticisms and use that to improve yourself. Also, ask the client to leave a rating for you on your profile. A short testimonial with 2-3 sentences would be really valuable, especially when you look for new clients.
Now, you and the client part ways. You can repeat these same steps again and again to get more clients.
One thing I would suggest you is to create an excel sheet to track the income that you’re getting from clients. Tracking money is a good habit, and it will encourage you to make more income.
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