Manual Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Easy Market Survey

Legal U.S.A. - Don't Get Caught Unaware

Your Business Entity
Employee or Contractor? - An Important Legal and Tax Distinction
Licenses
Insurance
Taxes - General Information

Essential Information for Getting Started

Goals and Inspiration
Setting-Up Shop - Or How to Turn Your Home into a Home Office
Important Items for Selecting a Bank
Office Equipment (Other Than Telephone)
Telephone Equipment and Service
What To Tutor - Academics, Computer, Music, or ?
Your Business Presentation
Setting Your Rates
Organization

Proven Marketing and Advertising Techniques

Free (or Almost Free) Advertising
Paid Advertising

Top-notch Tutors

What Qualities are Important?
Acquiring Teachers
The Phone Interview
The Interview
Your Relationship with Your Teachers

Bring on Your Students

What to Say (And How To Be) When the Phone Rings
What to Say & Do if a Potential Client Says "No" To a First Session
What to Say & Do if a Potential Client Says "Yes" To a First Session

Matchmaking

Things to Contemplate when Matching a Tutor with a Student
Find All Possible Tutors
Contacting the Teacher
Information To Give (And Not To Give) the Tutor
Organizational Strategies for Matchmaking

Record Keeping Made Simple

Accounts Receivable - Accepting Credit Cards and Keeping Track of Your Money)
Accounts Payable - How to Keep Your Tutors Happy
Other Financial Records
Client Records
Tutor Records

Computer Basics

Expensive Customized Software is NOT Needed
Contact Management Software
Tricks for Using Quickbooks Effectively
The Web and Email
Electronic Banking

Solutions

Late Payments
The Bounced Check
Collection
No Shows
"The Tutoring Isn't Working"
Creating a Rewards System that Works

Key Forms

Student Forms
Potential Student Letters
Welcome Letters
Child Instructional Contract*
Adult Instructional Contract*
Tutor Forms
Contractor Agreement*
NO SHOW Policy
Tutoring Job Agreement
Notes to New Tutors
Sample Invoice
Important Dates
Administration Forms
Tutoring Payment Record
Tutor Record Sheet (Optional)

For Your Information

Letters to Clients
Advertisements
Newsletter Articles

Resources

Website Worksheets
Business Plan Outline
Miscellaneous Resources
Contractor/Employee distinction

*These contracts alone should save you more than the price of the manual in attorney time. Rather than paying your attorney to write these contracts from scratch, allow your attorney to review the contracts in this package.