Here are the things that most help tutors convert enquiries into booked lessons and grow their business.
Set yourself up to be found and booked
- Keep your availability accurate so students can see when you’re free and match it to their own schedule.
- Offer free video chats to talk to a student or parent and understand how you can help, without the pressure of delivering a full lesson.
- Update your profile regularly: add new experience, qualifications, and only the subjects you’re confident teaching.
Respond well to enquiries
- Reply in a friendly, engaging way. Students often message several tutors at once, so enthusiasm makes you stand out. Avoid one-line replies.
- Make your first reply count: include your background, how you’ll help them reach their goals, and a couple of questions to get them talking, so you can plan a great first session.
- Remember you represent Tutorful in every message. It may be a student’s first interaction with Tutorful, so make it positive.
- Be patient, but follow up. If you haven’t heard back in a couple of days, a gentle prompt is fine.
Manage your workload
If you’re fully booked or only have specific slots to fill, set your account offline so you don’t get enquiries you can’t fulfil.
How we help
We try to send you only suitable enquiries by letting students filter by price and availability, request times from your availability calendar, and see the subjects and levels you teach. Not every tutor and student will be the right fit, but we work to make most of your enquiries bookable.
What to do next
For availability, see the availability article. For free video chats, see the free video chat articles. For editing your profile, see the profile editing article. To go offline, see here.