👩🏫 Welcome to #SocialChats episode #40 with special guest Noelle Goodhue the Director and Founder of Teenage Tutors, a company that matches high school honour-roll students with families looking for homework help.
Based out of TORONTO Ontario and expanding…
ENTREPRENEURS
- Starting your own business starts with an idea and believing in it.
- Building a Business Plan around that idea
- Moving forward one step at a time
- Persevering through the tough times
- Word of mouth and positive feedback are keys to a successful launch
- Things will evolve if there is a demand for your business
- Noelle involved the parents to spread the word and then the teenagers
- Facebook was another way Teenage Tutors created excitement around the business model
- Do your homework
- RESEARCH, who are your Competitors
- Who’s your client?
Marketing
- We started with flyers in the shops
- Gift certificates
- Yard/Lawn signs
- Donations
- Recycling bags
- Promotional materials
- Knocking on doors
- Having no overhead kept the expenses down
- Facebook Groups
STRUGGLES
- Keep the negative people away
- A mentality of perseverance
- Having a good support from friends and family
- Make sure it’s a good idea
- You will have low days, that’s life.
- Positive attitude, don’t give up!
Happiness
- Sharing my business in other communities
- Seeing the growth
- My Franchising moving outside Greater Toronto
Tips for getting started
- Research before you spend money on rent
- Is there a demand?
- Who you targeting
- Is it your passion?
- Have a lawyer on hand
- Trademarks
- We are a local business in a community partnership!
QUOTE: “Try not to become a woman of success, rather become a WOMAN of value”
Albert Einstein and Noelle!
Convenient, affordable, high-quality tutoring in a wide area of subjects
WHY CHOOSE TEENAGE TUTORS?
Convenient: we come to your home at a time that works best for you and your child!
Highest quality: our tutors are, without exception, honour-roll students with a proven track record of excellence.
Affordable: $35 per hour.
Homework Help from Grade 1 to Grade 10
$35/hour – We come to your home!
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