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After canning my previous idea, I've now set upon a new one! I'm setting up a new tuition business but am kinda lost on the order in which I should do things.
I have a vision of the range of services I would like to offer in the medium-long term, but I am aware that without much outside funding and without wanting to get into debt, it's better to start small. Therefore, as my initial "service", I was thinking to start small group tuition in my local area as that will be the cheapest option overall. I'm a qualified teacher of elementary aged children, so I can credibly offer that alone. I am reluctant to create a website for this stage however, as I'd rather my website show/offer the full range of services that I eventually hope to offer, rather than the single service I offer now.
My thought process here is that a high quality and thorough website will look more professional to prospective tutors that I will need to hire, and of course, prospective clients. Although we won't initially be able to offer what some people may want, we can potentially get registrations for future sales/data purposes, and that it might be better to turn prospective clients away than not to have any at all.
At this first stage, I would rather do localised advertising (leaflets, banners etc), but I feel I would be missing out on the large numbers of people who just want to book/register online, so not doing a site would be a missed opportunity.
Although a website can change as the services I offer change, I am one of these types who wants to appear "well-established", for many reasons (some of which are above).
So with all of this said, I feel the whole business centres around the creation of a website, even if I cannot necessarily provide all of the services listed yet. I feel that I am more likely to attract prospective tutors and clients with a high quality website. Do I go whole hog and just build the entire business right now and try and build the other services right away? This will obviously cost a lot more money so it doesn't quite seem to make sense.
I would be grateful if people could share their thoughts with me. I'm very open to the idea that all of my assumptions and thoughts are wrong!
I have a vision of the range of services I would like to offer in the medium-long term, but I am aware that without much outside funding and without wanting to get into debt, it's better to start small. Therefore, as my initial "service", I was thinking to start small group tuition in my local area as that will be the cheapest option overall. I'm a qualified teacher of elementary aged children, so I can credibly offer that alone. I am reluctant to create a website for this stage however, as I'd rather my website show/offer the full range of services that I eventually hope to offer, rather than the single service I offer now.
My thought process here is that a high quality and thorough website will look more professional to prospective tutors that I will need to hire, and of course, prospective clients. Although we won't initially be able to offer what some people may want, we can potentially get registrations for future sales/data purposes, and that it might be better to turn prospective clients away than not to have any at all.
At this first stage, I would rather do localised advertising (leaflets, banners etc), but I feel I would be missing out on the large numbers of people who just want to book/register online, so not doing a site would be a missed opportunity.
Although a website can change as the services I offer change, I am one of these types who wants to appear "well-established", for many reasons (some of which are above).
So with all of this said, I feel the whole business centres around the creation of a website, even if I cannot necessarily provide all of the services listed yet. I feel that I am more likely to attract prospective tutors and clients with a high quality website. Do I go whole hog and just build the entire business right now and try and build the other services right away? This will obviously cost a lot more money so it doesn't quite seem to make sense.
I would be grateful if people could share their thoughts with me. I'm very open to the idea that all of my assumptions and thoughts are wrong!
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