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How to Write a Tutor Bio (Template, Examples and What Actually Gets You Booked)
How to Write a Tutor Bio (Template, Examples and What Actually Gets You Booked)
By Brandon Collis8 October 2026

A tutor bio does three different jobs depending on where it lives. Get a fill-in template, composite examples and how to get good bios from a whole team.

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How to Lower Your Stripe Fees as a Tutoring Business (Australia, UK and US)
How to Lower Your Stripe Fees as a Tutoring Business (Australia, UK and US)
By Brandon Collis6 October 2026

What Stripe fees cost a tutoring business in Australia, the UK and the US, with a $1M worked example and eight ways to pay less.

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Card Surcharges Are Now Banned in Australia: What Tutoring Companies Should Do Instead
Card Surcharges Are Now Banned in Australia: What Tutoring Companies Should Do Instead
By Brandon Collis5 October 2026

Australia banned Visa, Mastercard and eftpos surcharges on 1 October 2026. Here is how tutoring companies can absorb the cost and keep their margin.

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How I Run My Tutoring Company on Claude Code and Obsidian (the Real Stack Before ClassQuill)
How I Run My Tutoring Company on Claude Code and Obsidian (the Real Stack Before ClassQuill)
By Brandon Collis28 August 2026

The actual AI stack I rig by hand to run a tutoring company — Claude Code, Obsidian, MCP — and how to connect it straight to ClassQuill.

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Why ClassQuill Doesn't Have Gamified Badges (And What We Built Instead)
Why ClassQuill Doesn't Have Gamified Badges (And What We Built Instead)
By Brandon Collis20 August 2026

Badges and streaks get students to log in, not to learn. Why ClassQuill skipped gamification for mastery, weakness and review systems parents can see.

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Tutor Tax in Australia: What ABN Contractors Actually Owe (And What Your Tutoring Company Doesn't)
Tutor Tax in Australia: What ABN Contractors Actually Owe (And What Your Tutoring Company Doesn't)
By Brandon Collis18 August 2026

Tutors handle their own tax as ABN contractors, but it's not entirely 'not your problem.' What tutors owe, what to tell them, and where obligations meet.

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Working With Children Check Requirements for Tutoring Companies (Every Australian State)
Working With Children Check Requirements for Tutoring Companies (Every Australian State)
By Brandon Collis16 August 2026

Every state runs its own WWCC scheme: different name, cost and renewal period. What a tutoring company must check, record and track, state by state.

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How EquateIt Runs a Real Tutoring Company on ClassQuill
How EquateIt Runs a Real Tutoring Company on ClassQuill
By Brandon Collis14 August 2026

EquateIt is a real VCE tutoring company, and ClassQuill's own customer. Here's what it actually uses, what it replaced, and what's still manual.

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Hiring Tutors in Australia: Contracts, Compliance and Onboarding (Scale Series, Part 4)
Hiring Tutors in Australia: Contracts, Compliance and Onboarding (Scale Series, Part 4)
By Brandon Collis10 August 2026

Your first tutor hire changes everything: contractor vs employee, WWCC, contracts and onboarding, the Australian way.

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Tutoring Scheduling Systems: From Spreadsheets to a Real Calendar (Scale Series, Part 3)
Tutoring Scheduling Systems: From Spreadsheets to a Real Calendar (Scale Series, Part 3)
By Brandon Collis8 August 2026

When WhatsApp and a spreadsheet stop working: scheduling, bookings and reschedules for a growing tutoring company.

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Setting Your Tutoring Rates and Packages (Scale Series, Part 2)
Setting Your Tutoring Rates and Packages (Scale Series, Part 2)
By Brandon Collis6 August 2026

Pricing across multiple tutors and tiers: rate structure, packages vs hourly, and raising rates without losing clients.

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The Tutoring Business Plan: A Real Template and Financial Model (From an Operator)
The Tutoring Business Plan: A Real Template and Financial Model (From an Operator)
By Brandon Collis5 August 2026

Most tutoring business plan templates are generic small-business boilerplate. This is the one-page version that actually matters, with a real financial model and the Australian market numbers behind it.

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