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Posts tagged “tutoring-business”

Playbooks, comparisons and how-tos for running a tutoring business — scheduling, billing, payroll, reporting and the learning platform that proves the teaching.

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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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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What Parents Expect From a Tutor Now That They Have AI at Home
What Parents Expect From a Tutor Now That They Have AI at Home
By Brandon Collis3 August 2026

Students now have free AI at home, and that has quietly raised what parents expect from a paid tutor. A photocopied worksheet no longer clears the bar. Here is the new expectation, and how to meet it without adding tutor hours.

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What Running a Tutoring Company Taught Me About Tracking Student Progress
What Running a Tutoring Company Taught Me About Tracking Student Progress
By Brandon Collis30 July 2026

For my first few years I didn't track progress at all. I hoped, asked how the tests went, and re-tested a hard question the next session. Here's where that broke, why the spreadsheet most owners reach for next fails too, and the four things a progress-tracking system actually has to do.

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How to Handle Payments and Invoicing as a Tutoring Business (Australia, 2026)
How to Handle Payments and Invoicing as a Tutoring Business (Australia, 2026)
By Brandon Collis23 July 2026

How money actually moves through an Australian tutoring business: invoicing policy, how families pay, chasing overdue invoices, and how tutors get paid.

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How to Start and Scale a Tutoring Business in Australia (2026): The Operator's Guide
How to Start and Scale a Tutoring Business in Australia (2026): The Operator's Guide
By Brandon Collis11 July 2026

How to start, run and scale a tutoring business in Australia — pricing, scheduling, hiring and clients, from someone doing it.

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Session Counts Are a Vanity Metric — What I Track Instead After 3 Years Running a Tutoring Company
Session Counts Are a Vanity Metric — What I Track Instead After 3 Years Running a Tutoring Company
By Brandon Collis9 July 2026

Sessions, attendance, revenue can look fine right up until a family cancels. Here's the KPI framework I track student progress with instead.

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How Much Should You Charge for Tutoring? A Tutoring-Company Owner's Guide (2026)
How Much Should You Charge for Tutoring? A Tutoring-Company Owner's Guide (2026)
By Brandon Collis2 July 2026

I run a tutoring company in Australia. Here's how to set your tutoring rates — what to charge clients, what to pay tutors, and the margin that keeps the business alive — with real numbers.

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Tutor Contractor vs Employee: What Australian Tutoring Companies Need to Know
Tutor Contractor vs Employee: What Australian Tutoring Companies Need to Know
By ClassQuill Team30 June 2026

The ATO doesn't care what you call the arrangement — it looks at the substance. Here's how classification actually works for Australian tutoring companies.

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EOFY for Australian Tutoring Companies: The End-of-Financial-Year Checklist
EOFY for Australian Tutoring Companies: The End-of-Financial-Year Checklist
By Brandon Collis30 June 2026

A practical end-of-financial-year checklist for Australian tutoring companies — GST and BAS, super and contractor obligations for tutors, WWCC renewals, record-keeping, and why EOFY is the cleanest time to switch software.

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