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The Tutor Edit
by Jane Bilham
Hey, I’m Jane 👋 I’m the founder of Vireo Tuition and Vireo Academy, and host of The Tutor Edit. I started tutoring face to face in local libraries in 2014 when my son was a baby. In 2024, I took the leap to grow a team of tutors and since then, I’ve built a six figure global online tuition business, supporting students around the world, alongside a growing team of tutors. The Tutor Edit is for tutors who want to start building something more flexible, more sustainable, and more aligned with the life they actually want to live. Whether that’s through working with international students, creating more daytime tutoring opportunities, reshaping your timetable, or growing as an online tutor. If you’re an online tutor, private tutor, or educator ready to grow your tutoring business in a way that actually works for your life, you’re in the right place.
Episodes
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From Teacher to Tutor: Naming Your Own Expertise
How do you call yourself an expert as a tutor when nobody will say it for you? This episode started with a question shared by tutors at the Tutor Exchange: What are you an expert in? In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I'm talking about why so many experienced tutors introduce themselves as "just…
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How to Work Less as a Tutor Without Losing Income
How do you work less as a tutor without losing income, when your lessons pay the bills? This episode starts with the hours nobody pays you for. Where is your time actually going? In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I'm talking about the unpaid admin in a tutoring business: the email you've written...
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The 5-Minute Exercise Every Tutor Needs to Reclaim Their Time
Many of us leave teaching because we want more control over our time. We want to be there for school pick-up, have dinner with our families, enjoy a proper day off, and have the freedom to decide when and how we work. But once we become self-employed, it's surprisingly easy for those boundaries…
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Does Your Tutoring Business Still Fit the Life You Want?
September can feel like a fresh start in a tutoring business. New enquiries arrive, students return, families settle into new routines and suddenly those empty spaces in your timetable don't look quite so empty anymore. But before you start filling every available slot, there's an important...
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How Simple Systems Can Make Your Tutoring Business Easier to Run
One of the biggest drains on your time isn't always doing the work—it's remembering that you need to do it. Remembering to follow up with an inquiry, send an invoice, rearrange a lesson, reply to a message, or send something you promised can create an enormous amount of mental noise. In this...
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Why Growing Your Tutoring Business Doesn't Always Mean Getting More Clients
Many tutors start their businesses simply by trying to get clients, fill their timetable and make some money. But once your business is established and you're consistently getting enquiries, referrals and income, a different question starts to matter: What do I actually want this business to look...
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Stop Competing on Price: How to Package Your Tutoring Offer
Many tutors sell their services as a simple exchange of time for money: one hour of tuition for a set price. But when that's all families can see, it's no surprise that they start comparing tutors based on cost. In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I explore why packaging your tutoring offer can…
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Stop Creating More Content: Fix This First
Tutors are often told that getting more enquiries means posting more and creating content consistently. But what if the real problem isn’t your content—it’s your messaging? In this episode of The Tutor Edit, Jane explores why unclear messaging can leave tutoring businesses sounding just like...
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Why Every Tutor Needs a Professional Network to Grow Their Business
When I started running my own tutoring business, I didn’t expect one of the hardest parts to be how lonely it could feel. Even when I was surrounded by students, parents and messages, I realised there was a difference between having people around me and having people who truly understood what it...
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The 10-Minute Daily Routine Every Tutor Needs
When you work for yourself, it can feel like the work is never really done. There’s always another email to answer, another task to complete, or something else you could be doing. And if you wait until everything is finished before you stop working, you may never actually stop. In this episode of...
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The Hidden Cost of Working from Home as a Tutor (And How to Fix It)
Many tutors leave the classroom dreaming of more flexibility, freedom, and time with their families. But when your home becomes your office, classroom, marketing department, and admin centre, those boundaries can quietly disappear. In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I explore why working from…
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How to Build a Tutoring Business That Fits Around Your Life
Many tutors start their business for more freedom, yet often end up feeling guilty whenever they spend time growing it. In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I explore why that guilt isn't a sign you're doing something wrong—it's often a sign that your boundaries need strengthening. I share the…
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Build a Tutoring Business That Gives You More Freedom, Not Less
One of the biggest reasons many teachers become tutors is to gain more freedom, flexibility, and control over their time. But as your tutoring business grows, it's surprisingly easy for work to quietly creep back into every part of your life. In this episode of The Tutor Edit, I explore how...
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How to Collect Parent Testimonials That Grow Your Tutoring Business
Many tutors finish the academic year, breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately switch into summer mode. But before you move on, there's one powerful opportunity you shouldn't miss—capturing the impact you've made. In this final episode of the summer mini-series, I explore why feedback is much…
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What Should Stay Human in Tutoring? Balancing AI, Automation & Relationships
Automation can save tutors hours of admin, but the strongest tutoring businesses are built on something technology can never replace—human connection. In this episode of the summer mini-series, I explore how tutors can create the right balance between efficient systems and meaningful…
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The Hidden Work That's Draining Your Energy as a Tutor
Make tutoring easier by fixing your customer journey, not by working harder. In this episode, I continue the summer mini-series by exploring how tutors can use the quieter months to reduce the hidden mental load that comes with running a tutoring business. From repeated emails and scheduling to...
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The Marketing Advice Tutors Might Want to Ignore
Stop posting 5 times a day on social media if it's not bringing you clients. In this video, I break down the marketing advice tutors should actually ignore. In this episode, I kick off a special summer mini-series by exploring why the quieter months are the perfect time to evaluate what's…
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5 Ways Tutors Can Use Summer to Strengthen Their Business
In this episode, I discuss one of the biggest realities of running a tutoring business: the summer slowdown. Many tutors experience a drop in enquiries, paused lessons, and less predictable income during the summer months, especially in their first year. I explain why this seasonal shift is...
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How I Use Webinars to Build Trust, Engage Families, and Grow My Tutoring Business
In this episode, I share a breakthrough moment I recently experienced with webinars. For the first time in three years, I finished a webinar feeling energised rather than exhausted because students stayed engaged, contributed throughout, and genuinely enjoyed the experience. I reflect on how my...
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What Tutors Can Learn From Other Industries
In this episode, I explore why some of the most valuable business lessons for tutors can come from stepping outside the education world altogether. After attending the SBS Conference as a Small Business Sunday winner, I experienced firsthand how connecting with business owners from different...
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What Taking a Month Off Taught Me About My Tutoring Business
In this episode, I share one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned while building my tutoring business: rest isn’t the opposite of productivity — it’s often what creates the clarity to make better decisions. Like many tutors, I carried an “endurance mindset” from teaching into business, saying yes…
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When Your Tutoring Business Starts Taking Over Your Home Life
In this episode, Jane Bilham explores the hidden challenge many tutors and business owners face: the constant mental switching between roles. From tutoring sessions and parenting responsibilities to client communication and business tasks, she explains how constantly changing hats can lead to...
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Why Human Connection Still Matters in an Online Tutoring Business
In this episode, Jane Billham reflects on how meeting her business partners in person for the first time after more than five years of working online transformed her tuition business in ways no strategy ever had. Although the partnership had grown successfully through Zoom, WeChat, and email, she...
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The Habits You Didn’t Mean to Bring Into Tutoring
In this episode, I reflect on how many former teachers unknowingly carry their old working habits into their tutoring business. While traits like professionalism, preparation, and responsibility are valuable, they often come with less helpful patterns such as constant availability, immediate...
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Your Tuition Business Is Allowed to Change (That’s Not Failure)
In this episode, I talk about something that doesn’t get said enough when running a tutoring business: change is not always a problem to fix. It could be a sign that your tuition business is responding to your life. I share how my own tutoring business evolved over time: from working evenings…
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Busy vs Burnout: How to Take Back Control of Your Tutoring Schedule
In this episode, I talk about something I see all the time in tutoring businesses: confusing a normal busy season with what I call “drift.” That’s when small, well-meaning yeses slowly build into a way of working you never actually chose. I share conversations I’ve had with fully booked,...
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For Tutors Trying to Make This Work With Real Life
If you're building a tutoring business after teaching, but want it to actually fit alongside your life, this episode is for you. I’ve been having the same conversations with tutors over and over again. People who are doing well, who are busy, who care about their students… but something still…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hey, I’m Jane 👋
I’m the founder of Vireo Tuition and Vireo Academy, and host of The Tutor Edit.
I started tutoring face to face in local libraries in 2014 when my son was a baby. In 2024, I took the leap to grow a team of tutors and since then, I’ve built a six figure global online tuition business, supporting students around the world, alongside a growing team of tutors.
The Tutor Edit is for tutors who want to start building something more flexible, more sustainable, and more aligned with the life they actually want to live. Whether that’s through working with international students, creating more daytime tutoring opportunities, reshaping your timetable, or growing as an online tutor.
If you’re an online tutor, private tutor, or educator ready to grow your tutoring business in a way that actually works for your life, you’re in the right place.
HOSTED BY
Jane Bilham
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Hey, I’m Jane 👋 I’m the founder of Vireo Tuition and Vireo Academy, and host of The Tutor Edit. I started tutoring face to face in local libraries in 2014 when my son was a baby. In 2024, I took the leap to grow a team of tutors and since then, I’ve built a six figure global online tuition...
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