Speculate to acumulate

As I zoom through the Wiltshire countryside as the sun sets on what has been a spectacular day, I would just like to elaborate on a question posed to me by a prospective tutor.
The lady in question enquired as to the qualifications required to sign up as a tutor on the site. Knowing the lady to have a high class degree in Maths I explained that all she would require would be a CRB check and that the price of this would be covered in her monthly subscription. "Monthly subscription?" She exclaimed "I can't afford one of those, I am buying a house." At this point I demnonstrated that the money for one months subscription would easily be re-couped in just one hour of tuition.
At this point I beg tutors not to be put off by the initial payments and think of the bigger picture, the long term and the potential of entering into this highly lucrative industry.
Thank you for reading. Thank you also to all those who have registered their interest so far at www.tutorlink.org.uk
Best wishes

Welcome to tutorlink

As I sit at my desk to start my first blog on the advice of my development team, I consider just why it is that people should visit tutorlink; it will do great things for customers seeking private tuition and with the impending ISA (a further check additional to the CRB) due to be implemented soon we can hopefully help tutors to be in the right place for the new legislation. We can also give tutoring companies greater visibility by adding their tutors to our site.

At present the market is complicated and quite often very expensive. Our aim is to provide a search engine free to use for those seeking tuition that will show clearly on a map tutors, who have been fully checked by CRB and soon ISA, in their area. The customer will see tutors from multiple companies in their area removing the hassle of going through companies one by one only to find that each requires you to register and give certain details. We do not require your details and therefore do not take them.

With the current economic uncertainty hopefully drawing to a close now is the perfect time to invest in advertising if you are a tutor or tutoring company and education if you are a tutee.

We have a great deal of work to do between now and August when we plan to go live and I will keep you update on our progress.

We can be followed on twitter at www.twitter.com/tutorlink or on facebook, search tutorlink and become a fan. If you would like to register your e-mail address to hear when we go live please visit www.tutorlink.org.uk and submit your e-mail address there.

Thanks for reading and best wishes for the future.