Upgrade Your Education Business
Upgrade Your Education Business is the go-to podcast for private tutors and education business owners who want to grow a sustainable, joyful business without following formulas or burning out.
Hosted by experienced business mentor Sumantha McMahon, each episode is packed with practical marketing and sales strategies, mindset insights, and real talk about the highs and lows of running your own tutoring business.
Whether you’re just starting or looking to refine and simplify what you’ve built, you’ll find inspiration and actionable advice that helps you attract students, boost your visibility, and create a business that works for your version of success.
🎧 New episodes every week, including short mindset boosters and deeper strategy sessions.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 286
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
48 Ways To Unblock Success-Stoppers
Sometimes, it's the small things that make the biggest impact.
The good news is that it also means that small changes can result in big improvements!
In this episode, I explore possible things that mig…
47 Staying Consistent On Social Media (Without It Taking Over Your Life!)
As mentioned in this episode, my 100 Content Prompts will make content creation seamless and fast - pay once and get lifetime access. Grab yours now!
The one thing that stops so many people from achie…
46 Working ON Your Business - What Do I Do?
"Work on your business, not in it" - we've all heard it.
Well, firstly, as edu business owners, this isn't a rule. We often have to work in our businesses, so don't let generic phrases like this make…
45 Turning Sales From Icky To Sticky!
Fancy a mini-training session with me? Well, you're in luck .. that's just what you'll get in this episode.
In this episode, I dive into the ways to approach sales so that:
- You attract clients who wil…
44 Email Marketing: Convert Subscribers Into Clients
Want to know if email marketing is for you? Perhaps you want to improve the results you get from your existing efforts.
If you answered 'yes' to either, then you'll like this episode.
I deep-dive into…
43 Not sure which direction to take your business in?
Everyone has an opinion and way of doing things.
I love the Tutors' Mastermind which is a membership model, people pay monthly and can cancel any time.
But someone else might prefer running courses o…
42 How to get your business in front of the right people
You have a great thing to offer clients, but if the right people don't know about it, how will it sell?
In this episode, I share ways to boost your visibility while prioritising quality of quantity - …
41 How To Start Selling To Schools with Cerys Keneally
This is a corker of an episode! Cerys shares SO much value - you're going to want to have a pen and paper ready.
In this discussion, we focus on key apprehensions or struggles people might have when …
40 Boost Your Visibility To Get In Front Of The Right People
Contrary to popular perception, being visible isn't about showing your face and plastering yourself everyone!
We want to get in front of the right people, instead of just many people, by being conscio…
39 Get Sales Through Your Content
Grab your 100 Content Prompts, specifically for education business here.
When you sit down to write content, how do you feel?
Choose one of these options.
- I love content creation and get great result…
38 Using LinkedIn For Your Education Business with Alex Asher
Your 100 Content Prompts, especially for education businesses!
Grab yours now (if you're a Tutors' Mastermind member, remember your 50% discount).
Do you struggle with LinkedIn? Are you unsure how y…
37 Would A Podcast Be Good For Your Business? with Sara Whittaker
Have you wondered about starting a podcast? Maybe you're in the planning stages. Well, this episode is SO useful for you.
Sara Whittaker who hosts Podcasting For Educators joins me to help unpack th…
36 Don't Follow Everything You Hear (Even From Me)
Do you every feel overwhelmed with all the business advice flying your way?
Just as you think you have everything under control, you find out there's yet another thing you need to be doing!
In this e…
35 4 Simple, But Powerful Ways To Attract More Clients
Join the waiting list for my soon-to-come Content That Converts Course.
Listen up to grab four quick, but high impact ways, to generate more enquiries and attract more clients to your bus…
33 Avoiding Burnout
Burnout. Exhaustion. It's a thing, but is it always a bad thing?
In this episode, I talk about:
★ how I avoid it or reverse out of it before it gets bad
★ why it might not always be a bad thing
★ actio…
32 Four Ways To Make Your Business Stronger
Here's the link to the YouTube video I mentioned at the end!
I share ideas specifically for tuition businesses.
Today, I share for key things you can do to strengthen your business.
Here's what I unpa…
31 Top Tips To Work With A Virtual Assistant
This complements episode 21 where I talk about how to approach hiring someone, including delegating tasks you feel needs you.
As requested by listeners, today I build upon what I discussed and share:
- t…
30 Is This Stopping You From Getting Clients?
Want a little more? Watch my video on this topic here.
If you're wondering why you're not attracting paying clients, despite marketing yourself and what you offer, this will help.
People need confiden…
29 INTERVIEW Andrea Gadsbey - Growing Your Edu Business In Different Directions
I met Andrea just over a year ago when she had a 5 year plan to leave her full-time teaching job through her tuition business.
It ended up happening in 1 year!
But what's interesting is how Andrea's bu…
28 Create A World That Clients Want To Stay In
Do you want to boost the chances of clients staying with you or browsers turning into buyers?
In my opinion, there are two key ways to do this:
Create a world that people want to enter
Create a world in…