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
PS 74 Change Is Simple, Not Easy
In this short soundbite, I hone in on this concept.
Inspired by the Upgrade Your Mindset book club, Mel Robbins talks about how change is often simple but rarely easy.
And it's important to pause on th…
134 Planning Your Year's Content
In this episode, I'm giving you clear strategies to plan a year's worth of content in a way where you connect with your audience.
Importantly, these ideas will take away the stress of 'what should I p…
PS 73 HowThe Domino Effect Can Transform Your Business
One change leads to bigger changes.
That's the domino effect in a nutshell!
Want to know how you can apply it to make more sales? Including more clients to group classes?
Listen now!
Enjoy :-)
Sumanth…
133 Marketing Strategies That Actually Work for Education Businesses
Generic marketing strategies rarely work for education businesses because our niche is quite unique!
For a start, if you're something like a tutor, you trying to sell to someone who is a decision-make…
PS 72 Is 5 Seconds Really All It Takes?
Apparantly, you can change your life in a series of 5-second decisions (according to Mel Robbins).
I wasn't sure at first, but after trying it in a couple of situations, I am starting to see its power…
132 Setting Up A Digital Course For Passive Income
Passive income—sounds dreamy!
Well, it’s entirely possible, and in this episode, I discuss how to create a digital course that suits your unique business style, how to ensure it meets your audience's…
PS 71 Do We All Have ADD? (It's Not What You Think)
ADD - today, it isn't what you think.
Spoiler alert - it stands for Adventure Deficit Disorder.
Want to know more?
You'll have to spare 1.5 minutes and give this a listen!
Sumantha
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131 Overcoming Key Mindset Blocks As a Business Owner (talk about book club)
Running a business is amazing and hard - all at the same time!
Whether you're a new or seasoned entrepreneur, mindset challenges are always cropping up.
In this episode, I run through just a few of the…
PS 70 Are You Overestimating Your Competition?
The narrative of being 'realistic' often stops us from thinking, dreaming and taking action on big goals.
And wrapped up in that is the concept of overestimating competition and underestimating oursel…
130 Getting Into International Tutoring With Sarah Capewell
What a great way to end this season! Sarah Capewell, an international tutor and agent, shares honest advice and information for people interested in entering the international market.
We cover:
- How to…
PS 69 What Are You Afraid Of?
If we're going to get hung up on the negative what ifs, we need to balance it with 'what if it DOES work out?'
In this episode, I give you an example from The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris.
In the boo…
129 Demystifying Email Marketing
This is your perfect foundation for understanding and getting started with email marketing
In this episode, I tackle three broad questions:
1️⃣ What is email marketing and do I need it?
2️⃣ What could I…
PS 68 Can We Have It All
Fancy releasing time from your working life? Time to do things you love while earning what you need and want?
Well, that's what Ferris promises in his book 'The 4-Hour Work Week'.
It's September's boo…
128 6 Tips For Starting A Podcast
In this episode, I share useful tips to create a podcast that:
✔ is sustainable
✔ isn't as time consuming as it could be
✔ encourages a loyal listenership
Enjoy :-)
Sumantha
PS. My video version is here h…
PS 67 Trust Is More Important Than I Realised!
Would you believe me if I said you could make sales before you'd delivered anything? Solely based on trust?
In this short episode, I talk about the importance of trust - beyond the obvious.
Enjoy :-)
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127 Let's Make Sales Easier (Without Being Pushy)
In this episode, I ask you three questions that'll help you make more sales without being pushy.
Here they are:
#1 Are you giving people enough to make them feel safe to buy?
#2 Are you looking at oppor…
PS 66 Navigating Imposter Syndrome
In this quick soundbite, I share a powerful nugget I once heard from a bevaioural psychologist about one of the ways to break a cycle that can cause imposter syndrome ...
... paralaysis caused by lear…
126 My Journey: Leaving The Classroom
In this episode, I share my personal journey of leaving the classroom.
It was filled with highs and lows, and I share five lessons learnt that I wish I had known. I really hope it helps anyone who is …
PS 65 Should You 'Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway'?
I like this quote, but I'm not certain it's good advice.
Listen to this episode where I explore times when I've navigated this concept (I'm navigating it right now).
Spoiler alert: I've come to the con…
125 Rita's Journey Of Personal Resilience
Listen to Rita Farrell's inspirational and enlightening story of how she overcame personal challenges to turn her tutoring business from supplementing her income, to one that enables the life she wan…