Where are the Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah students needing tutors?
March 19, 2023 12:10 PM Subscribe
How can I help my sister in law find Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah students online (and locally if you have any bright ideas in that area)?
My sister in law has prepared several children for their upcoming Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah ceremonies. She's freakishly good at this! I would like to help her find more students online so she might make more of a living out of this unusual skillset. Thanks in advance to all who respond.
My sister in law has prepared several children for their upcoming Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah ceremonies. She's freakishly good at this! I would like to help her find more students online so she might make more of a living out of this unusual skillset. Thanks in advance to all who respond.
Check with synagogues in your/her area? Or Hebrew teachers and tutors?
posted by 41swans at 1:10 PM on March 19, 2023
posted by 41swans at 1:10 PM on March 19, 2023
I knew a guy who did bar and bar mitzvah tutoring and tbh he got as much business as he wanted just from his temple and a few others in the area. This person was generally pretty involved in the community there so a known quantity to parents already. Once you get some good word of mouth in the local Hebrew schools it seems not hard to build a client base. We lived in an area with a larger Jewish population than many, though, so maybe this kind of business was easier to drum up locally.
posted by potrzebie at 1:22 PM on March 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by potrzebie at 1:22 PM on March 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
She can target feminist modern orthodox families who may be just dipping their toe into the waters of finding someone to teach their daughter. Even if there’s only one orthodox shul in town, there are always families on the left (and the right) of the congregation. For example, she can help the girl prepare for a women’s tefillah service, or whatever else she and the family can envision. Good luck!
posted by 8603 at 8:33 PM on March 19, 2023
posted by 8603 at 8:33 PM on March 19, 2023
Best answer: I think it is usually a word-of-mouth networking kind of thing. I would start with the rabbi that know her - either her own congregation or the ones associated with the students that she has already tutored. Ask them who she should reach out and if she can use their name as the referral source.
If she is networking cold, I think she would want to reach out the office at the synagogue or temple and find out who is in charge of the Bnai Mitzvah process. It could be the cantor, the head of the religious school or the rabbi. Once she knows who to contact, she would want to try to make a personal contact with that person so she can introduce herself and present her skills. Small congregations who only have few Bnai Mitzvot each year might be happy to know about a new tutoring option. Larger ones tend to either do it themselves or have their network (often members and/or religious school teachers) although there is always the possibility that they are looking for new tutors.
However, going in a different direction, it might be a worthwhile experiment to invest some money on advertising using google adwords. My guess is that "bar mitzvah tutor" or "bat mitzvah tutor" would be not be expensive and she can set a monthly budget to limit the cost of the experiment. If it works, it will probably generate leads much faster than networking and once she gets enough students she can turn it off.
posted by metahawk at 8:57 PM on March 19, 2023
If she is networking cold, I think she would want to reach out the office at the synagogue or temple and find out who is in charge of the Bnai Mitzvah process. It could be the cantor, the head of the religious school or the rabbi. Once she knows who to contact, she would want to try to make a personal contact with that person so she can introduce herself and present her skills. Small congregations who only have few Bnai Mitzvot each year might be happy to know about a new tutoring option. Larger ones tend to either do it themselves or have their network (often members and/or religious school teachers) although there is always the possibility that they are looking for new tutors.
However, going in a different direction, it might be a worthwhile experiment to invest some money on advertising using google adwords. My guess is that "bar mitzvah tutor" or "bat mitzvah tutor" would be not be expensive and she can set a monthly budget to limit the cost of the experiment. If it works, it will probably generate leads much faster than networking and once she gets enough students she can turn it off.
posted by metahawk at 8:57 PM on March 19, 2023
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posted by parmanparman at 12:51 PM on March 19, 2023