Event flyers

Tutoring flyers

Every other flyer here is selling an event. This one is asking a parent to trust you with their child, which changes what has to be on the page.

A working table seen from above with paper and swatches

A tutoring flyer is a credibility document before it is an advertisement. The parent reading it is making a judgement about a stranger, and the things that answer that judgement are concrete: what you are qualified in, how long you have taught, which ages and which exam boards, whether you have a background check, and whether other local parents have used you. A flyer that leads with "experienced and friendly tutor" answers none of it.

Being specific about scope is what generates the right calls. "Maths and physics, ages 11 to 16, in person in Poway or online" tells the wrong parent not to ring and the right parent that you are exactly what they were looking for. Vague scope produces a handful of enquiries you cannot serve and misses the ones you can.

Rates are the argument people have about these flyers. Leaving the price off produces more calls; putting it on produces fewer but better ones, and it stops you spending an evening a week on conversations that end at the number. For a tutor with limited hours to sell, printing a rate or a clear range is almost always the better trade.

Flyer design

$125

Flat, for one flyer designed for your event. Print-ready PDF tested in black and white, an email version, and square and story sizes. One round of revisions, back in four days.

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How it gets seen

Where this flyer actually lands

Library and community centre noticeboards, school gate railings where permitted, local shop windows, and neighbourhood groups online. These sit up for weeks, so they need a tear-off strip or a QR code that still works months later, and they need to survive a fading window.

Design notes

What changes for this one

Credibility elements grouped and prominent. One contact route, not four. If it is going on a board, a tear-off strip along the base with the name and number. A QR code to a booking page or profile. Restrained design, because a flyer that looks like a party invitation undercuts the professional read.

What it has to carry

Subjects, ages and exam levels, specifically
Qualifications and years of experience
In person, online, or both, and the area covered
Rate or a clear range
One contact route, and a background-check note if you have one

What goes wrong

The mistakes worth avoiding

Leading with adjectives instead of qualifications.
Listing every subject from primary to degree level, which reads as unfocused rather than versatile.
Giving a phone number, an email, a website and two social handles, so the parent has to choose before acting.
No tear-off strip on a flyer designed for a noticeboard.
A playful design that undermines the seriousness of the ask.

Questions people ask

Should I put my rate on it?

Usually yes. You will get fewer calls and a much higher share of them will book. If your hours are limited, that trade is worth making.

Do you include a tear-off strip version?

Yes, if it is going on noticeboards. It is a different layout from the handout version and both come with the design.

Can you design a matching business card?

Cards to hand to a parent, yes, as part of the same design. Full brand identity work is outside what this studio does.

What about an online-only tutor?

Same structure, but the area line becomes time zones and platform, and the QR code carries more weight because there is no local landmark to anchor to.

Demand

880

US searches a month for tutoring flyers, measured rather than guessed.