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Old 03-05-2006
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I think this is something you can charge for. Like any other skill, there are people you have relationships that you do things for for free, and others that you are willing to provide a service to for a fee. I think you first need to decide whether or not you are comfortable charging for tutoring by the hour (and making sure you provide value in each hour), or whether you want to set up a one-on-one class with a structure and a set list of what topics will be covered for that fee in a certain time-frame. If you are tutoring, you need to be careful that you stay focused, and are professional so that your client perceives the value she receives for the time spent. You also need to make it clear that you can't guarantee how much will be accomplished in a given time period because it depends on her computer, the number of files she has, the number of questions she has, etc, but that you will guarantee that you will be making progress in each session. Also, you can tell her it will also depend on how much "homework" she accomplishs between sessions, and leave her with an assignment(s) to complete between sessions. For example, if you are organizing files, and need to assign keywords to each file, you can begin doing this at one session, teach her how, and give her an assignment to complete this (or complete a certain number) before your next session.
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