I still have a bit more work to do but here is a list of potential competitors. We obviously have an advantage over them (for our students) as the services will be 'free' (or paid for previously in tuition fees). Will we be offering services to anyone in the community? If so, how will we charge for that? If anyone has ideas of what more to add about these places, feel free to let me know and I'll do more research. I didn't know how specific to go with this.
here are the main potential competitors:
Brooks Learning Center
1490 Jefferson Ave
Buffalo, NY
(716) 883-0088
www.brookseducationalservices.com
*provides tutoring services to all ages and backgrounds
Kaplan Educational Centers
520 Lee Entrance #201
Buffalo, NY
(716) 636-1882
www.kaptest.com/tutoring
*offers test prep as well as tutoring for all ages and backgrounds
Your Tutor World
Williamsville, NY
(716) 803-4551
www.yourtutorworld.web.officelive.com
*offers online and face-to-face tutoring in a variety of subjects
here are a few that would not necessarily be considered the top competitors for various reasons (but may prove to be good referral sources for students):
Princeton Review
4498 Main St #2
Amherst, NY
(716) 839-4391
www.princetonreview.com
*offers grad school prep work specific to grad school admission tests (ie, MCAT, GMAT, LSAT, GRE); this is not as much of a competitor as it does not appear to offer regular tutoring and writing help
Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo
1313 Main St
Buffalo, NY
(716) 876-8991
www.literacybuffalo.org
*provides basic reading skills and services for English for Speakers of Other Languages
Latin American Institute
115 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY
(716) 553-7472
www.latinst.org
*provides English tutoring
Sylvan Learning Center
4927 Main St
Buffalo, NY
(716) 565-0572
www.tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/index.cfm
*this appears to be geared more toward high school students and college prep and may not pose a threat to our service
Huntington Learning Center
3086 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY
(716) 873-4565
www.hungtingtonlearning.com
*this also appears to be geared more toward high school students
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I found one more that appears to be geared toward high school students as well but it isn't very clear...
ReplyDeleteUpgrade Academics, Inc
5225 Sheridan Dr
Williamsville, NY
(716) 632-9900
www.thehomeworkdclub.org/otherprograms.htm
*private tutoring
Do competitors have to be located physically in a community? What about free online tutoring sites (if there are such things)? Could there be any competition with students on campus who might tutor privately?? I really don't know... These were just a couple thoughts off the top of my head...
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Sorry -- forgot to comment on your questions, Aindrea...
ReplyDelete<< the services will be 'free' (or paid for previously in tuition fees). >>
Right -- which is why fee-based services may not be the biggest competitors. FREE services might be the greatest "threat," like the internet (e.g. how many papers are floating around out there!?! Are they adequate "examples?"), etc. (see comment above)
<< Will we be offering services to anyone in the community? If so, how will we charge for that? >>
No. Services are provided only to enrolled students.
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