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Supercharge Your Students: 5 Tutoring Tips to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On March 11, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
This is the second installment of our new weekly round-up “5 Tutoring Tips to End Your Week”! Last Friday, I launched the new version of the round-up thus moving away from featuring general education blogs and articles and shining the light on tutors and education consultants who blog. As always, if you have a recommendation [...]
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How Tutoring Companies Can Use FourSquare Specials to Attract Students

By Shannon Sweetser On March 10, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: SAT, In The News, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation
We’ve talked before about the opportunities that exist for tutors who use local GPS check-in service FourSquare, but a new development in the way that FourSquare supports location-based “specials” may help tutoring companies and centers attract more business, and encourage students to take advantage of tutoring services. On March 9th, 2011, FourSquare unveiled a whole [...]
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How to Launch Your Tutoring Brand and Keep Your Sanity in the Process

By Shannon Sweetser On March 8, 2011 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Teaching & Tutoring
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While building your online brand for your tutoring business, you may reach a point where you realize the magnitude of what you committed yourself to. No matter what industry you’re in, launching a new product or a new website requires a solid plan which leans on a team of virtual assistants. There’s a general rule [...]
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Real Tutors Speak: 5 Tutoring Tips to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On March 4, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education: General, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
So, I’ve decided to change the pace on the Socrato blog a bit. On Fridays I normally run a column called “” where I hand pick articles on education throughout the blogosphere. However, I’m beginning to wonder if they are as helpful as I’d like them to be for our readers. So, I’ve decided to [...]
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How to Build a Tutoring Blog Your Audience Loves

By Shannon Sweetser On March 3, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Content, Education: General, Teaching & Tutoring
No matter what industry your business belongs to, blogging is a very valuable use of your time. Blogging has the potential to engage your audience, attract prospects, and share thoughts and ideas which can thus be spread in the social media world. Tutors considering starting a blog or tutoring companies who are already blogging may [...]
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How Tutors Can Get More Leads from Existing Blog Content

By Shannon Sweetser On March 1, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Content, Education: General, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring
If you’ve been blogging consistently for a few months or years now, you may be wondering how to get more mileage out of existing blog content. After all, not every prospect is going to see every tweet you send, every Facebook post you make and subscribe to your blog to get consistent updates. While some [...]
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Facebook Fever Makes Educators Sweat: 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 25, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching
Perhaps its Oscar fever for the Social Network, but this week I’ve got Facebook on the brain and it’s my intention to share it with you. If you’re just tuning in, within a week I’ve created two blog post with the intention of helping tutors get the most out of Facebook. If you want to [...]
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5 Common Mistakes Tutoring Companies Make on Facebook and How to Fix Them

By Shannon Sweetser On February 24, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Resource, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring
Is your company’s Facebook page getting the traffic you desire or the attention you believe it deserves? Before you ask yourself “What went wrong?” read the following blog post. It’s a Facebook guide for tutors and it may just help you turn your Facebook page from a lifeless desert into a hub that your fans love [...]
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Why the Independent Educational Consultant is the Hottest Job in Education Today

By Shannon Sweetser On February 23, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
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Independent Educational Consultant: if it feels like you”re hearing about this position more and more in the news, blogs and out-and-about at education industry conventions, you”re right, you have. Don”t be surprised either if you continue to hear even more about it. Last year was a big year for the profession, as that it saw [...]
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Tutors Taking Over: 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 18, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
The tutoring industry continues to be a very necessary supplement to the educational world. Let’s take a look at how tutors are shaping the educational world and reaching out online to make tutoring more convenient than ever before. 1.   SATs, Tutors, & You by Eve Kelly, San Diego Reader In this week’s San Diego Reader, [...]
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