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How to Develop a Winning Marketing Strategy for Your Tutoring Website

By Shannon Sweetser On April 5, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology
Your website is a powerful tool in your marketing arsenal. However, it’s a powerful tool that too many tutoring companies don’t know how to weld properly. Many tutoring companies may have a marketing strategy for their business, but they fail to interweave the fabric of their communications into a seamless marketing plan they can follow. [...]
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10 Jaw-Droppingly Awesome Infographics on Education

By Shannon Sweetser On April 1, 2011 · 27 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
Infographics can change the way we learn, the way we see information put in front of us.  They help us digest that information and leads us to draw important conclusions more swiftly. After doing a little research online I was able to discover 10 gorgeous infographics on education that do more than simply show information, [...]
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How School of One is Changing the Way Math is Taught

By Shannon Sweetser On March 31, 2011 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Resource, Teaching
Every day in a normal classroom, a math teacher stands up at the front of the room and lectures to students. The students who struggle sit in silent vigil while teachers continue foward, past the point where they got hung up. If the teacher is sick, tired or exhausted, they bring that up to the board [...]
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The Joy of Improving SAT Test Scores: 5 Tutoring Blog Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On March 25, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
We took a little “mental health” day on the blog last week and skipped over our new installment on the Learning Analytics blog, “5 Tutoring Blog Articles to End Your Week.” Instead we put the finishing touches on our newest and greatest e-book “ACT vs SAT: Which Test Should You Choose?” If you haven’t downloaded [...]
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How to Use Learning Analytics to Choose ACT vs SAT [NEW EBOOK]

By Shannon Sweetser On March 23, 2011 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
When you’re preparing your students for their college entrance exams, how confident are you that you’re on the right path to improving their score? Of course, there is no way to tell how well student will perform on test day, but there are predictors you can lean on to take away most of the guesswork. [...]
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If Tutoring is a Dirty Word, Change the Connotation

By Shannon Sweetser On March 17, 2011 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
Do you feel that tutoring has become an ugly word, a dirty word – within the larger academic community? When you’re meeting new people and telling them about your tutoring business or the fact that you’re a tutor by profession, how do the individuals around you respond? Do they embrace your profession or do they [...]
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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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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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