Category Archives: Teacher Tips

Resources, tips, and more on growing your business and being a successful teacher on TeachStreet and elsewhere.

New 1-click Integration with Facebook Pages

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Joseph

You’ve probably heard that hundreds of millions of people log into Facebook everyday. We know that we all spend a lot of time there! Many teachers have asked us to make it easier for them to promote their classes, reviews, … Continue reading →

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Basic Formatting Added to Listing Descriptions

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Lily

Another small update that should bring smiles to teacher’s faces – we’ve added basic formatting to listing descriptions.  Now when a teacher creates a new listing or edits an existing listing, they have more control over how their listing description … Continue reading →

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2 New Features Added to Listings

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Lily

When teachers create a listing, they can do all sorts of things like add photos, pick how and when they get paid, add class times and days, and more.  And if that wasn’t enough, we’ve added two more features to … Continue reading →

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We Admit It — TeachStreet Credits are Confusing as Heck :-)

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Dave

Here’s a solution to the confusion We’ve made a lot of changes recently — free listings (again), new ways to promote listings, teacher requests, and lastly TeachStreet Credits. It’s a lot, and sometimes it makes even OUR heads hurt trying … Continue reading →

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Pricing Changes – Basic Listings are Free (again), and much more!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dave

It’s been approximately 12 months since we last made changes in pricing for class listings. Since then, we’ve seen robust usage of both Basic and Featured listings, and significant growth in the number of leads generated for teachers.  In that … Continue reading →

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Pro Membership has gotten better (longer trial, and more)

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dave

We love our Pro members — they list more classes, receive better promotion across the site, and take advantage of more services and features.  To thank them (and encourage even more new Pro signups), we’ve just made several improvements to … Continue reading →

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We’re 3 Yrs Old! So We’re Giving Away A Free Listing to All!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lily

It’s a big day here at TeachStreet, we’re 3 years old! As a way to both celebrate and to say thanks to all of our teachers, we are giving every teacher a free listing (we added 3 free listing points … Continue reading →

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Get Teacher Requests Instantly With Text Message Alerts

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Lily

Not getting to new Teacher Requests fast enough? Well, we’ve just launched a cool new feature to solve that problem.  Now you can get notified via text message about new Teacher Requests as soon as they come in; this officially … Continue reading →

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How To Boost Traffic To Your TeachStreet Profile

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Dave

If you’re a teacher without a website or blog, it’s very possible that TeachStreet is the one place on the web where your business has a web presence.  You may have Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin profiles, but chances are that … Continue reading →

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Thursday Humor: How to Deal with Office Communications

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dave

Recently, we came across some recommendations on how to handle inner office communications (found via Reddit). Using some of these suggestions and creating some of our own, we are glad to introduce to you the TeachStreet Office Rhetoric. Enjoy! (There’s … Continue reading →

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