Aaah autumn. The season of falling leaves, changing weather, and pumpkin spice lattes. And while we haven't shared an update blog in a while, there's actually been a lot of change going on around the TutorBird office. Instead of our usual list of improvements and fixes, we wanted to take a moment to give you [...]
You likely only see your students one day a week, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need your help the other six days. Sharing content online with your students helps reinforce what you’re teaching in the lesson, and immerses your families in the study experience while at home. Sharing content, and creating an interactive environment [...]
Though our update may be short this month, the list of things being updated "under the hood" continues to grow! The TutorBird team is continuing to work on some exciting upcoming overall enhancements to the platform, and has been connecting our existing features to the upgraded code behind the scenes. While we continue to work [...]
A unique benefit of social media is its ability to exceptionally target your audience. Social media is not a broadcast system – it’s a way to engage directly with your customer. Being able to talk to your customer will help build that relationship and gain their trust, instead of just promoting a sale right away. [...]
Though our update may be short this month, the list of things being updated "under the hood" continues to grow! The TutorBird team is continuing to work on some exciting upcoming overall enhancements to the platform, and has been connecting our existing features to the upgraded code behind the scenes. While we continue to work [...]
An online portal should be a student or parent's first stop for the answers to their questions. No need to repeat yourself any longer. An online portal is also a great way for your students to engage with your business outside of their scheduled lesson times. They can bring part of that experience home with [...]
Spam detection has grown more sophisticated over the years and there’s a chance your emails are getting sent to the junk folder. Something called Sender Engagement is now a factor in determining which emails make it into your recipients' inboxes and which make it into their junk folder. So, what is sender engagement? Email providers will [...]
One of our most requested features for the new attendance experience was released earlier this month - the Save button! While this might seem like a small change, it's a big improvement to the workflow when taking attendance and writing lesson notes. Now, you can save your work as you go without closing the attendance page [...]
We all seem to receive a never-ending supply of monthly bills! Almost all your bills save you from the hassle of paying manually by offering a convenient option to auto-draft. Did you know that you can easily offer Auto Pay to your student's families as well? Auto Pay is a feature that allows your families [...]
One of the big decisions you have to make when running your business is how to collect payments. And if you’re going to accept online payments, you’ll need to choose the payment processor that works best for you. Regardless of which one you go with, you’ll be paying processing fees on your transactions. Here are [...]