Get some Free Marketing Juice from TeachStreet

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If you are a regular offline teacher/tutor/trainer or teaching online, this is an offer you should not miss: TeachStreet is featuring you on its network for the next two weeks if you advertise your lessons on Craiglist or add a TeachStreet widget to your blog or website.

As you know, TeachStreet opened the platform to teachers from around the globe and recently launched a new version of its search engine which makes it easy for students to search for classic offline lessons or lessons on the internet.

TeachStreet is a great way to advertise your lessons online and offline, so if you haven’t one already go to TeachStreet.com and open a free account. After you have set up your account and added your lessons you have two options to get yourself featured on the TeachStreet network for the next two weeks:

1. Advertise your lessons on Craiglist.
Now if you never created an ad for Craiglist, no worries. TeachStreet has its own ad builder that will drive you through the process. You can even download a Craiglist 101 and learn how to set up great ads.

Craiglist Builder

Craiglist Builder

2. Embed a TeachStreet widget or button on your blog or website.
TeachStreet gives you a great choice of different widgets that either display your personal credentials, advertise interesting topics on TeachStreet, let people search the TeachStreet listings on your blog etc.

TeachStreet Widgets

When you are done with either one of the tasks or both you fill out a form so that the TeachStreet Team knows who to feature. What you get in return is a Spotlight in the weekly Class Email,  you’ll be featured on the TeachStreet blog and you will get some Social Media Buzz.

So if you don’t know TeachStreet yet, give it a try. And if you are already subscribed get your free marketing boost today. The offer is valid between March 31st and April 13th 2010. 

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  • chinamike

    This seems targeted mainly to Americans. Is this an accurate statement? Will this change in the future?

    • http://kirstenwinkler.com KirstenWinkler

      Yes, it's accurate. TeachStreet is one of those platforms which concentrate on local advertising. They started officially in three big US cities and are steadily growing.

      With the recent changes of allowing non US based teachers to sign up and filtering lessons bi on- and offline TeachStreet is a very interesting place for online teachers to advertise their classes.

      A similar service in Europe is http://www.SchoolofEverything.com which I will cover soon :) .

  • http://www.hello-hello.com/ Sarah Gontijo

    Dear Kirsten,

    I have been trying to find your email so I could email you directly but I couldn't so I thought this post might reach you. Our company releases a very cool language learning app for the iPad which was approved by Apple to be on their Grand Opening. The name of the app is Hello-Hello Spanish and you can find it in the iTunes store by following this link:
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hello-hello-span…

    I am posting the press release below so you can have more information. I can send you an HTML version to you email if you wish:

    New Language Course App for the iPad Will Open the Next Frontier for Language Learning.

    Hello-Hello Launches Revolutionary Language Course App for the iPad. Available Immediately in the iTunes Store.

    April 1, 2010 (Washington, DC) – Hello-Hello, a market leading language learning company, announced the launch of their iPad app that is available immediately in the iTunes Store. Apple has approved Hello-Hello’s language learning app for the Grand Opening of the iPad App Store. The Hello-Hello iPad app is priced at $4.99 initially and features Hello-Hello’s complete Spanish course developed in collaboration with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The Hello-Hello Spanish language course app is available immediately for the iPad’s release and apps for other languages will be launched in the coming weeks. Future iPad apps from Hello-Hello will include social networking features that will allow language learners to interact with native speakers of the language they are learning. You can find the Hello-Hello app in the iTunes Store using the following link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hello-hello-span…

    Hello-Hello Spanish includes 30 conversational lessons and hundreds of flashcards with words and sentences to practice vocabulary. The course follows ACTFL’s research-based approach to teaching languages; all lessons are based on realistic situations, rather than a collection of out-of-context words and phrases. All the content is stored in the app so that users will experience rapid response time when they are ready to learn a language. Users do not need to be connected to Wi-Fi or 3G networks to run the app.

    Sarah Gontijo, CEO & Founder of Hello-Hello, believes that the iPad and other large-format mobile devices will revolutionize language learning. “The iPad offers interactivity, connectivity and portability that can take language learning to the next level. Our app provides a new solution for students, business travelers or vacationers who would like to spend some of their down time wisely. Learners will experience rapid response time with all content loaded on their iPad and without the need of Internet connection. They will be able to do the lessons while sitting in a train, waiting in line, at the beach, or on their way to their vacation destination. In other words, users will be able to literally learn a new language on-the-go, anytime and anywhere,” Gontijo said.

    ACTFL’s Executive Director, Bret Lovejoy, stated that Hello-Hello’s content follows ACTFL’s research-based approach to language learning used by educational institutions around the world. “Delivering this language learning content on the iPad will provide learners with the convenience to learn anywhere, anytime. Providing the social networking aspects of the Hello-Hello website on the iPad in future apps will allow learners to experience immersion language learning by communicating directly with native speakers,” he said

    Hello-Hello.com is a free language learning website that allows members to:

    LEARN a new language anytime, anywhere with online lessons that develop all the skills they need.

    TEACH other members their language and learn from native speakers by providing feedback on one another’s oral and written exercises.

    COMMUNICATE with native speakers through audio, video and text with live Chat to practice the language and make friends all over the world.

    The website launched in August 2009 and has members in more than 70 countries. Teachers across the U.S. have been using Hello-Hello’s lessons as homework assignments and as a tool to connect students with native speakers around the world. Hello-Hello.com has training modules for English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, and will be adding more languages, including German, Italian and Mandarin Chinese in the next few weeks.

    About Hello-Hello
    Hello-Hello is a language learning company that offers online and mobile courses. Hello-Hello’s website couples social networking with language learning which allows users to interact with native speakers around the world. Our courses were developed in collaboration with The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). For more information please visit: http://www.hello-hello.com

    About ACTFL
    The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), is the largest association of teachers and administrators of all languages at all levels with more than 12,000 members. Schools, major corporations and the U.S. government use ACTFL’s tests and guidelines to teach and determine language proficiency. For more information, please visit http://www.actfl.org

    • chinamike

      Sarah,

      In Internet terms you have committed a large faux pas.

      1. Press releases are not meant for Blogs. Your message had the feel of a bomb being dropped.
      2. With an ounce of effort you could have tracked Kirsten down through one of her other sites. I'm guessing it would have taken a total of 5 minutes.
      3. You could have asked Kirsten to contact you directly by leaving YOUR e-mail.

      I sympathize with people who probably are charged with marketing, managing and cleaning floors in a start-up but please respect blogs for what they are, places to comment, not places to advertise in such an impersonal fashion.

      • http://www.hello-hello.com/ Sarah Gontijo

        Dear chinamike,

        I apologize if you feel my behavior was inappropriate. I did spend a lot of time trying to find Kirsten's email and as of now still have not found. I have a deep respect for bloggers especially Kirsten who brings great information and resources for language learning. Our mission is to make good quality language learning accessible and affordable. I thought and still think that the information I posted could be helpful for those who are interested in good quality, technology oriented and affordable products that will help foster language learning and I believe Kirsten is one of those people.

        Kirsten, if you feel my post was inappropriate, please feel free to delete it and I sincerely apologize.

        Sincerely,

        Sarah Gontijo