Maybe the question should be, “Can I afford not to have one?” as in an increasingly competitive market it’s crucial to find new ways to make your language school stand out in the crowd of schools vying for prospective students’ attention. Video marketing is nothing new, but it’s certainly proving to be a powerful, effective part […]
This is our latest addition to SchoolMate involving payment collection. The previous was about students being able to pay online by credit card in SchoolMate. Now, we have integrated SchoolMate with a payment collection processor to collect SEPA direct debits from students’ bank accounts. What are SEPA Direct Debits? Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Direct […]
What is Kit Digital? Kit Digital is an aid programme of the Spanish Government to help small businesses and self-employed individuals improve their use of digital tools and services. There is funding available in key areas such as internet presence, electronic sales, customer management, digital office, process automation and cybersecurity. The overall aim is to […]
The latest development in SchoolMate is that students can now pay for their lessons using their credit and debit cards. A student can login to the payments page of their SchoolMate, click on the lessons that they want to pay for and, after the payment is processed, the lessons are marked as paid. – We […]
Passport, sun cream, phone charger; everything you need for your summer break. But, before you head off for a few weeks of well-earned relaxation, there are a few things you might like to put in place in your SchoolMate account before the next academic year begins. Deactivate students and lower costs! A great way to […]
Even after you have carefully planned every little detail and believe you have everything in place; it is only when you finally open the doors that will you see the true results of all your hard work. This is the perfect time to sit down and analyze your strategy and focus on increasing the number […]
Since Covid forced lessons online, schools have found, even after the end of restrictions, that online lessons are preferred by some students because of the time saved. Schools have also found online lessons can open new markets for them and also be integrated with in-classroom lessons as a form of blended learning. SchoolMate has expanded […]
What type of people are visiting your About Us page? Most likely, they’re prospective students considering if your school is one at which they would like to study. Your About Us page is the one place you can subtly sing your own praises and tell the world why your school is wonderful. So how do I […]
The two latest updates to SchoolMate concern contracts. The first is E-Contracts where the agreement is “signed” in electronic form – no paper is used – by the student via their SchoolMate account. The second simplifies the way that you create contracts for students for their lessons. Hopefully, both of these additions will find save you time […]
For our Italian schools we are happy to announce that SchoolMate can now produce invoices in XML format that can be uploaded into the Italian government’s invoicing system. We have formatted these files to work with Aruba and any other SdI who work to this standard. How do I start using it? Well, you will […]