Cathy Conrad

Cathy Conrad

Cathy ConradApr 04, 2016 No Comments

Create Make-up Credits & Set Make-up Credit Expiration

Sometimes students can’t attend a lesson. With Music Teacher’s Helper, you can choose whether to offer a make-up lesson, issue a cash credit, or continue charging for the lesson. If you offer make-up lessons, here’s how you issue, track and now set make-up lesson credits that expire. 

Instructions:

  1. Set the Make-up Lesson Credit expiration in the Settings page. Click the Drop down arrow in the upper right hand corner, and go to “Settings”.

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  1. Click on the Studio Settings tab.

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  1. You can set a time limit for which a make-up lesson credit is valid. If a student doesn’t use the make-up lesson by then, it will expire. Choose the number of days you would like make-up credits to be valid for. If you don’t want the make-up lesson to expire, you can leave this field blank, or enter 0. Click “Submit” on the bottom right to save your changes.        
  2. Click on an event on the calendar that needs a make-up.
  3. Click “Set Attendance”  & check “Issue Credit for this lesson (refund or make-up)”.

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  1. Check either Issue Make-up Credit or Issue Cash Credit(Refund).
  2. Enter any notes about why you’re issuing this credit.
  3. Click Submit to save your changes.

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Manage Your Existing Make-up Credits

  1. To see a list of all your make-up credits, in the main menu, click “Calendar”, then “Make-up Lesson Credits. The expiration date (if there is one) is shown in the results.
  2. You should see an expiry date when you view the make-up lesson credit in the Make-up Lesson Credits page. If you do not see an expiry date, then you have your settings at no expiration.

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Cathy ConradMar 22, 2016 , 1 Comment

Google Analytics gives you insights on how visitors find and use your site. It shows which pages of your site are the most popular, how long people are staying there, how people are finding your site, and other statistics.

If you have a Google Account you can activate the service for Analytics using these instructions. If you do not have a Google Account, it’s easy and free to sign up by clicking here.

When you sign up for Google Analytics, you’re given a unique tracking ID called a UA-Number. To use Google Analytics with your Music Teacher’s Helper Studio Website, simply enter this number into your Music Teacher’s Helper Settings page.

Find Your Analytics UA-Number

To find the tracking code, tracking ID, or property number in your Analytics account:

  1. Sign in to your Analytics Account.  http://www.google.com/analytics
  2. Select the Admin tab.
  3. Select an account from the dropdown list in the ACCOUNT column.
  4. Select a property from the dropdown list in the PROPERTY column.
  5. Under PROPERTY, click Tracking Info > Tracking Code.

Google Analytics for music teachers

You’ll now see the complete Google Analytics code for your site near the top of the page. Select the tracking ID (#3 below), starting with “UA”, and add it to your Music Teacher’s Helper Website Settings page.

In Music Teacher’s Helper, click the profile icon in the upper right hand corner, then click “Settings”. Select the “Website Preferences” tab and scroll down until you see “Add Your Google Analytics Code”. Paste in the UA-Number code (#3). Once saved, all pages of your studio website will now be linked with your Google Analytics account.

 

Now you have successfully linked your Google Analytics account to your Music Teacher’s Helper account. Once Google begins collecting data about your site (which can take up to 24-48 hours), you’ll be able to view your traffic statistics from your Google Analytics page.

If you have any questions, please contact us at support@musicteachershelper.com.

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Cathy ConradMar 22, 2016 , , 1 Comment

Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) is the act of helping your website rank well in search engines for specifics words or phrases, called “keywords”.

You’ll place these keywords in the content of your website or blog to help people find you. For example, you might title one of your web pages, “violin lessons in San Diego” or “advanced harp teacher”. You could then use those keywords periodically throughout the page.

Overloading a page with keywords is not looked upon highly by search engines, but if you write content that a person would find useful, then search engines will likely rank it higher, too.

Another way to increase your search engine rankings is by having your website or pages shared on social media, or getting other relevant websites to link to yours.

Under each page of your Music Teacher’s Helper studio website, you can also enter meta keywords and a page description. These can help search engines know what keywords you intend to be found under, and can help the search engines know how to describe your page to visitors.

To Enter Keywords and Descriptions:

First, click on the Profile dropdown arrow in the upper right corner.

Next click on Settings.

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Then click the Website Preferences tab.

 

Add Keywords into the Box below Website Meta Keywords. This will be one word followed by a comma for each word you want to use. Typically it’s better to use 5-10 words, such as the instrument(s) you teach with the word “lessons” and your location such as city and neighborhood. 

Lastly, enter Descriptions for Website Meta Description. Descriptions will be for each page of your website such as blog, website, policy, etc.

You’re all set! If you have any questions about this feature or anything else, please contact support@musicteachershelper.com.

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