Please be aware that there is a new email scam targeting users of this site. We received various messages from users alerting us to this suspicious email and upon further investigation we have identified this as an email scam that has been known to target other sites also.

Please keep a look out for this email and should you receive it, please DELETE it immediately.

Message Subject:

Student Enquiry from FindMeATeacher.com!

Body:

lovethdioh44@yahoo.com
Hello dear
My name is Loveth Dioh i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am.
Here is my email address (lovethdioh44@yahoo.com)I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
I love you
Miss Loveth.

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A recent study conducted by comScore Networks has uncovered a change in educational behaviour. Prospective students are now searching for local lessons primarily via online resources instead of traditonal advertising or word of mouth referrals. Will Riley, Tutor and Founder of findmeateacher.com, explains how the marketability power of the Internet can be harnessed to attract new students.

Sydney, NSW February 15, 2008 –

Students and consumers are now relying upon online searches to find services in their local area, finds a recent study by comScore Networks, an Internet marketing data analyst group. It revealed that the Internet is the first place students of all ages go for information concerning lessons, classes, tutoring and other educational assistance. Will Riley, private drum tutor and founder of findmeateacher.com, says “it doesn’t hold true any longer that classified ads and personal referrals can effectively spread the word about any teacher or tutor’s expertise.”

These latest findings uncovered that the majority of people, 66.67% of those surveyed, now use online search as their first source of all local business information. This fact is supported by TMP Directional Marketing (formerly Yellow Pages Online Search and Marketing), which estimates that local online search is a $1 billion market and still growing. TMP’s CEO Stuart McKelvey strongly suggests that advertisers compare the allocation of offline resources with online search investments.

This study, the first of its kind, also found that only 33% of consumers still use printed Yellow Pages when trying to find any type of local services. Since people appear to be spending more time connected to the Internet than reading the newspaper or watching the news, Will Riley concludes, “If you want to get noticed in today’s world then you must advertise where the eyeballs are… and these days those eyeballs are on the computer screen.”

The overwhelming success of Facebook and Myspace sites have re-enforced people’s desire to spend an increasing amount of time online. Smart advertisers have caught on to this and are now using the Internet’s scope and flexibility to attract a larger target audience.

Will Riley reminds all teachers, tutors and instructors that the Internet is an ideal vehicle for anyone who doesn’t have a huge marketing budget. However, even though countless web sites offer free directory set-up for anyone wishing an Internet presence, Mr. Riley warned that majority of these sites only ever provide users with a small spot buried in between tacky advertising.

“There is more to online success than simply being mentioned on any old web site. We give teachers, tutors, and instructors their own individual and professional web presence. The only visible advertising is about them, their services, their conditions and their contact information. We also train them how to get this online presence to the top of the search engine results. When that happens, so do calls from prospective students; and that’s where the success really lies.”

For additional information or a free copy of the report “Tips You Can Use Right Away To Attract Cash Paying Students To Your Lessons” simply visit http://www.findmeateacher.com/special-offer and find out how easy it is to take advantage of the Internet to attract targeted, local students in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

About FindMeATeacher.com:

FindMeATeacher.com is an online directory site that has successfully connected students and teachers worldwide since October, 2004.  It assists teachers, tutors and instructors in the development of their professional online presence, which, through exposure from major search engines, increases their number of new student signups.

… and it couldn’t be any easier!

Simply join our exclusive VIP Pre-Launch Notification List where you will not only be entitled to priority access to the new site before the general public and other great FREE tools and resources, but you will also receive a FREE copy of my latest report…

“Tips You Can Use RIGHT AWAY
To Drive Eager, Cash-Paying Students
To Your Lessons… AND Keep Them
Coming Back For More…”

Here’s Just A Tiny Fraction Of What You Are About To Discover In This Incredibly Potent And Actionable FREE Report:

• How To Get Students Searching For You;
• How To Turn A Prospect Into A Cash-Paying Student;
• How To Confidently Book Out Your Schedule Weeks In Advance;
• How To Explode Your Student Signups;
• How To Drastically Reduce Your Student Drop-Out Rate…

Once you have downloaded and read my FREE report, simply leave a comment at the end of this post telling me exactly what you thought of the report (good or bad – I can run with the punches) and what you hope to change in your teaching business this year.

I will read all your posts and on Monday March 24th 2008 (the day before launch), I will choose the best 3 responses who will each receive a FREE Lifetime Membership to FindMeATeacher.com.

It really is that simple!

So go and grab your FREE report today and submit your comments below…

http://www.findmeateacher.com/free-report

Remember, we go LIVE on Tuesday, 25th March 2008.

Go and join our VIP Pre-Launch List NOW!

As most of you know, findmeateacher.com has been onlince since 2004 and has been successfully connecting teachers of all types with paying students in their local area… and it’s about to get a whole lot better! 

The new version of findmeateacher.com is a direct result of the feedback and suggestions we have received over the past few years from loyal members of our site. You guys sure know what you want and so we figure, why shouldn’t you have it?

The new site not only has a classy new design but a tonne of exlusive, never seen before, tools and resources for teachers and students alike. Never has there been a more effective or affordable way to jam pack your schedule with students in your local area.

To be one of the first through the door of the new site, simply join our VIP PreLaunch Notification List now. Not only will you be granted priority access to the new site before the general public, you will also go into the draw to win one of our FREE lifetime memberships.

Don’t miss out on this one! Join the other teachers, instructors, and coaches just like you who are already booked solid with students in their local area.

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Remember, we go LIVE on 25th March 2008