We recently introduced automatic payment reminders and wrote about it here. Last week we released a new screencast that shows step by step how to turn automatic payment reminders on and how to configure this capability. You can find a link to this and all the other NeatSchool screencasts in Help.
Beautiful graphs in the NeatSchool Dashboard will keep you focused.
After several months in Beta, yesterday we made our new design the default interface for the Parents & Students portal in all devices. Our new design is modern and has a fresh look. But what we really like about it is that it works on all devices, from mobile phones to high end computer with gigantic screens. And, it is not a different app in each device, it is the same an one app.
Try it and send us your feedback!!
For some time now, NeatSchool supports sending payment reminders from the Dashboard. We blogged about it here and many of you have tried it out. Last week, we introduced a new feature, the support of automatic payment reminders. The reminders inform your customers that their account is past due or that that a payment due date is coming up. Users with the appropriate privileges receive a report on who received the reminder e-mail. Messages are sent whenever a new charge is made or every few days. You can configure the frequency in Settings. You can also configure the content of the e-mail messages and the amount that triggers the e-mails.
Please turn the reminders on from Settings and send us your feedback!!
NeatSchool mobile allows now to easily call, e-mail or text any of the parents or students of your program right from your mobile phone or tablet. The information flows directly from the enrollment form processing; you do not need to copy any name, number or e-mail address. Whenever a parent or other administrator changes their contact information in the portal, your phone information will be automatically updated. E-mail uses the native mobile device client and is routed through NeatSchool’s privacy enhanced e-mail system. As parents and students, come and go from your program the NeatSchool Mobile Directory gets updated: started contacts come in and terminated ones move out.
One more reason to love NeatSchool!!! Questions or comments, let us know…
One great thing about using NeatSchool to organize your program is that NeatSchool uses the enrollment and class assignment information to automatically create and maintain e-mail lists. You can e-mail the whole program, a class, the members of an account etc. Unlike other e-mail and group systems that you might be using the NeatSchool mailing groups are automatically maintained as a byproduct of keeping your NeatSchool portal up to date with information about students who join or leave the program.
We recently published a screencast that details how you can use NeatSchool mail to communicate with your program. If you are a NeatSchool subscriber you can find the screencast in the Help Section under “Sending Mass E-mail & Text Messages with NeatSchool”. Otherwise e-mail us to send you a link.
NeatSchool makes it easy for you and your parents to download, print and sign the licensing mandated forms. Last week we added a new form, the California Department of Public Health Immunizations “Personal Beliefs Exemption to Required Immunizations” form. All our forms are pre-filled with the information in the online enrollment form and packaged together so that the parents in your program can simply download, print and sign the package. Read more and see all our forms here.
Study after study report that more and more of your customers run their lives from their smart phones. NeatSchool has a very mobile friendly online payments interface. The customers can see their balance and pay right there with multiple different ways. Make it easy for your customers and get paid on time with NeatSchool. When customers pay online with NeatSchool your books and balances get updated automatically and the money flows directly to your bank. No lost or bounced checks and no busy work typing entries in multiple systems.
Online Payments is one of many NeatSchool innovations that make managing your program easier than you ever imagined. Visit our web site to find out about all the NeatSchool advantages.
We recently analyzed the traffic of the web site of one of our child care customers. We found that 30% of the traffic comes from mobile phones. This is hardly a surprise. A recent Cisco report projects that mobile traffic will increase 11 times by 2018.
At NeatSchool we are going all mobile. Our enrollment form is designed to be usable and render beautiful on mobile phones, as well as on PCs and tablets.
All you need to do is to customize the form at the portal and link it from your web site. Click here to try our demo form and see how it looks and feels on any of your devices.
Consumers today routinely look for services on the internet using their mobile phones and tablets. NeatSchool’s lead management system offers a contact form that renders beautiful on PCs as well as on mobile phones and tablets.
All you need to do is to customize the form and link it from your marketing web site. Click here to try our demo school form and see how it looks and feels on any of your devices.
After a contact form is submitted, you can manage it from the NeatSchool Dashboard. Daily notification e-mails will keep staff up to date on pending prospective customers. This way you will never forget to follow up!!
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