Here's a presentation that I crafted to share my experience working with Gloopal a free tutoring service listing provider, the first of its kind in the private tuition industry. Gloopal is a tightly knit community of tutors bent on one thing- getting education to students who need a helping hand, and doing so without the overhead accorded by traditional tutoring agencies. Gloopal charges zero fees, and zero commission in hosting/assigning jobs to tutors. It manages to do so by staying ultra lightweight, like Wikipedia, and stays consistently efficient, allowing it to do what it is an expert in: being the best home and private tutoring website.
2. Why Gloopal?
• Private tuition is big business in Asia. Students are commonly enrolled
in afterschool or weekend classes, by their parents- jostling to provide
the very best education for their children.
• Naturally, a high demand for any service always attracts the attention
of secondary service providers- Football matches at stadiums attract
hot dog vendors, e-commerce sites attract price comparisons sites
etc.
• In the case of private tutoring, there is a wealth of tutoring agencies
out there- all of whom charge the industry standard 50% of a tutor’s
monthly wage, in a Rumplestiltskin-type arrangement.
• This is where Gloopal.com kicks in.
3. Why Free?
• Free’s great- free facilitates adoption, but above all free encourages
tutors to do what they do best: teach.
• By empowering tutors to teach for free, Gloopal lowers the barrier of
entry for many first time tutors.
• A reduced barrier of entry for tutors encourages competitive pricing,
and better quality of teaching for students.
• In an age of economic uncertainty, Gloopal.com has crafted a
Wikipedia-like existence: keep costs down, and efficiency high.
• Gloopal.com achieves this through the use of some “magic”.
4. “Gloopal Magic”
• At the core of Gloopal.com lies a fundamentally strong web
development skillset, where design and performance converge, and
scale does not necessarily mean heightened cost.
• By leveraging data efficiently, Gloopal reduces the sign-up barrier.
Gloopal boasts an industry first full sign-up time of less than 60
seconds- demonstrating the importance to get users up and ready to
go without much adue.
• Demonstrating value- private or home tutors who sign up on
Gloopal.com efficiently suggests relevant tutors to students, who take
on the role of interviewing tutors themselves.
