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A comment on the question "Adding a picture for my profile is not working" in Beanbag Learning:

Hi Laura. This problem is now fixed - you should be able to crop the photo. Thanks for getting in contact with us. – Jon Ellis, on November 23, 2009 13:16

A comment on the question "Adding a picture for my profile is not working" in Beanbag Learning:

Hi. The problem is now fixed. You should be able to upload a photo. – Jon Ellis, on November 23, 2009 13:16

Jon Ellis marked one of Riktam Alasdair De Voil's replies in Beanbag Learning as useful. Riktam Alasdair De Voil replied to the question "Adding a picture for my profile is not working".

Jon Ellis replied on November 23, 2009 13:15 to the question "Adding a picture for my profile is not working" in Beanbag Learning:

Hi Kate. This problem is now fixed. You should be able to upload your photo now :)

Jon Ellis posted an update in Beanbag Learning on November 20, 2009 10:51:

Making Good Progress

We are really pleased with the progress that Beanbag is making. We currently have approaching 1,300 tutors listed on the website from across the UK (at Nov 2009) and we are channeling emails from parents direct to tutors every day.

Our strategy is to build the website into one of the foremost tutor directories in the UK, and to find ways of building a sense of community between tutors. We are investigating ways of supporting tutors enter the market and build their businesses.

Our tutor collaboration website http://tutorhub.org can, we believe, transform the way that tutors share knowledge and we will be promoting it amongst our tutors shortly. We hope that our tutors find the new service useful.

Jon Ellis replied on November 20, 2009 10:43 to the problem "I can't update my profile information." in Beanbag Learning:

Solved

Jon Ellis replied on November 20, 2009 10:42 to the problem "New Tutor Registration" in Beanbag Learning:

Solved

Jon Ellis replied on November 20, 2009 10:41 to the problem "I think I spotted some spam" in Beanbag Learning:

See Matt's response.

Jon Ellis shared an idea in Beanbag Learning on November 20, 2009 10:39:

Tutor Collaboration

Hi. We have a theory that there are lots of people who would like to become a tutor but dont know how to go about it. For example, do they need a CRB check, contracts, where to market and tax implications. We have set up a new website http://tutorhub.org to support collaboration between tutors. Does anyone think that there is anything else we can do to lower the barriers to entry for new tutors?

Jon Ellis replied on November 18, 2009 09:21 to the question "Adding a picture for my profile is not working" in Beanbag Learning:

Hi Kate - we are not sure why this feature isn't working on your computer.

I will email you privately and arrange to upload the image for you centrally.

Best wishes

Jon

Jon Ellis set one of Jon Ellis' replies as an official response to "Quick question" in Beanbag Learning

Jon Ellis replied on November 14, 2009 09:32 to the question "Quick question" in Beanbag Learning:

Hi there, this is Jon at Beanbag.

We do earn some money from the website, in the form of ad revenue and book sales. We do not charge tutors for their listings and we have no plans to do so - we set up the business with the aim of making it easier for independent tutors to do business. We feel that we are beginning to succeed in creating an alternative to the traditional agency route to market.

Our efforts are now being focused on helping independent tutors collaborate, again this is free of charge. Why? Because we think it's a good idea and should make more tutors available to our children - we are parents, and it was our problems finding tutors through 'traditional' means that led us to set up Beanbag.

We are also really interested to hear what sort of additional services tutors would value, maybe you have some ideas?

Jon Ellis marked one of Matt's replies in Beanbag Learning as useful. Matt replied to the problem "I think I spotted some spam".

Jon Ellis replied on September 28, 2009 18:03 to the problem "I can't update my profile information." in Beanbag Learning:

Hi Marie. Sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems. I have emailed you from the Beanbag website with my mobile phone number. Call me, and I will talk you through it

Jon

Jon Ellis replied on September 22, 2009 16:43 to the question "Affiliate Program?" in Beanbag Learning:

As we make clear throughout the website, we are free to use. Affiliate income arrangements are not possible. Sorry.