AgentsChat.com July NewsletterWelcome to our first newsletter under the new team. Hope you enjoy! Any and all feedback is appreciated. Cheers!
Section 1
Foreign Working InternshipsAn overseas working internship is an opportunity to gain experience
abroad and to gain practical experience in an area that interests you
and your future career in a setting conducive to learning both the
language and the working culture of your host country. To create a
base of learning to build upon future years of success, These are the
reasons why people do internships.
1. To gain work, cultural and language experience in an international country.
2. To directly have work experience in their career field so as to
enhance their resume.
3. To gain academic credits or to qualify for academic credits with
their academic institution
4. To experience global and local issues firsthand and to contribute
as a global citizen.
If you are an agency that wants to gain more clients, this is a
meaningful and exciting option for you. This is a growing field, and
it will only get larger.
In our upcoming monthly newsletters, we will address specific areas
for both students and agencies alike and talk about such as:
1. Types of Internships
2. How people find internships abroad
3. Developing a program
4. Opportunities
Additionally, look for our new INTERNSHIP BOARD, Coming Soon this summer!
Section 2
A Frequently Asked Question on AgentsChat.com: How can I recruit students as an agency or in school agency?Most students find schools through agents, or through the recruiting
agency of a school itself. Whichever way you go, starting out with no
previous history of international recruitment, no staff assigned to
the project, and a small budget, is more common than you think! The
following is an overview of our views here at AgentsChat.com of
recruitment-related activities, the lessons learned, and some
outcomes.
What we will do each month is to give several recommendations and tips
rather than everything at once. The reason we have decided to do this
is that, oftentimes, we have given all the information we can to
prospective agencies but nothing has happened. Why? Too much
information! What we have found is that when we give the information
in stages, it works better. So, here goes.
Step One: * Setting up a Recruitment Committee
The first question is: Do you have people ready to commit time,
expertise, to planning, communications, and recruiting, and then give
leadership when they need it? We find that typically this committee
would meet two to three times per session to plan activities, identify
needs and solutions, hear and respond to reports and feedback on
recruitment trips, and share relevant news and developments.
Once this is done, each committee member is responsible for their
area. For example
Project Recruitment Team Lead:
Who is keeping track of the timelines and tasks that have been decided?
Marketing Lead:
Who is in charge of all marketing initiatives, for the purpose of
attracting students and schools to you?
PR and Communications
Who is promoting you to newspapers, magazines, websites, etc? Who is
handling inquires and your message?
Operations
Who is keeping everything organized?
Business Development
Who is responsible for developing strategic alliances and achieving
business targets?
In our upcoming issues, we will address these areas and more.
Lastly, if you are having challenges in setting up your agency or
school recruitment division, let us know. We can refer you to
consultants and advisors who have experience in this area and would be
happy to help.
Next issue: Consultations and Networking
Part 3:
Profile ManagementWe are noticing that not all members of AgentsChat.com are taking
advantage of their profile to advertise their agency's or school's
website or to provide relevant contact information. Think of your
AgentChat.com profile as way to increase your share of the "eyeballs"
that frequent this site. This site provides a valuable place to
advertise your services to a wide and very receptive audience within
the ESL agency business. To update your profile, go to
http://www.agentschat.com/index.php/action,profile/u,2/sa,forumProfile.htmland have full in those boxes! Think of it as a facebook profile on a
site catering to the global community of ESL Agency businesses.
Part 4
New Advertising OpportunitiesDedicated Position on our Front Page Dynamic Banner Advertisement.
Reserve a front page advertisement and link on agentschat.com for US$699 for one year.
1. The size of the banner ad is 165px by 218px and pictures (gif, png, jpg) are allowed and encouraged.
2. It will be placed prominently in the right sidebar directly below the Main Menu.
3. The advertisement will be visible by all users and guests on all forum pages.
Email Newsletter Profile
Your institutions profile, news, promotion or advertisement in our agents email newsletter for US$160. Every month we email a newsletter to over 650 education agents around the world. Email your submission to us (around 120 words or less) and we will incorporate it into the newsletter. The email newsletter goes out in the first or second week of each month.
Why advertise with AgentsChat.com?
With over 650 education agents (language travel agents, student recruiters or study abroad consultants) as members, AgentsChat.com is a great way for you to promote your institution's courses around the world. Our Agent members come from 79 countries which can be broken down into the following regions -
Europe and Russia (excluding the UK) - 23%
Latin America - 7%
South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) - 24%
Other Asian Countries - 18%
Turkey and the Middle East - 8%
Africa - 2%
US/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ (including inbound, international and online agencies) - 18%
To learn more email
admin@agentschat.com with your company details and let us know the services that you require.
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