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mrsHomestay in Korean

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

To help non-english speaking, our team is moving to produce mrsHomestay.com in multiple languages. Korean is the first of the asian languages is just been completed and put live on on the site. Following this in the coming months, we will also be translating mrsHomestay into Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Thai. Stay tune and watch out for it.

If you are korean, switched to mrsHomestay korean site now.

TIPS Series 1: How To Improve Your Homestay Guardian Profile

Monday, July 14th, 2008

You have signed up with mrsHomestay, and put up a basic profile. This is your personal page, and very soon you will receive a special URL & online badge which you can add to your email signature, or blog. What do you do next? Here are some tips to make it easier for international students and their parents to find you.

TIP 1 : UPLOAD YOUR PICTURES

This has to be the FIRST commandment :) Every international student and including their parents want to know the condition of the homestay, amenities near the homestay and if you live in a private condo, what are the facilities available. You would too, if you are sending your child abroad. You want to know she is safe and living in a good home.

This is so important to us that the next updates of the mrsHomestay will give preference to profiles with pictures, and display such on the DASHBOARD area when the student or parent logs in.

Some pictures suggestions,

  • Show pictures of the room, living area
  • Take some pictures of the neighbourhood - parks, SAFRA club, swimming pool etc
  • Please don’t be shy, show pictures of yourself (guardian) if you can.
  • Upload pictures of other students you host, of course with their permission.

Add homestay pictures to your homestay guardian profile

How to Upload Pictures
  1. Login into your profile using your email and password on www.mrshomestay.com
  2. Click on My Profile > Pictures (sub menu)
  3. Click on Add button, and browse your computer for a suitable homestay picture
  4. Click on Save
TIP 2 : USE DISPLAY NAME
Improve the visual display of the your profile by using a “display name” you like to be fondly known as. For example, instead of showing “Lee Joo Kiat” you can instruct the profile to display “Derek Lee” or “Uncle Lee” if you like. Think about the audience you are reaching out to.
Adding Your Display Name on mrsHomestay
How to update Display Name
  1. Login into your profile using your email and password on www.mrshomestay.com
  2. Click on My Profile
  3. Find the line “Display Name” and double click on the text area to enter a suitable display name.
  4. Press ENTER or click elsewhere to save.
Thats all we have for TIPS this week. Stay tune for more.