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Say Hello to Smore Academy

Say hello to Smore Academy! It’s a five-part video series where you can learn just about everything you need to know about Smore — all in under a half hour.

Teachers

How to Write Better: Notes from the Smore Marketing Team

Writing isn’t easy. It takes time to craft the perfect sentence, to proofread, to revise, edit, and polish.

Holidays

(April Fools) Introducing: Seasonal DesignSmells™

It’s no secret. People love our limited-run Seasonal Design feels — those unique backgrounds that rotate in and out each season. This year, we decided to shake things up a little bit.

Principals

🌩 Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome: How Educators Use Smore’s Cloud Tech to do Amazing Work

We spoke with Dr. Joseph Cerna, Principal of Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, who uses Smore to engage colleagues and community.

Business

Smore Analytics: Numbers You Can Count On

👋 Say hello to Smore Analytics! Smore Analytics provides an easy way to determine what happens to your newsletter after you hit “Publish.” Plus, it provides you with easy insights that can help you make more informed decisions about your content, and engage the people who matter to you.

Business

How Better Holiday Newsletters Can Help Grow Your Business

Black Friday and the Holidays are all about being in touch with the folks who matter to you, and in ways that are fun, appealing, and relevant for them. We’ve gathered together some great examples of how you can use Smore to send gorgeous content to the folks on your contact list.

Teachers

Creating Professional Content — Simply

A few weeks ago, we teamed up with the TechRabbi — a designer and edTech superstar, to explore the ways that Smore empowers teachers with professional-grade tools, and gives them the ability to engage audiences of both students and fellow educators.

Teachers

Nine Ways Smore Empowers Educators to Create and Share Great Content

Recently, Smore CEO, Shlomi Atar, and our Head of Business Development and Sales, Rachel Epstein, were guests on TeacherCast’s EdTech in the Classroom, a fantastic podcast for educators, and hosted by Jeff Bradbury.

Teachers

Here’s How To Send Beautiful Communications to Parents of Young Children

When it comes to small children, important things are often in the small details.

Principals

Here’s How a Principal with a Smore School License Creates Amazing Content

When it comes to communications, schools have a few different priorities: They need information to be clear; They need to ensure that important information is read; They need the creation and distribution process to be quick and easy.

Librarians

Here’s How Educators Are Using Smore to Send out Their Summer Reading Lists

See how librarians are sharing summer reading list ideas with students (and colleagues)!

Teachers

Teacher Appreciation Week [2018]

Here at Smore, we know firsthand just how hard teachers and administrators work; From preparing lessons to in-class instruction, to grading tests and corresponding with community members, teachers really deserve that apple on their desk.

Teachers

Eight Tips for Getting Your Education Audience to Read Your Newsletter

It can be a challenge to engage your audience, and to focus their attention on important announcements and updates. That’s why we’ve put together some tips and tricks

Teachers

Update Parents with Smore

Keeping parents in the loop is essential for their cooperation and support. Whether you are looking to update them on your recent class activities, upcoming events or what their child needs to bring next week — we have some great examples for you.

Teachers

Great Newsletters & the Educators Behind Them

We collected some great examples of newsletters that inspired us and asked the Educators who created them what inspired them and what tips they have for new Educators.

Teachers

Think Big, Write Personal: The Guide to Effective Email Communication

As an educator, you have a very diverse group of readers, specifically when your audience is comprised of parents. These readers come from different backgrounds and have their own preferences for how they view and absorb information.

Teachers

Awesome Online Tools for Educators

Wish you could take your students to more museums, explore our galaxy from your own classroom or just get them more interested in historical events?

Teachers

Make your emails mobile friendly: the complete guide for Educators

Even with all the new ways of reaching people — on Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels, email remains the best way to get people’s attention.