Right vs. Right Now: The Perfect Time To Publish Your Directory
The biggest challenge in editing a school directory is deciding when is “right enough” to publish the information you have. There will always be another new student or one who leaves or one more kid shuffle between classes or one more sponsor who needs a little extra time to get you the logo. You can’t make changes after you print the directory, but how long is reasonable to wait for the information to be perfect?
ClassList.Online directories are the answer! Two weeks into the school year, most classes have settled in and there won’t be too many more changes. We can upload your new school data whenever you are ready. If there are changes later, it’s no big deal. Your school will have designated administrators who can add, edit, or remove student, family, and staff information as necessary. It will only take a minute to add that student who enrolled the day after you submitted your directory upload for the year. Your families can have this resource Right Now, and you can still make it Right later.
Have you ever had to wait for a sponsor to send their logo files before you could submit your directory to the printer? With a ClassList.Online directory, sponsors will create login accounts and enter all their own information when they subscribe. Their ads will appear on your Sponsors page as soon as the online payment is received. If a business changes its logo, address, or contact information during the year, the Sponsor can log in and update the information and the changes will appear immediately on your Sponsors page. You don’t need to wait for everything to be Right, and new sponsors can always join Right Now.
Sponsors are always sorted by sponsorship level and new high-level sponsors will be added near the top of the list. There is no need to redo your page layouts — it all happens automatically. Sponsorships are subscriptions that will automatically expire the following school year on September 30, but your directory administrators can adjust the sponsorship prices throughout the year to reflect the shorter time remaining and you can continue encouraging businesses to advertise in your directory long after your new information goes online. As soon as your school renews your ClassList.Online directory, you can contact your sponsors to see if they would like to advertise in your directory again for the following year. All sponsors that renew their subscriptions before September 30 will have uninterrupted advertising, regardless of when the new school information is uploaded.
When you want your directory to be Right but you need it Right Now, ClassList.Online is the way to go. Take a look at my sample directory, or send me an email at contact@schooldirectoryservices.com if you would like more information.