User:Mo McNell/sandbox

Overview

Upswing is an online knowledge-sharing marketplace that allows teachers and students (referred to respectively as coaches and learners) to meet online for online tutoring, learning, mentoring, coaching, or any other kind of knowledge exchange. For instance, Upswing can be used for knowledge sharing about all kinds of different subjects such as: and basically any other type of teaching, guiding, or mentoring a Coach and Learner would like to exchange.
 * Academic tutoring
 * Such as science tutoring, math tutoring, essay writing, etc.
 * Standardized test preparation
 * Such as LSAT, GRE, SAT, MCAT, GMAT, etc.
 * Language lessons
 * Interview and job search coaching
 * Such as interview preparation, resume writing, cover letter writing, etc.
 * Legal consulting·
 * Image consulting
 * Financial advising and financial planning

Academic Tutoring

Although Upswing is available for coaches and learners across infinite subject matter areas, Upswing is particularly adept at providing academic tutors for high school and college students. Via Upswing, high school students and college students can research, connect with and meet with peer and professional coaches in order to get the best tutoring that meets their needs.

The Upswing Marketplace 

Upswing is a true marketplace. This is due to the flexible nature of Upswing. Upswing is not a traditional online tutoring company. Instead, Upswing simply provides a platform of exchange for coaches and learners. Just like any other true marketplace, on Upswing, coaches are free to set their own rates and decide how much to charge for their services. Coaches can set their own hours and decide how much or how little they want to work. Upswing does not treat coaches like employees. Instead, Upswing allows coaches to be in business for themselves and shape their own tutoring business. Upswing learners are free to browse through the individual profiles of all of the Upswing coaches just as they would browse through the different merchant stores on other well-known marketplaces such as Amazon or eBay. Upswing learners can then select the coach that best meets their needs based on subject matter, rating, price, availability, and teaching style.

Ratings

After each coaching session, Upswing learners are encouraged to provide a rating for the coach they just met with on a rating scale from 1-10 based on the coaches, subject matter expertise, teaching style, professionalism, and friendliness.

Recommendations

In addition to receiving ratings from their customers, Upswing coaches can also receive recommendations from their peers and colleagues. Recommendations are a great way for coaches to demonstrate their credibility and thereby boost their reputation.

Upswing URL

The Upswing URL is a perfect example of a domain hack. The Upswing URL, which is http://upswi.ng, uses the Nigerian domain extension ".ng." This is similar to many other domain hacks that use a country's domain extension to turn a word into a URL without needing to use an extension such as .com or .net. Other examples of domain hacks can be seen in URLs such as

Connect with Upswing

Website: Upswing can be found at http://upswi.ng

Twitter: Upswing can be followed @Upswing

Facebook:  Upswing can be liked at www.facebook.com/upswi.ng1

Invest in Upswing

Upswing has several opportunities for investors and contributors.

Individuals interested in investing in Upswing should contact upswing directly at info@upswi.ng for more information.

Upswing is currently running an Indiegogo Campaign through which individuals can make contributions to Upswing in exchange for cool perks such as Upswing Credits (called Up Points), Upswing t-shirts, Upswing bags, and more.

Upswing History

Upswing began in March of 2013 by three co-founders: Melvin Hines, Monique McNellie and Alex Pritchett, in Durham, North Carolina. Shortly after launching,Upswing was accepted into a pre-accelerator program called Groundwork Labs due to Upswings motivated co-founders and high potential for success. Since then, Upswing was selected to pitch at Google’s headquarters in San Francisco California during Duke University’s Angel Pitch Event. Upswing has launched successful pilot programs with various customer populations and it continues to refine its marketplace.

Upswing Availability

Upswing’s platform is gearing up for its beta release. Individuals interested in registering with Upswing in order to use it’s beta platform for high quality online knowledge sharing, can do so at http://upswi.ng and signing up as a coach, a learner, or both.