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Outrageously Priced Materials?
Who has a nice response to this missive that I received today? “I am happy to pay you for your time, and am overall pleased with the program (and with you especially), but paying for the books is more difficult when they are, quite frankly,…
Collecting Evaluation Forms
I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or insight on getting evaluations back in a complete and timely matter. For multiple reasons I have struggled with this, and while I know at the core is the fact that they are not doing what…
Release for Online Lessons
I’m changing my enrolment forms to an online version and I’m stuck on how to word the media release section. In the past, the majority of my students declined the usage of photos/videos of students online for marketing purposes. I’m guessing that in other studios,…
Student Images on Social Media
When I enroll students, I ask them to fill out a photo/video release form that provides permission to share images of students playing piano and only first names. However, the majority of my students choose “No” to using them on websites or social media. Do…
Dice for Playlist Review
I just started using these dice and dodecahedra recently for playlist review. Students love it soooo much, and it even works for online lessons! It is also helping rekindle enthusiasm in these summer months. Update – today I even did it with one of my…
Appropriate Advertising Expenses (Yellow Pages)
I committed this week to paying for phone book advertising and have been having second thoughts. I don’t want to waste money on advertising, yet want to do what I need to do to get students. I really want to teach shared lessons. My perception…
Yellow Pages – Shared Advertising
Here in Western Australia the Yellow Pages has been used for some years now. Since last November we have had a substantially larger ad than previously, and have had the number of calls almost double. There have been 271 calls in the past 8 months.…
My First Newspaper Article and FIS
I am still waiting for an article to appear online, but I have some initial results to share with all of you. The Mom who attended the interview with the journalist has since signed up for lessons herself. The article was in the newspaper this…
Workshop Flyer Direct Mail
Does anyone have a workshop flyer they would be willing to share with me? I am considering Every Door Direct Mail. Here’s the workshop flyer I borrowed from one of the teachers. This particular one already had the “local postal” stamp on the upper right…
Free Advertising
I’ve been reading the recent Posts and noticed several mentions of the Free Advertising available on the web. I’d like to know where you were able to find Free Advertising. I’ll start off with the places I’ve found for Free Advertising: Craigslist.org Kijiji.com Some more…