About Business

I also work in 3 different locations and found myself searching for the right materials. Sometimes I would leave one book at home or misplace one. (I always carry a copy of SHM notes and music books wherever I teach.) So, I have come up…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• managing materials, materials, multiple teaching locations, organizing materials, student home material, Student Home Materials, teacher materials

I’m a new teacher since September and have been charging my families monthly for their tuition and then invoicing separately for materials costs as they arise. As I look ahead to next year I’ve been wondering if there are other ways of doing this so…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• adjusting tuition, breaking down the costs of lessons, collecting tuition, cost, cost of materials, cost of SHMs, flat fee tuition, inquiries about price, material cost, materials, new material, price, prices, purchasing SHMs, setting prices, SHM, SHM costs, SHMs, student home material, Student Home Materials, talking about cost, tuition, tuition policies, tuition policy, tuition rate, tuition rates, value of materials, value of SHM

I’d seen someone talk about handling materials expenses by just upping the monthly fee to include a contribution toward materials, avoiding lots of separate administrative stuff with separate orders and such. I realized that I like this idea a lot, and I’ve run it by…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• breaking down the costs of lessons, cost, cost of materials, cost of SHMs, inquiries about price, Laurie Richards, material cost, materials, new material, price, prices, purchasing SHMs, setting prices, SHM, SHM costs, SHMs, student home material, Student Home Materials, talking about cost, value of materials, value of SHM

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,…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• answering questions about fees, audio, audio materials, audio SHMs, benefits, CD, communicating benefits, comparing traditional to Simply Music, cost, cost of materials, cost of SHMs, DVD, expense, expenses, expensive, fee, fees, Laurie Richards, material cost, materials, new material, passing along fees, perceived value, purchasing SHMs, Robin Keehn, setting fees, SHM, SHM costs, SHMs, Simply Music's value, student home material, Student Home Materials, talking about cost, using the SHM videos, using videos, value, value of materials, value of program, value of SHM, value of SM, video, video materials, video SHMs, videos

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…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• children filling out evaluation forms, claiming territory, completing evaluations, evaluation form, evaluation forms, evaluations, explaining claiming territory, feedback, lesson requirements, organizing SHMs, purchasing SHMs, reclaiming territory, regaining lost territory ideas, removing evaluation forms, request, request vs requirement, requirement, requirement based studio, requirement versus request, requirement-based, requirements, requirements in lessons, SHM, SHMs, student evaluation forms, territory, timely evaluations

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,…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• benefits of online lessons, distance lessons, learning online, learning via webcam, making videos during lessons, online, online learning, online lessons, permission, photo release, release form, social media, student video, taking videos, teaching online, use of videos, using a webcam to teach, using videos, value of studio website, video, video release, videoconference software, videos, web advertising, web based studio info, website

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…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• making videos during lessons, permission, photo release, release form, social media, student video, taking videos, use of videos, using videos, value of studio website, video, video release, videos, web advertising, web based studio info, website

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…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• dice, die, evaluating playlist, managing playlist, managing the playlist, Playlist, playlist activities, playlist check, playlist dice, playlist die, playlist games, playlist management, playlist review, repertoire, repertoire review

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…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• advertising, advertising fees, advertising ideas, advertising in schools, advertising shared lessons, direct mail, Gordon Harvey, letter box drops, low budget advertising, low cost advertising, newspaper, newspaper ad, newspaper ads, newspaper article, newspaper articles, phone, phone book, preparing for newspaper article, private to shared, private to shared lessons, recruiting, scheduling shared lessons, shared advertising, shared lesson, shared lesson management, shared lessons management, teacher collaboration, yellow page, Yellow Pages

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.…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• advertising, advertising fees, advertising ideas, low budget advertising, low cost advertising, phone, phone book, shared advertising, teacher collaboration, yellow page, Yellow Pages