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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…

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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…

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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…

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Several people have mentioned the results of boldness lately, so I thought I’d share a story about what happened to Cindy Bettinger and myself, as we routinely advertise cooperatively. I recently had an incident with our local newspaper, and because of this, I decided to…

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In response to a recent post asking for suggestions on spreadsheets and studio organization, I mentioned a free database software app I have used the past few years called “Airtable.” Airtable is a cloud-based database creator with really exciting possibilities, and the FREE version is…

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A parent just called to ask if she could bring her daughter’s friend to the lesson today. Partially because she is watching her, but the friend had been begging her own mother to go to piano with my student. I said it was fine. I’m…

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Just in case anyone else has not heard about this alternative to Zoom, I’m posting it here. Mike Grande, owner of RockOutLoud music school in NY, who just happens to also be a master coder/programmer, has created what looks to be one of the first…

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I would love to start having face to face lessons when school starts, but I fear the liability is too great. This was confirmed to me by a businessman, stating to me if i open to teach I should have a release form signed by…

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Just want to share some things I’ve learned the past few months that I hope may help you in your journey with growing your student base. I am a newer teacher and just started really pursuing the possibility of doing this full time. Here are…

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Has anyone ever been through this…….. I don’t want to work weekends anymore. So I have to shift some students to midweek. I know I can make it work, but that means someone who already has a midweek spot, has to move to a later…

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