Studio Management
Teaching Friends
I am newly licensed, and will start teaching SM soon. I am only able to establish a small studio (approx 10 students) at this point, and for the foreseeable future. So it is natural to envision my friends being among (or totally comprising) the small…
Writing Your Schedule- Fall Schedule
How do you all handle fall scheduling? We’ve always done it where they can pre-pay to hold a slot for fall in September (pre-payment is due in June). Those that pre-pay or continue at least four weeks in July/August get first choice in lessons and…
Referral Incentives
I’m so thankful I found Simply Music. I’m a rather shy person, and not one to go “drum up business” very comfortably. Fortunately, I haven’t had to. I agreed to teach a free class at our homeschool group, and enrolled several new students just on…
Average Number of Students You Teach
Just out of curiosity, how many students are people teaching in a week? Currently, I have 16 students. Ideally, I would like to have around 20-22 (depending on whether they are shared lessons). This is a part-time venture for me, while I homeschool my kids…
Dual Enrollment with SM and traditional
I have an eight-year-old homeschooled student who recently completed a Living Social four-week workshop. The mother herself learned piano with traditional method, but she likes Simply Music, and is interested in enrolling the daughter with me in shared lessons. This student had a semester of…
What to Give Beginning Students
What types of things do you give a new student? Or expect of them the first week? I’m going to revamp some things for my studio and I’m thinking of all the things that are important at first. Business card Studio policies Testimonial sheet Shared…
Handling Paperwork
Hi all, I have struggled with the business side of my business for some time now and was wondering if people could give me some insight as to how you run your business? How they split their time with paper work, finances, studying etc. I…
Student Home Materials For Multiple Family Members
If multiple family members are taking lessons, does each person need their own set of Student Home Materials, or can one set suffice? It would seem like duplication perhaps and unnecessary expense to have three sets of the same thing? Thanks for any thoughts from…
Providing Students With Music
I would welcome feedback. During the Accompaniment program, how do you approach teaching music pieces outside of the Simply Music curriculum. 1. Do you provide the music pieces or do they bring one of their own? 2. Is this a licensing issue? If I purchase…
Staying Organized
So, I thought I was pretty organized until lately. I find myself all over the place. So, my question… How do you keep organized? I did have everyone’s things in a file folder…but now it’s not working. Any other ideas, or what you have done/still…