discussing rates

Editorial note: a teacher was concerned about setting tuition rates so as to do better than merely covering expenses. It generated the following discussion. I am a new Simply Music teacher, but before I taught simply music I was in a very similar situation to…

• Last updated 11 months ago
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Ideas that can help streamline Online lessons you use? When your student is playing and you need them to stop, instead of shouting, use a percussion instrument. This can be fun, incorporating music instrument, saving your voice and for the student to not feel they…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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What do you say when you’re talking to people on the phone about Simply Music? I typically just give them the price and that’s it… they are looking for something cheaper, which I didn’t know even existed. Also what do you say when someone says…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I am still slowly building up my piano business but have had several speculative calls or emails from people asking how much I charge? How often, etc. I find myself having a lengthy conversation with these people either via email or on the phone and…

• Last updated 9 years ago
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I am working on a project and would love your input – particularly newer teachers, but any input is welcome. When you take a phone call from someone asking you about piano lessons, are there questions that you are not quite comfortable answering yet?  For…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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I currently have a group class with two adults and am facing the possibility that one of the adults will be quitting imminently. If you have a two-person class and one person quits, how do you charge the remaining student? I don’t feel comfortable charging…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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Do you provide a fees break for families who want to have more than one of their children in lessons? Or if everyone in a household wants to take lessons? If so, do you use a sliding scale or a percentage discount, etc.? Each teacher,…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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Hi all– I still consider myself newly licensed (three months+/-) and have about six to seven students that have transitioned or are going to, and a group of six to seven starting soon. Yes, I am pretty excited! I do have a question, though. There…

• Last updated 10 years ago
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