growing your studio
Free Advertising- Getting Started
A note to all: Don’t forget that often the best form of “advertising” is free. That is, news articles that your local paper prints because you are doing something newsworthy. Usually you can get a write up in the business section for opening up or…
Free Introductory Session- Closing The Deal
My sister and I are gearing up to start our studio, but our recent FIS’s have come up short. Though we have heard and read of 90 – 110% enrollment rates, it seems that we only get around 20%, and our FIS audiences are dwindling. We’ve been advertising…
Newspaper Ad Results
Hi Fellow SM Teachers! I’m now a Licensed Teacher and have my first two students scheduled to start. I placed an ad in the daily newspaper, to run in three locations. I got four telephone calls on the same day, and by today two of…
Advertising with Living Social and Groupon
I just did my third “ad” with a coupon type site. Now I’ve had experience with several companies- Groupon, Living Social, and Entertainment Book. These sites sell a coupon, and it’s worth half off- so you pay $10, its worth $20 My first deal: half…
Advertising in Annual School Calendars
I have been contacted by fundraising for a school. They asked if I would like to place an exclusive advertisement for piano teachers on their annual wall calendar which I think every household gets that goes to that school. That means I would be the…