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Question about Workshops

I would love to grow my studio from the plateau of about 20 students to more like 50. One thing I want to do is add Workshops. I see a 6-minute training on Workshops in Business Support. Where else would you suggest I look? Also,…

Teacher in a valley

I’m hoping to find some advice and encouragement. For several months, I have felt bogged down in studio management (mostly involving recruiting and keeping students since my finances are very restricted at the moment). In the process of trying to fill vacancies and keep my…

Promoting SM with promises of playing immediately

When promoting Simply Music Piano, do you use the phrases “Play right away” or “Play from the very first lesson”? I feel such statements may set the bar too high for the new student. I can think of no other discipline (physical or musical) where…

Webinar Series: 01/23/2018 – Piano – Remaining Influential in the Digital Age

In this webinar we discuss the inevitability of technological advances, how those can affect our teaching studios, and the critical nature of remaining relevant and influential as music educators. Topics include: Introduction (00:05) What Does it Mean to be “Relevant”? (03:29) Paradox of Technology in…

Growing adult student population

Some folks asked me to share about growing your adult student population. Here are a few things that have worked for me. 1) Deciding that’s what I wanted. Yes, I have turned down requests for teaching children. I adore kids, but at this point in…

Studio FaceBook business pages

Do you have a FaceBook business pate for Simply Music? What is on it? Are links allowed to direct prospects to the main SM site for info? Wanting to expand. I do have a FaceBook business page. I use FaceBook ads to promote my Free…

Lessons learned as a teacher

As a somewhat new teacher (one year), I am interested to know what is the most important thing you all learned in your studios this last year? For me personally it is that patience pays off – patience with myself (in growing the studio) and…

Responding to social media inquiries

Do you use social media to market your piano studio? How do you answer people whose first or second question is, “What lesson times are available?” I feel like we have so much more to establish before I’m ready to book them a time. This…

Keeping track of prospective students

What sort of system do you use for tracking your contact with prospective students? I’ve been playing around with some free CRM (customer relationship management), but it’s incredibly confusing for someone like me who has no prior experience with something like this. I’d like to…

Successful marketing ideas to build studio

I have a current goal of 30 students. Currently at 7, with number 8 planning to start when school begins. What do you do for marketing that works? I live in a medium size town in the southern United States. In almost any business, experts…