marketing
Accompaniment workshops
I am wondering if any of you have thought about doing an Accompaniment Workshop for current or potential students as a 4 – 6 week affair like we do ‘ordinary’ Workshops? I love Accompaniment, have done lots of it and would love to perhaps do…
How and where to advertise in a small town
I’m wanting to grow my piano database of students. I was wondering if anyone would be happy to share their flyers with me that have worked for them and/or any suggestions on advertising or other ways I could grow my business in a small country…
Playing for Peeps -Fun Easter Contest
This is a fun way to encourage students to play their songs for people in a causal way… to get low-stress performance experience, to feel more encouraged & motivated by their playing when new people hear them play, and as an extra by-product maybe even…
Getting My Groups Started
Well, I went and did it! I started two groups two weeks ago! and it’s just as Neil said: Energizing. Here’s how I did it: There is a local private school in my area. I asked if I could send out 800 flyers to their…
Marketing to Homeschoolers
Question to all of you…. anyone having success tapping into the home-school population? I have searched online for organizations, and the few that I found did not respond to my request to advertise. Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. I belong to a preschool…
Marketing in The Homeschool Community
Last year I was asked to speak at a Christian homeschool convention in Northern California for this April. There will be approximately 1000 attendees. Somehow they got a hold of my name because of the reputation/referral of my studio. They told me I couldn’t specifically…
Advertising to Homeschoolers
I am a new teacher just starting out, and I would really love to be able to advertise to the home school network in my area, but not sure where to start. Has anyone had any experience or ideas with this? I’m a homeschool mom…
Marketing With Groupon-Wording
I am wondering if the way we are ‘marketing’ ourselves might be impacting peoples perception. Has anyone seen a difference when they go to Groupon marketing specifically “Workshop” vs. “Piano lessons”? That’s an interesting question. I hadn’t thought about it until a few weeks ago…
Free Introductory Session- Training Materials
I do not know if everyone uses the Free Introductory Session materials but in my opinion they are well worth the investment of your time. When I attended the November workshop in Sacramento, I was only about four weeks into my training with Neil. Based…
Marketing Through Local Newspaper Article
Hi all, I wanted to share a recent experience I had. Although I had considered approaching the local newspapers for feature articles, I was too timid to do that. I was afraid the papers wouldn’t be interested because another local Simply Music teacher had already…