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Getting A New Region Started
I am one of two teachers just getting started in Canada and I would like to share with you just one of the amazing experiences that have already occurred as I have been sharing Simply Music with my fellow Canadians. As many of you have…
Appropriate Advertising Expenses (Yellow Pages)
I committed this week to paying for phone book advertising and have been having second thoughts. I don’t want to waste money on advertising, yet want to do what I need to do to get students. I really want to teach shared lessons. My perception…
My First Newspaper Article and FIS
I am still waiting for an article to appear online, but I have some initial results to share with all of you. The Mom who attended the interview with the journalist has since signed up for lessons herself. The article was in the newspaper this…
Handling an Advertising Error & Being Bold
Several people have mentioned the results of boldness lately, so I thought I’d share a story about what happened to Cindy Bettinger and myself, as we routinely advertise cooperatively. I recently had an incident with our local newspaper, and because of this, I decided to…
Advertisement Feedback – What Worked for Us
We just wanted to share some of the ads we’ve been using. Some of these have worked incredibly well, others not so much. Either way, we hope some of them work for you! Most of them were designed by our local newspaper, which has a…
Advertising- Getting Started
Any suggestions on advertising for the first time? I’m looking for something that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, yet will get the phone ringing. I’ve been teaching a year and a half and found that if you spend more money upfront you will…
Advertising- A Great Start
Hi all, I wanted to tell everyone, especially new teachers, my experience, for encouragement, in case you need some. I started teaching this method last October, not even a year yet. Due to small ads in school papers and local paper, students trickled in one…
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…
Marketing Through Newspapers and School Newsletters
I began with four students, which quickly grew to 12 after advertising in a few school newsletters and our local community newspaper. I then decided to do something bigger and more expensive, which was published in another magazine/newspaper which is distributed to every home on…
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…