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How Piano Teachers Achieve Immunity From Economic Downturns – It’s Q&D Day!
Question: How can I build up my piano studio (by adding students) in the economic down turn? In an economic downturn, a family’s budget gets tight. And when a family’s budget gets tight, only the absolute necessities make the cut. … Continue reading
Let’s Get Critical, Critical… I Wanna Get Critical, Critical
Does that Olivia Newton-John reference in the post title work without music? If it doesn’t, rest assured I haven’t lost it… completely. Now that “Let’s Get Physical” is bebopping away in your head I’ll get back to the post… Take … Continue reading
How one “little firecracker” earned me an extra $4200 in my first year teaching piano…
This “little firecracker”, we’ll call him Jake, was one of my most challenging students when I first started teaching piano. Following a piano lesson with Jake, my studio was a mess, and my mental health was even worse. But his … Continue reading
A Piano Studio Website is Great, But This Might Be Better
When new piano teachers ask me about taking their piano studio online many might be surprised that my first suggestion is not “get a website”. Instead, I tell new teachers to claim their piano business listing on Google Places. It … Continue reading
Tweak.com… Prepare for a Tidal Wave of New Piano Students
If you haven’t yet heard of Tweak.com they are about to become your new best friend. Launched in February of this year, Tweak.com is an online service that allows businesses (like piano teaching studios) to design affordable marketing materials (brochures, … Continue reading
Teaching Piano Lessons – Dealing with Difficult Students
Teaching piano lessons to challenging students can be… challenging. Every piano teacher has that student. The one that won’t sit still, the one that won’t practice, the one that never wanted to take piano lessons in the first place… you … Continue reading
Advertising Piano Lessons – Build Your Piano Teaching Brand
Branding your piano teaching studio… it’s a small thing that’s going to make a huge difference in your piano teaching success. It seems simple, yet you are going to be amazed at the power of a registered business name. It’s … Continue reading
Don’t Force Teenage Piano Students Into Recitals
Read any piano forum or blog on the internet and you’ll find that one of the biggest issues facing today’s teachers is the retention of teenage students. In fact, amongst teachers, it is almost a given that many of their … Continue reading
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