What’s the biggest mistake piano teachers make with their business? They get complacent! And then their students get bored. And then their re-registration numbers suffer. And then they are struggling … Continue Reading →
Piano Teaching Success in Any Economy
Piano teachers are not immune to an unstable economy. I know many teachers who have struggled with student retention over the last year and have worked hard to help them right their piano teaching … Continue Reading →
Why Piano Exams Could Be Threatening Your Teaching Studio’s Success…
Do most of your students take piano exams? Do most of your students need to take piano exams? Are your re-registration rates not what you’d like them to be? Are piano exams to blame? What is the … Continue Reading →
Piano Teaching Issue – Are Piano Lessons Taking a Back Seat to Other Activities?
It's late spring, and the lazy days of summer are approaching. However, for a lot of families, getting to these summer “lazy days” is like completing a marathon... day after day after day. This … Continue Reading →
Piano Teaching and Advertising Tip – Stubborn Students From Day 1
Do you know what most piano teachers hate?... parents who sign up stubborn students who'd rather be doing anything OTHER than playing piano. Most actually refuse these students, or...drop them … Continue Reading →
Piano Teaching Tip – Let the Guitar Guide Us
That’s not a typo… I really did mean to say, let the GUITAR guide us. Once upon a time, there was little competition for the piano teaching world. Piano lessons were THE musical activity in which … Continue Reading →
Piano Teaching Tip… Watch For Boredom’s Warning Signs
Boredom is like a black hole that sucks piano students in, never to be returned to your piano teaching studio. And as piano teachers we MUST constantly be aware of boredom, because it can be very … Continue Reading →
Are you a Piano Teaching Chameleon?
If you’re not willing to bend… you may just break! I spend a lot of time talking and listening to piano teachers and what I hear sounds a lot like a broken record… “He just won’t … Continue Reading →