If you’ve been teaching guitar lessons for a while and you’ve reach a certain level of success, the question of moving into commercial teaching space is always in the back of your mind. If you’ve outgrown your home studio and it’s time to move up, should you RENT that new commercial space or should you […]
STG 109 : How To Make Better Business Decisions
Have you ever made a decision and then lived to regret it later? Decision making is one of those few business tasks you can’t really delegate to anybody else. As an entrepreneur guitar teacher, the buck stops with YOU! Your business will succeed or fail based on the decisions you make, so it makes sense […]
STG 108: How NOT To Teach Guitar Lessons
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https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG108.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS I’ve done lots of podcast episodes about how to become a better guitar teacher; today I want to take a look at this from a different angle and talk about how NOT to teach guitar lessons. There are tons of teachers out […]
STG 107 : 2014 Guitar Teacher Survey Results
Are you wondering how much other guitar teachers are charging for their lessons? Wondering how many students other teachers are actually teaching? How about how much money real teachers are making from their teaching studios? The results of the 2014 Guitar Teacher Survey are in, and this episode will have all the details. I’ll go over […]
STG 106 : How To Make Your Taxes Less Painful
Benjamin Franklin once said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Tax season comes around every single year, and it’s a big source of stress and frustration for most small business owners, including guitar teachers. If you procrastinate and don’t do anything to prepare yourself for tax season, […]
STG 105 : 10 Guitar Blogs You Should Be Reading
Reading guitar blogs is a great way to keep a “growing edge” on your skills as a guitar teacher. Good blogs will keep you updated on the latest guitar-related developments, give you excellent articles and information you can forward on to your students and provide you with a steady source of new (and FREE) lesson […]
STG 104: 7 Guitar Teaching Excuses I Never Want To Hear Again
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STG 103 : Why Learning The Guitar Is So Difficult
I think guitar teachers sometimes have a tendency to forget where we came from. Whenever we teach absolute beginners how to play guitar, we tend to look at things through the lens of where we are TODAY as a player and we don’t always see things from the perspective of someone who has never picked up […]
STG 102 : How To Build Momentum and Reach The Tipping Point
Nothing is more frustrating than pouring your heart and soul into your teaching business for months and feeling like you haven’t made any progress. Most guitar teachers tend to give up when they don’t quickly see results for their efforts, but more often than not, the breakthrough you’ve been looking for in your business is […]
STG 101 : How To Choose The Right Business Name For Your Teaching Studio
Have you ever seen a business with a really bad name…or worse yet, a name that you never even bothered to remember at all? Your business name really can make or break your teaching studio, and if you design a great name, it can become one of your biggest marketing advantages. In this episode, I’ll […]
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