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10 Online Resources To Help You Grow Your Teaching Business

Posted on April 5, 2012 by in Tools of the Trade

 

 The Internet is an amazing tool to help you start and grow your own teaching business…being “online” gives you access to resources that guitar teachers 20 years ago could have only dreamed about. Everything from tools to help you schedule your lesson appointments easier to tools that allow you to get paid more efficiently (and […]

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Tracking Overall Student Progress

Posted on June 28, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

 

 One huge way to help your students stay motivated and keep making progress on the guitar is to make sure they always track their overall progress. There are some clear stepping stones along the path to mastery, and you should acknowledge their progress as they pass each one. These are your student’s milestones…you want to […]

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Using Written Practice Schedules With Your Students

Posted on June 22, 2011 by in Improving Your Teaching Skills

 

 Just like writing down your goals helps them to come to pass, writing out a practice schedule helps you plan and do the things that will make you the guitar player you want to be. Like I’ve mentioned before, your students need to know exactly WHEN they’re going to practice, for how LONG, and exactly […]

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Practicing Stinks! – Part 1

Posted on June 3, 2011 by in Student Retention

 

 What do you think is the single most important thing you can do that will help you become a better guitar player? Laying out the money to buy a quality instrument? Listening to inspiring guitar music? Finding a great teacher? Nope. The biggest factor in your quest to become the best guitar player you can […]

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