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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 040: 10 Characteristics of a Perfect Guitar Student

Posted on November 15, 2012 by in Finding New Students, Podcasts

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https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG040.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this episode we’re going to turn things around and focus on what makes a guitar STUDENT good and successful. This is valuable information you can use to ATTRACT the perfect students for your teaching business, TRAIN the students you already have to […]

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STG 039 : How To Improve Your Search Engine Ranking With Google Plus

Posted on November 8, 2012 by in Finding New Students, Podcasts

The website you use for teaching guitar only helps you if prospective students can actually FIND it…and ranking highly in the search engines is the way to make that happen. In this episode, I’ll tell you all about how using a Google Plus social media account can help you improve the search engine rankings for […]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 018 – Alex Boyd

Posted on October 16, 2012 by in Guitar Teacher Interviews

 

 One of the driving principles behind Start Teaching Guitar is that we can all learn from each other. This “Guitar Teacher Interview” series is a chance for us to hear from other guitar teachers around the world and hopefully get some ideas for our own teaching businesses. This interview is with Alex Boyd, a guitar […]

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STG 032 : 5 Challenges For Beginning Guitar Teachers

Posted on September 20, 2012 by in Podcasts, Where Do I Begin?

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https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG032.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIn this episode, I’ll tell you about 5 challenges most beginning guitar teachers have to face. Starting your own teaching business isn’t always a bed of roses…but if you KNOW ABOUT the challenges ahead of time, you can PREPARE for them, OVERCOME them […]

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STG 027 : How To Use Niche Marketing To Succeed As a Guitar Teacher

Posted on August 16, 2012 by in Finding New Students, Podcasts

In this episode, I’ll tell you all about niche marketing and how it can benefit you as a guitar teacher. Niche marketing (as opposed to MASS marketing) is a great way to differentiate yourself in a crowded area with lots of other guitar teachers, and it can actually help you attract MORE students and be […]

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The Cheap Guitar Teacher’s Guide To Online Teaching Directories

Posted on May 31, 2012 by in Finding New Students

 

 Advertising your teaching business to attract more students can be an expensive and sometimes overwhelming proposition, but it doesn’t HAVE to be. Thanks to the ever-growing Internet, there are tons of low-cost and even NO COST ways to “hang up your shingle” as a guitar teacher and let people know about the services you have […]

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Kyle Ohlenkamp

Guitar Teacher Interview 015 – Kyle Ohlenkamp

Posted on April 24, 2012 by in Guitar Teacher Interviews

 

 One of the driving principles behind Start Teaching Guitar is that we can all learn from each other. This “Guitar Teacher Interview” series is a chance for us to hear from other guitar teachers around the world and hopefully get some ideas for our own teaching businesses. This interview is with Kyle Ohlenkamp, from Minnetonka, […]

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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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Teaching Website Shoot-Out: WordPress vs Music Teacher’s Helper

Posted on February 23, 2012 by in Tools of the Trade

 

 In this article, I’ll be doing a “shoot-out” between two popular website platforms you can use to promote and manage your guitar teaching business: WordPress and Music Teacher’s Helper. They both have some real STRENGTHS they bring to the table, and also a few things they could do BETTER. I’ll go into both the good […]

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New Income Streams For Your Teaching Business – Part 3: Information Products

Posted on February 9, 2012 by in Being A Business Owner

 

 This is the final article in a 3-part series on new income streams for your teaching business. Like I’ve written about before, there are many more ways to make money as a guitar teacher than just by collecting lesson tuition. It’s always a good idea to diversify your income streams as much as possible, just […]

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