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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 096: 7 Secrets of Student Retention

 

  https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG096.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS A lot of guitar teachers struggle to grow their businesses because they lose students as fast as they come in…it’s like trying to bail water out of a sinking ship, and they never seem to be able to get ahead. The […]

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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 095 : Overview of the 4 Main Music Instruction Methods – Part 2

 

  Most guitar teachers just teach “freestyle” and don’t use any kind of formal method with their students, but there’s a lot we can learn by looking at formal music education methods and adapting some of their more effective principles to what we already do as guitar teachers. There are 4 primary formal music education […]

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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 094 : Overview of the 4 Main Music Instruction Methods – Part 1

 

  Most guitar teachers just teach “freestyle” and don’t use any kind of formal method with their students, but there’s a lot we can learn by looking at formal music education methods and adapting some of their more effective principles to what we already do as guitar teachers. There are 4 primary formal music education […]

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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 064: 15 Components of a Complete Guitar Player

 

 https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG064.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS What is a complete guitar player? There are a lot of different aspects to being a well-rounded musician. People debate this subject all the time. Is it all about how well you can play technical passages, or how well you understand theory […]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 020 – Tim Woosley

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 Tim Woosley, a guitar […]

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5 Things You MUST Do After You Get a New Student

 

 Student retention is something not enough guitar teachers pay attention to. It’s easy to get so focused on getting new students to come in through the FRONT DOOR (through marketing and advertising) that you forget to make it harder for them to leave through the BACK DOOR. If you don’t focus on BOTH the front […]

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