Word of mouth referrals are the easiest, most effective and most productive way to attract new guitar students, and they usually bring in the highest quality students, too. If you haven’t started mobilizing your existing students and using them to do your advertising and recruiting for you through word-of-mouth referrals, you’re not making as […]
STG 062: 5 Ways Your Students Can Sabotage Their Guitar Lessons
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https://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/content.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/STG062.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Guitar students can choose to quit taking lessons with you for several different reasons. Sometimes it’s because of something you did or didn’t do as a teacher, sometimes it’s just because life gets in the way, and sometimes it’s because they […]
STG 061 : How Your Personality Type Can Impact Your Guitar Lessons
Do you ever wish you could understand why your students respond to your lessons the way they do? Maybe you’d love to know what strengths and weaknesses you bring to your guitar teaching business so you could get help with the things that could make you more successful? Understanding personality types and how they interact […]
STG 058: Riff Master Pro – Interview With Heath Nicholson
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STG 056: Teaching Guitar To Kids
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STG 052: Girls Guitar School – Interview With October Crifasi
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STG 050: 7 Things You Might Be Doing To Drive Your Guitar Students Away
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STG 046: 7 Ways You Can Succeed as a Guitar Teacher In the New Year
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STG 045 : How To Write A One-Page Business Plan That Will Grow Your Teaching Business
Failing to PLAN is really planning to FAIL! Instead of letting your students and the economy take your business where you DON’T want it to go, a simple one-page business plan can change your future and put things in your favor. In this episode, I’ll give you a FAST, EASY and SIMPLE technique for creating […]
STG 043 : Four Key Business Metrics For Guitar Teachers
Do you ever feel like you don’t have any CONTROL over your teaching business? Almost like your driving down the highway with your EYES CLOSED…HOPING you’re heading where you want to go? Well, you don’t have to WONDER and GUESS any more! Tracking a few key BUSINESS METRICS for your teaching business will help you […]
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