Archive | September, 2011
STG 007 : 10 Traits of a Successful Guitar Teacher (part 1)

STG 007 : 10 Traits of a Successful Guitar Teacher (part 1)

In this episode of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast, I’ll be talking about 10 traits of a successful guitar teacher (well…the first 5 of them, anyway). A great way to be more successful as a guitar teacher is to take a look at what OTHER successful people are doing and learn from them. If you [...]

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The Secret To Teaching Fearless Guitar Lessons

Is fear keeping you from taking the plunge and starting your guitar teaching business, or from doing something BOLD to take it to the next level? This is a subject I happen to know a lot about. If I had to pick one overriding emotion that tries to dominate my life on a daily basis, [...]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 005 – Joe Walker

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 Joe Walker from Seattle, [...]

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How To Be A Guitar Teacher

How To Be A Guitar Teacher

There’s a lot of information on the web about how to play the guitar, but there’s not much good info out there about how to be a guitar teacher. This article will explain some of the basics about how to take your love of playing guitar and help you make some money from it through [...]

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STG 006 : Multiply Your Income With Group Guitar Lessons

STG 006 : Multiply Your Income With Group Guitar Lessons

In this episode of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast, we’ll be discussing how teaching group guitar lessons can take your business to a whole new level. Teaching your students in GROUPS offers HUGE advantages for both YOU and THEM over doing traditional private lessons. I go into MUCH greater detail about each item in the [...]

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How To Capture Your Cool Business Ideas

In this article, I want to talk about the importance of capturing your good ideas. We all get those “lightning-strike” flashes of inspiration from time to time…great ideas about ways you can make more money in your business, teach something more effectively, help your students solve a particular problem, etc. The trouble is that those [...]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 004 – Trace Follett

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. Today we have an interview with Trace Follett, [...]

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STG 005 : Using An Email List To Grow Your Teaching Business While You Sleep

STG 005 : Using An Email List To Grow Your Teaching Business While You Sleep

In this episode of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast, we’ll be talking about how awesome an opt-in email list is, and how it can SUPERCHARGE your guitar teaching business! There’s no EASIER or BETTER way to attract new guitar students (other than the traditional “word-of-mouth” marketing that works automatically over time). Most of the guitar [...]

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