The Start Teaching Guitar Academy

Month: May 2013

  • STG 068 : 7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching Guitar

    http://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/stg-advantage.s3.amazonaws.com/STGAA068.mp3You know what they say: “hindsight is 20/20”. You never have all the answers or all the information you need when you’re first getting started as a guitar teacher, and some of the most valuable lessons of all don’t come until you’ve been at it for a while. In this episode, I’ll talk about 7…

  • STG 067 : Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working (And How To Fix It)

    http://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/stg-advantage.s3.amazonaws.com/STGAA067.mp3Sometimes it feels like you’re doing everything you’re supposed to do to market and advertise your guitar teaching business, but nothing seems to be working. You have a website, an email list, social media profiles, local search and all the rest, but where are all the new students those things are supposed to bring in?…

  • Q&A Call – May 2013

    [audio:http://d2tfllbdd96bgk.cloudfront.net/STGAA-QA-Call-May-2013.mp3|titles=Q&A Call – May 2013] Questions Answered In This Q&A Call: What’s the best time of the day/week to post content on Facebook when the most amount of people will notice it and comment? Are there any good cost effective programs or services that can set up social media campaigns for a small business? How…

  • STG 066 : How To Increase Your Word-Of-Mouth Referrals

    http://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/stg-advantage.s3.amazonaws.com/STGAA066.mp3Referrals 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 much money as you…

  • STG 065 : How Your Confidence Level Can Make Or Break Your Teaching Business

    http://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/stg-advantage.s3.amazonaws.com/STGAA065.mp3Your confidence level has a big impact on how successful you are with teaching guitar lessons. A high level of confidence will help you keep moving forward when times are tough, and a low level of confidence will make you feel like giving up. If you can keep your confidence level high, you have a…

  • Webinar: How To Build A Private Student Web Portal Using WordPress

    Having a private student web portal available for your students is a great way to foster community, provide a better customer experience and increase your student retention. Building one is easier than you think, and there are tools and resources available to help you put it together at almost no additional cost. In this webinar,…

  • STG 064 : 15 Components of a Complete Guitar Player

    http://media.blubrry.com/startteachingguitar/stg-advantage.s3.amazonaws.com/STGAA064.mp3There are a lot of different aspects to being a complete, 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 or how many cool sounds you can wrangle out of your guitar? The correct answer is “all of…