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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 046: 7 Ways You Can Succeed as a Guitar Teacher In the New Year

The new year is already here, and it’s the PERFECT time to re-evaluate your teaching business and focus on a few areas that can bring you some strategic growth. In this episode I’ll give you 7 specific areas you can focus on to grow your teaching business and be more successful in the coming new [...]

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The Start Teaching Guitar Podcast

STG 044: 7 Tips To Help Your Students Practice More Effectively

Practicing effectively is the SECRET to becoming a better guitar player. If your students don’t practice, they won’t IMPROVE…and they probably won’t STAY with you for very long. If you want to succeed as a guitar teacher, you have to teach your students how to practice effectively. In this episode, I’ll give you 7 tips [...]

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STG 026 : Building An Emotional Firewall Around Your Teaching Business

STG 026 : Building An Emotional Firewall Around Your Teaching Business

In this episode, I’ll tell you about how important your emotions are when it comes to having a successful guitar teaching business. It’s possible to fortify yourself emotionally and build a “firewall” around your teaching business so that when tough times come your way, you can stay steady and keep moving forward.

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Guitar Teacher Interview 017 – Stuart Lovibond

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 Stuart Lovibond, a 17 [...]

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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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Guitar Teacher Interview 013 – Scott Jensen

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 Scott Jensen, from Minneapolis, [...]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 011 – Daryl Tomas

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 Daryl Tomas from Tamarac, Florida in [...]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 010 – Paul Andrews

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 Paul Andrews from Ashford, [...]

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Guitar Teacher Interview 007 – Adil Rahim

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 Adil Rahim, a full-time [...]

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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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