Balance for your life … Creativity for your studio.
My guess is that you LOVE teaching and the other parts of running a studio are … perhaps not your favourite. Admin for studios doesn’t have to be a series of tasks that takes away from the things your love.
While you may want to focus on just the music, the administrative part of running a studio is what pays the bills & keeps students enrolled.
But, it doesn’t have to take hours every week … or, involve a box full of receipts at tax time to be entered into a spreadsheet.
If you want to be paid what you are worth, making life easy for your clients (& yourself) is important.
These are the articles that will help you set up each aspect of your studio.
Google Forms just make admin easier. A few minutes of setting up & clients can fill it out on their own time! But, there is the matter of actually following up on those Google Form responses. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that while I’ve been good about getting the forms ready & sent, checking…
There are times when we need to send information on a regular basis to our clients. But, filling up their inbox is a surefire way of getting lost in the shuffle. There is a much easier & effective way. Shared folders! How do you share a folder from Google Drive to each family in your…
No none wants to spend all of their vacation working on studio projects. But, no one wants to be flooded with work when they get back from vacation. So, what to do?
Whether you teach in a home studio, commercial space or in student’s homes, the registration season always brings its own unique juggling act. Yet how to handle studio registration online, when in-person interviews are not possible, does not need to be complicated.
One of the biggest worries for teachers when hosting a virtual studio recital is the technology. Add in all the regular tasks for a recital & this can quickly become overwhelming. But, don’t worry! Here are easy tech tips for your virtual recital. P.S. This is Part 3 in a series on virtual recitals that…
Hosting a virtual recital, much like an in-person recital, has many moving parts. The nice part is that many of these parts are the same regardless of the format! P.S. This is part 2 of a series covering virtual or online recitals. Be sure to read about choosing the right type of virtual recital &…
While it would be easy enough to cancel recitals when your studio is online, it’s important for students to have a goal to work towards. And, a virtual recital that knocks your clients’ socks off is just the thing to remind them once again why they love working with you so much. Marketing your virtual…
Perhaps you have been really lucky & not dealt with any “problem” clients. Everyone pays for lessons on time, arrive/pickup happen on time & the issues other teachers deal with have not happened to you. So, why do you need studio policies? Policies: The Start of a Beautiful Friendship Simply put, studio policies are the…
Here is the elephant in the room. Most of the problems that happen in any studio stem from policies that are not clear to clients. Even when they’ve signed them. It could be a client that pays tuition late or makeup lesson requests. Whatever drives you a little crazy when your client asks is a…
Do you ever get the sense that your studio repertoire is taking over the bookshelves? You know the song you’re looking for is there. But, is it on this shelf? Or, perhaps in this area? Knowing how to organize your studio repertoire is crucial in managing time in lessons & minimizing prep time. When I…