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Learn how to hire teachers, improve productivity, use outsourcing and create effective marketing, with Joyce Ong

introducing topmusic pro's Building a Music Academy course

As a music teacher, knowing the steps required to grow your studio into a multi-teacher academy can often be a bit of a roadblock. Growing is important, so we want to make it easier for you. In this 9-module course, the wonderful Joyce Ong has put together a fantastic set of videos and handouts covering topics such as planning, hiring teachers, improving productivity, outsourcing, marketing and selling.

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A comprehensive learning path of 9 lessons

  1. Module 1: Planning Your Academy
  2. Module 2: Building Your Team
  3. Module 3: Marketing Your Academy
  4. Module 4: Productivity
  5. Module 5: Using the Google Suite
  6. Module 6: Growing and Scaling Your Business
  7. Module 7: Outsourcing
  8. Module 8: Buying/Selling Your Business
  9. Module 9: Common Questions Answered

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Joyce Ong

Professional Speaker on Music Education and Founder of New Heights Media

Joyce is an event photographer for Australia’s leading business groups and a professional speaker on music education. When she’s not photographing events or professional speakers, Joyce will be travelling and photographing the world’s diverse wildlife, or photographing musicians like Dami Im and Jessica Mauboy as they tour Australia.

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Here's what some of our members had to say about their membership:

I have become a more organised and thoughtful teacher. The quality of my teaching has definitely deepened.

– Christina McDonough

My biggest win with TopMusicPro has been increased student retention and increased income.

– Judi van Dyke

When I started my studio, I was completely on my own. And now, I’ve expanded my studio and have 130 students and 8 teachers!

– Selena Pistoresi

TopMusicPro is definitely worth the investment whether you make it back in increased students or you just become a better musician.

– Ellen Sample

Using TopMusicPro has just been a total delight, and made my job so much easier and more joyful.

– Kelly Jenkins

Level up your teaching and business skills with over 50 online Courses

Your TopMusicPro membership gives you access to our growing library of over 50 comprehensive step-by-step video training courses.

Topics span everything from teaching technique to composing and how to teach pop music. Our business courses will get you started on marketing, building an amazing website all the way to teaching group lessons, building a music academy and beyond!

Join one of our regular cohort-based accelerators and enjoy guidance and support as you work through our inspirational courses. You’ll learn and absorb the material faster and more deeply and get to meet and connect with other teachers from around the world.

Building a Music Academy

Learn how to hire teachers, improve productivity, use outsourcing and create effective marketing, with Joyce Ong
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Get this course, plus 50+ of our top-rated courses, with Studio Plus plan. Learn More

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