Don’t miss online music business training from Wendy Stevens!

by Tim Topham in Studio Business on April 28, 2015.

Need help with the business aspects of your studio?

I just wanted to let you know that Wendy Stevens, one of my favourite teachers and bloggers from the USA, has just opened-up registrations for two online training events to help you run your piano teaching studio more effectively.

The events will be run as 90-minute online webinars (with recorded replays for those in other time zones) and registrations are open at a discounted rate for a short time from today.
You can check out the free resources and find out more here.

What are the workshops about?

The first workshop, “Best Stress-free Business Practices for Your Studio”, is one of Wendy’s favourites and has received rave reviews from previous attendees. It covers:

Join the the preeminent professional development, learning and networking community for instrumental music teachers.

Plans & Pricing

How to make a consistent income all year
Determine your rate (and it’s not by asking other teachers)
Calculate price increases and when to make them
Take time off for sickness or unexpected events without losing pay
Eliminate make-up lessons (fairly)
Deal with the overscheduled students without losing your mind
Communicate big policy changes without losing students

The second workshop, titled “Marketing, Taxes, Business Entities, & Liability for the Piano Teacher”, will be of most benefit to US-based teachers as the tax and legal information is based on the US system, however Wendy’s marketing tips will be of great benefit to everyone. Here’s what’ll be covered:

New marketing strategies to get new students
How to tweak old marketing strategies so that they work better
What kind of liability issues a piano teacher and piano studio face
How to protect yourself from liability.
What kind of business structures might help you keep more of your money (i.e. pay fewer taxes)

Both webinars will be held in mid-May, but get in now for the discount offers.

Free give-aways

As usual, Wendy is giving away a whole lot of great ideas on the sign-up pages for these webinars, regardless of whether you register.

Head to composecreate to watch the videos and download your help sheets on a variety of business-related topics.

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About the author

Tim Topham

Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, blogs regularly at topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as integrated teaching, creativity, business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Tim has been featured in American Music Teacher, The Piano Teacher Magazine, California Music Teacher and EPTA Piano Professional. Tim holds an MBA in Educational Leadership, BMus, DipEd and AMusA.