TC289: How to Find Music Students Fast for Your Studio with Carly Walton

Episode 289 How to Find Music Students Fast for Your Studio with Carly Walton

You are not alone – I know how challenging the search for new students can be! So to help you out with this, I teamed up with the amazing Carly Walton from Teach Music Online to put together our ultimate Find Music Students Fast Checklist. And that’s what we’re going to be talking about today. We’re going to give you a quick overview of this amazing six page full-color handout so you can find and teach your dream students!

  • What teachers can do right away to get more students quickly
  • Most important steps to take when you have open spots to fill!
  • Ideas for easy-access online marketing
  • Using Facebook groups to find music students fast
  • Exploring your local community and fostering local connections
  • Other community-based marketing ideas
  • Website tips and next-level advice
  • Samples of seasonal promotion opportunities

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Today’s Guest

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Carly Walton is a Berklee College of Music graduate, and online teacher, performer, and world traveller. She has taught music at K-8 schools and been a choral instructor for two charter schools. Carly also enjoys arranging music for piano students and choirs.

Carly has been teaching music online for the last eight years and one year ago started her Teach Music Online course and coaching program. She has a passion for helping teachers overcome their fear of technology and find ways to be creative and effective as online music teachers. She has a thriving Facebook group with more than 10,000 music teachers where she hosts free training workshops and resources.

Today’s Sponsor

Forte is a free alternative to Zoom, optimized for music lessons with industry-leading audio quality. Forte has been used and loved by The Royal College of Music, Berklee College of Music, and Curtis Institute. It is designed to put you and your teaching style at the center of the educational experience. And the best part? It’s free forever for teachers, and it’s incredibly easy to use. Just send your personal studio link to your student, and with one click, you are teaching. No hassles, no downloads, no gimmicks. Just music.

Start teaching with Forte today at fortelessons.com.

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