Category Archives: studio business

My Summer Camp Plans for 2012!

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 February 2012

I recently started to do some in-depth planning for the summer camps I plan to offer this summer!  My studio policies provide students with two options for the summer months (June-August): Students ages 6-12 may participate in a camp each month plus take 5 lessons scheduled approximately every other week around family vacations, or… Students [...]

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Humidity and My Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 January 2012

Here in Ohio, the winter snow is finally upon us!  We were spoiled with an extraordinarily mild December, and only recently have have had a few inches of snow actually staying on the ground for more than a few days without melting. The snowy weather outside means, of course, that the air gets very dry indoors.  The [...]

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Forum Q&A | Saying Goodbye to Piano Students Before Moving Away

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 January 2012

At our last Forum Q&A discussion, we talked about new year’s resolutions for piano teachers!  Click here to view the responses. Over the weekend, I received an email from a reader who is preparing to move and must say “goodbye” to all her students.  I’d love to start a discusion about piano teachers saying goodbye [...]

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Semester Planning & Organization

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 January 2012

I’ve been doing a bit of cleaning and reorganizing in my studio, like putting all those music books that always seem to migrate to the piano top back in their proper place on their shelves.  :) I also visited the music store today to pick up new books for some of my students.  I’m so [...]

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Forum Q&A: Lesson Planning for Private Lessons

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 November 2011

It’s been a while since we had a Forum Q&A!  Sometimes I run out of ideas for discussion topics, so if you ever have a question you’d like to see addressed here to get other teachers’ input, please let me know.  :) Last time, we discussed the role of the parent in private lessons.  We [...]

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Halloween Candy = Opportunity for Free Marketing

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 October 2011

Thanks to the wonderfully helpful ideas that YOU all submitted in reply to the Forum Q&A last month about advertising, this year for Halloween I am passing out candy that has a note with my studio name and information on it! I created these tags in Microsoft Word and printed them onto cardstock paper.  I [...]

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Forum Q&A | The Role of the Parent

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 October 2011

I apologize for being a bit MIA around the blog lately.  I have a couple of projects that I am working on right now for my local MTNA association.  One of them is designing a website.  It’s about half-way done and if you’re interested in taking a sneak peek, you can click here to see [...]

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Forum Q&A | Safety Practices for Traveling Teachers

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 September 2011

Wow, last week’s Forum Q&A received some great responses about advertising!  Thank you, and be sure to read what everyone had to say by clicking here!  As always, it’s never to late to add  your thoughts to the discussion. A few days ago, I received an email from a Color In My Piano reader with [...]

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Studio Marketing: Social Networking & More

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 September 2011

I’ve been intending to write this post in the “Studio Marketing” series (perhaps the last one) for awhile now, but I was stalling in hopes of being able to include more information about the new Google+ social networking site……I’ll get to that in a moment.  Read on. :) What can Social Networking do for YOU?  I’ve discussed [...]

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Forum Q&A | Advertising for Piano Lessons

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 September 2011

Last time, we shared our favorite pieces of technology!  It’s never too late to add your thoughts, so feel free to jump in the conversation if you haven’t already! This time, let’s talk about advertising.  Yesterday, I mentioned that I will be giving a presentation about marketing & technology for piano teachers in March.  I [...]

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