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Becoming fully self employed isn't an overnight process. You have a lot to do, but you can do it. It all starts with making a goal for yourself. Click on the links below to read about each step that I followed (or wish I'd followed) to get my music lessons business off the ground.
How To Set A Goal To Change Your Lifestyle By Teaching Music
This is the first step to becoming an entrepreneur. You've got what it takes! Put it on paper and make it happen. Read more...
Check Local Regulations
This is a step that I didn't do correctly when I started and it caused me quite a heartache a few years into my business. Coming soon...
How To Use Keywords To Start Your Home Business As A Music Teacher
The most important factor in my business success has been my ability to get customers who search for lessons on Google. My keyword research gave me the clues I needed to get Google on my side. Read more...
How To Select A Profitable Niche As A Music Teacher
When you're starting a business, it's crucial that you focus your efforts around a small segment of the market. You need to evaluate your competitors' niches and pick a profitable niche for yourself. Read more...
How To Evaluate Your Top Competitors For Music Lessons
Analyze The Market
You can get powerful insights by researching your market, which will help you create offers that target the right customers. Coming soon...
Start Practicing With Students
Start improving your service right from the beginning. Even if you teach for free at first, it will give you the experience you need to become a confident salesperson. Coming soon...
Start To Map Out Your Curriculum
The work you do with one student will also help you plan for another. When you organize your teaching methods into a system, it's easy to make customized lessons for many students. Coming soon...
Set Your Home Up For Business
Whether you are teaching in person, online, or both, your home studio should be comfortable and functional. Coming soon...
Set A Price
It isn't easy to value your own service for what it's really worth. We all have reservations about asking a high price for our work. When you realize that you are a valuable teacher, it becomes easier to charge a premium price for your lessons. Coming soon...
Set Up Payment and Customer Policies
When I started teaching lessons I made a lot of mistakes with my payment policies. It slowed down my business growth so much. As soon as I implemented a stricter policy which honored the value of my service, my business became truly viable. Coming soon...
Write A Sales Page
It's a lot easier than you might think to make a sales funnel that will bring new customers to you day and night. You don't even need to start with a website. Read more...
Set Up A Calendar And Booking Software
By automating the signup process you make it easy for people to become your customers. And, you save yourself a lot of time. Coming soon...
Launch Your Business
You've gotten some practice, realized that you are a valuable teacher, and set up your online systems. Now you're ready to spread the word. It's time to take over your niche! Coming soon...
Be Professional
After you've started your new business, you have to get good at retaining customers as long as possible. How do you keep your students coming back every week? You've got to be a fun, effective, and professional music teacher. Coming soon...