grow-your-music-studio

04 Sep | 2024

Kaitlyn Davidson is a repeat guest on the podcast and we invited her back because she shared some HUGE news with me about a year ago…

She was thinking of moving out of her current location and moving into a bigger one.

Why?

Over the course of 7 years, she had grown her studio from 22 students to 400+ students.

As she got to the end of 2023, she realized that they had outgrown their space and that it was time to move the school.

In this episode, we interview Kaitlyn about the entire process…

How she looked for a space
How she selected her space
Fears and challenges she experienced
How she told her team
How it impacted her students and families
Moving and setup experience
Lessons learned during the process

There’s a lot to learn here and we are so thankful that Kaitlyn took time out from her busy schedule to share this wisdom with you!

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Here’s what we cover in the episode:

Moving to a new location after 7 years (from a church basement?!?!?!)
Negotiating and signing a new lease
Trusting your intuition and big-picture vision
Dealing with the emotional toll of moving to a new space
Lessons learned and reflections on moving
Impact on your teachers and staff
Impact on Kaitlyn as a business owner

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Show Notes

Here are the resources we mentioned…

Highland Music Studio’s Instagram

How to Hire a Studio Manager – Episode 22 | How can you trust someone to run the administrative side of your school? How do you find and hire them? How much responsibility should you give them? How do you bring someone on that’s right for your stage of growth? In this episode, we answer these questions… and more!

Kaitlyn Davidson Case Study | This is the original case study we did on Kaitlyn way back in 2016… It’s incredible to see the journey of one school from a local neighborhood studio to one of the larger schools in Atlanta!

Pictures of Highland’s New Location | During the podcast, Kaitlyn mentioned that she would send pictures of the new studio to include in the show notes…

Take a video tour of Highland Music Studio by clicking the video below:

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Daniel Patterson

Daniel Patterson is a private teacher, writer, and marketing consultant for music schools. He began teaching in 2004. He co-founded and led marketing operations for a summer music camp that sees over 200 children each summer.