by Daniel Patterson | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog, Your Customers, Your Policies
How to Force Families to Give a 30-Day Notice Have you ever tried to enforce late fees, cancellation policies, or 30-day notice policies in your studio contract? What usually happens? Does the client get angry or upset? Do you live in fear that you will get a bad...
by Daniel Patterson | Oct 12, 2017 | Your Policies, Your Programs, Your Studio
This summer I hired a teacher to teach lessons for my studio. Today, I’d like to show you the reasons why you should hire a music teacher. Furthermore, I’d like to show you how to make this as pain-free and simple as possible. You might never have considered this...
by Daniel Patterson | May 4, 2017 | Ultimate Guides, Your Customers, Your Policies, Your Rates
By the end of this blog post, you are going to increase your yearly income by 5%, 10% or even as much as 21%. In other words, if you carefully read this entire post, you will have the intellectual, emotional, and physical tools necessary to dramatically increase your...
by Daniel Patterson | Jun 30, 2016 | Your Customers, Your Policies, Your Studio
Each fall, I have to schedule approximately 100 students. During the past 12 years, I have tried many different methods of scheduling students. Almost all were inefficient, frustrating, and time-consuming. These included: Paper and pen Email Whiteboards Spreadsheets...
by Daniel Patterson | Mar 3, 2016 | Your Customers, Your Policies
Rescheduled lessons. Giving your students a makeup lesson. No call-no shows. These are real concerns for the piano teacher. Some teachers feel like a doormat. They don’t know how to say no. Other teachers take the nuclear option… and absolutely forbid giving a makeup...
by Daniel Patterson | Feb 25, 2016 | Your Customers, Your Policies
Almost WEEKLY, I see a teacher post on Piano Teacher Central, Art of Piano Pedagogy, or Piano Teachers as Business Owners asking about makeup lessons. These posts usually boil down to one of three types: A sad or infuriating story about parents taking advantage of /...
