OK, full disclosure here… I’ve been getting some hate mail for all of the emails I’ve been sending about group.
“Too many emails!”
“I’m skeptical”
So, I could have toned it down…
But, honestly, that’s what the UNSUBSCRIBE button is for… and if you don’t like getting information about group and entertaining stories to boot… then this is not the place for you.
So, a shorter email today with an “appropriated” quote:
“Nowhere in the music world are there to be found people richer than those that teach group”
This is just the straight facts, my friends.
Ten years ago, I was making $40/hr teaching piano in my suburb… that is $40/hr before taxes, before expenses, before equipment costs, before memberships, before conferences, before personal development, before marketing costs, before business travel, before legal fees, before accounting fees, before state filing fees, the list goes on and on and on.
Fast forward to now…
For every hour that I teach group, the hourly fee adds up to about $140 / hr.
And that’s in my Midwestern city… there are studios that I have helped convert to group on both the East Coast and West Coast that are bringing in north of $200/hr and even $250/hr for a group class.
That’s just 12 hours of instruction a week to make five figures per month teaching music.
One studio in Virginia that I have partnered with has a unique structure that brings in just shy of $600/hr and they do this with just 3 teachers in studio.
THREE!
Some might accuse me of being in poor taste in speaking about money. But, if we can’t have a frank discussion about business in our field, when can we have it?
Bottom line?
I teach because I love it.
Most teachers do.
But, it doesn’t mean we can’t be paid what we are worth.
On November 23rd, I open the doors to my Successful Group Lessons training.
The 2nd week of the training focuses entirely on how to promote and communicate the value of your new group lesson program.
It will show you how to start your program… and not have to reduce your rates.
In the past two years, I have not had even ONE studio have to reduce their rate to get their group program off the ground… and this is with 97 studios that I have helped.
Would love to show you how to do the same thing.
Registration opens on the 23rd. Mark your calendar!
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