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My Red Vest January Greetings! I was sitting in Starbucks recently, preparing for a final exam, when a young family sat down at a table next to me. I like to study at Starbucks sometimes because,
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It's a New Year and some changes are good. One of our family traditions is to reflect on the previous year, share one good thing about that year and what we dream or hope for as
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Merry Christmas from Solo Time Music Games Dear Friends, Teachers and Followers, This is a busy time of the year. Year-end parties and recitals add pressure and stress but are always worth
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November's Unexpected Surprises Good morning! I wish you all the best as we enter this season of winter and Christmas. Do you invite guests to come into your class to watch? I hold a "bring
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Happy Autumn! September is here again and suddenly all my classes are full. For some reason this new music season began slowly and I had begun to wonder if the world had suddenly lost interest
Postcard Marketing
Colleen Francis was an inspiring seminar presenter at the Banff conference. She encouraged us to all stay in contact with our students throughout the summer. One way she suggested was to send out a postcard to each student.
Sending out a postcard/letter is a simple way to remind your families that you are thinking of them and also lets them know of your commitment to them and their children. And better yet your young students will be thrilled to get a card written to them personally, especially in this day of e-mail.
The benefit of this is the children have something they can show their friends and the parents might tell other friends what a great piano teacher you are because you thought of them. Word of mouth is a wonderful way for other people to market you.
I bought postcards, four for a dollar at the dollar store, with a Canadian theme and sent them out.
