7-Figure Music School

What do you do with a toxic client? How do you deal with a client that doesn’t meet your standards of conduct or respect your boundaries? It’s not as simple as just “cutting that person out of your life.” The threat of a bad review or negative word of mouth looms large… There are financial and reputational risks! In this episode, Nate and Daniel teach from experience… giving plenty of verbiage tha...

Do you know who often gets neglected or overlooked or even maligned in most studios? Our true customers… the parents of our students! In this episode, we invited Brady Davies back to talk about how his chain of studios has created a great customer experience for parents in their studio. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you lo...

A lot of things have to go right for someone to discover your studio, be interested in your studio, contact you, and then set up a phone consultation or trial lesson. After getting all of that right… It can be really discouraging to see that only 3 out of 10 of your trial lessons or consultations turn into a new student. Why don’t people sign up!?!? In this episode, we look at 5 reasons why your t...

Do you know how much the school you’ve built is worth? Do you think of your school as an asset?  An asset that you could sell, or pass on, or even use as a piece of your wealth-building strategy? If you haven’t, you should listen to today’s podcast episode, because we’ve brought back Jeff Homer (friend of the show) to talk about putting a valuation on your school. ------- Get your burning bus...

From the moment a prospective student reaches out to your studio… They are deciding on whether or not they want to work with you. Should you sell your studio or school? Would it even be possible? What questions should you ask? This is the topic that we are covering today… and whether you want to sell or think it would be possible to sell… You should listen to this episode! ------- Get your burning...

From the moment a prospective student reaches out to your studio… They are deciding on whether or not they want to work with you. How do you influence their decision? Here’s a word that isn’t often used in our industry… Sales. You must take them through a sales process that helps them see, understand, and value you, your studio, and the results that you can provide for them. ------- Get your burni...

Owner spotlight episode! Brady and his wife started with just 1 location… and grew their business to 11 locations and 180 employees. And, in this quick, hard-hitting interview… Brady reveals the thoughts, the mindsets, the habits, and the actions that he took to make this happen. There are plenty of nuggets of wisdom to take and apply in your own business… no matter the size! ------- Get your burn...

In this episode, you will learn over two dozen ways to build community, connection, and collaboration in your school… So that students stay longer and parents see your school as more than “just music lessons.” ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsreview

Music school owners know that we “need” ads, social media, directory listings, and SEO if we want to get new students. But, our guest today built a school from zero to 250+ students in a short time using one “old school” marketing technique. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: gr...

What’s your school’s main business strategy? How do you intend to hire and retain teachers? How will you find and retain students? How will you motivate your students to practice and excel? All of these issues are directly impacted by the core values of your studio. And you have a choice as to what those values are! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyour...

Who do you need on your team to help you open a new commercial location? In this episode, Nate talks about which jobs he delegated to his team… And who that team is! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsreview

If you are in a commercial location or want to open a commercial location someday, we made a podcast about costly mistakes to avoid… Free to listen, no email required. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsreview

We made an episode spotlighting a studio owner who opened a school and grew it to 260 students in under 2 years… this one’s short and sweet. Enjoy! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fmsreview

What if you could get 25, 50, or even 75 families to come to your school location for a big community open house? What would throwing an open house “party” do for your enrollment? What would that do to build excitement for your lessons and programs? What would that do for your word of mouth marketing!?!? Nate gives practical ideas for how to fill your marketing events and who to staff it with in p...

One of the most powerful ways to sell a product is to give a “taste” or a “free sample.” But, we all know that simply giving one lesson away as a “trial” doesn’t really give a prospective student the complete picture of what lessons can be like. How could a school give a powerful demonstration of how music and lessons can change someone’s life? ------- Get your burning business question answered b...

It’s painful to lose students that you love. Students that show a lot of talent and promise. No, this is not another episode about retention. We’re talking about laying out a proactive vision for students… enrolling them into an experience… A vision and experience so rich that quitting would never cross their mind. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourm...

In this episode, Daniel gives a very detailed system for keeping your current students enrolled during the summer months. Not only that, he talks about creating the kind of studio where the expectation is that students will study through the summer months… So that you can avoid conflict with parents to begin with! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmu...

Even if you have a great policy about absences and missed lessons in your school… We all know that things are never as “neat” in real life as we would like them to be! In this episode, we answer listener questions and help people with specific challenges around a stressful part of owning a music school! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.c...

In this episode, we talk about creating a missed lesson policy that can scale with your school. You’ll learn how to defend your policy, the 4 rules that you absolutely need to follow no matter what your policy is, and the HIDDEN consequences you will experience if you don't follow these rules. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If...

How great would it be to have a capable team member that you can trust to handle the day-to-day tasks and admin in your school to a general manager?!?! This is not a pipe dream, because… In this episode, we look at how to find, hire, recruit, and retain a great general manager for your school. ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If...

Wouldn’t it be great if someone else could take some of that workload for you. Someone that you could trust to manage and run many of the administrative and “back office” functions of the school? This isn’t a pipe dream. It’s doable. What you need is a general manager for your school… and to talk about this role, we brought back Jeff Homer. Jeff’s company owns 41 music schools and he has 30+ gener...

The 7-Figure Music School podcast often focuses on the “ how ” of scaling and growing a music school. We’re going to take a break from that for one episode, because… In this episode, we’re going to talk about the human that’s building the school. You. How do you become more effective at doing your job? What systems and habits can you put in place to have a more relaxed year in 2023? What needs to...

In this episode, we talk about pricing, profit, expenses, and roles that you need to make summer your MOST PROFITABLE quarter of the year. If you already have a camp, or you want to begin one… this is a must-hear episode! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Daniel & Nate: growyourmusicstudio.com/7fms If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: growyourmusicstudio.co...

How do you create a high quality summer camp? To explore that topic, we invited Peira Moinester onto the show… the chief architect of Brooklyn Music Factory’s summer music camp program. Peira has overseen the growth of the BMF summer camp from a few dozen campers to a camp so large that its yearly revenue is greater than what most music school’s make in a year! In this episode, she talks about the...

Would you panic if another music school opened up just down the street from you? What do you do if you find yourself with one or more competitors to your lesson program? In this EXTREMELY practical episode, Daniel and Nate give nearly two dozen actions you should take in the face of competition to your music school. Do not miss this one! ------- Get your burning business question answered by Danie...