Guides

Running a lessons business, figured out the hard way.

Billing, retention and marketing playbooks written by a studio owner who still fills Tuesday-afternoon slots. No fluff, copy-and-paste templates where they help.

Migration

How to switch from My Music Staff without losing a family

A weekend migration plan for music studio owners leaving My Music Staff: what to export, how the import works, how to map your billing, and the one email to send families.

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Billing

Per lesson, monthly tuition or packages? A billing guide for music studios

How music schools should price and bill lessons: per-lesson vs monthly tuition vs packages, billing by attendance, autopay, late-cancellation rules, and the collections mistakes to avoid.

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Retention

How to reduce student churn at a music school

Why music students quit, the five signals that predict it two weeks out, and a retention playbook for studio owners: practice streaks, parent progress pings, at-risk saves and level ladders.

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Growth

How to get more music students: a local marketing playbook for lessons studios

Practical ways a music school gets students: speed-to-lead, Google Business Profile, a booking widget, referral programs, Instagram giveaways, and school partnerships. From a working studio owner.

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Growth

How we run Instagram giveaways at our music studio (and pick winners fairly)

A step-by-step for music schools running Instagram giveaways: what to give away, the entry rules that generate local reach, how we pick winners with Pickfetti so the draw is provably fair, and how to convert the entrants who did not win.

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Policy

A late-cancellation policy for music lessons that parents accept (template)

A copy-and-paste late-cancellation and make-up policy for music lesson studios, with the reasoning behind each line and how to enforce it automatically so teachers never have to.

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