7-Figure Music School
By Daniel Patterson & Nate Shaw
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7-Figure Music School is a podcast for music school owners who want to create fantastic margins, hire energetic teachers, and leverage their team's time and talent to create a sustainable business. Join hosts Daniel Patterson, Founder & CEO of Grow Your Music Studio, and Nate Shaw, Co-founder & CEO of Brooklyn Music Factory, as you create YOUR 7-figure music school.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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Retention Isn’t Tactics | 7FMS182
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Your School’s Hidden Operating System | 7FMS181
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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The Marketing Myth: Why “More Leads” Isn’t the Answer | 7FMS180
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Do Less, But Better | 7FMS179
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Are You Delegating Correctly? | 7FMS178
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Keys to Keeping Students After Their 1st Lesson | 7FMS177
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Why Do Students Ghost You After Trial Lessons? | 7FMS176
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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How to Solve the “Practice Problem” In Your Music School | 7FMS175
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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How to Grow a Special Music Program in Your School (w. Kate and Rebecca) | 7FMS174
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Books That Shaped Our Business | 7FMS173
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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How Two Sisters Grew an Outdoors Babies & Toddlers Music Program | 7FMS172
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Celebration, Culture, and Your Music School | 7FMS171
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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How To Build Culture in Your Music School | 7FMS170
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Build a Music School Team That You Can Trust | 7FMS169
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Symbols, Rituals, Stories: The Real Culture Builders | 7FMS168
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May 28, 2025 |
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Why Does Your Music School Even Exist? | 7FMS167
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May 21, 2025 |
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Lead Your School Without Micromanaging | 7FMS166
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May 14, 2025 |
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Six Keys to Creating a Magnetic Music School Culture | 7FMS165
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May 07, 2025 |
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Getting Dozens of Leads with In-School Marketing (w. Kevin J.) | 7FMS164
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Workaholism vs. Burnout: The Emotional Cost of Building a School | 7FMS163
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Music School Money Habits (So You Don’t Run Out of Ca$h) | 7FMS162
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Music School Money Problems - Solved! | 7FMS161
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Building a Massive Preschool Program in Your School (w. Jessica Hanson) | 7FMS160
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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How to Choose Camps, Programs, and Curriculums for Your Music School | 7FMS159
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Should You Build Your Own Curriculum or Programs? | 7FMS158
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Focus, New Products, and Your Music School | 7FMS157
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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How Jessica Grew to 450 Students in a Tiny Town (w/ J. Hanson) | 7FMS156
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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How to Onboard and Train Your Music Teachers | 7FMS155
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Advanced A.I. Strategies for Your Music School (Part 2) | 7FMS154
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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A.I. and Your Music School (Part 1) | 7FMS153
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Specialized Teachers = Stronger School | 7FMS152
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Keeping Your Summer Music Camp Staff Happy (w. Peira from BMF) | 7FMS151
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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How to Get Your Families to Leave Reviews for Your Music School | 7FMS150
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Search Marketing for Music Schools (What’s New?) | 7FMS149
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Best Practices for Music School Recitals | 7FMS148
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Powerful Communication Strategies for Your School | 7FMS147
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Team Vacation Days and Studio Quality | 7FMS146
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Year-Round Enrollment Strategy and Calendar | 7FMS145
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Micromanaging, Delegation, and the Dark Side of Scaling Your Music School | 7FMS144
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Keeping Your Music School’s Teachers | 7FMS143
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Delegating Sales in Your Music School | 7FMS142
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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How to Improve Your Music School’s Sales Conversion Rate | 7FMS141
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Taming the Chaos in Your Music School Business… And the Rest of Your Life, Too! | 7FMS140
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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A Crisis Almost Killed Our Music School! (w. Alyssa O'Toole) | 7FMS139
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Results of a 1.5 Year Teacher Training Experiment | 7FMS138
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Book Blasts and How to Promote Special Programs in Your School | 7FMS137
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Outgrowing Your Location and Moving to a New School (w. Kaitlyn Davidson) | 7FMS136
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Laying Down the Law With Your Team! | 7FMS135
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Who to Hire (In Order) When Scaling Up Your School | 7FMS134
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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21-Day Hiring Method to Build Better Teams | 7FMS133
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Pricing Lessons and Influencing Your Clients (Live Q&A) | 7FMS132
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Power of Branding in Your Music School | 7FMS131
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Creating an Efficient Hiring System for Your School (w. Peira M.) | 7FMS130
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Relationships as a Teacher Recruiting Tool (w. Peira M.) | 7FMS129
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Training Teachers, Negative Thinking, and Group Lesson Challenges (Live Q&A Episode) | 7FMS128
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Success Patterns of Big Music Academies (w. Sam L.) | 7FMS127
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Tools and Tactics for Improving Teacher Performance (Part 2) | 7FMS126
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Improving Your Music School’s Teacher Performance (Part 1) | 7FMS125
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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When You Lose a Key Employee (w. Alyssa O’ Toole) | 7FMS124
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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How Do I Get Students to Practice More? (Live Q&A Ep.) | 7FMS123
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Should You Scale Your School?: Assessing Risk and Opportunities | 7FMS122
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May 29, 2024 |
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How to Market Programs in Your School | 7FMS121
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May 22, 2024 |
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How to Build a Premium Lesson Program (w. David C.) | 7FMS120
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May 15, 2024 |
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Outsourcing Social, Parenting, and Long-Term Retention of Students (Q&A Episode) | 7FMS119
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May 08, 2024 |
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Advice We’d Give to Our Younger Selves (w. Alyssa O’Toole) | 7FMS118
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May 01, 2024 |
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Premium Pricing Model with NO Private Lessons? (w. David C.) | 7FMS117
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Are You Afraid of Teaching Group Lessons? (w. Greg Genter) | 7FMS116
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Do Nate and Daniel Disagree On Marketing Strategy?!?!? | 7FMS115
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Tools for Financial Freedom in Your Music School (w. Alyssa O’ Toole) | 7FMS114
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Growing Your School’s Social Media (w. Lauren Kelly) | 7FMS113
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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How to Equip Your Team to Run Your Music School | 7FMS112
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Smash Your 90 Day Goals! | 7FMS111
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Investing and Retirement (Music Industry Edition) | 7FMS110
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Finding Your Studio’s Unique Message (w. Tim Topham) | 7FMS109
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Gamifying Your Summer Camps (w. Greg Genter) | 7FMS108
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Date Night at Your Music School! | 7FMS107
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Live Coaching with 6 Studio Owners | 7FMS106
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Invisible Music School Owners (w. Erika and Adam) | 7FMS105
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Commercial Leases, Building Your Team, and Long-Term Business Relationships | 7FMS104
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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How to Improve Your Team’s Efficiency | 7FMS103
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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SEO, Emotional Energy, and Google Reviews (w. Erika and Adam) | 7FMS102
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Performance Reviews in Your Music School | 7FMS101
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Lessons Learned From 100 Episodes!! | 7FMS100
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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How to Increase Your School’s Profit Margin | 7FMS99
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Employee Benefits at Your Music School | 7FMS98
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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What It Takes to Build a “World Class” School (with Vera H.) | 7FMS97
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Child Safety at Your School (with Greg G.) | 7FMS96
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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How to Rapidly Complete Projects in Your Music Academy (w. Kyrsten R.) | 7FMS95
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Marketing Hacks, Flaky Students, and Studio Taxes | 7FMS94
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Building a Music School to 1000+ Students (w. Vera H.) | 7FMS93
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Building an Online Lessons Brand (w. Kaitlyn D.) | 7FMS92
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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How to Run Ads on Facebook to Get More Students for Your Music Lessons | 7FMS91
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Coaching Your Students to Success (w. Mike Grande) | 7FMS90
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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What’s Most Urgent in Your Music School? (w. Kyrsten R.) | 7FMS89
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Health and Wellness as a Music School Owner | 7FMS88
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Growing Before You Feel Ready (w. Kaitlyn D.) | 7FMS87
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Studio Owners: Are You Discouraged in Your Career? | 7FMS86
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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How Much Should Your School Spend on Marketing? | 7FMS85
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Stop Wasting Your Time in Meetings! | 7FMS84
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Sloppy Leadership, Music School Growth, and Smart KPIs | 7FMS83
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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How to Fire Toxic Clients | 7FMS82
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Creating Amazing Customer Experience in Your School (w. Brady Davies) | 7FMS81
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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5 Reasons Your Trial Lessons Are Terrible | 7FMS80
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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How Much is Your School Worth? | 7FMS79
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Your School: Sell or Scale? | 7FMS78
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Your Music School’s Sales Process | 7FMS77
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Scaling to 180 Employees (w. Brady Davies) | 7FMS76
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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The Music Studio Where Everybody Knows Your Name | 7FMS75
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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“Old-Fashioned” Music School Marketing that Works! (w. Brian King) | 7FMS74
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May 31, 2023 |
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6 Reasons to Build Community in Your School | 7FMS73
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May 24, 2023 |
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The Team You Need to Open a New Location (Part 2) | 7FMS72
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May 17, 2023 |
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10 Lessons Nate Learned Opening a New Location (Part 1) | 7FMS71
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May 10, 2023 |
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From 0 to 260 Students (w. Brian King) | 7FMS70
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May 03, 2023 |
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Filling Your School’s Marketing Events and Parties (Part 2) | 7FMS69
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Help Them Feel the Music! (Event-Based Marketing) | 7FMS68
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Don’t Lose Students That You Love! | 7FMS67
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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How to Keep Music Students During Summer | 7FMS66
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Missed Lessons and Unhappy Clients (Part 2) | 7FMS65
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Ultimate Guide to Missed Lessons Policy (Part 1) | 7FMS64
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Recruiting and Retaining a General Manager for Your School (Part 2) | 7FMS63
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Hiring Someone to Manage Your School (Part 1) | 7FMS62
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How to Maximize Your Effectiveness as a Studio Owner | 7FMS61
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Summer Camps: Pricing for Profit | 7FMS60
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Creating a Powerful Summer Camp (w. Peira Moinester) | 7FMS59
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Does Competition Threaten Your School? | 7FMS58
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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How to Sell Out Your Summer Camps (Part 1) | 7FMS57
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Teacher Training Systems for Your School | 7FMS56
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Teacher Discipline and Staff Policies | 7FMS55
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Is Nagging Teachers Part of Your Job? | 7FMS54
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Contractors vs Employees: Does It Even Matter? | 7FMS53
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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How to Predict Your School’s Results a Year in Advance | 7FMS52
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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No More Free Trial Lessons (w. Greg Genter) | 7FMS51
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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How to Schedule 100’s of Students in Your School | 7FMS50
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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What % of Tuition Should Teachers Keep? | 7FMS49
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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How to Stop Fighting Fires in Your Music School! | 7FMS48
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Efficient Social Media Marketing (w. Sara Campbell) | 7FMS47
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Wasting Time, Effective Delegation, and Building Systems | 7FMS46
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Wisdom from a 10,000 Student School | 7FMS45
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Successfully Delegate Your School’s Finances | 7FMS44
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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How to Know What to Pay Your Teachers | 7FMS43
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Building Relationships with Students and Families | 7FMS42
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Focus, Priorities, and Your School’s Cash (Part 2) | 7FMS41
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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How to Measure Your School’s Health (Part 1) | 7FMS40
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Developing Curriculum & Team Talent (w. Greg Baldwin) | 7FMS39
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Automatic Marketing (Interview w. Eric Branner) | 7FMS38
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Lawsuits and Liability: Protecting Your School (w. S. Maris) | 7FMS37
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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No More 50 Hour Work Weeks! | 7FMS36
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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How to Start Your School Year Right | 7FMS35
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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What Great Schools Have in Common (w. Eric Branner) | 7FMS34
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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300 Students with Only 2 Teachers (w. Greg Genter) | 7FMS33
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Mentorship, Money Stress, and Leveling Up Your Career | 7FMS32
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Ask an Attorney: How to Protect Your School (w. Stephanie Maris) | 7FMS31
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Hiring Directors and Managers to Free Up Your Time | 7FMS30
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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How to Mentor Amazing Musicians in Your School | 7FMS29
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Ask an Attorney: Teachers Stealing Students and Non-Competes (w. Stephanie Maris) | 7FMS28
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May 25, 2022 |
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Remaining Rational During Tough Economic Times | 7FMS27
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May 18, 2022 |
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Building a Side-Business in Your Music School (w. Dave Simon) | 7FMS26
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May 11, 2022 |
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Training World-Class Teachers (w. Alyssa O’Toole) | 7FMS25
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May 04, 2022 |
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The Hidden Driver of Growth and Retention (Part 2) | 7FMS24
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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How to Keep Students for 10 Years | 7FMS23
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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How to Hire a Studio Manager | 7FMS22
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Hiring Marketers for Your School | 7FMS21
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Your Team and Annual Reviews | 7FMS20
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Growth Advice from a Professional Marketer (Interview with Brian) | 7FMS19
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Stress Test Your School’s Marketing | 7FMS18
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Finding a New Space for Your School | 7FMS17
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Money, Measurement, and Preventing Burnout | 7FMS16
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Pay, Disgruntled Staff, and Team Meetings | 7FMS15
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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How Many Hours Should It Take To Manage a 7-Figure School? | 7FMS14
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Taking a Month off From Your School | 7FMS13
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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5 Books That Will Change Your Music School | 7FMS12
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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How to Retain Students When Teachers Quit (Step-By-Step) | 7FMS11
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Create an Annual Growth Plan For Your School | 7FMS10
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Raising Rates, Eliminating Fear, and Financial Fluency | 7FMS9
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Struggling to Find Teachers to Hire for Your Music School? | 7FMS8
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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When Your Teachers Want a Raise | 7FMS7
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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How Nate Enrolled 200 Students in 6 Months | 7FMS6
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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3 Hiring Mistakes That Music School Owners Make | 7FMS5
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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How to Build an Amazing Team of Teachers | 7FMS4
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Are You Just Selling Time in Your Music School? | 7FMS3
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Framework to Build a 7-Figure Music School | 7FMS2
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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How Nate Built a 7-Figure Music School With Great Margins | 7FMS1
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Nov 29, 2021 |