how to start my own music lessons from my house?

Question

I'm looking to start giving piano lessons or music theory lessons for beginning and intermediate students how do I begin without spending to much?

Answer 1

First of all you need to get your name out there. Design your own website. Great free sites include freewebs.com and geocities. Don't forget to call local music stores who sell instruments to let them know you are accepting students.
Join professional teacher groups in your area.....Music Teachers National Assoc: www.mtna.org , National Guild of Piano Teachers: www.pianoguild.com , and espcially any organizations in your city. Some of these professional organizations offer student referrals. This is a great way to acquire students.
Advertising in a local paper may be another idea. The smaller the newspaper the better. (Here we have a paper that's just for our town, not the entire city.)
If there aer kids in your neighborhood, stuff newspaper boxes with flyers.
Join Yahoo! piano teachers group!

Good luck to you! I am a piano teacher of 19 years. Currently with 52 students. 40 of my own and 12 with an apprentice teacher.

Answer 2

Put up a listing on BookMyCity. It's free to add a listing.

You might want to consider offering online booking for your lessons. Or if you'd prefer to schedule internally, using an online scheduling system that sends out text/email reminders to students. Using technology keeps younger students engaged and coming back.

Answer 3

i have no knowledge on piano instrument. only south indian carnatic music. Just put a board in front of apt or home stating the details of tution wil be taken on music from the beginning. This is what done by many here. kids, girls, even boys are coming to learn eagerly. you can try similarly, on putting a board, or a leaflet which can be distributed among friend's circle. There will be surely response for it. no advt in periodicals, daily morning/evening newspapers necessary. it wil be considered after getting the response from the parents on behalf of their kids. wide spaced room is a must. seating arrangements too. goodluck.

Answer 4

You can list yourself as a teacher on a site called www.clickforlessons.com. I dont know if they charge to be a part of their site or not. I used them to find a piano teacher and it was free for me to search. It's pretty cool. You can also place ads in Craigslist, but you have to continuously add them in order to get top placement.
Good luck!!

Answer 5

Just give lessons to your friends and relatives...

Answer 6

ask those on your contact list first. if they're not interested, ask them if they have a friend who would be interested...

how bout giving this a try and seeing how it works out? :)

Answer 7

well this was your very first Advertisement......But post it up around your city, and se how much it will cost to run local Ad's

Answer 8

get a teacher