If you’ve been thinking about taking the plunge into teaching guitar lessons but you haven’t found the motivation to actually get started, then this episode is for you. There are lots of excuses we’ve all made at one time or another for staying on th...

This week is the 100th episode of the Start Teaching Guitar Podcast! In this “centennial” episode, I’m going to talk about the milestones we’ve hit together with STG and tell the story of how it all came together almost 3 years ago. I’ll also sh

A lot of guitar teachers struggle to grow their businesses because they lose students as fast as they come in...it’s like trying to bail water out of a sinking ship, and they never seem to be able to get ahead. The solution is to improve your student re

Today’s high-tech world has it’s ups and downs, but it’s a great time to be alive and teaching guitar lessons. There are more inexpensive tools available today to help you run a successful teaching studio than there have ever been in the history of

Maybe you’ve been thinking about starting up your own guitar teaching studio, but you keep putting it off. The root of procrastination is FEAR, and fear will always rob you of opportunities for success. If you can understand and overcome your fears, yo.

In this episode, I’ll be talking about two very different approaches to teaching guitar: leading off with music theory or going with songs, instead. There’s quite a bit of contention about this and lots of guitar teachers who fall on one side of the f

In this episode we're digging into all the different qualities and skills that make a guitar teacher GREAT! One of the best ways to grow your teaching business for the long-term is to improve the QUALITY of the services you provide, and we're going to tal

In this episode, I’ll tell you about why your mindset is so important...it’s actually one of the most critical things to get right if you want to succeed as a guitar teacher! If you have the wrong mindset, you’ll never reach your full potential in y

In this episode, I'll tell you about 5 challenges most beginning guitar teachers have to face. Starting your own teaching business isn't always a bed of roses...but if you KNOW ABOUT the challenges ahead of time, you can PREPARE for them, OVERCOME them an

In this episode, I’ll be telling you about 7 very common misconceptions...LIES, actually...that a lot of guitar teachers have been told. A lot of the things we take for granted and consider to be common sense JUST AREN’T TRUE when it comes to being a