10 Reasons Why You Should Teach Music Online
So you’ve heard about teaching music online and you’ve perhaps had a student or two ask about online lessons, but you have your doubts. I’ve heard all of the reasons why online teaching can be “hard” or “confusing” or “overwhelming”. Well, I’m here to tell you that you absolutely can do it and you should jump in as soon as possible.
Hundreds of teachers are jumping into online teaching and are quickly seeing the benefits of having an online studio. Don’t worry, I’ll help you learn the “how” of doing it but before getting there listen to these 10 amazing reasons why you should incorporate online lessons in your studio.
Keep teaching students who move away - When you’re student moves they don’t have to go through the dreaded process of finding a new teacher to fill your shoes! Many students who move often take months or years to find a new teacher. You can continue working with them no matter where they live or where you live, such a benefit!
Teach while you travel - Want to get away from your home for a few weeks or a month? Take your lessons with you on the road! You can teach from the home of a family member or from a rental if you bring your instrument along with you. If you can’t bring along your instrument than you can rely on pre-recorded videos to help you teach on the road!
Save money on gas - Teachers spend SO MUCH MONEY on gas driving from student to student every single week. Save money by teaching from the comfort of your come!
Save time - No more driving to students means freeing up hours of your time giving you more time to compose, practice, plan, or sleep. What will you do with this extra time?
Save money on studio costs - No more rental costs! Doesn’t that sound nice? If you’ve had to rent space in the past you won’t need to with online lessons, you can teach from your home and not have to go anywhere!
Retain students who have a busy schedule - Ever lose students who suddenly become busy with sports, music practices, or other activities? Move these students to an earlier or later lesson time that’s more convenient for their schedule. They’ll likely continue lessons with you because they don’t have to travel to your home anymore and it can work around their temporarily busy schedule.
Market to students outside of your community - Teaching online opens up a world of opportunity to you! You can now teach any student who lives any where, it can be hard to comprehend! Start by reaching out to people you know who live in other areas and then expand to students who live in other parts of the world. The sky is the limit!
Increase your income - Online teaching allows you to fill other teaching hours of the day that are outside those “prime time” teaching hours. Teach students who are home-schooled or who live in other time zones to fill those hard to fill hours. You can also raise your prices as an online teacher because you’re not limited to the “average price of lessons” in your area. You can charge whatever you feel qualified to charge!
Have fun and share your passion - Online teachers have fun doing what they love and sharing their musical gifts. There are so many ways to be creative and fun as an online teacher and you’ll be able to use many tools during your online lessons to share this creatively! Students love how cool it is to have an online teacher and you get to be the one to make a difference in their life and share your gift with them.
Are you already teaching online? What other benefits have you found in your online studio? Share them in the comments below!
I could give you 100’s of reasons why you should teach online but I value your time so I chose 10 of the top reasons that I love and that I hear most from other online music teachers.
I know that you’re now convinced that you need to get with it and start incorporating online lessons! Be sure to watch my free mini-course to understand the exact “how-to” steps of teaching online.
Click here to sign up for the mini-course! See you over there!
Happy teaching, Carly