Business owners must invest in their businesses to create sustainable and profitable enterprises. Do you need an MBA or are there alternatives? Find out…
You know you want to join a particular program or membership and you know that it will 100% meet your needs. That is, if you can actually take advantage of it. You’re already overwhelmed and these action items will help you overcome your frustrations.
It’s the time when we choose words for the year. It’s an extremely valuable exercise – one that allows us to choose an intention and stick with it. There are no real rules around the process, of course, and many words are intentions that are chosen...
If you are a voice teacher that begins their tuition plans in September, follows the school year, and loves it, this blog isn’t for you. If you are a voice teacher who uses the school year as your tuition and is left irritated and scrambling in the summer, or...
Every year, I read multiple comments and stories about what it’s like to run a voice studio during the holidays. We are singers, after all, and even now in the semi in-person/semi-virtual world, we add performing, extra worship/church services, prepping students...
Time management is the hardest part of running your nano-business. You wear all the hats – you’re the CEO, CFO, CMO, and chief service provider. Learning Zero-Based Scheduling can help you go from overwhelmed and under-fun to overjoyed and under control. Let me teach you Zero-Based Scheduling.
Never made a budget before? Afraid to know the truth about your money? Here are three simple and (hopefully) stress-free ways to begin to look at your independent studio’s money.
Content Warning: Grief/Death/Difficult Times I’ve been coaching myself on this question – “What to do when things get difficult to manage” – since November of 2019 when my father was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a non-curable (horrific)...
If you own a business, you have to sell. You have to market. You can’t get away from that. What we really want is for our clients to say “hell yes” without feeling manipulated into doing so. Let’s get off this myth that it’s inherently bad to sell, that it’s always dirty or shady.