by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Jun 26, 2023 | Business
Should You Raise Your Rates? A Data-Driven Guide to Making a Strategic Decision. Raising your rates has never been so tempting – read on to find out how to use data to make it happen! Most likely yes, you “should” raise your rates. Sometimes, no. Use data to drive the decision. Read on!
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Mar 23, 2023 | Business, Inspiration
The concept of “charging what you’re worth” is misleading and harmful, as it connects personal value to financial position and can lead to negative self-perceptions. Instead, focus on valuing services based on what is needed to run a business effectively.
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Jan 26, 2023 | Business
Learn what a business plan is and how to write one so that you can you save loads of heartache and gain powerful insight on how to keep calm and carry on
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Oct 20, 2021 | Business
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.
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | May 12, 2021 | Business
Since it’s the funkiest of tax seasons here in the good ol’ USofA, I’m getting a lot of complaints questions about taxes. (I owed this year due to the new tax law, even though I am meticulous about records. Le Sigh.) With this in mind, I...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Mar 18, 2021 | Business
Learn 7 ways voice teachers tend to price, and how you can choose the best pricing model for your own voice studio or small business. Wait. What? I don’t need to just pluck a price out of thin air?? NOPE. Ya don’t! Every teacher CAN price strategically. Here’s how.
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Jan 27, 2021 | Business
This week on FB, I ranted. You can watch it here. The premise of my rant was, essentially, “Picking my Brain” isn’t free so stop pretending that it is. I rarely do this, because I generally am the type of person that assumes that people have good...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Feb 3, 2019 | Business, Inspiration
Your best work is not behind you. It is in front of you. Your best self wasn’t in college, or grad school, or DMA program, or at yesterday’s workshop. Your intelligence, wit, selflessness, and gobsmacking amazingness didn’t end when you got a...