We just got back from this year’s Music Teachers National Association Conference in Toronto, Canada. We had a great time talking with all the teachers there and showing them how Music Teacher’s Helper can help them manage the business-side of running a private studio. Teachers really lit up when we mentioned how they get their own website with it where students can login to check schedules, and that it could automatically email their students reminders before each lesson and event, and lesson notes after each event. The idea of automatic invoicing and online credit card payments was also very popular, as well as the lending library, since teachers tend to lose so many books that way.

We really appreciate everyone who stopped by our booth to talk to us and check out our program. We handed out brochures like crazy so hopefully the word will continue to spread. We’ll be announcing the winner of the Free Portable DVD Player Giveaway shortly.

We just found out today that Music Teacher’s Helper had a small mention in the Spring 2007 issue of Guitar Teacher magazine. One of our subscribers had told them that our site was “very helpful” when filling out a survey in the Teacher Talk section of the magazine, so they decided to do a little write-up.

In it, they said that the Music Teacher’s Helper website is “an online service for registering students, scheduling, billing, tracking payments, and generating reports on income and expenses,” and they even had a little picture of our website’s home page.

Thank you for spreading the word!!

Music Teacher’s Helper just got a great review at http://www.classicalmusic.org.uk/music-teaching-studio-software.html

In it, we were called “A world-class piece of online software that manages every aspect of a private music studio… apart from the teaching!” among other things.

It did recommended that if you’re using your Music Teacher’s Helper studio website as your only website, that you get your own domain name and redirect it so you don’t have to have a really long website such as http://mystudioname.musicteachershelper.com. I think that’s a good idea, too.

Anyway, it’s nice to hear people talking about us. Have a read and see what you think.

http://www.classicalmusic.org.uk/music-teaching-studio-software.html

Last weekend, we were an exhibitor at the Utah Music Teacher’s Association (UMTA) Conference, and it was a great success! This was our first time exhibiting at such a conference, but the response was overwhelmingly positive. Everyone who took more than 30 seconds to see what our booth was amazed at what Music Teacher’s Helper could do to simplify business management in their studio. We also did a showcase and demonstrated Music Teacher’s Helper to a larger group, and got a lot of great interaction and feedback. Some of the most oft-requested features were a photo album on the studio website (to put up recital photos, etc.), and a way to track Federation (NFMC) points and trophies, etc. So, these are things we’re currently looking into. Actually, we already finished the photo album.

I, personally had a lot of fun getting to meet more teachers out there and learning the different ways teachers have of handling billing and scheduling in their studios. I especially loved seeing their faces light up when they realized how much time and headache Music Teacher’s Helper could save them. We had such a great time that we’re considering going to the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) Conference in Toronto next year. We’re hoping it will be just as big of a hit there as it was here in Utah. What do you think?