Music Teacher Eliza Fyfe
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Chris – free tasters are great when you’re starting out. That’s what I did. But now you’ve grown your business by the sounds of it, so nothing is for free as your time is more valuable due to there being less of it! See it as a positive:)
Agree payment/free session BEFORE you meet this guy if I were you!
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Funny you should bring this up Beckie, as Facebook alerted me to “on this day” and it turns out that 3 years ago today I was posting my Gumtree ad to Facebook with my 30 min free taster lessons when I started out! It went very well actually, but obviously you have to prepare to be “used” I suppose..!
Meanwhile, one time I had an enquiry from Matthew which was someone asking me if they could send a recording of themselves for me to judge. I just said I don’t do that – it’s far better to judge in person, which by the way, costs!!!
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Hey Rosie,
I would go with your gut – if it’s telling you this person doesn’t want to pay for the trial, it may not be a good sign. But perhaps I have become cynical, and Matt makes a very good point. I think you need to tell them how much the trial would cost so that they know that your time is money.. and that you are happy to speak on the phone (I hate talking on the phone too, but rather that than meet someone and do what I would do in a first lesson anyway – but for free!)
Hope this helps!
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Or better still (sorry Chris) Ticketsource, as the booking fee is charged straight away to the person booking rather than you! Their customer service is excellent too: they’ll help you use the website over the phone. You can scan in guests from the bar code on their booking email, using the Ticketsource app.
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That’s the plan!:) thanks for your input
