Online Music Lessons Play Up Profits

Strike a note for online selling Teaching classes and conducting seminars and workshops are becoming second nature on the Web. Just ask Mark Miller, a music teacher who conducts piano lessons to a student who’s physically located 4,000 miles from his studio.

According to the August 22nd edition of AM New York , the Web-based lesson works through the use of “inexpensive Internet-based calling and online video.” Technological leaps allow Miller to maximize his time by teaching from his location rather than spending travel time on the road.

The story appeared in AM New York but was written by a Los Angeles Times‘ reporter. It’s the only story featured in AM New York that I tore from my copy because of its significance to small and solo business owners.

The prospect of losing money and wasting time forces us to look for alternative ways to do better business. It helps us to uncover new technology and dynamic opportunities that await our discovery.

For example, a series of autoresponder messages can be created to launch once a day to teach a class that was formerly taught in a classroom. You might use a combination of Skype and Jotspot to speak with a client and show an online slide presentation rather than fly 3,000 miles for a meeting.

The possibilities are there. Necessity, ingenuity, and occasional desperation heighten the need to find what works.

If music, cooking, and other information is distributed with technological help, can the product or service you market be far away?

Note: Mark your calendar. A new, week-long marketing series for small and solo business owners launches September 4th.

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