Let's Get Your Profile Ready

Let's make sure we have your profile ready to rock and roll! Here are some tips for making your profile more attractive:

Profile picture. A profile picture implies a lot about your teaching and personality. Here are a few factors to consider for this important feature:

Good quality! It doesn’t have to be a professional camera, but the better quality the better impression it’ll give.
Headshot - We want to see you clearly, preferably with your main instrument.
You and only you - Having other people in your profile picture is very confusing for a student - how do they know which one is you?
No selfies - Selfies, especially ones taken in a car, do not read as very professional. Use something you would put on a performance poster.

Profile Video. Your music, performance and technique is a big factor in what attracts students so sign up for lessons with you! A great performance, taped recording session or a tutorial should do the trick. Here are a few factors to consider for this important feature:

(again) Good quality! It doesn’t have to be a professional camera, but the better quality the better impression it’ll give.
Make sure you appear / play on the video after no longer than 20/30 seconds. In this time and day people don’t have too much patience. They want to see what you’re about, and the sooner the better. If you don’t appear soon but the video is great, then edit it! Need help? Let us know, we’re here for you.
Showcase music you’re proud of and would like to have on your profile to inspire the student to learn how to create such music with you.
Put something! We’re all about the music. Students want to see/hear you!

Biography. We’ve all been around for a while and accomplished a lot! But it’s important to keep your bio focused and relevant so that the student can see what you’ve done lately and your achievements specifically for the music related subjects. Here are some thoughts to consider:

Don’t start your profile with ‘Born in, at, studied at this elementary school”. You can definitely state your nationality or place of birth, but get to your biggest achievements fast!
You can write it as yourself (and not as a third person) but don’t sell yourself cheap!
Try to keep it at about 400 words

Teaching Style. This is a very broad subject, and it’s easy to try to get away with too short of a sentence describing it. But describing your teaching style to a prospecting student could really make or break the deal. So if you create a different lesson plan for every different student please mention that or: If you follow a certain book, a certain teaching method, teach by writing music, teach by transcribing music, teach with recorded examples. Teach with written examples - write it in! A student that can imagine how a lesson with you would be like is a more likely student to book a class.

Reviews. Do you have a returning student? Can you think of someone who would like to book a trial or even a very low priced lesson? Only verified students can post reviews on Lessonface. You can create a price list for them. Having even one review could really help getting more students as this is how we roll today! When we see someone is satisfied we can be more assured about our own satisfaction. And there is nothing wrong with asking a pleased student if they wouldn’t mind writing a few words about your process.