Adult learners come to the arts for a variety of reasons – realizing a lifelong dream, finding a new hobby, reconnecting to something they previously enjoyed and advancing their skills, among many. Unlike children, adults have a plethora of…

How do you measure the success of your online efforts? It is through facts and figures, feelings and emotions, income and impact or some combination of these? I believe that every single one of us is going to feel successful when there is a…

There is one major difference between online and offline studios — where students can and do come from. Offline, they come based on proximity and reputation whereas online, they come based on reputation and niche. With online studios, generalists…

How does your website make your visitors feel?

Whether you teach kids or adults, gamification is a great tool to bring into your online programs. Gamification is the concept where we encourage students to learn and apply what they learn to earn rewards. The two most popular forms of gamification…

Welcome to the Expand Online Podcast, I’m your host Jaime Slutzky; a lifelong techie taking bold action to help art and music educators create the online studios of their dreams. This is episode 154 and the focus is on creating a roadmap to get you…

Happy New Year! This is the first episode of 2021 and I am delighted that you’re listening. In case we haven’t met, I’m Jaime Slutzky, a lifelong techie on a mission to make more art and music education programs available online with independent…

Before we get all the way into the nitty gritty of the shownotes, here’s the link to book a call with me: it’s just a short 10 minute call that we do via zoom where we can talk about you, your business, your goals, your students and their goals. I…

Let’s chat: Creating a student focused culture online will look vastly different than the culture we create in brick & mortar studios on main street… In person, we can post up pictures of our students performing, presenting, practicing,…

Take the time to imagine, and dream, and create for where our businesses is going to be once we have successfully implemented our online program. This is a long range view. Some people may be “there” in 2 or 3 months but more than likely it’s going to…