Teachers - how do you advertise online fiddle lessons?

I don't even advertise locally, so I am not about to advertise online. I get my students in two ways -- 1) word of mouth from local music teachers and satisfied parents of current and former students; 2) from my web-site. I've coded my own web-site so it's not flashy, it doesn't show fancy pictures, it doesn't start blaring music the moment a person gets to the home page. What it does it load very fast, it says what it needs to say, and it gets results.

Since you are already a fiddle teacher, how have you gotten your current students? That's the best way to find new students. Yes, perhaps someone from across the continent or across the globe might find you through some online music-teacher advertising site, but you can't count on that.

Any music-teacher advertising site is a hit-or-miss proposition because people searching online need to be able to find that particular site. And someone entering a search term such as "music lessons, New Hampshire" will only find a general music-teacher advertising site if that site has used the term "New Hampshire" in its keywords. That's something you can't count on.

I did sign up for a music-teacher listing site a number of years ago because it was free. I can't recall what the site was, but I have never gotten anybody contacting me and saying "I found you on such-and-such web-site."

To find a site that might be helpful, you should do your own online search under whatever terms you think a potential student might use to find an online music teacher. That will help you figure out what sort of site to advertise on.

Good luck!

Advertise in the local papers. Do your local churches have newsletters? Buy advertising in them. If you were hoping that successful advertising would be free, I think guess again.