Quick Fix #1

#1 Keep the phone covered 24/7 - And not with an answering Machine 

Without endless supply of New Customer - a studio will go bankrupt!
The solution - get a "cell phone that is with you 24 hours a day" and keep the battery charged.

When ever you leave the studio - even for 5 minutes - call forward - your studio phone to your cells phone! And answer it when it rings.

The biggest object: "But I have to have a personal life". The problem you never know when the phone will ring or who is on the other end of that line.

PERSONAL EXAMPLE: A Few months ago our phone rang at 9:30PM on a Sunday Evening. It would have been so easy just to ignore the phone. I answered it Tracy's may I help You! The first question he asked me: "How much would it cost to buy everything you offer!  After spending over an hour explaining what we had to offer I  took his phone number and told him we would give him a "Great Discount" for the entire system. He Bought the Complete System!

Warning: an answering machine will never take the place of a real "Qualified" person answering the phone!

One of the first rules of running a successful studio is that no one ever answers the phone who has not been trained on giving the "Phone Pitch" and booking the Prospective Student for a "Free 1st Lesson" or studio Interview!

The answering of the Phone comes under the RULE: you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Each student is potentially worth $1000++ to you

WARNING - Any one can give a "Canned" phone pitch! The pitch is so canned they never deviate from the scrip no matter what questions the prospective students asks.

The #1 Rule of the Phone Pitch!
Never give the full price of the course - either monthly of yearly!
Rule #2 - There is never an exception to the first rule.
Rule #3 - There is never an exception to rule #1 and #2

Here is the packaged reason: If you quote price their decision will be based upon price - not quality and service.