Music Studio Management - Keeping Quickbooks Up to Date

by Gerry Cobley on Jul 8, 2011 12:50:00 PM
Modern music studio management systems for tracking family/student enrollments are the natural, and best, place to keep on top of their fees and payments. This raises the question of how to use them in combination with the rest of your financial accounting systems and processes.
Our approach, using YourVirtuoso and Quickbooks as an example, is described below.

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Dance School Management Software - The Big Picture

by Gerry Cobley on Feb 28, 2011 11:28:00 AM

There are lots of software options for management of your dance  studio, ranging from excel spreadsheets, to online scheduling services, to payment collection companies. I believe that if your goal is to make studio management a simple and effective process, and free yourself up for the fun things, like teaching, that give you your energy, then Integration is the answer.


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Music School Management Software - The Big Picture

by Gerry Cobley on Feb 17, 2011 10:44:00 AM

There are lots of software options for management of your music school or music studio, ranging from excel spreadsheets, to online scheduling services, to payment collection companies. I believe that if your goal is to make studio management a simple and effective process, and free yourself up for the creative things that give you your energy, then Integration is the answer.


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Help! (again) What would the best dance studio management system do?

by Gerry Cobley on Feb 14, 2011 8:00:00 AM
It seems to us at YourVirtuoso HQ that the needs of dance schools and studios for excellent management systems are not being fully met.

Our vision is a fully integrated system that pulls together your schedules and rosters, revenue and receivables, instructors, locations, recitals, website, blog and twitter accounts, photo gallery, online enrollment etc., - all in one simple but comprehensive package.


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Help! What would the best music school management system do?

by Gerry Cobley on Feb 10, 2011 7:45:00 PM

It seems to us at YourVirtuoso HQ that the needs of music schools and studios for excellent management tools are not being fully met.


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Online Registration - Where do the customers come from?

by Gerry Cobley on Jan 28, 2011 4:15:00 PM

Have you ever wondered how your customers get to your website, and whether you are doing better or worse than your colleagues or competitors?


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Dance Studio Website Benchmarks

by Gerry Cobley on Jan 24, 2011 9:49:00 AM

I recently wrote about music teacher website performance, and realize that the same benchmarks should apply, within reason, to dance studio websites. I previously blogged on options for creating your teacher website, and some of the things to look for, but if you already have a website you are happy with, I thought you might be interested in some benchmarks for how well it is performing.


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Music Teachers Website Benchmarks

by Gerry Cobley on Jan 21, 2011 4:08:00 PM

I have blogged in the past about options for creating your teacher website, and some of the things to look for, but for those of you who already have a website you are happy with, I thought you might be interested in some benchmarks for how well it is performing.


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Is Online Studio Management For You?

by Gerry Cobley on Jan 14, 2011 4:46:00 PM

If you are looking at an online studio management system for your music school or dance studio, you will have come across online services such as YourVirtuoso and maybe you are a little uneasy with not having a CD of software to install?


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Can the Best Studio Software Generate More Revenue?

by Gerry Cobley on Jan 10, 2011 2:39:00 PM

A good studio management system can certainly help you maintain high levels of customer service in your dance or music studio, and this can help with retention and re-enrollment, but can it generate new business for you?


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