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3 Simple Things to Let Your Clients Know You Care

ericaward

May 11
3 min

3 Simple Things to Let Your Clients Know You Care

3 Simple Things to Let Your Clients Know You Care … that will build your value … and will cost you almost nothing.

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Why You Should Not Be Shy About Your Lesson Pricing

ericaward

Apr 28
4 min

Why You Should Not Be Shy About Your Lesson Pricing

What are you really selling when you sell music lessons? A particular format of learning, or your expertise? Your expertise hasn't diminishe

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Things I won’t say: NOW is the time for ____.

ericaward

Apr 14
2 min

Things I won’t say: NOW is the time for ____.

I’m not going to tell you NOW is the time for anything. My aim is to give you helpful things to think about as you navigate your own steps.

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Your Music Career & COVID-19... Picking Up the Pieces

ericaward

Mar 17
8 min

Your Music Career & COVID-19... Picking Up the Pieces

...this article will focus on survival and rebuilding. How to get through, replace lost income, and look ahead to weather future storms?

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ericaward

Jan 30
3 min

Habit Changes: Be a Time Mercenary

It can be hard to shut off distractions and make room for intense periods of deep or focused work. Time mercenaries say NO & #getstuffdone.

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Habit Changes: Remove Distractions from Your Work-Flow

ericaward

Jan 27
3 min

Habit Changes: Remove Distractions from Your Work-Flow

...Seriously… consider NOT starting your day with emails! They can derail even the best of plans because half of the battle is mindset...

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Habit Changes: Anchor the Non-Negotiables

ericaward

Jan 24
2 min

Habit Changes: Anchor the Non-Negotiables

Ever finished an extremely busy day and wondered how you could have been moving at such a frenzied pace, yet never managed to sit down and d

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Too Busy for a Real Vacation? Streamline Work and Buy Time for YOU

ericaward

Dec 1, 2019
4 min

Too Busy for a Real Vacation? Streamline Work and Buy Time for YOU

Hey, friend. I’m excited to share a series of articles with you about how to make the most of your time so you don’t have to spend all of yo

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