A music teacher website can be a powerful tool to help you boost your income as an artist. With a website, you can add more revenue-generating services like music lessons, workshops, and masterclasses. You can also use a website to make one-time payments for services, and collect recurring payments with subscriptions. In this article, we will show you how to build a music teacher website that will help you reach new students and grow your music teaching business!
Get your Domain Name
Unless you are going to promote your music teaching through your band or artist website, then you will need to buy a new domain name for a second site. A music teaching website should be its own entity so that you can promote it separately from your music career. You want people to be able to find your music teaching site easily, and a domain name is the first step in making that happen. It doesn’t matter where you get your domain from but we recommend either Google Domains or GoDaddy.
Where to Build Your Music Teacher Website
WordPress.com
Building a music teacher website is easy with WordPress.com. You can create a professional website in minutes, without any coding or design experience. Plus, choose from music-specific themes and features make it easy to add built-in content like videos, music, and testimonials. And, with a Contact Form, you can collect new student inquiries and manage your music teaching business from one central location.
To get started, sign up for a WordPress.com account and choose a music-themed website template. Then, add your unique content and start promoting your music teaching business online!
Bluehost.com
While you can build a website on WordPress.com, you can also build using WordPress on another platform such as Bluehost. Signing up for Bluehost is simple, and once you have signed up you can install WordPress as an “app” basically which will handle all the hard parts for you. From there, it’s the same WordPress you would get from WordPress.com, except now you have more control over the content on the site.
Squarespace.com
For some people, WordPress can be daunting despite it being the most popular Content Management System (CMS) on the internet. With the right plugins, WordPress can almost become drag-and-drop for building a website, but if that is truly the way you want to build then you may want to check out Squarespace. Squarespace features a very in-depth and capable site builder that combined with all their template options will make it easy to get your music teaching website up and running.
However, there is something important to know about Squarespace that most non-technical people miss when signing up. Squarespace uses its own proprietary platform for everything, which means no other company has the same setup. So if for example, you get tired of how much Squarespace is charging you each month, then you will pretty much have to start over when you go somewhere else. Contrast this to using WordPress, which will let you export your entire site and take it with you to the next web host, and some web hosting providers even offer a service to migrate your website for you.
What you should include in your Music Teaching Website
Now that you know how to build a music teacher website, it’s time to start adding content! Here are some essential elements to include:
- A landing page with a CTA (call-to-action) for visitors to sign up for music lessons
- A music lesson registration form
- A payment gateway for collecting music lesson payments
- A music player for showcasing your music
- A blog to share music news, tips, and resources
- A contact form for visitors to get in touch with you
- Social media icons to connect with you on social media platforms
By including these essential elements on your music teacher website, you will be well on your way to attracting new music students and boosting your income as a music teacher!
If you’re not sure where to start, we recommend checking out some music teacher website templates on WordPress.com. Even if you do not go with a WordPress-backed website, you can still get some ideas from these. Furthermore, you can do a Google search for music teachers in your area to see how they have their websites set up. Not only will you get some inspiration, but you can also see where you need to do better in order to stand out.
And lastly, remember to have fun with it! Building a music teacher website should be an enjoyable experience. After all, it’s a reflection of your music teaching business!