Susan Fox Hirschmann on mon 14 may 12
Franchises...shamtises!!!You don't need to connect with franchises to teach=
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adults in this way.
For herein there is a teaching prospect that I had not discovered til last =
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year.
About a yr ago, a man found me on the internet and after looking at my webs=
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ite, asked me if I would have an evening of "Wine, Cheese & Pottery!" with =
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him and his hot date (his description, not MINE!
I told him it would be two classes, each 2 hours in length, and that he wou=
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ld supply the wine and cheese and I would do the rest!=3DA0 I got his name,=
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sked him to give me an hr to think about it ..took t he hour to google this=
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guy on line and see if he "seemed reasonable!". and come up with a fee ($6=
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5 an hour plus $25 materials,/clay/glazes/firing fee)..called him back and =
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told him "YES!"
Well...it was amazing! Two people in love, working in clay, getting "soused=
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" with 2 bottles of wine in 2 hours. I taught them to throw small bowls and=
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they did a handbuilding project and then ont heir way out, I took them int=
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o my small gallery and they each bought a piece for each other.=3DA0 It bec=
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e sensual here, almost provacative, but they saved the good stuff for after=
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they left!
Next am, two emails, one from each, declaring:
BEST DATE EVER!!!
So here in the affluent area of NO. Va ...where you can charge well for pri=
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vate/semi private lessons, it ended up being a great way,...a new way for m=
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e, of creating a new teaching=3D20
thing!
So now...I have regular "Wine, Cheese & Pottery" for special couples....it =
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is great fun, financially beneficial and I a welcome break from teaching ki=
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ds (that I also love.)
Forget the franchise stuff and DO IT YOURSELF! Market it yourself! Send it =
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out to all your email list...and just do it.
Clear out part of the studio...set up=3DA0some candles and a table for thei=
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wine and cheese and VOILA! you have created your own venue.
AND It is GREAT fun!
Best of luck,
Susan fox hirschmann
www.potteryart.biz
--- On Sun, 5/13/12, James Freeman wrote:
From: James Freeman
Subject: Growing Franchise Offers Art Playtime for Adults
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012, 10:42 AM
Interesting concept:
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/2012/05/11/growing-franc=
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hise-offers-art-playtime-for-adults/?intcmp=3D3Dsbcfeatures
A drop in art center offering painting lessons combined with alcohol, to
create a "quilting bee" sort of social playtime atmosphere for people who
want to dabble at being artists.=3DA0 Of course, the franchise itself is a
complete ripoff, as are most (no real barriers to entry, and pretty much
nothing for your $20,000 franchise fee).=3DA0 The business concept would on=
ly
work in a meaningful way in a high net worth, high population density area
(moderately affluent suburb), but still, the idea is pretty good (hint to
community art centers:=3DA0 The key is the alcohol!).
All the best.
...James
James Freeman
"Talk sense to a fool, and he calls you foolish."
-Euripides
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