How To Earn More From Your Studio (Without Raising Your Rates)

We’ve got good news and we’ve got bad news…The bad news is that no matter how hard you work, there’s always someone in the world that will work harder.

The good news is that there’s a difference between working “hard” and working “smart”.

In this episode, learn all the ways you can use automation, delegation, or elimination to outsmart your hard-working competitors.

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Write Out An A-Z List

Writing out a list of every task that you do can be a great way to determine whether you should be eliminating, delegating, or automating them.

Brian explains the difference between working in your business and working on your business and how it directly affects your hourly wage.

Only The “Best” People Do It All!

The person who can outsource and delegate tasks to free up more time, will get much further ahead in their business compared to the person who does everything.

Chris and Brian tell us how to utilize interns and even your clients to do some of the work for you. This will free you up to work on higher value tasks.

Brian explains why he decided to cut out tracking and editing from his list of services and focus 100% on mixing and mastering.

Clients like when you delegate them work. It makes them feel more involved.” – Chris Graham

Outsourcing

Brian and Chris give us a detailed list of specific tasks that you can outsource. This list will give you some good ideas to start building your own personal list.

No matter how good you are at something, I promise you there is someone out there

that can do it better.” – Brian Hood

Episode Links

Websites

Chris Graham – www.chrisgrahammastering.com

456 Recordings – www.456recordings.com

Books

Built To Last By Jim Collins – https://goo.gl/TZKhZj

To Be Loved by Berry Gordy – https://goo.gl/ssFviu

Chris Ducker – The 3 Lists Of Freedom – http://www.chrisducker.com/3-lists-to-freedom/

Daine – Custom Tracks – https://custom-tracks.com/

Raise Your Rates With Confidence

This free guide gives you rate benchmarks for a number of services–including recording, mixing, mastering, reamping, drum editing, guitar editing, and more!

Also included are The 5 Rules of Free Work. Follow these five rule EVERY SINGLE TIME you do free work, and you'll set yourself up for success.

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