Subject: Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part VII...
Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part VII...
July 21st, 2016 at 7:13 am CDTFriend, In case you're just joining us, the theme of our current newsletter series is why dojo owners fail. Today I'm going to talk about one of the more common reasons, which is also something th ...
Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part VI...
July 20th, 2016 at 7:01 am CDTFriend, So lately in the newsletter we've been discussing reasons why martial art school owners fail... Now, let's talk about ethics. Winners Never Cheat, And Cheaters Never Win... Sort Of Well, I ...
Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part V...
July 19th, 2016 at 8:20 am CDTFriend, Yesterday in our series on why dojo owners fail, I talked about school owners who "win the martial art school lottery" and then become consultants. I also wrote to you on the dangers of tak ...
Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part IV...
July 18th, 2016 at 8:52 am CDTFriend, We've been talking about reasons why dojo owners fail. Last week we talked about ego, attitude, and overhead. But today we're going to discuss something that screws up a good number of mart ...
Crazy Historical Martial Arts Videos...
July 15th, 2016 at 6:36 am CDTFriend, Lately this samurai sojutsu sparring video has been floating around Facebook (you can see it on the MABD Facebook page here), and it got me curious about historical martial arts... So, I du ...
Why Dojo Owners Fail, Part III...
July 14th, 2016 at 8:48 am CDTFriend, So we've been talking about reasons why dojo owners fail... Earlier this week I wrote to you about attitude and ego, and how those two factors can absolutely kill a school owner right out o ...
The Most Common Martial Arts Marketing Mistake?
July 6th, 2016 at 7:03 am CDTFriend, Probably the most common martial arts marketing mistake I see school owners make doesn't have a thing to do with marketing... Instead, it has to do with what you do after your ads and marke ...
Martial Arts Podcast Flashback: Harley Elmore Interview...
July 5th, 2016 at 7:05 am CDTFriend, This is probably one of the most popular podcast interviews I've ever done. Mostly because Harley teaches martial arts that aren't generally considered to be popular fare--jeet kune do and ...
Hope Is Not A Marketing Plan...
July 4th, 2016 at 7:09 am CDTFriend, Of course, I'm on vacation this week. If you live in the U.S., I'd like to wish you a very happy Independence Day. If not, well... happy just another day in July, I guess. Anyway, I promis ...
Why Ninjas Don't Buy Their Swords From HSN...
July 1st, 2016 at 6:49 am CDTFriend, This never gets old, and the guy's expression when he says, "emergency surgery" is priceless: https://youtu.be/7e77oXjFkIs Have a good weekend, and remember - don't buy cheap steel. Until ...