Subject: Remember This Martial Arts Show?
Remember This Martial Arts Show?
May 12th, 2017 at 5:25 am CDTFriend, Hey, do you remember Fight Quest? Of course you do. The show ran for 1.5 seasons in 2007 and 2008 on The Discovery Channel, and it "starred" Jimmy Smith and Doug Anderson, two relati ...
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May 11th, 2017 at 6:45 am CDTFriend, What's that dirty word we're supposed to be talking about today? Oh yes... "profit." Brrrr. Gives a martial arts instructor the chills, just thinking about it. But despite all the bu ...
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May 10th, 2017 at 8:36 am CDTFriend, Question: Do you really need staff to run a small dojo? I'm here to tell you, you really don't -- at least, not until you hit a certain number of students. You absolutely can start a ...
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May 9th, 2017 at 7:12 am CDTFriend, Yesterday we discussed getting students -- paying students -- and how getting good at marketing, selling, and collecting money allows you to do that. Today we're going to talk about ...
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May 8th, 2017 at 7:04 am CDTFriend, "I don't care to talk about money with students." "I don't like selling." "I just want to teach... I don't want to deal with all that other stuff." Over the years I've heard hundreds ...
That One Student...
May 5th, 2017 at 7:28 am CDTFriend, No matter what your style, there's always going to be that one student in every class who gets under your skin. Everyone has experienced this, either as an instructor or as a student ...
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May 4th, 2017 at 9:23 am CDTFriend, Alright, let's talk about sex... Did I get your attention? Good, because what I'm really going to talk about is NOT sexy, but it is important. So, bear with me if this stuff is obvio ...
Back to Dojo Basics #1...
May 3rd, 2017 at 11:59 am CDTFriend, So what are the "dojo basics"? I'm not talking about how teach whatever martial art you practice. I'll just assume that you're a conscientious, competent instructor of a legitimate m ...
Back to Basics: Successful Dojo Growth & Management...
May 2nd, 2017 at 8:25 am CDTFriend, Since I've had a number of new subscribers join the newsletter list recently, I've decided to do a "back to basics" email series. I do these email series every so often, both to cont ...
The Top 7 Reasons To Market Your Dojo With Videos...
May 1st, 2017 at 6:53 am CDTFriend, Hope you had a great weekend. I spent Saturday afternoon teaching a women's self-defense workshop to an awesome group of young ladies. Got clocked with a few up-kicks, and it was tot ...