Posts Tagged ‘Business Owners’

Use Social Networking to Promote Your Website

It’s almost impossible to find someone these days that isn’t a member of at least one social network.

Why not use that to your advantage in promoting your business?

Social networking provides you with free ways to promote your business and increase your website traffic.

And the best part is, you can access and use all the most popular social networks to market your business for free.

Here’s how…

The Social Networking Craze, and How To Leverage It To Promote Your Martial Art School

Social networking is one of the easiest ways to stay connected to friends and family near and far. You can share pictures, stories and send instant messages when you are both logged in.

This way of keeping in touch has extended into the business world and become useful as a marketing tool. The great thing is, it’s free, and these sites bridge the gap across the miles better than simple email. Read the rest of this entry »

Decide Now What Type of School You Want, Or You’ll Be The Proud Owner of Someone Else’s Ideal School

Seriously, have you ever really asked yourself that question? It’s an important one, because without knowing the answer and planning for it, you might very well end up with the kind of school you never wanted. This topic is really all about having a vision for your business – an overarching concept of what you desire your business ultimately to look like. Your “perfect” school, if you will. It’s not enough to just have your doors open and be enrolling students, because you ultimately are the person who shapes and molds your school into Read the rest of this entry »

Simple Steps You Should Take To Protect Yourself

Here’s one of the main reasons that you should hire a good attorney to assist you with starting your business. Being a business owner makes you a prime target for a lawsuit, especially in our industry.

You absolutely must take measures to protect your assets by limiting your personal liability in case you are sued. Simply filing a “Doing Business As” certificate with the county or state you are operating in will not be sufficient to protect your personal assets if you are sued in a court of law.

However, there are some very simple steps you can take to help limit your liability as a small business owner. Here are a few simple tips for reducing your liability in your martial arts school. Read the rest of this entry »

In the business world, secrets are funny things. Many times, successful business owners will spend a great deal of time, money, and effort guarding information that is seemingly insignificant… to the uninformed. And this strikes at the heart of what this tip is about today. For those who don’t know any better, the way a successful school owner operates their school may seem virtually identical to the way someone operates who is just getting by. However, it’s the often the little things that make all the difference in whether someone fails or succeeds in business. That’s because Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re like most martial arts business owners you’re always looking for simple ways to make some extra money and recruit new students. One of the easiest methods of recruiting kids to your program while bringing in extra income is through hosting birthday parties.

Now, before you begin to pass judgment, hear me out. I know of gymnastics centers that do a significant amount of their business on birthday parties alone. And, believe it or not, if you teach kids it’s the dance and gymnastics centers that are your main competition, not the YMCA karate program down the street.

Although it may not be in the scope of duties that you envisioned yourself performing when you opened your studio, if you teach kids and are not yet hosting birthday parties you are overlooking a major source or referrals and income for your martial arts business. Done properly, they will increase your exposure and bring in additional income with a very small investment of time and money.

Now, here’s how you can run one: Read the rest of this entry »