Posts Tagged ‘Three Months’

How to Sell Martial Arts Lessons During the Holidays

Member ads for this month can be from the marketing materials download page.

That’s right… Christmas is nearly upon us. And, just as in years past, it always seems to get here too soon and before we’re prepared for it.

Of course, that’s exactly why we’ve been talking about it on the MASAI site for the last three months in our marketing plans.

By now you should have already planned and promoted your Christmas pro shop sale and started advertising your fitness programs (to take advantage of the New Year’s resolution crowd).

Now that those tasks are done, let’s talk about selling martial arts lessons over the holidays. As you’re already aware, most consumers are focused on buying things for the holidays at this time of year; presents, decorations, food for the family gatherings, gas or plane tickets for family trips, and so forth.

So, in order to sell your programs over the holidays, you have to be thinking in “holiday mode”. The idea is to become a part of that holiday spending spree by making your programs something the consumer would want to purchase as part of their normal holiday spending.

In addition, you need to ease the sting of buying a bit for those folks who have most of their disposable income allotted to the above-mentioned holiday expenditures.

How do you do this? Read the rest of this entry »

Multiple Marketing Methods Spell Lead Generation Success For Smart School Owners

A good marketing plan includes numerous sources for generating new leads and business.

I always talk about multiple source lead generation, and I often say I don’t care where a lead comes from. I felt I needed to provide some clarification on this, so I don’t give the impression that you don’t have to track your lead sources.

What I mean is that I’ll take a lead from ANY source – the lead doesn’t know where it came from. (I’m about to get off on a tangent, but bear with me here because this will be highly instructive.)

Why You Need To Cultivate Multiple Lead Sources

Here’s the deal – relying too much on one lead source is a serious mistake.

Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »