Subject: Is Something Missing In Your Dojo?
Is Something Missing In Your Dojo?
August 31st, 2015 at 1:14 pm CDTFriend, I moved to Austin, Texas in early 2004 driving an old beat-up car with $50 bucks in my pocket and all my worldly possessions in the back seat. My goal at the time was to teach and do martial arts full-time. It took me roughly two years of tri ...
Item #5 On The Dojo Success To-Do List...
August 29th, 2015 at 7:30 am CDTFriend, Item #5 on the list of things you need to do to maximize your profits in your dojo is just that... ...you need to do thing that maximize your profits! I know that sounds redundant, but up to this point I've really been addressing things that ...
The Only Way To Really Know If Your Students Hate You Is...
August 27th, 2015 at 10:33 am CDTFriend, Today, I'm going to get right to the point. What's the #4 thing that will skyrocket your profits in your dojo? It's simple - keep your retention rate high (and conversely, your attrition rate low). Of course, I know what you're thinking: "Eas ...
This Gives Even Skilled Martial Artists The Cold Chills...
August 26th, 2015 at 10:03 am CDTFriend, If there's one thing that can give even highly-skilled martial artists the cold chills, it's these two things...Getting on the phone with a prospect and asking for the appointment -Or, taking a student in the office and asking for the sale -I ...
This Is How You Fill Your Dojo With Students All Year Long...
August 25th, 2015 at 8:46 am CDTFriend, If there's one thing that frustrates many a dojo owner, it's the task of CONSISTENTLY getting new students... Most martial art school owners can get students during seasonal surges. I mean, who can't get students during the back-to-school sea ...
5 Things That Will Skyrocket Profits In Your Martial Art School...
August 24th, 2015 at 10:34 am CDTFriend, So what are the top 5 things that will skyrocket profits in your martial art school? I spoke about them briefly last Friday, and many of you expressed an interest in hearing more about the 80/20 basics that all martial art school owners shoul ...
Same Old Story, Same Old Dojo Dance?
August 21st, 2015 at 8:30 am CDTFriend, Sometimes people accuse me of teaching the same things, over and over again... ...and you know what? They're right. The reason is because I mostly target what I do to two markets:New school owners, andStruggling school owners.And guess what? ...
How To Squash Student Trouble In the Dojo Before It Starts...
August 20th, 2015 at 9:14 am CDTFriend, What's the first thing that happens when you get a new job? Well, besides meeting your new boss, it's going to HR and signing off on the company's policies. Most companies do this because they want to ensure that every employee has read and u ...
How To Get Rid Of Toxic Students In Your Dojo...
August 19th, 2015 at 8:24 am CDTFriend, So this week we've been talking about toxic students... A.K.A., crazy people. :) For the last few days I've been talking about how to recognize them, but today I'm going to start explaining how to get rid of them - tactfully, of course. But b ...
How To Recognize A Dojo Killer...
August 18th, 2015 at 9:18 am CDTFriend, True story alert... My second school was located in an area where there was a lot of "urban flight" - people who moved out of the inner city due to gentrification and increased costs of living. Now, I grew up poor, so I had a lot of experienc ...