Tag Archives: Martial arts

Competition should not be taken as a deterrent, but a spice for life that makes everything more interesting. As with business, competitors will be there to either challenge you or make you quit, but it is up to you which one you choose. Aside from making things more interesting, competitors can help you with your business, how? By you, observing ...

We’re living in the age of the internet and I’d be surprised to hear if you don’t still have an internet connection. If you do, great! If you still don’t have one, you’re missing out on the great ways the internet can enhance your business. If you don’t want to change your mind, I’ll present you some ways on how ...

There is a theory that I’ve found that claims that personality types affects your sales. It’s called TQM or The Quant Method, a way of knowing what personality type a customer is so you can know what approach or steps that you can take. According to their website- “Personality Types Decide to Buy in VERY Different Ways In the entire ...

Studies have shown that people who have purchased a product or a service in a store 4 times, is more likely to purchase more than 50% of his or her needs from that kind of store or company in the future.  This is what we call repeat business. Aside from continuing support, this kind of loyalty increases a company’s revenue ...

Starting a martial arts school requires a lot of legal work from the structuring, registering of your business, to creating employee contracts etc. But not all start ups have the money for lawyers to do these kind of things. Lawyers aren’t cheap, they can charge you hundreds of dollars per hour, good money that you can allocate on other parts ...

They say that being a manager is both art and science. Being better at your job than your other co-workers doesn’t automatically mean that you would be a great manager. Knowing how a martial arts school operates is one big factor, but being a boss is more than that. I’m sure we all had that supervisor who was disrespectful, selfish, ...

If you’re goal in life is to have a successful martial arts school, then you need all the help and tips that you can get. Here are some leadership tips for martial arts businessmen. Be Passionate with What You’re Doing Real passion is one of the major keys of success. It’s something that people see in you, a thing that ...

It was around 3-4 years ago when I saw my older sister playing games on Facebook. I was still using Friendster back in the day and I was skeptical about this new social media site that everybody is raging about. Fast forward to the present, all of my friends have Facebook. Almost all of my family members have social media ...

I don’t mean to fire them, just send some of your staff members who can effectively work at the comfort of their own homes. People in your school who are often tied to their desks are great candidates for this option. As a master of a martial arts school, you may feel the need to oversee all things and you ...

Yesterday, I wrote an article on strengthening customer relationships. For this article, I would like to discuss the things schools should not do to their customers. One of the mistakes that martial arts schools do is that they never change their approach to customer service. Your customers are people, and people change. Trends also evolve as do technology. What was ...