Tag Archives: Planning

Having a martial arts school is not just about getting more students, it’s also about taking care of what you already have right now. Take a good luck at your numbers. Are there more students going out the door than new students coming in? If yes, then you have to also work on your retention or keeping the students that ...

2013 is nearing its end and I hope that you saw an increase in business in the past year. 2014 is fast approaching and again, hopefully, you’ll have a prosperous new year. Aside from having New Year deals in your martial arts school, you can also do new things to attract more students. Here are More Tips for Martial Arts ...

Brainstorming is a good way of thinking of new ideas. Aside from coming up with new things to do, it’s also excellent at rearranging one’s thoughts. Brainstorming can be done alone, yes, by yourself, using your brain to move around your ideas to come up with better ones. Brainstorming is particularly known to be a storm of minds, bouncing ideas ...

Every person has their own dream, and maybe yours is to become a martial arts master. You’ve studied, read the books, practiced, and really prepared. You really know that your destiny is to become a martial arts school owner. Before you start your business, take a look at our Signs You’re not Martial Arts School Master Material and really check ...

A website is a necessary tool for every business, and that includes your martial arts school. But not everybody is versed on the way of the internet. Some people, maybe even you, don’t know what to exactly put on their websites. Other post too little information, other posts too many. Some websites are confusing, and some are just ugly. If ...

The best source for new students is a good referral system. Having just one referral a month can drastically increase your yearly cash flow, as long as you also have good retention numbers. And one referral a month is not that hard, especially if you have a healthy student base. Another great thing about referrals is that, it’s very cheap, ...

Nothing is constant except change. That old saying is especially true to the martial arts business world. We don’t know what the future holds, or how the economy will change and what trends might pop up. We cannot be entirely certain that we can save martial arts schools from closing, what we can do is spot the early red flags ...

In terms of competition, there are two kinds of people. One that hates it and another one that loves it. Personally, competition is the spice of life. That’s the reason why I love playing sports and games, and a small part why I work hard professionally. People who hate competition, do have their valid points. Competition makes things harder, more ...

Running a martial arts school is simple. All you need to do is increase the number of your enrollees, and retain them the best that you can. But even though it simple, keeping the number of students can be hard sometimes. There are a lot of factors why people leave your school. There are things that are inevitable like students ...

There is no perfect way of running a martial arts school. There are lots of martial arts school, clubs, gyms and dojos all around the world. They have different styles, different ways of handling things. Some do things to make their schools succeed, but some teachers and masters make mistakes that lead to the downfall of their dojos. We’re now ...