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They say that a smaller house is easier to clean. When your martial arts school was just starting, keeping an eye on your expenses was not that hard. You had everything on paper and yes, there were some miscellaneous costs but they were very small and easy to ignore. But now, your business is growing. Having an oversight on everything ...

To hear the podcast use the link below: Hello my fellow Americans and those listeners throughout the world and welcome to another edition of martialartsbusinessmagazine.com. This is Doctor Rick Black. I’m back and today I want to talk to you about nutrition. Many people treat the subject of nutrition kind of lightly, but you know, face it, every person’s life depends ...

Nothing is certain in this world because if it was, most of us will be successful. Even if you plan, strategize, and even forecast your future plans, a single event can change it all and ruin all of that you have prepared. This is one of the reasons why businesses are so risky. The factor of uncertainty is always there. ...

Click the button to play the podcast: Good morning my fellow Americans and listeners throughout the world and welcome to another edition of martialartsbusinessmagazine.com. Today’s subject is the tales of Karate father. Yes, I was a dad too and I had a son named Phil. He is thirty four years old now. Well, he kind of begins to tell of ...

Who is your best employee? Did you think of a name? Are you seeing her face in your mind? Now imagine a scenario where she hands you her letter of resignation, that would be a disaster right? Before we dive in on how to take care of employees, I’ll share some signs to know when your employee is planning to ...

Are customers always right? Is it true that you have to do everything that they ask? In this article we will look at some of the ways on how to treat customers better and where we draw the line on some of your hard to handle clientele. Handling customers is an important job. In the martial arts school business, your ...

As a martial artist, you know the path to being the best is by getting the highest level of competency and proving yourself in competition. In the business world, it’s equally hard but a little bit more complicated. Let’s say that having a successful martial arts school is like having your first black belt. You’ve mastered the basics, but you ...

If you’ve been looking for a different approach in sales, then you may want to start giving away things for free. It may seem hard to let go of some things (especially things that you paid for) but giving away free things has been a long and tested tactic. How many countless free food samples have you eaten? Have you ...

Having the right employees is very important. It’s so important that it could make or break your business. You can be lucky and be blessed with good employees right from the start, but for the most part, it’s not the case. Getting that all star team is a long journey of searching for good people. For some it involves patience ...

I’ve made an article on what to avoid in business a few weeks ago and it had some pointers on how not to get distracted and the negative implications of keeping things to yourself, among other things. For today, let’s discuss the ways on how to promote growth in martial arts business. Successful martial arts school owners do not steer ...