Martial Arts

My First Day in the Martial Arts

Click the link below to listen to the podcast: Good morning my fellow Americans and those listeners throughout the world. Welcome to another edition of martialartsbusinessmagazine.com. Today, I’m going to kind of tell you a little bit about myself. I know a lot of people like talking about themselves but this is kind of important. As I’ve shared with you ...

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Health and Nutrition

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 ...

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Martial Arts and Etiquette

Nowadays, the interest for Martial Arts has been increasing thanks to the popularity of mixed martial arts. Although beneficial, I believe that a lot of things have changed since MMA became wildly popular. Traditional uniforms and belts are seen as old-school, titles like Sensei or Sifu have been dropped, styles and school rules have also changed. To be fair, change ...

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Tips and Tricks to Managing Your Martial Arts Studio

Introducing Small Business Management             As a sophomore in college my accounting professor in one of his many fits of philosophy told us promptly after an examination on which a full two-thirds of the class failed that should we choose to separate ourselves from the animals of the earth we would learn how to make order out of chaos.             ...

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Taxes and Your Martial Arts Studio

Taxation and Your Business In my first business class in college the teacher pointed out that nothing was ascertain as deathand taxes. This unfortunately is very true and your business is certainly no exception to the rule. You will be taxed it will seem to the point of exhaustion from the local, state, and federal levels. You as a business ...

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Startup Marketing Tricks for Martial Arts Studios

Small Business Marketing You don’t have to spend a lot of money to have effective marketing…             One thing every business can’t live without is marketing. It is the life-blood of a business and many people in business lack the know-how to be successful.             A business-person has to be innovative, open-minded and have a defined knowledge of his/her market ...

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Start Planning Your Martial Arts Studio’s Success

Start Planning for Success The mystery of why so many new businesses fail has been solved in “The Case of the Missing Business Plan” by Dr. Ric Black Most business owners today can learn a valuable lesson during this 51st anniversary of the motion picture, The Wizard of Oz. If Dorothy had had a map, a plan, some kind of ...

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Six Steps to Marketing Your Martial Arts Studio

The things we’ll be discussing at length during this module. 1. Discovering where the money is? Finding underserved customers. 2. Becoming better than anyone else. Find where you have a sustainable advantage. 3. Finding enough customers. Customers who need you and how best they might locate you. 4. Motivating customers to take action. Recognizable logo 5. Communicating on a regular ...

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Professionalism in the Martial Arts Business

The idea of professionalism in the martial arts is a relatively new concept.             While in the past most instructors haven’t been afforded the luxury of a degree in Marketing, Advertising, Sales and Education, when these are the essentials you all nee desperately today to survive.             With the incoming advance of the major health and fitness clubs, the market ...

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Organizing Your Martial Arts Business with a Plan

After you’ve written your business plan and organized the necessary components for your venture: Personnel, finances, methods and procedures, materials and so on.  Wait, what methods and procedures?             Here is an important aspect of business we must talk about.  A method is a means by which in the business sense is a way to get things done.  As a ...

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