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Effective Marketing Strategies for Summer Dance Programs
Effective Marketing Strategies for Summer Dance Programs One of the biggest marketing challenges studio owners report is a lack of extra funds to get the word out about summer classes, camps, and programs. Would you like to know that you can have great success on a limited advertising budget? Use these tips to attract the type of student that . . . keep reading
How to Stay Focused and Have Your Dance Studio Stand Out From The Competition
How to Stay Focused and Have Your Dance Studio Stand Out From
The Competition What can you do when another local studio copies your class schedule or program information on their website? Learn ways to set your studio apart from your competition by leveraging the strengths of your business that cannot be duplicated. Hear specific tips on . . . keep reading
Preschool Recital Choreography Tips with Tiffany Henderson, Co-Founder of Twinkle Star Dance
Preschool Recital Choreography Tips with Tiffany Henderson, Co-Founder of Twinkle Star Dance One of the best way to increase retention and build enrollment with your youngest students from year to year is to have the performance experience be a positive one both for dancers and their parents. Learn how to make your littlest stars shine . . . keep reading
Make the Moves to Minimize Your Taxes
Make the Moves to Minimize Your Taxes Learn how to minimize your taxes and gain insight into your dance studio business. Now is the time to create a strategic plan and prepare your records. Whether you have had a great or rough year, there are moves to make to get the best return possible. Good records and financial goals are the foundation for your tax plan. With end of the year accuracy checks of your accounting, you can be confident and make informed . . . keep reading
NEW! Custom Facebook Marketing Done-For-You Design Packages
NEW! Custom Facebook Marketing Done-For-You Design Packages We are pleased to announce that DanceStudioOwner.com in collaboration with DanceFitMarketing are offering custom design services for your studio to stand out from the rest! You can get your Facebook Page, Cover Images and App Tabs for online registration links, schedule info, ticket ordering created at a special member-priced discount. . . . keep reading
How to Save Time and Earn a Profit by Selling Recital and Performance Tickets Online
How to Save Time and Earn a Profit by Selling Recital and Performance Tickets Online Did you know that on average a dance studio, with two recital performances, will spend an estimated 60 hours designing, printing, sorting and selling performance or recital tickets! Each year the cost is increasing to pay qualified . . . keep reading
Dance Your Way To Pinterest: Top Tips for Dance Studio Owners
Dance Your Way To Pinterest: Top Tips for Dance Studio Owners Pinterest is now the 3rd most populated social network site, and it is only continuing to grow! The Pinterest audience is 80% female and 50% of users have children; that means your target audience loves Pinterest! Beyond new students, Pinterest provides a great way to interact with your . . . keep reading
Wendy Gilbert Owner & Director of Pas De Deux in Waipahu, HI Shares Her Secrets of Success
Wendy Gilbert Owner & Director of Pas De Deux in Waipahu, HI Shares Her Secrets of Success Wendy Gilbert is the owner and director of Pas De Deux in Waipahu, HI. Wendy is an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer who is best known for her portrayal of Nina, the spirited ever-smiling neighbor on Disney Junior children's series, Imagination Movers. In this interview she shares her secrets of success as a dance studio owner. . . . keep reading
DanceStudioOwner.com Founders Continue as Featured Experts in Dance Teacher Magazine's "Ask the Experts: Studio Business" Column
DanceStudioOwner.com Founders Continue as Featured Experts in Dance Teacher Magazine's "Ask the Experts: Studio Business" Column Each month, the mother-daughter team of Kathy Blake and Suzanne Blake Gerety share the insights they have learned during 38+ years of experience growing and running a successful dance studio, helping Dance Teacher's readers get answers to the questions that most concern them. . . . keep reading
Tips for Teaching Toddler Classes and their Grown Ups
Tips for Teaching Toddler Classes and their Grown Ups Teaching toddlers is hard enough, add their grown-ups into the mix and it could be chaos. In this tele-seminar, Maria Hanley offers ideas for teaching toddlers and how to manage their grown-ups at the same time. Plus download a lesson plan for the first 4 weeks to get you started! . . . keep reading
Three Effective Ways to Use Daily Deal Sites and Group Buying to Get More Students
Three Effective Ways to Use Daily Deal Sites and Group Buying to Get More Students This type of cost-cutting marketing strategy is widely being used by studios today and some find great success while others have wondered if it undermines their pricing. Even if you're unsure about this cost-cutting model of daily deals as advertising, you will learn what type of potential student you could be missing with your current marketing efforts by not leveraging what social buying companies look for when they represent studios who do run promotions. . . . keep reading
Get The Ballet Job Done And Make It Fun with Eileen Juric
Get The Ballet Job Done And Make It Fun with Eileen Juric Eileen Juric was a soloist with the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet. Under the direction of former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, she performed Balanchine repertoire with such notable dancers as Jacques d'Amboise, former New York City Ballet principal, Academy and Emmy Award winner, and founder of the National Dance Institute; . . . keep reading
Increase Retention By Using Student-Parent-Teacher Concern Forms
Increase Retention By Using Student-Parent-Teacher Concern Forms Learning to handle complaints and criticism with grace and professionalism is a necessary part of good studio management. The ability and willingness to address dissatisfaction from parents, students, teachers and staff gives you the access to improving services and programs. Regardless of how successful your studio is, there will always be a parent or student who has a concern! . . . keep reading
How to Gather Constructive Feedback from a Student Who Drops Out of Class
How to Gather Constructive Feedback from a Student Who Drops Out of Class It is very important for the health of your dance studio business to know what makes a student drop out of class. Strong student retention is a goal for studio owners and by having a system in place to track those that discontinue dance lessons you can make improvements where necessary. . . . keep reading
Get Started Selling Dancewear at Your Studio Easily and Profitably
Get Started Selling Dancewear at Your Studio   Easily and Profitably You can sell dancewear at your studio without the hassle of pre-buying minimums, which can be a financial risk and a headache to manage the inventory. Find out how easy it is to give your students and parents high quality dancewear at a price they can afford plus allows you to earn a profit. . . . keep reading
How to Make it Easy for Students to Pay for Tuition, Costumes, Recital Tickets and More!
How to Make it Easy for Students to Pay for Tuition, Costumes, Recital Tickets and More! Paul Henderson along with his wife Tiffany, just opened their 8th studio in California! They have over 4,000 happy students, including 380 competitive dancers. He is also the founder of CostumeManager.com and co-founder of Twinkle Star Dance. In this teleseminar, Paul focuses in on his first rule of business, "never make it hard for your . . . keep reading
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