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Leasing Tips for Dance and Music Studios
Leasing Tips for Dance and Music Studios The information in this presentation is just as valuable for brand new studio owners who might be thinking of opening up a new location or for those who are facing a lease renewal in the future. It is unfortunate that in the commercial real estate industry landlords and even commercial real estate agents often do not give the dance studio owner . . . keep reading
Studio Spotlight: How Footnotes Dance and Fitness Built and Continues to Grow A Successful Zumba Program
Studio Spotlight: How Footnotes Dance and Fitness Built and Continues to Grow A Successful Zumba Program Shawna has built her studio from the ground up and Zumba was the first program she started with. Many studios struggle with getting a dance fitness class going and then even more often they become frustrated with it over time. Not to mention the challenge of separating yourself from the local gym. In this interview, Shawna shares "How I built a successful Zumba program" at her . . . keep reading
How To Get More Students With Google Places
How To Get More Students With Google Places When customers search for your services online will they find your studio or your competitor? Potential students are looking for your business online and one of the best ways to help them find your studio is to claim, optimize, and enhance your Google Places page. Here's how you can easily add this into your dance studio marketing . . . keep reading
4 Ways to Make Your Online and Offline Marketing Stand Out from the Rest
4 Ways to Make Your Online and Offline Marketing Stand Out from the Rest How do you stand out from the competition and get noticed? From Facebook Ads to web commercials and more. Learn what mistakes to avoid, find out what successful studios are doing today, and how to make a big impact with your dance studio marketing. . . . keep reading
Positive Rivalry in Dance: An Inspired Pas de Deux!
Chantale Lussier, PhD (c)
Positive Rivalry in Dance: An Inspired Pas de Deux! All over the country, dancers are growing up and developing friendships of a lifetime in and through the art of dance. Yet, as in numerous athletic contexts, these friendships frequently get tried and tested in ways no one quite expected. . . . keep reading
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: First Position Coloring Page
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: First Position Coloring Page Our coloring pages have been custom designed by artist Lisa Graves, studio owner and consultant Kathy Blake, and artistic director and curriculum writer Liz Calabria. . . . 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
The Top Five Most Popular Download Resources to Grow Your Dance Studio Business
The Top Five Most Popular Download Resources to Grow Your Dance Studio Business Is your dance studio business thriving? Are you and your staff a team with a vision and purpose? Is it easy to do business with you? Do you receive rave reviews from parents and students for dancers of all ages and levels of experience? Running your business requires innovation, creative problem-solving, . . . keep reading
Get More Students Now! Guide
Get More Students Now! Guide This guide will empower you so that you are able to: Maximize the results you can produce with targeted marketing. Save money in areas that you may have been spending and not seeing results. Make more money when you implement and take action on the information. Discover ways to increase class sizes. Retain more students . . . keep reading
67 Creative and Effective Ways To Get Students to Register For Dance Class
67 Creative and Effective Ways To Get Students to Register For Dance Class This article is a compilation from nearly 100 dance studio owners and teachers who answered the question, "What is the most effective thing that you have done at your studio to encourage people to take action and register for classes?" . . . keep reading
How To Create a Private Facebook Group to Easily Communicate With Your Faculty and Staff
How To Create a Private Facebook Group to Easily Communicate With Your Faculty and Staff It is increasingly more difficult to communicate with faculty and staff between the amount of text messages, email, and other forms of information that each person manages on a day to day basis. Some people check their email frequently, others have to be reminded. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to maintain one central, easy to update, place to post messages and important announcements. . . . keep reading
How to Run Crowd-Pleasing, Affordable - Yet Profitable Dance Recitals
How to Run Crowd-Pleasing, Affordable - Yet Profitable Dance Recitals When it comes to planning, producing, and running a dance recital the costs to both a studio owner and the dancers can appear high if not positioned properly. Most struggle to keep it affordable for families yet desire, and need to cover costs and bridge the gap between the last curtain to next season. Here are valuable tips from the pros - studio owners with seven locations who host over twenty profitable recitals each year. They serve between 2,500 to 3,000 dancers and their families who rave about the quality of the production and the overall experience. . . . keep reading
Using a Customer Satisfaction Exit Survey to Gain Valuable Feedback from Students Who Leave Your Dance Studio
Using a Customer Satisfaction Exit Survey to Gain Valuable Feedback from Students Who Leave Your Dance Studio There will always be students that come and go at your dance studio. Can this be a good thing? Absolutely! One really helpful way to make improvements at your dance studio when a student leaves is to ask the parent if he or she would be willing to fill out a short survey. Parents are usually very impressed that you care and are therefore willing to participate. . . . keep reading
Living Social to Groupon. Is Social Buying A Good Way To Get More Students?
Living Social to Groupon. Is Social Buying A Good Way To Get More Students? Daily deals, are they a good fit for your dance studio? Find out the good, bad, and the ugly of social buying and how it may pertain to your business needs. Discover why some studios have grown their enrollment effectively and others have not . . . keep reading
7 Recital Themes Done for You: Suggested Music, Artists, Style and Ages Too
7 Recital Themes Done for You: Suggested Music, Artists, Style and Ages Too Enjoy access to complete recital themes. Why are these helpful and different than just a list of songs? These printable documents list the theme for real recitals that we actually produced. You can see the song name, artist, and most importantly the style of dance and age group for each numbers. Use these in any way that you like, draw some inspiration, modify, or duplicate the whole show! . . . keep reading
Tackling Common Recital Issues
Tackling Common Recital Issues Organization isn't the only issue that needs to be on the radar when it comes to a dance recital. Of course, costumes, getting students on and off stage and planning the event itself are important, but you will also need be thinking about choreography, music, flow and what the overall presentation is saying about . . . keep reading
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