The Success of Your Dance Studio Has Little to Do With Dance
If you’re like most dance studio owners, you thrive in the competitive world of dance. You probably spent years honing your own dance skills, getting up early, studying your craft, and tweaking the finest details of each movement. Running a dance studio requires the same commitment dancers show to their art. Owning a business, however, […]
Stop Chasing Delinquent Payments
As a studio owner, you already know that your paying customers are what drives your business. However, nothing can cause your business to come to a screeching halt faster than issues with non-payment.
How to Handle Customer Complaints in the Studio and Online
Sooner or later, it happens to everyone: a disgruntled customer lets loose on Yelp or Facebook.
How to Raise Class Prices Without Losing Customers
In any kind of business, few elements are as delicate as pricing. To the untrained eye, raising your price point is an easy way to boost profitability or even position your product or service to an entirely new demographic. However, aiming too high risks driving a decisive wedge between your business and prospective customers or […]
Hire the Best Possible Class Instructors
Your studio can have everything going for it — a beautiful location, top-notch class schedule, the most reasonable rates, even highly sophisticated studio management software — but none of that will amount to much without the best instructors in place. After all, they are the individuals who most frequently interact face-to-face with students, and by […]
6 Habits of Successful Studio Owners
No matter what your focus is — dance, fitness, yoga, gymnastics, martial arts, or anything in between — your studio often lives or dies based on the day-to-day habits you establish early on. After all, it’s an incredibly competitive world out there for small businesses, and you need to take every conceivable step to ensure […]
How to Effectively Manage Dance Studio Staff
Modern technology is truly a wondrous thing, isn’t it? Thanks to recent advances — such as studio management software — many studios are able to make the most of their limited resources, accomplishing levels of success far beyond what some professionals would expect. In fact, in some circles, it’s said that staff size is an […]
When Should You Hire More Staff for Your Studio?
No matter what kind of studio you run, the road ahead is fraught with obstacles that threaten to undermine your long-term vision. From what classes to offer to which equipment to keep on hand, running a studio involves one decision after another. So many, in fact, that mistakes are bound to happen along the way. […]
Balance Supply and Demand for Your Most Popular Classes
When you’re bogged down in the daily realities of running a studio, it’s easy for Business 101 to take a backseat to the challenges of appeasing students and growing your business. So here’s a reminder: in business, supply and demand rules.
Get out of the Deep End with Better Swim Class Management Software
Your swim school business is important to you and it is scary when you find yourself struggling to keep your head above water. Aside from the fact that you may be teaching some swimming lessons, you shouldn’t feel like your business is being pulled into the deep-end along with you.