Martial Arts Business Success – Here’s What It Takes

Martial Arts Business Success Is Possible, Just Ask Tony I’d like to congratulate Sifu Tony Welker in Brownwood, TX for doing such an outstanding job in October. Tony participated in my 30-Day Challenge and enrolled close to two dozen new paying students! He actually had a total of 34 students on an introductory membership during [...]

Read more »

How To Get More Women Into ANY Martial Art

I rarely post links to any other blogs or sites, simply because most of what is written on martial arts business topics online is derivative or it doesn’t match my personal philosophy of business. However, Stephen Kesting posts some really good information on his site and in his newsletter, and this article by Krista Scott-Dixon [...]

Read more »

December’s Mixed Bag of Martial Arts Business Items

The Karate Kid Goes to China MASAI and SAMAS member George Denson posted this on our forums today: “The new karate kid movie is coming… http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-karate-kid.html. So we don’t need Mike anymore – lol. If the old timers are around, (At 43, I didn’t think I would be an old timer) they have probably heard [...]

Read more »

Consumer Confidence On the Rise? If So, Here’s What You Should Do

A Fall Enrollment Season Like No Other? It looks like consumer confidence may be picking up, based on what I’ve been hearing from school owners around the country. After a relatively flat October, enrollments increased sharply in November and the upswing is continuing into December… all factors that point to this being a highly unusual [...]

Read more »

The Difference Between Billing Companies and Payment Processors

Q: What’s the difference between billing company “X” and companies like Easy Payment Processing? A: Traditional billing companies invoice or electronically bill your accounts, and then call your clients if they’re late and attempt to collect. They used to be a good idea, since most offered useful business advice in addition to the billing services. [...]

Read more »