Confessions of a Martial Arts School Owner

Wow! It’s been almost two years since our last podcast episode. Here’s an update on what’s been happening and why we haven’t been back.

We’ve opened our second location and in this episode I share the failures and successes in how things panned out!

So we have a location and now we have less then a month to get this place ready for business. See what we’re doing and give us your own advice!

We finally have a building for our second location. Listen in as a special guest and I talk about the first meeting we had in the new location!

This episode is continuing the journey of setting up a second location for our martial arts school. We were almost ready to sign the lease when…something happened!

Second update on our adventure of starting a new school. This one is all about something most people don't think about when you're starting a new school...paperwork!

This episode is a start of a series all about opening a new school. Tune in as we go through the good, the bad, and the ugly of opening a new martial arts school.

This week I’ve got an awesome book recommendation for you and your martial arts team. Let me know what you think in our private Facebook group and be sure to check out the BlackBeltBusinessGroup.com!

Quick marketing talk about email open rates vs messenger open rates. Check out the Black Belt Business Group for awesome marketing training.

Wow! It’s been a while but while I was driving to the airport to head to Fall Nationals I thought I’d record a quick update for you guys. Here’s where my heads been. How about you?!

Online marketing continues to grow and evolve. Are you evolving with it?

So, what does it mean to be a Black Belt? Should there be a universal standard?

Wow! It's been a little while since the last podcast and I've been super busy. What you been doing to keep business strong?

Man I love learning! It’s important to keep learning as you run your business and I can’t think of a better group to keep me learning then the Business & Marketing Inner Circle! http://mediacompany.me/ata

Have you heard about messenger bots? This episode will tell you how big they’re going to be in marketing in the near future. Private FB group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1578180405766965/ Sponsor - http://blackbeltbusinessgroup.com/

Each year we hold an awesome camp event for our students. In this episode I’ll break ours down and give you some tips to having your own. Check out blackbeltbuisnessgroup.com & PointTracker.ninja

Check out this episode recorded on the road and inspired by some recent podcasts I've been listening to.

Do you know your school numbers? It’s an important part of running a successful business. If you need more business help check out http://mediacompany.me/ata

My family has been involved with another business for 10 years and we're selling it now. In this episode I share the lessons we learned from running this tough business. Sponsor: http://blackbeltbusinessgroup.com/

I’ve had a blast with our after school program this year and want to share what I’ve learned. Check out our sponsor: BlackBeltBusinessGroup.com

This week’s episode is an overview of some great training I did, how I handled my crazy weekend, and what I’m doing to delegate some of my work. Check out our sponsor: http://blackbeltbusinessgroup.com/

I’ve spent the last month working on improving my time management and productivity. This week I’ll tell you about it and introduce you to the Black Belt Business Group (http://blackbeltbusinessgroup.com/)

Struggling with understanding social media and marketing for your school? Listen to this episode to help out.

In this episode I reveal the world I’ll focus on in 207 for personal and business goals.

Quick episode on grading my goals for 2016! Join me for this year in review episode.

This week I talk about new Facebook ads I’ve run, a new website, and my struggle with keeping organized for new student enrollments.

This week’s episode is all about my thoughts and struggles to become a better manager. Are you managing instructors or staff? What are you doing to become a great manager?

This week I talk about doing more then sitting on our butts and learning! We need to take action and hold each other accountable. I also float the idea of you joining one of my mastermind groups!

This week I lead you through how I’m starting to do my weekly review. Do you do a weekly review? Let me know in our private Facebook group!

How do the 6 Human Needs discussed by Tony Robbins relate to owning a school. Find out!

This week I ran into an issue that caused my school some trouble and it’s because I didn’t train my staff on something that is often over looked!

I admit it, I do too much! This week I discuss what I do and what I'm working on right now to get it all under control.

I’ve had to deal with these three mistakes from my past in the last few months and it stinks. Also, see what I’m doing to work on my fitness these days.

This week I give some advice to a future martial arts entrepreneur looking at the idea of starting a MMA program.

Lots going on. Here's what I'm doing about it all.

What do you do to help make your Black Belt events awesome?

I’m getting ready to try out some new school management software. What do you use? Why do you like it?

This week we have a special interview with Shane Bedford who has had some awesome results with Facebook Ads for his martial arts school. We’ve got some great tips to help you out in this episode.

This week I recap what I learned at the ATA World Expo and give you a new app I’m checking out.

It’s that time of year where there are lots of training opportunities to improve yourself. What are you taking advantage of?

This past weekend I attended an awesome dance recital and learned a lot about how I can improve my school. Listen in to see what steps I’m taking next.

I’ve made a shift in the way I’m going to be teaching classes. Hear all about it in this weeks episode.

Learn all about an awesome software product I want to build for you, the martial arts school owner.

This week I bring you an interview I did with Michael Mershad about his new Summer Success Toolbox. Check it out at DojoEdge.com

I just hosted a great weekend camp. Listen to what we did and how I'll improve next time.

I’ve been diving deep into systems and this week I geek out a little on the tools and thought process I’m going through as I document my school’s systems.

Martial arts and self-defense aren’t the same thing. This week I talk about my experience with FAST Defense and a cool new software I’m working on.

Get an update on writing working procedures and a cool video tool you can use for your marketing.

We talk vision and how to write procedures for your staff.

I’m back on track and focused for April. This week I talk about the Work the System process and book that I’m focusing on implementing this month.

It’s been a crazy few weeks. This episode is a brain dump about a lot of different things that have been going on and working towards focusing on new things.