Category: Industry Expert Content
Studio Owner Dance Recital Checklist: 4 Weeks Out
I remember it so clearly...during one of my early years of studio ownership, I was sitting at the kitchen table with my head in my hands, completely paralyzed and overwhelmed. We ...
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Making the Most of Your Studio Dance Recital
Of the many hats studio owners wear, one of the most important ones is that of a marketer for our business. In fact, if you think of all of the ways you have marketed your studio ...
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Dance Class Size: Why 9 Students Are Much Less Profitable Than 8
About seven years ago I was a partner in a business that managed five daycare centers. It was an excellent learning experience, but one lesson continues to rise above the rest: ...
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4 New Ways to Increase Dance School Registration
When I was a child and my mom went to enroll me in dance classes, there was only ONE OPTION: sign up for a weekly class for an entire school year. In fact, enrolling in a weekly, ...
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Three Ways to Evaluate Your Dance School Enrollment
As I travel the country talking to studio owners the question I hear exchanged more often than any other is some version of: “How big is your studio?” I understand the motivation ...
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Dance Studio Teacher Staff Meetings That ROCK
The school supply lists are posted at Target, the mailbox is filling up with registration paperwork for my children’s schools and Facebook is blowing up with pictures of kids in ...
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First Impressions Still Matter
In business we call it “first impressions.” Psychologists call it “thin slicing.” Regardless of what you call it, career experts say it takes just three seconds for someone to ...
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Summer Dance Camps and More: Filling Hours at Your Studio
To borrow a made up word by one of my favorite bloggers, Glennon Doyle Melton, Summer is a BRUTIFUL season at the dance studio. BRUTIFUL? Yes. Beautiful + brutal = brutiful. ...
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Dance Studio Registration: Back-to-School Starts TODAY!
It’s mid-April, right? If you own a dance studio, that’s not EXACTLY true. It may be the middle of April on your Google calendar, but if you are like me, your mind is somewhere ...
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Backstage Management Tools for Dance Recitals
As a studio owner, I have three lists running in my brain at all times. I’m always asking myself the following three questions: What needs to be done today? What needs to be ...
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Parent Teacher Conference for Dancers
Looking back, I feel like I have had three different lives as a studio owner: Studio owner before kids. Studio owner with young kids. Studio owner with kids in other ...
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7 Ways to Ensure a Strong Dance Summer
As I sit down to write this article, it’s 10 below zero outside the doors of my studio. We are in the depths of winter in Wisconsin and summer is on my mind. But, I’m not thinking ...
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It’s Halftime: Mid-Season Dance Teacher Reviews
It's halftime! No, I’m not talking about football (and I call the Packers’ mid-game break “intermission” anyway). I’m talking about halftime of the DANCE SEASON—the midway point ...
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Dance Studio Registration Tips – The Final PUSH
When I started my business, I started dance studio registration in June of each year and closed it in early November because that was when we measured students and ordered recital ...
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Profitable Recital Costumes Start Now
No one in our industry would question that producing a recital takes the TOP spot for biggest project of the year. Coming in at a close second, however, is the process of ordering ...
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