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Late-beginning Students: Part III

A Four-part Examination into a Special Subgroup of Student

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Marketing For Results!

We have all heard stories about marketing. The most common one that I hear is when a studio owner uses a newspaper ad, post card, self mailer or any other marketing tool one time and is not happy with the …

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Gaining Your Students Respect and Appreciation

One of the big challenges today as a teacher is to get respect from your students. Unfortunately, part of it is just the way of todays society. You have a choice as a teacher as to what the relationship with …

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How To Prepare Your Students To Perform

The majority of dance students dance because they have a genuine love for it. Very often when they are younger they find it easier to perform as they dance. Simply because they are uncomplicated and approach their classes and choreography …

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How To Find The Choreographer Within Us

As teachers of Dance we are constantly called upon to create movement, whether it is a few counts of eight, a complete number or a full length Ballet. Some teachers find it an easy continuation of their daily classes and …

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Oh Boy! Helpful tips on how to teach boys

I remember when I first started taking dance lessons. It was 5 boys, including myself and 10 girls. The teacher had a great time choreographing and teaching because the boys brought a unique energy to the class and to what …

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Reaching Out To Your Past Customers

As we start a new season you will be looking at where you are in terms of student count. Each year we evaluate where we are this year compared to last year. If everyone has not yet signed back up …

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Late-beginning Students: Part II

Late-beginning Students: A Four-part Examination into a Special Subgroup

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Strengthening Exercises To Improve Balance For Pirouettes

Every dance student wants to be able to spin like a top, doing multiple pirouettes when in reality many do not have the basic posture and body strength to be able to even balance on one leg successfully! I have …

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Keeping Yourself Fit to Teach

We have written many articles on keeping your self mentally fresh and energized. This article is about the importance of keeping yourself physically fit. I am not just talking about working out, but how to keep your body feeling physically …

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The Best Resources for Your Online Marketing Dollars

This is the time of year that we, as studio business owners, spend most of our marketing budget. I am sure that most of you do newspaper ads, postcards, flyers and door hangers just to name a few. In previous …

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The Systems Challenge

A hot buzz topic in business today is Systems and how these systems are going to be the key to your business and its growth. If you have read the book The E-Myth by Michael Gerber and I recommend that …

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First Impression

As a new season starts with new and returning students, we believe that the way you start your first class will leave a big impression on the students and how they behave in your class. As that old saying goes …

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Getting Your Staff On The Same Page Part II

Last month we talked about getting our office staff on the same page. This month we are concentrating on our faculty and how to help them to help us to provide the best service and product to both of our …

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Getting Your Staff On The Same Page Part I

This is a great time of the year to sit down and really make a plan for the new season to ensure that everyone who works for you is on the same page. As with all studio owners, there are …

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The Plan Part 3

A vision is unique and personal to who you are and what you dream of. For your business it is the first place to start when looking to formulate what you hope to create! The last two months we have …

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