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Running Your Studio, Raising Your Family (and all that jazz)

It’s certainly not news to anyone reading this that running a dance studio while also raising children and maintaining a loving relationship with your spouse is extremely challenging to do – and…

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1 Decision That Changed My Studio [And How I Sold It]

If you’ve heard my story before, you know that I started my dance studio at 16 with a friend and really, really struggled the first 18 months. None of us had run…

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Often A Teacher, Never A CEO

How did you become a dance studio owner? For many of us, we taught dance at a studio and then decided to open our own. Others may have been born into a…

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Dance Studio Handbook Hype

Do you REALLY need them? Planning and writing a handbook for your dance studio is probably one of the most time-consuming and thankless tasks a studio owner can take on – hence…

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The Crimes We Commit Against Our Studio

Running a dance studio can be tough. Too often studio owners are too busy running the day to day of their business which means the tasks that will grow and build the…

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4 Types Of Studio Owners – Which One Are You?

I’ve met a few thousand dance studio owners over the last few years and one game I like to play is to work out what type of studio owner they are. I’ve…

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Don’t forget these students

When you’re aiming to boost student numbers, who are you targeting with your marketing? It’s not a trick question, I promise. But I do know your answer already: most Studio Owners would…

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The discounts that are killing your studio

If you’ve been following me on Facebook (you can add me here) then you know I’ve really taken it up a notch when it comes to my health and fitness. I had…

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Your IKEA student enrollment process

I’m a big fan of IKEA. For those that don’t know of IKEA…where have you been?  I’m joking, of course. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a furniture company that is…

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