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Why Exceptional Class Experience and Customer Service Are Vital for Martial Arts Studios Now More Than Ever

In these uncertain times, where even the retail sector feels the impact of looming tariffs, martial arts studio owners have a unique opportunity to shine. Just as the broader economic environment influences spending habits and investment decisions, your ability to offer outstanding class experiences and stellar customer service can set your studio apart and stabilize your business.

Navigating Uncertainty with Superior Service: Recent trends indicate a significant slowdown in consumer spending due to economic uncertainties, such as those observed during tight election races. This nervousness can undoubtedly extend to memberships and class enrollments in martial arts studios. Now, more than ever, it's crucial that you make your studio an oasis of stability and positive engagement.

Focus on What You Can Control - Experience and Engagement: While macroeconomic factors are out of o...

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Why Facebook Ads Really Aren’t the Answer—and What Works Instead

 

Are You Fighting in the Wrong Ocean?

Imagine this: you’re spending $30 a day on Facebook ads. That’s $900 a month. After three months, you’ve spent $2,700.

What do you have to show for it? A few leads, maybe one or two students.

Sound familiar?

Here’s the hard truth: Facebook ads are a “red ocean.” Everyone’s doing it, and they’re all fighting for the same eyeballs. In this hyper-competitive space, you’re paying more and getting less.


The Problem with Facebook Ads

Think about it: people don’t go to Facebook to search for martial arts classes. They go to check on friends, scroll memes, and see what’s trending.

When your ad shows up, you’re interrupting their experience. They weren’t looking for you—they were just scrolling.

This is why your cost per lead is high, and your conversions are low. You’re fishing in a crowded ocean where your bait doesn’t even match what people are hungry for.


The Blue Ocean: Advertising Where People Are Searching

If Facebook is a “red ocean,...

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The Branding Secret That Transformed How We Run Our Studios

Think you’ve got your branding figured out?

I thought I did—until I learned something very important from my friend and mentor, Steve D. Sims.

Steve’s not just someone who talks about branding; he’s someone who lives it. He’s built a reputation as the guy who makes the impossible happen. And his lesson on branding hit me like a front kick to the chest.

Here’s what he taught me:

Branding isn’t just a logo.
It’s not a tagline.
It’s not even a flashy website.

Branding is a feeling.

It’s what people say about you when you’re not in the room.


Are You in Control of Your Brand?

Steve challenged me with a simple question:

"Are you in control of your brand?"

It made me stop and think about how my studio shows up online, in the community, and even on the mat.

He gave me this exercise: Google yourself.

What comes up?

For martial arts studio owners, that’s a powerful question. Is the first result your website? Is it your glowing reviews? Or is it something you’d rather not have repres...

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READY- SET- PRINT

 

The power of print marketing may have diminished for your business over the years but it has not gone away!

You might not be printing business cards as much todays but there are still a few printed things that a membership based business needs to succeed.

Print marketing should still be an important part of your overall marketing plan. Especially when it comes to special coupons and GIVING BACK to the communities you serve.

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The Most Reliable Way To Get New Members

 

 

Being OPEN......Now, this sounds like a no brainer.

But we have talked to so many martial arts business owners and asked them about their hours of operation and far too many just decide to go in “when they feel like it,” or maybe it's an hour before classes start.

There's a big problem with that.

There's no other professional business in the country that I can think of. That does that, except martial artists, this is something that needs to stop.

Here's a quick story about  a young martial arts school owner,

I owned my first martial art studio when I was 21. And I had two problems.

I was 21.

and

It was my first business.

And.

Because I was, young and (business) dumb, I would come in whenever I felt like. I would go out and party and have a great time on the weekends (and ok on the weekdays too). Did I mention that I was 21?…

But what I did know was that I wasn't being as successful as I thought I could be.

Fortunately for me, my dad, who's the founder of our style and at...

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