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A young instructor leaves a position paying $60,000 to $70,000 annually to open his own studio . What makes this story interesting is the crash-and-burn he experienced when he decided to become the cheapest school in town. Read more about his experience with low pricing .
Many small business owners, including martial arts school operators, experience roadblocks to their success. Please explain some of the strategies they can use to overcome those roadblocks. Tony Robbins answers… Let me provide some straight talk about what kills people’s success because succeeding is actually quite easy if you avoid the roadblocks. If you learn [...]
The third annual Extreme Success Academy presented by NAPMA will cover the Ten Key Trends to watch in the emerging economy . Joining the academy as presenters for the first time is Brian Tracy, the consummate professional who was profiled in the last two issues of Mastering the Martial Arts Business magazine. Brain Tracy International [...]
Learn How these Three Legends of the Martial Arts Became the Original World Champions, Fierce Competitors, the Best of Friends and Role Models for All Martial Arts Students, Instructors and a New Generetion of Fighters. NAPMA and Martial Arts Professional is proud to bring you a rare treat – a gathering of eagles iin modern [...]
NAPMA CEO, Grandmaster Stephen Oliver, in collaboration with Grandmaster Y.K. Kim, one of the foremost producers and pioneers in our industry, will present the 2011 Financial Power Summit in five metro area cities. To help our members create greater success for themselves starting this year, five industry top performers have come together to show owners [...]
Over the last several weeks, we’ve had several high level members of the National Association of Martial Arts Professionals contact our offices about disastrous experiences with MasterCard, Visa and their credit card processing. Basically, these huge companies have refused to accept business from school owners from across the United States. The problems have begun with [...]
NAPMA Members Focused on Results Generate as Many as 263 Intros for New Students in a Single Weekend! According to NAPMA CEO Stephen Oliver, “Schools that followed our plan will likely add from 100 to 300 or more new active students this summer, at minimal cost . NAPMA truly created a $1,000,000 summer for many [...]
An Interview by Toby Milroy with Miko Peled, NAPMA Maximum Impact Member and Stephen Oliver Coaching Client and Millionaire Wealth Group Member. SENSEI MIKO PELED is another out-standing example of a NAPMA member and martial arts school owner who has learned to balance tradition with a new mindset of how his school and its programs [...]
Zig the master of motivation, developed the I CAN Program that is a comprehensive character-building curriculum for your students—parents and your community will recognize it as an “added value” that makes your school unique. You’ll enroll more students easier and improve retention, with the I CAN Program. It’s already being used in academics schools across [...]
NAPMA will be presenting at the 2011 Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors Award Show. January 21–22, 2011 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jeff Smith, Toby Milroy and Stephen Oliver will be featured seminar leaders along with some of the biggest names in martial arts. This year NAPMA [...]
In Part 1 of this interview, Jay Abraham is one of the world’s foremost marketing gurus, and he’s granted us this exclusively martial arts-oriented interview. Here we present martial arts marketing with a real business grandmaster. Meet the genius who’s consulted for practically every type of business known to man including martial art schools, at [...]
Why I Love Martial Arts Fitness
I’ve recently been reflecting on the impact my programming has had on people and the difference between what I hear my students say today as opposed to when I taught only a traditional martial arts program. In the past, the compliments were mostly about how a child improved in school or how much more confident [...]
Protect your Assets with the Right Business Entity, Part 1
As I wrote in my August/September column, the best way to keep what you have is not to have anything in your name. To implement that strategy, you must choose the right business entity (or entities) to limit exposure of your assets to (successful) lawsuits and separate your asset ownership. This month, I’ll explain Sole [...]
When I served my three tours of military duty in Southeast Asia, we used multiple layers of defensive methods, or multiple redundancy defenses, to protect an installation. For example, my job as a dog handler was to be the first level of defense, encountering the enemy outside the perimeter of the installation. We were also [...]
