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After launching Cardio Karate during 1996, I realized that it attracted students with completely different needs. They didn’t come to class to learn martial arts, but to lose weight and become healthier. If those students continued to eat junk food, however, then they wouldn’t have received the results they wanted, regardless of how good the ...
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Were You Born With It? Part 2
If not, is your School DOOMED for Mediocrity (or Failure)? Last month, my column explored the influence of our environment on our performance as entrepreneurs. Picture Donald Trump making his way to the boardroom, but, in place of his regular staff of executives and experts, are a bunch of interns and mailroom employees. Now, I’m ...
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Former World Champion Jeff Smith – Master Martial Artist, and Master Businessman
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What I have learned during more than 30 years of teaching is the value of paying close attention to my students, with an eye toward learning from them. If you keep your eyes open, then you will invariably have that occasional situation that will cause you to pause and reflect on what you just experienced ...
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The Ultimate Martial Arts Enthusiast Shows You How To Systematize and Create a Profitable "Turnkey" School, with Master Ranulfo Gonzalez
Ranulfo Gonzalez is a multi-style 4th-, 5th- and 6th-Degree Black Belt and ultimate martial arts enthusiast and long-time instructor and Mile High Karate chief instructor and corporate trainer. In this interview, he shares with you what he has learned about the extraordinary beneï¬ts of utilizing sales, market-ing and other business systems to operate a school. ...
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A Bigger Vision for the Martial Arts Industry
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Life Lessons From Martial Arts: How to Set a Goal
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NAPMA Presents at Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors
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The Four Keys to Your Future
Martial Arts Management
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Create a Referral Culture: Business culture affects staff as well as customers
There needs to be: 1) an expectation of high levels of referrals from every student and parent; 2) a view that this is a process to be managed, not left to happenstance; 3) an understanding that it is every team member’s job to contribute to stimulating referrals, and; 4) a frequent, constant measurement, to hold ...
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Life Lessons From Martial Arts: How to Set a Goal
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Important Issues for Large School Operators, Part II: The Non-Compete Clause.
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Turn off Inhibition and Turn on Wealth Attraction
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From Motivation to Motive-Action
Martial Arts Marketing
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Were You Born With It? Part 2
If not, is your School DOOMED for Mediocrity (or Failure)? Last month, my column explored the influence of our environment on our performance as entrepreneurs. Picture Donald Trump making his way to the boardroom, but, in place of his regular staff of executives and experts, are a bunch of interns and mailroom employees. Now, I’m ...
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Were You Born With It?, Part 1
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A Bigger Vision for the Martial Arts Industry
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Internet Insider Information About Domain Names, Hosting Services and Such.
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Multiply your Print Advertising Results, Quickly and Easily, without Spending Another Dime! Part 10
Martial Arts Education
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Following My Passion and the Market, Part 2
After launching Cardio Karate during 1996, I realized that it attracted students with completely different needs. They didn’t come to class to learn martial arts, but to lose weight and become healthier. If those students continued to eat junk food, however, then they wouldn’t have received the results they wanted, regardless of how good the ...
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Learn From Your Students
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Backing Down the Prison Bully, Part 3
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Following My Passion and the Market, Part 1
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In Pursuit of Mastery and Leadership