Business-Building Blog

November 17, 2021

Getting Your School Ready to Scale: 3 Steps to Creating a Strong, Strategic Business Plan for 2022

Do you feel it, too? 2022 lurking in the background, tapping on your shoulder, asking multiple times a day …“hey, when are you going to make a plan for me?” But how can you? Where’s the time? You have a million and one things to do this Holiday season. We feel you. It can be […]

COVID-19, Member Manager

September 16, 2021

COVID-19 Proof of Vaccination: FAQs and Tracking Recommendations for Martial Arts Schools & Gyms

San Franciso. New York. New Orleans. It’s only a matter of time before more U.S. cities follow suit in requiring members to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations to enter fitness facilities. To help you put a process in place — and put your mind at ease — we’ve gathered our most commonly-asked questions related to […]

Back to School

August 25, 2021

Master the Back-to-School Season with These 11 Tips

This year, more than ever, people in your community are ready to get back to a routine of in-school learning and after-school sports and activities. And, who could blame them? Some children haven’t set foot in a school building for 17 months! This evident eagerness makes THIS back-to-school season THE prime opportunity for you to grow your martial […]

Event Manager, Member Events

April 19, 2021

Event Start Chart: How to Set Up an Event that Boosts Leads, Retention, and Revenue [Infographic]

Are you looking for ways to fill your classrooms with new, eager-to-learn white belts? To re-ignite engagement with your current students? Consider running events. As COVID restrictions ease — and live, in-person events pick up — many of your members, and prospective members, will be looking to connect AWAY from their screens. Be there for […]

Marketplace, Member Manager

January 8, 2021

Driving Online Sales with Member Portal Marketplace

It shouldn’t come as any surprise: online shopping is surging. COVID-19 lockdowns made many of the in-person shopping methods we all used for years an impossibility. With people spending more time online, making more online purchases, it’s now rare to find a day where an Amazon or DoorDash delivery doesn’t make an appearance at […]

Email, Fitness, Marketing, Sales

December 11, 2020

15 Email Templates to Boost Fitness Sales

Email marketing can make or break your fitness membership sales process. Great emails increase membership sales while bad emails will send your hard-earned leads into the hands of a competitor. Getting it right means responding quickly, writing intriguing subject lines, and personalizing messages to your leads’ wants and needs. These 15 email templates respond to […]

Member Manager, MemberAssist App

November 23, 2020

7 Ways to Master Operational Efficiency During the Pandemic (& Get More Time Back for Teaching)

You want to focus on teaching. Your passion. The reason you opened your martial arts school or fitness gym in the first place. But it keeps happening. Again. And again. Scheduling. Billing. Marketing. Lead follow-up. They take you off course. Out of the classroom. Off the mat. Away from doing what you love. But you can’t neglect them. These tasks must be taken care […]

Anti-Bullying Education, Bullying Prevention

October 16, 2020

Anti-Bullying Education & Martial Arts: Ideas & Activities for National Bullying Prevention Month & Beyond

Looking for inspiration for anti-bullying-themed events and your martial arts lessons? Here’s a list of ideas and activities to use during National Bullying Prevention Month and beyond: Participate in Unity Day Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Unity Day is nationwide event created by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. On this day, everyone is encouraged to wear […]

Member Manager, Member Portal

September 22, 2020

Elevating the Member Experience & Online Sales through Member Portal Enhancements

Think back to Fall of 2019, and…Woah, the way you do business certainly has changed! Offerings that were previously taboo to the martial arts industry like virtual classes through Zoom, online parent-instructor enrollment conferences, virtual belt testings — they’re now all part of your day-to-day. What else has changed over the past year? Consumer behavior, […]

Delinquency, Member Manager

August 28, 2020

5 Ways to Proactively Prevent Late Member Payments

You’re familiar with members not paying on time. And even familiar with non-payments. And, like most small business owners, you’re all-too familiar with that no-good feeling — that sinking feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you have to ask a member for payment. The issue’s even more compounded these days with […]