Biz Tips: What are you teaching your teachers about retention?
Today’s episode of Jackrabbit’s BizTips relates to one very important question: what are you teaching your teachers about retention? Retention is the heart of our studio and in many ways it is the security of our studio. If we don’t have our students coming back month after month, we are in a very precarious position. […]
Workplace Violence: What Steps Should You Take Now?
Due to recent events in the news you have probably found yourself asking what if violence entered your workplace? This can happen in a number of different ways – a disgruntled current employee, a potentially violent individual you recently terminated, an unhappy spouse, or someone who wasn’t even on your radar. Under the OSHA General […]
Use Student QR Codes to Record Attendance
Multiple technologies work together to streamline a typically chaotic and time-consuming process Using Student QR codes for recording attendance through your mobile app is an amazingly simple way to streamline one of the most chaotic times in your gym. Your staff won’t dread the madness of getting every student checked in accurately because that manual process […]
Watch, Entertain and Move
Okay, so right now you are probably trying to figure out what in the world we are talking about. Well, here is the explanation that goes along with the above slogan! My husband Scott and I were talking about ways to improve our instructor’s teaching and about how we teach. We have been doing a […]
Getting The Pointe
It happened in the fall of 1983. My first pair of pointe shoes. They were pink. And I mean a bright, gleaming true ballet pink. The brand was Capezio Pavlova, and they were packaged in a sleek black box covered with white stars that truly seemed to sparkle as I carefully removed the lid. A […]
10 Costuming Tips for Dance Studio Owners
Written by Chasta Hamilton The new season is rolling, and, in a corner, you likely have a growing stack of costume catalogs. When determining your studio’s costumes for this year’s performances, keep the following 10 tips in mind: Culture: Make sure your costumes fit into the culture and vibe of your studio. Whether you make […]
HR Basics: Documentation Pitfalls
If HR and/or Managers are going to make a documenting error, it will fall into one of three categories. First, you will have little or no evidence to support the decision to discipline or terminate. You don’t have anything to back up why you’re doing what you’re doing. Second, your documentation is ambiguous or unclear […]
New Employee Checklist System Helps Squelch Staffing Headaches
Written by Frank Sahlein There are three (3) issues that contribute to the staffing problems prevalent in many studios. They are: Understand that great companies are ALWAYS soliciting resumes, hiring and training. It is better to have too many resumes in your pipeline than not enough! Your payroll percentage may notch up a point or […]
The Mobile App is Great Place for Streamlining Makeup Requests
One of Mobile Inventor’s innovative clients has found great success in offering makeup requests through their new mobile app. The mobile app allows parents to bypass more time-consuming parent portals to provide parents a “better way” to make their requests. Parents can also call in requests for makeups. This may be easy for parents, but […]
Best Practices for ePayments & Bank Reconciliation
Reconciling your bank account when using e-Commerce can be challenging. The following information and guidelines can simplify this process for you! Understanding the ePayments Players Jackrabbit – transmits the transaction to the payment gateway (does not approve or decline transactions). Payment Gateway – accepts transaction in ‘bunny’ language, translates to ‘bank’ language and forwards to merchant […]