Keep Your Automated Emails Personal
Automation is a great time saver. But some folks allow it to suck all of the personalization out of their communications. There are approaches to use to make emails and autoresponders more personal, so take a few minutes to understand them – and to use them to keep the personal touch in your automated communications. […]
The New Facebook Rules
Have you heard about the new Facebook cover photo rules? The team released a few weeks ago that you can put calls to action or your website on your business’ page. There are still text restrictions – the biggest being that cover photos may not contain more than 20% text. Clipped straight from Facebook’s Page Guidelines: […]
10 Healthy Tips
Dance Teacher Summit is coming up! Will you be there? In the last newsletter, they shared 10 healthy tips. We thought they were so great, we wanted to share them here! 1- Even Superheroes Need Help Everyone knows you are a superhero, but even superheros have sidekicks and fancy gadgets to help them. Have a […]
Jackrabbit Gives Studios Everything They Need and Families Everything They Want
CK DanceWorks www.ckdanceworks.com 1 location, 600+ students, 22 instructors and administrators Brandi Wix, Christina Wiginton, Kensey Mimbs THE CHALLENGE CK DanceWorks set its sights on making their studio the best at providing lessons to students and the easiest for parents to do business with. The owners knew those two factors would determine their success in […]
Online Registration Allows Studio to Eliminate Time-Consuming and Error-Wrought Data Entry
Gotta Dance www.gotta-dance.com 5 locations, 1800 students, 25 instructors Olivia Allen, Gotta Dance Gillian Petersen, Gotta Dance THE CHALLENGE Olivia wanted to upgrade the studio’s out-dated software program by implementing a system that provided a full feature set and would help them to become more operationally efficient. Gotta Dance also needed to migrate from paper […]
Centralization and Automation Provide More Time for Family Interaction and Growth Activities
Temecula Dance www.temeculadancecompany.com 2 locations, 2000 students, 50+ instructors Adam Barret, Temecula Dance THE CHALLENGE Adam’s daily obstacle had become managing data for all of his students and locations – a very data intensive operation. The magnitude of detail that surrounds each student is quite astounding. Without good data management, Adam spent too much time […]
Just Keep Dancing
The aftermath of the Boston explosion is so devastating. The losses, injuries, and emotional stories have hit the hearts of people around the country. United we stand has never felt so real. As the news spreads, the internet and social media have played a huge roll in sharing other’s stories. This has made the day […]
How to Post on Facebook
Everybody’s doing it – aren’t you? Facebook is the number 1 social media platform — by far. If you aren’t on it, get on it. Here are 4 things you must do when you’re starting a Facebook page. After you can check all of these off your list, you’re ready for posting on Facebook. For those […]
100 Words Dance Moms Know
Don’t you agree that dance has it’s own language? Here are a list of 100 words that dance moms should know. Have some fun with the moms in your studio. See how many they know! [Psst – Double check that you know all of them first! :)] 1. Ballet […]
Choosing Green Practices that are Right for your Business
The thought of going green can be intimidating – especially if you try to imagine your small business taking on the green initiatives that very large businesses take on and successfully put in place. Part of being successful is choosing green actions that fit your business. What do you do after the energy-efficient light bulbs […]