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Traffic Tips - How to Drive Traffic from Instagram to your Website blog Mar 03, 2025

Social media has undeniably changed the marketing game for every businesses today.

If you’re a local business owner who thinks being on Facebook and Google is enough, you’re wrong.

Facebook is great, it’s sexy... but let me remind you, something out there is sexier - INSTAGRAM!

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Giving Your Customers What They Want.. Opens Up a Lot of S***, But It Isn't Always the Key to Success... combatbusinessblog Feb 17, 2025
I just saw this meme online, (again..) and I had to write about it because it's SO IMPORTANT! But NOT for the reasons that most people think!
 
A TON of people see these examples of industry giants falling..
 
"Netflix didn't kill Blockbuster.. they did it to themselves by not...
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"Hate Watching".. The Ultimate Loser's Mentality.. and How to Fix It. Feb 10, 2025

As business owners in the digital age, we have to find the balance between using Facebook for business and getting sucked into the crap online that can zap your energy and create huge distractions.

Like it or not, we need facebook. We use it to provide value to our clients and prospects, nurture...

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Free Trial Vs. Paid Trial? Jan 27, 2025

Throw this question in one of the martial arts business groups and you’re going to get 96 comments on why one is better than the other.


The benefits of one..

The dangers and pitfalls of the other..


And by the end, you’re going to be more confused than when you started. So let’s...

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Let's Get Awkward... Jan 20, 2025

In your academy, you have two main areas of responsibility.

Everything that happens ON the mat
Everything that happens OFF the mat

In our gym, my husband and I have a line of demarcation that begins at the edge of the mat. He handles everything on the mat and I am in charge of everything off the...

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The 2 Step Challenge to More Effective Time Management & Productivity combat business combat business success Jan 13, 2025

Who doesn’t want to get more done in less time? Check out this annoyingly simple 2 Step Challenge to jumpstart your motivation, beat the burnout, and get back on the path to crushing your goals.


I call this ‘annoyingly simple’ because the key to this challenge is so obvious that...

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Introducing The '3 Pillar' Staffing Model Jan 06, 2025

At some point, every growing business must hire staff in order to continue scaling up. Unfortunately, by the time many martial arts business owners are finally convinced that they need someone, they are so buried by past-due items on their must-do list, that they’ll start throwing money or...

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How to Sell out a Seminar Without "Selling" Dec 30, 2024

Jiu Jitsu seminars create excitement & foster camaraderie. They can bolster a student’s lagging desire to train & they are the perfect opportunity for your students to train with their idols.


And there’s no shortage of BJJ practitioners & famous fighters looking to fill...

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