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Hosted by Matthew Brenner · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 110 episodes
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Behind the scenes insights from the Top 1% of martial arts business owners, instructors, and athletes. If you want to learn how to grow your martial arts school, keep more of your student for longer, and create a team of instructors you can depend on, this podcast is for you.
Matthew Brenner hosts Black Belt Business, a business show with 110 episodes published.
Want new adult students for your martial arts school? This episode is for you. DM me "Adult students" and i'll send you the notes from this episode that you can use as a guideline to use these strategies for you and your
The episode covers the preparation for summer enrollment, challenges of retaining current students, organic marketing strategies, short-term programs for new student acquisition, preheating leads, creating fun and engagi
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Adam Kifer, founder and CEO of Impakt Mastermind and Impakt Agency, shares insights on what's working in his martial arts school, focusing on retention strategies and customer service.
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The conversation covers the importance of modernizing messaging in martial arts school advertising, emphasizing the need to understand and address the fears of modern parents. Cris Rodriguez discusses the shift in messag
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In this lightning series podcast episode, Jennifer Waters shares practical advice on getting new students for martial arts schools. The conversation covers the importance of lead generation, the trust triangle in ad camp
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The conversation covers the importance of staff training and culture in scaling martial arts schools. It delves into the need to grow revenue to attract good staff, defining and maintaining a strong culture, structuring
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In this special Lightning Episode of the Black Belt Business Podcast, host Matthew Brenner speaks with Andrew Cunnane, who operates three martial arts schools in Toronto, Canada, serving 1000+ students. The focus of thei
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The conversation with Dave Kovar covers the essential aspects of training staff for martial arts schools. It delves into the effective staff training formula, hiring the right staff, training the staff, treating the staf
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Chris Berlow, a multi-school owner, shares insights on staff training and development for martial arts schools. He emphasizes the importance of personal training, treating staff as teachers, and sharing success with them
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In this episode, Chris shares insights on using birthday parties as a powerful tool for acquiring new students. He discusses the structure of a successful birthday party, the importance of collecting information and offe
In this special episode Matthew Brenner flies out to Pittsburgh to interview Taekwon Lee, the CEO of the ATA, during one of their large tournaments. This is a live recording, so please give us some grace with the audio.
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Courtney Eardley is a Taekwondo enthusiast and social media mentor. In this episode, we explore the challenges and triumphs of inspiring the next generation of female martial artists. Discover how Courtney's journey from
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If you wanna learn how to enroll new students from birthday parties, this episode is for you. Matthew Brenner interviews Jason Purcell, a successful martial arts school owner in Seattle, who shares insights on how to eff
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In this episode of the Black Belt Business Podcast, Matthew Brenner and social media expert Lizzy Friedman, founder of Iconic, dive into the essentials of crafting a compelling social media presence for martial arts scho
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Stop waiting weeks to enroll new students. Here's how to enroll new students faster.
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Matthew Brenner interviews Jesse Isaacs, the owner of Integrity Martial Arts, with 6 locations grossing $4M/ year. If you want to learn how to scale your schools past 1 location or create one HIGHLY profitable school, th
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In this episode, Matthew Brenner interviews Stan Lee, a martial arts instructor and business owner, about the importance of character development in martial arts schools. He shares what martial arts school owners do wron
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In this episode of the Black Belt Business Podcast, Matthew Brenner interviews Chris, a seasoned martial arts instructor turned corporate speaker and coach. Chris shares his journey from running martial arts schools to e
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In this episode of the Black Belt Business Podcast, host Matthew Brenner interviews martial arts master Greg Silva, who shares his extensive experience in the martial arts industry. Silva discusses his journey from openi
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In this episode of the Black Belt Business Podcast, Matthew Brenner interviews Zulfi Ahmed, founder of Bushi Ban international. Zulfi shares his journey from Pakistan to the United States, detailing his experiences in bu
Adam Kifer
founder and CEO · Impakt Mastermind
1 appearance on this show
Cris Rodriguez
Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt · Grow Pro Agency
1 appearance on this show
Jason Purcell
Innovation, Relationships & Longevity
1 appearance on this show
Stan Lee
martial arts instructor · Marvel Comics
1 appearance on this show
Chris Natzke
U.S. National Taekwondo Champion, leadership coach, bestselling author
1 appearance on this show
Taekwon Lee
ATA
1 appearance on this show
Lizzy Friedman
Iconic
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Isaacs
Integrity Martial Arts
1 appearance on this show
Zulfi Ahmed
Bushi Ban international
1 appearance on this show
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