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You need to focus on Systems
It's time to get Automated!From your responses, it's clear that you love dance school and teaching. Your students are your raison d'etre and you have a good relationship with the parents (most of them anyway!). You trained hard to get your professional qualifications and now you work just as hard to run your business - but some days it's sending you a little crazy!All those pieces of paper flying around, PayPal notifications, brown envelopes with cash? Sometimes they don't even have a name on!!You are spending so long on the admin in your business that you’re starting to wonder if it's really worth it. All that wasted energy going to the bank, lodging payments - keeping on top of everything is frankly exhausting. You know that there's a better way but you're not sure what it is. And where on earth are you going to find the time to implement some complicated, expensive system? Because all you want to do is teach! Am I right?But here's the thingI promise you that it can be easier. Way, way easier! Systems and technology don't need to be complicated. In fact, it has to be simple to work for you and to take all that pressure off! Leaving you to do the one thing that you do best - teach. Instead of being another expense, systems and automation can literally save you thousands of pounds every year. Not to mention all that precious time - which no amount of money can ever bring back - right?Believe me, I've seen dance bosses lose thousands of pounds worth of revenue because they just haven't automated their systems.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰My name is I'm Deborah Laws and believe me, I've been where you are!The dance school which I've run for 27 years looked successful from the outside. I had 800 students enrolled, I also ran a franchise theatre school for 11 years and even been an ISTD examiner a tutor for 15. Pretty impressive right?!But the truth is my school had turned into an uncontrollable monster. And between you and me I wasn't doing much better. 🤦♀️I lacked management skills, suffered fallout from the 2008 recession, and went through huge personal hardship when my marriage broke down. The dance world and business were changing and I frankly didn't change with it. I was lost in my business and whatever I tried I just couldn't get back on my feet.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰Does that sound familiar?Here's what I did to get me where I am today.I invested every last penny I had in a long and extensive business mentoring scheme aimed at dance studio owners. I studied marketing, retention, business strategies in relation to the dance world, customer services, finances, planning, social media, team nurturing, leadership, systems, processes, the list goes on. I read over 30 business books, even flew to Australia for a 4-day business retreat, attended summits, webinars you name it. And the hard work and all those little bits of information paid off.By implementing my newly learned skills, I experienced wonderful growth in my businesses, got my CEO mojo back and turned my schools around. I'm not telling you this to brag. I'm telling you this because I've been where you are and I want to help you get to the same place.I feel hugely empowered to change the mindset in the dance industry so that we can love what we do, be creative and inspiring to others but also live a lucrative fluid lifestyle through running our dance schools and companies.〰〰〰〰〰〰〰Take a look at my site to find out more about how to create the Dance School of Your Dreams.
