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$28,000 Tax Credit per Martial Arts Employee Still Possible?! covidrelief employees ertc government programs human resources martial arts school small business Apr 26, 2022

$28,000 Tax Credit per Employee Still Possible?!

Last year I rang the alarm bells  about Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) telling every martial arts school owner that I knew they could get u to $5,000 per employee in 2020 and $28,000 per employee for 2021.

Small business owners...

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Martial Arts Handbook Reimagined martial arts school merchandise sales retention Mar 22, 2022

Immediately after enrolling, it's important for new students to walk out of the school with something physical in their hands...something that gets them excited and looking forward to the next training session.  At BETA Academy, many years ago, we used to give our new students a handbook...

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More Martial Arts School Income Streams with Shopify Store brand building brazilian jiu-jitsu marketing martial arts school merchandise sales mma muay thai online store small business Mar 01, 2022

Merchandise and gear sales are a great complimentary income stream for martial arts schools, particularly Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai Academies because we have so many items that we can offer to our students.  Jiu-Jitsu Gi, rash guards, boxing gloves, shinguards, etc., the options are...

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More Government Stimulus Money for Small Business Possible? covid19 covidrelief government programs martial arts school small business stimulus Feb 22, 2022

Not exactly more stimulus money but a reinstatement of some tax credits that were taken away form small businesses in the most ridiculous rug pull ever conceived by the US Government.  The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) that allowed up to $33,000 in refundable tax credits per employee...

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Any Reason to Market at your Martial Arts School marketing martial arts school sales Feb 18, 2022

Any Reason to Promote

Its going to be President's Day here soon in the good ole USA.  On holidays, my mailbox and inbox gets filled with deals for furniture, appliances, and discounts for other stuff I probably don't need.  I guess I'm used to it and...I EXPECT it.

 

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Reflections on Creating a Brand brand building marketing martial arts school small business Aug 20, 2021

Some thoughts on branding while wandering in Puerto Rico.  

I’m a coffee drinker…no a coffee fiend.  In 2019, I gave up caffeine (and a bunch of other vices) as an experiment.  It was an attempt to cleanse the body and mind of what I felt at that time to be bad...

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