Archives
01/26/2023 – 6 Steps to Repair Your Studio or Store’s Business Reputation
01/12/2023 – Are You Using the Halo Effect to Attract Customers to Your Dance Business?
12/29/2022 – 9 Ways to Make 2023 the Best Year Ever for Your Dance Business
12/15/2022 – Moving Forward After Loss: Inheriting a Parent’s Dance Studio
12/01/2022 – Making Space: How Dance Businesses Are Creating Their Own Arts Hubs
11/17/2022 – Ready, Set, Move…Under a Strict Deadline!
11/03/2022 – Make This Your Best Small Business Saturday Ever
10/20/2022 – 10 Employee Benefits Your Staff Will Actually Care About
10/06/2022 – Get Started with Your Retirement Saving
9/22/2022 – Why (and How) to Hire a Professional Photographer for Marketing Your Dance Business
9/8/2022 – 11 Holiday Marketing (and Revenue) Ideas for Dance Studios and Retailers
8/25/2022 – Gender and Dancewear: An Evolving Business Opportunity?
8/11/2022 – Midyear Tax Checkup (and Write-Offs We Hope You’re Tracking)
7/28/2022 – 5 Ways Dance Studio Clients Have Changed Since COVID
7/14/2022 – Forget Positive Thinking. Instead, Try WOOP.
06/30/2022 – Could a Dance-Centric Business Coach Help You Level Up?
06/16/2022 – Back-to-Dance 2022: Tips for Studio Owners and Retailers
06/02/2022 – Don’t Forget These 3 Best Practices for Your Back-to-Dance Marketing
05/19/2022 – Here’s How to Overcome the Summer Sales Slump
05/05/2022 – Celebrating the Moms of Family Dance Businesses
04/21/2022 – Do Made-in-America Dancewear Brands Provide a Competitive Edge?
04/07/2022 – 3 Surprisingly Easy Digital Marketing Ideas You May Have Missed
03/24/2022 – How Nia Studio Creates a Co-Working Space for Arts Entrepreneurs
03/10/2022 – How Supply Chain Delays Are Affecting the Pointe Shoe Industry
02/24/2022 – Lessons for Dance Entrepreneurs from ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia
02/10/2022 – 5 Essential Money Moves for Solopreneurs
01/27/2022 – What to Do When an Employee Has a Mental Health Crisis
01/13/2022 – These 3 Retailing Myths Have Been Hurting Your Dance Store
12/30/2021 – Is Resale Right for Your Dance Store?
12/16/2021 – Make 2022 Your Best Year: Starting With Your Google Business Profile
12/02/2021 – Dancewear Taps Into a Growing Trend—Resale
11/18/2021 – Meet Dance Business Weekly’s New Editor in Chief!
11/04/2021 – Hitting the Road With a Mobile Dance Boutique
10/21/2021 – Your Holiday Sales Checklist is Here
10/07/2021 – Take a Proactive Approach to Mental Health in Your Dance Workplace
09/30/2021 – Should Your Dance Store Be Raising Its Prices?
09/23/2021 – Does It Make Sense to Sell More Than Dancewear?
09/16/2021 – When Is It Time to Close Your Dance Business?
09/09/2021 – Want to Start a Baby and Toddler Program at Your Studio?
09/02/2021 – How This Vegan Studio Owner Forged Her Own Path
08/26/2021 – Dance/USA published their equitable guidelines—here’s how to use them
08/19/2021 – 8 Ways Retailers Build Sustainable Relationships With Studios
08/12/2021 – Build Back Your Dance Retail Traffic—With Facebook and Instagram Ads
08/05/2021 – Use a Brand Story to Introduce Your Dance Business to the World
07/29/2021 – Give Your Dance Store a Fall Refresh
07/22/2021 – See Your Business From Your Customers’ POV
07/15/2021 – Craft a Winning Marketing Message For Your Dance Store
07/01/2021 – Boost Your Business’ Brain Trust With These Resources
06/24/2021 – Recital Over? Here’s What You Should Do Next
06/17/2021 – How to Stage a Recital Like a Music Festival
06/10/2021 – It’s (Already) Time to Prepare for Back-to-School
06/03/2021 – What the Vaccine Means for Your Dance Studio
05/27/2021 – 8 Terms Every Dance Business Owner Should Know
05/20/2021 – Is There A Better Way to Do Arts Administration?
05/13/2021 – From Side Hustle to Business: How 4 Dancers Made It Happen
05/06/2021 – The Key(s) to Pricing Your Digital Performances
04/29/2021 – Why You Need a Social Media Strategy for Your Recital
04/22/2021 – How Sustainability is Transforming the Dancewear Industry
04/15/2021 – Inside Pilobolus’ Unique Digital Revenue Stream
04/08/2021 – The Dance Solopreneur’s Guide to Taxes in the Age of COVID
04/01/2021 – This Ballet Company Went From Church Basement to State-of-the-Art Facility
03/25/2021 – How to Take Compelling Dancewear Product Photos
03/18/2021 – Why Your Dance Business Should Be on LinkedIn
03/11/2021 – One Year Into COVID-19, These Are the Biggest Business Lessons
03/04/2021 – How Dance Business Owners Are Coping With Pandemic Stress
02/25/2021 – The Case for Treating Your Freelance Teaching Career As a Business
02/18/2021 – The Dance Retailer’s Ultimate Guide to TikTok
02/11/2021 – Here’s How to Meet Your Crowdfunding Goals
02/04/2021 – How the Pandemic is Shaking Up Fundraising Best Practices
01/28/2021 – The Dancewear Trends That Will Define 2021
01/21/2021 – How to Make the Most of This Year’s (Virtual) Dance Retail Trade Show
01/14/2021 – What Dance Businesses Need to Know About the New Stimulus Package
01/07/2021 – Read This Before You Make New Year’s Business Resolutions
12/31/2020 – The Biggest Dance Business Stories of 2020
12/24/2020 – The Dance Entrepreneurs Who Inspired Us This Year
12/17/2020 – How to Start a Dance Convention—In the Middle of a Pandemic
12/10/2020 – It’s Time to Turn Your PPP Loan Into A Grant
12/03/2020 – Could COVID-19 Shift the Future of Dance Recitals?
11/19/2020 – 7 Ways to Say “Thank You” to Your Employees This Holiday Season
11/12/2020 – From Dance Studio to Socially Distanced Restaurant
11/05/2020 – This NYCB Dancer Brought Her Snack Company to Life During the Pandemic
10/29/2020 – How This Studio Went from 65 Students to Over 3,500 (During the Pandemic!)
10/22/2020 – How Dance Competitions Are Surviving the Pandemic
10/15/2020 – This Studio Owner Transformed Her Competitive Team Into An Intensive Training Program
10/08/2020 – 4 Fresh Display Ideas for Your Dance Store Windows
10/01/2020 – Trashing Your Competitors Is Not the Best Business Move—Here’s Why
09/24/2020 – 7 Facebook Features Dance Retailers Should Master
09/17/2020 – What Happens When a Founder Dies Before Opening His Dance School?
09/10/2020 – Yes, You Do Need a Music License for Your Virtual Classes
09/03/2020 – How to Think Big as a Dance Studio Owner
08/27/2020 – How to Turn Your Dance Product Idea Into More Than A Side Hustle
08/20/2020 – This Entrepreneur Was Selling Inclusive Dancewear Before It Was Trendy
08/13/2020 – These Funding Programs Could Help Get Your Business Through COVID
08/06/2020 – Could Your Dance Fitness Concept Be the Next Zumba?
07/30/2020 – What It Costs to Produce an Epic Virtual Recital
07/23/2020 – Could Filing for Bankruptcy Save Your Dance Business?
07/16/2020 – What If Your Studio Families Aren’t Ready to Come Back?
07/09/2020 – Could a Standard for Pointe Shoe Fitting Make the Dance Retail Industry Stronger?
07/02/2020 – We Can’t Go Back to Business as Usual
06/25/2020 – Does COVID-19 Pose a Liability Risk for Your Dance Business?
06/18/2020 – Everything You Need to Know About the New PPP Terms
06/11/2020 – The Key to Retaining Students and Revenue? Training Staff to Teach Online
06/04/2020 – All Your Biggest Marketing Questions, Answered
05/28/2020 – When COVID-19 Interrupts Your New Studio Launch
05/21/2020 – When Recitals and Back-to-Dance Are Up in the Air: Studio and Retailer Strategies
05/14/2020 – How the Dance Industry Is Rallying to Flatten the Curve
05/07/2020 – A Home for Dance in NYC’s Fastest Growing Neighborhood
04/30/2020 – Retaining Customers (and Revenues) as COVID-19 Closures Continue
04/23/2020 – The Paycheck Protection Program for Dance Solopreneurs, Explained
04/16/2020 – The Talk to Have With Your Banker Now
04/09/2020 – What the Courage to Never Give Up Looks Like
04/02/2020 – Help for Your Dance Business: What’s in the New Stimulus Acts
03/26/2020 – COVID-19 Update: A Letter from the Editors
03/19/2020 – COVID-19 Update: What Dance Studio Owners Can Do Now
03/12/2020 – The Story Behind Apolla’s Dance Socks
03/05/2020 – Hiring Outside Professionals Helped This Studio Grow to 1,000 Students
02/27/2020 – How to [Gulp] Fire Someone
02/20/2020 – No, You Can’t Always Do It Better Yourself
02/13/2020 – Talking About Change—the Way You Do It Can Make or Break Your Dance Business
02/06/2020 – How to Hire the Right Person, Every Time
01/30/2020 – Valentine’s Display Ideas for Dance Retailers
01/23/2020 – What’s Trending in Pointe Shoes
01/16/2020 – The Surprising Rise of a Neighborhood Dance Studio in Manhattan
01/09/2020 – The Rules to Know If Your Dance Business Uses Influencers
01/02/2020 – How Inclusivity Is Reshaping the Dancewear Market
12/26/2019 – What ODC’s Brenda Way Knows (and You Can Learn) About Leading a Team
12/19/2019 – From Broadway Performer to Million-Dollar Business
12/12/2019 – Dance Studio Franchises: Creating One, Buying One
11/26/2019 – These Year-end Tax Moves Could Save You Money
11/21/2019 – This Dance Business Strategy Can Build Wealth
11/14/2019 – How to Quit Apologizing and Start Making Money
11/07/2019 – Mark Morris: Even Living Landmarks Struggle for Space
10/31/2019 – 5 Ways to Make a Difference as a Leader. Yes, We’re Talking to You!
10/24/2019 – Every Studio or Store Deserves This Kind of Business Plan
10/17/2019 – Wanna Make a Cool Million? Here’s the Business Mind-set You Need
10/10/2019 – 4 Things to Know Before You Open a Dance Studio
10/03/2019 – Worried About a Competitor? Don’t Be. Do This Instead.
09/26/2019 – Can Your Dance Business Weather an Economic Downturn?
09/19/2019 – Is Your Dance Business Spending Enough on Marketing?
09/12/2019 – Yes, Your Dance Studio or Store Needs This 8-Point Brand Tune-Up
09/05/2019 – Can Your Landlord Ruin Your Dance Business? The First Issue of Dance Business Weekly