{"id":7171,"date":"2018-08-20T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=5106"},"modified":"2018-08-20T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T10:00:42","slug":"dance-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/fred-astaire-fads-history\/dance-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dance Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Don\u2019t forget the \u201cbusiness\u201d part of the dance business. This is the dance business, but most people don\u2019t look at it as a business.<\/p>\n

Studio owners often run a studio for the dance side of things. They might not be mindful or skilled in the business side of running a studio \u2013 but it\u2019s essential!<\/p>\n

To succeed and be sustainable, you need a bit of business know-how <\/a>beyond just the love of dance.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the part I get involved with and excited about. I help other studios become a viable business vs. just something they\u2019re doing to pay their bills.<\/p>\n

So many dance studios go through that process, where they try to wear all the hats and not run it as a business, not understanding the costs involved, what to charge for lessons, how to market, how to get new people in, how to manage instructors, how to expand. They just start teaching.<\/p>\n

But just because you love to do something, or perhaps do it well, does not mean you can run a business and manage others. It doesn\u2019t mean you can grow exponentially.<\/p>\n

For me, running and building a business is the exciting part. A lot of FADS owners call me because I\u2019m one of the studio trainers for Fred Astaire. They want to understand the business side.<\/p>\n

\"\"Some people would rather dance; they like the craft part of the dance business. A lot of times they end up working for themselves, by themselves, because they don\u2019t know how to keep employees and build the business so it becomes sustainable.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the difference between working in a business rather than working ON it. Fred Astaire Dance Studios provide this guidance and knowledge.<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurs in a variety of industries fall prey to this. They start out doing something well and decide to go out on their own. But without training and guidance, you can\u2019t make the leap from dancer or dance instructor to dance studio owner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big leap but not one that is impossible to make. You just need to learn the art of business and pair that with the art of the dance. I can help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t forget the \u201cbusiness\u201d part of the dance business. This is the dance business, but most people don\u2019t look at it as a business. Studio owners often run a studio for the dance side of things. They might not be mindful or skilled in the business side of running a studio \u2013 but it\u2019s essential! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,29],"tags":[43,146,86,147],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-growth","category-fred-astaire-fads-history","tag-ballroom-dance","tag-business-owner","tag-dance-studio","tag-owning-a-studio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}