{"id":7185,"date":"2018-12-17T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2018-12-17T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T10:00:54","slug":"continued-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/fred-astaire-fads-history\/continued-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/12\/iStock-945072728.jpg\" alt=\"During 2019, Fred Astaire Dance Studio anticipates expanding our ballroom dance company to include four studios. We are considering locations in Novi, Northville, Ann Arbor and Detroit as well as looking toward West Michigan for future growth.\" width=\"349\" height=\"523\" class=\"wp-image-5414 alignright\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During 2019, we anticipate expanding our ballroom dance company to include four studios. We are considering locations in Novi, Northville, Ann Arbor and Detroit as well as looking toward West Michigan for future growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/staff\/\">join our team<\/a>? There is room for YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Continued Growth<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve experienced record growth year over year for the past seven years. Currently, our Bloomfield Hills location is 20 percent ahead of last year\u2019s numbers, and 2017 sales were at our highest point yet.<\/p>\n<p>In the next five years, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbusiness.com\/daily-news\/Annual-2018\/Fred-Astaire-Dance-Studio-Michigan-to-Add-10-Locations-in-5-Years-First-in-West-Bloomfield-Township\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I hope to have 10 studios throughout Michigan<\/a>. We welcome conversations with potential investors, managers, and partner-owners \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a dance superstar or instructor to join us!<\/p>\n<p>Continued growth just keeps happening at rates that I did not expect. I attribute this to the culture we\u2019re building and continue to nurture. New students come in and become dedicated returning students, who then consider participating in competitions, which takes their experience in our community to a whole new level.<\/p>\n<h2>Competitive Dance<\/h2>\n<p>This year, more than 30 students from the Bloomfield Hills studio have participated in ballroom dance competitions. We\u2019re on track to become one of the most competitive dance studios in the country.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always been known for being innovative in marketing and for my willingness to think outside the box and try new approaches; that may be one explanation for our incredible growth.<\/p>\n<p>Another is the friendly, inclusive, warm culture we\u2019ve built and continue to build every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/why-should-i-take-dance-lessons-here\/\">People come here and find camaraderie<\/a>. Everything starts with being a friendly, warm studio where people feel comfortable and supported. Plus, it\u2019s fun. Frankly, the growth surprises me, in a wonderful way, but we\u2019ll keep focusing on it to keep it going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; During 2019, we anticipate expanding our ballroom dance company to include four studios. We are considering locations in Novi, Northville, Ann Arbor and Detroit as well as looking toward West Michigan for future growth. Do you want to join our team? There is room for YOU! Continued Growth We\u2019ve experienced record growth year over [&hellip;]<\/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":[34,30,29],"tags":[135,56,108,149],"class_list":["post-7185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-growth","category-careers-in-dance","category-fred-astaire-fads-history","tag-ballroom-dance-studio","tag-competitive-dance","tag-dance-instructors","tag-new-studio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185","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=7185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}