Discusses management techniques that have proven successful in existing sports facilities.
Wondering how to start a volleyball club? Want to run your own club? Start by making a basic business plan. Sure, your end goal isn’t to make big money. Like most club directors, you’re probably doing it for the love of the game and a passion for helping kids, and it won’t even be your full-time job at […]
How much is your sports facility worth? Not in terms of what it means to you personally or even what it means to your athletes or the community. I’m talking about the dollar value. Most of us don’t really know. I didn’t know much about it myself until I decided to sell my sports academy. […]
Sometimes providing great service isn’t enough to keep your clients coming back to your sports academy or complex year after year. Markets change, clients’ needs evolve, and new competitors appear. Keeping clients interested and coming back through your doors takes work. Don’t overlook these customer retention strategies for your sports training business. Remember that retaining […]
No sports facility owner can stay in their facility all day, every day. But many of us still try. When you’ve worked so hard to create a brand and have invested hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars, it’s tough to let go of control. Maybe you’ve even convinced yourself that you’re so essential to […]
I thought I’d check in with you to find out what you really want to know about running a sports facility. If you have a minute, please let me know with this survey. Don’t worry if you can only fill out one or two answers, or even if you don’t own a sports facility yet. […]
Pop quiz for sports academy owners: How much money do you lose each month from clients who cancel at the last minute or just completely fail to show up for appointments? Years ago when I was first building eSoft Planner, I worked with one of my new scheduling software clients to help them figure that […]