The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast

Are you a dance school owner with big dreams beyond your current venture? Deborah has got you covered! She's diving deep into the art of planning your exit from your dance business while ensuring a smooth transition and sharing invaluable advice to help you lay the groundwork for your next chapter. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs...

Former serial self-saboteur, having grown up on the council estates of Preston, Dani has survived the adversity of domestic violence, homelessness and single parenthood to become a leading voice in empowerment and have quickly become one of the most exciting motivational speakers to hit the UK stage in a long time!   Drawing on over 20 years' experience in business, from presenting & event...

In this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast Deborah discusses the topic of community & how as a Dance School Owner your community is built in your image (or at least it should be). Find out why staying true to your authentic self is critical in building a community fit for growing a successful business. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Busines...

Matt has spent his entire career in sales. At 18 years of age he took a telesales role in the highly competitive photocopying industry. By tenaciously knocking on doors and cold calling, he quickly became the top performing sales person, and by the age of 22 became Sales manager. The techniques he learnt then still stand strong to this day. In his early 20’s he started a family business in Birming...

Many dance school owners tell me they routinely get asked what their 'real' job is, as opposed to running a dance school and on occasion I have been known to deliver a harsh truth that the perception of you can be a direct result of what you are projecting. In this episode I explain more and give some advice on how to you can fundamentally change those perceptions. Thank you for listening....

Penny is a UK entrepreneur, international public speaker, author, and community builder. She is the mother of three adult children and has been married to Thomas Power for 32 years. Penny believes in "community-led growth" and has always approached business in a highly personal way. Her latest book, Business Is Personal, has helped thousands of business owners find success and happiness...

In this week's episode Deborah asks the question 'How are YOU?' as well as challenging your perception of what, or who is the biggest asset in your dance school. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs founder Deborah Laws is a multi-passionate dancepreneur, dance business expert and number one best selling author of The Ultimate...

Kim Rogers is the founder of The Butterfly Mind. She is a Mindset Coach, Mental Health First Aider, NLP practitioner and a dance teacher with a passion for teaching mindset, mental and physical wellbeing to the younger generation through creative means.  Kim is driven to help as many of our younger generation to navigate their way around their forever changing world with self-acceptance, empowerme...

In this episode Deborah lifts the lid on what it is you actually 'sell' as a dance school owner. Is it a service? Is it a product? Or is it a feeling? Find out in this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs founder Deborah Laws is a multi-passionate dancepreneur, dance busine...

When it comes to coaching, Rymel DMOT is one of the best. Rymel is the founder of DMOT Nation as well as a member of the Expert Empires team. Rymel is known for his ability to consistently implement, which has been crucial to him achieving great results. Prior to his coaching career Rymel was a professional street dancer with multiple stage & TV credits. You can find Rymel over on FaceBook at...

In this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast Deborah shares some top tips to help you unlock the 'outstanding' dance boss you know you can be. . Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs founder Deborah Laws is a multi-passionate dancepreneur, dance business expert and number one best selling author of The Ultimate...

In this week's episode Deborah chats with co-founder of the UK’s leading direct response marketing company, Codebreak, Joel Stone. Joel & his co-founder Andy Rao have over 40 years experience taking small business owners from four-figure months to five-figure months, and five to six. Joel is also the co-host of the  Stay Hungry  podcast. The show enjoys thousands of downloads a month acros...

In this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast Deborah shares some essential tips for dance school owners worried about the rising costs of running their business. . Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs founder Deborah Laws is a multi-passionate dancepreneur, dance business expert and number one best selling author of The Ul...

Charlie Day sales is a multi award winning entrepreneur and Sales expert. Charlie has built up three multi six figure businesses from the ground up and recognises that sales is the life blood of any business. Charlie claims that sales is easy if you just know how and she will show you how! You can find out more bout Charlie at the below links: www.charliedaysales.co.uk Instagram - @charlie_day_sal...

In this week's episode Deborah shares some thoughts on pricing fairly in your Dance Business & asks you some questions that just might get you really questioning your current pricing structure. If it has it been a while since you increased your fees, if your pricing structure doesn't reflect the value your school offers or if you find yourself forever chasing fees then this is the episode for...

In this week's episode Deborah chats with the one & only Gordon Burcham. Gordon Burcham has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today...

In this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast Deborah shares the benefit of her experience in leading small & large dance business teams. As well as the tips on how best to approach leading your team, Deborah also shares where she went wrong so you can avoid those same pitfalls! Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs foun...

Nick James is the founder & CEO of Expert Empires. Since starting out in business in 2009, Nick has built four separate seven-figure businesses in the expert space, from scratch. In this episode Nick shares some of this wealth of experience to help you grow in your dance business. Nick & Deborah also discuss mentorship & why having a mentor can be critical to the continued evolution &a...

In this week's episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast Deborah shares some thoughts around the importance of mentorship to business leaders. No matter the scale of the organisation they lead the world's most successful entrepreneurs, CEOs & business leaders enlist the help of coaches & find themselves supportive communities to be part of, but why? Deborah answers this question &...

Amanda is an Award-Winning International Marketing Architect, working with passionate and purpose led Business Owners with small teams who struggle to get in front of the right people, don't know where to start (or what to do) with marketing to make it work and those who are looking to make more money. Forget Marketing, Think Alignment! Helping you connect the dots… and ensuring every action you t...

In this episode of The Ultimate Dance Business Podcast, Deborah shares with you all some essential tips to help you take the leap from one Dance studio to a second. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Dance Business Labs founder Deborah Laws is a multi-passionate dancepreneur, dance business expert and number one best selling author of The Ultimate Dance Bus...

David Walsh is a certified YouTube expert marketing expert. David works with a host of businesses like yours to increase: your Exposure your Brand Awareness Leads into your business… ...all through YouTube.  David knows first hand the power of building a successful YouTube channel having personally grown his channel to over 100,000 subscribers in just 3 years!  In this episode David shar...

For many dance school owners and principals the relationship with the parents of their students can be the thing they find most challenging about their business. In this week's episode Deborah gives three top tips for how to improve this all important relationship & help your dance business go from strength to strength. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance Business Lab. Da...

Paula Carnell is a Bee expert and Honey sommelier. Working with companies and landowners around the world to keep bees in a sustainable way. Through her own remarkable health recovery experience from a genetic connective tissue disorder, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome,(EDS) she realised that what was killing the bees was also killing us. Using herbal medicine and plant based minerals, she has now been ful...

For many dance school owners and principals the first time you become aware that a student is looking to leave your school is when they have already served notice. In this week's episode Deborah gives some simple tips on how you can spot those students who are may be looking to leave your dance school but also how you can retain them. Thank you for listening. This show is brought to you by Dance B...