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You could also do fallen angel and any moves from that (i.e. bow, archer). If you’d like to play with some flexy moves jade split and machine gun are a little easier on the pole since there is more pole for your side to come in contact with. Have fun playing 🙂
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Not quite sure, you read the book all or looked at the spreadsheets very well, as I did not say I was budgeting $200/mo for welding. That was how much I paid during that month to have pole mounts removed and that particular spreadsheet was actual income/expenses for that month.
Lilbit, my book primarily focuses on contracting through a gym/studio as way to START. For those of use who don’t have a few thousand dollars stocked away or don’t want to go into debt, this is an excellent way to figure out if it’s what you really want to do or if you can handle running your own pole business. I DO give exact figures (don’t price your classes under $10, pay split 70/30) and have received feedback from a few others on here that the pricing and class structure information were spot on from their experiences. Regardless, the information regarding how to structure your classes, parties and price them applies to an independent contractor or a studio owner. I don’t expect everyone to agree with everything in the book.
Regarding the price change, I was testing the checkout software and had arbitrarily picked a price. If I can save you money/time with things I have learned myself and from studio owners OUTSIDE of Oklahoma $34.99 is a great price.
Thank you to those of you who have been very supportive! I enjoy the fact that women in the pole community build each other up! I appreciate that very much. Webjunk, when your pole business book comes out let me know. I’d love to read it. Until then, if you’d like to purchase mine you can. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to message me as I don’t want to keep going back and forth on this post or feel like I should have to defend my point of view. Love you all!
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Webjunk, all good valid points! I’m not suggesting a one size fits all solution with my book, in fact there are several options with in. I’m just telling what’s worked extremely well for me and many others, WHY it worked and exactly how to do it, i.e. Negotiating a split of profits 70/30, instead of paying a flat rate. A lot of it I got to experience first hand. One of the studios I worked at, Nothing But Class, was open 7 years! I learned quite a bit from that place, including how to structure classes and parties and why you should in the first place. It makes a difference!
I don’t want anyone to think I am suggesting one solution can solve your problems, but in reaching out and talking with different studio owners I was surprised at how many of us were having similar issues. I am really passionate about this book, and I know myself and several other polers put A LOT into teaching our classes, and performing, just the pole community as a whole. It can be hard to give out of yourself when you’re worried about paying studio bills as an owner or concerned whether or not your studio will be open as an instructor. That frustration is multiplied when your classes are full and the feeling is that you can’t possibly do anything more! In my experience it tends to be the money issue, not advertising, that keeps pole studios from being profitable.
Regardless, I’m here to help! My thing is setting yourself up as an independent contractor and how to do that. I can help. If you have a question, please ask me, I’d love to help you in any way I can! And I think we can agree Webjunk is an excellent source of help and knowledge for studio owners needing some help!
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I just want tell everyone thank you first of all. I’ve REALLY enjoyed this discussion on here! PolePixi, I’m with you about studioveena. This is a VERY helpful community (I mention it in the book!) and I look forward to my daily emails from this site. As I said earlier, it was a post several months ago that encouraged me to write this book! Who knew so many were struggling with running profitable studios?
I’ve got to change a few things to meet Amazon’s specification for the cover and then they said it will be 12 hours before it’s listed so I made my own sure for the book in the meantime.
DRUMROLL PLEASE 🙂
With that said “Teach Pole Make Money” is available!!! (WOOHOO!)
http://www.teachpolemakemoney.com
After your purchase it emails you the link to download the book and the spreadsheets. I’m really excited to share this and cannot say thank you to everyone. Please let me know what things in the book are working really well for you 🙂
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Phoenix Hunter, I actually teach classes inside a yoga studio in Norman, OK called YogaLife. That’s a major point of my book, eliminating the major costs, leasing a space, payroll etc. it walks you through how to do that and I’ve included my actual numbers from the first month I started contracting with a gym (I previously purchased 11 used poles and taught at a gym). I went from teaching 7 classes a week, doing all these parties, private lessons and making $500-$600/mo to 4 classes/wk, and just two private clients and 3-4 parties month and making $1200-$1500/mo. The numbers are in the spreadsheets I include with the book so you can see it’s legit. For a single mom who works full time, that made all the difference. So I COMPLETELY agree with Olivia on the point about renting space. I know you had commented on the previous thread regarding someone else wanting to open a studio.
Webjunk, I don’t quite agree that opening a pole studio is like running any small business though. I think it presents different challenges than the average small business and you have to be creative and proactive dealing with them. I do wholeheartedly agree that lack of planning is major reason for failure. Advertising just makes you get to where you’re heading faster. If your business model and plan are good, you’ll succeed faster. If they suck, well your business will just close quicker. With your background though I’d be very interested on your thoughts of my book. I’m working to get it on Amazon.com in the next day or two but if you’ll send me your email I’ll forward a pre copy to you.
I really believe this book is going to help so many people who want to open a studio save so much money and stress. For those of us who have watched someone go through a studio closing or have been through it ourselves, we know how heartbreaking it can be. I’m excited about saving people from that.
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That sucks that your experience was so bad. Of course it doesn’t matter how much help and business background you have, if you’re unable to relate to your students you won’t have any.
I’m just curious…did you send her an email or call her and let her know how you and the other lady felt about the lack of exercise in class? If you thought her classes were misrepresented and won’t return I’m sure you’re not the only one. I don’t think the feedback would be in bad taste. Sounds like the comment may help her business.
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I’ve got some fellow instructors/pole owners reading over it. Hopefully I will be able to make any and all corrections this week and list the book! That is my goal 🙂
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I’d use pole physics lotion and itac2. Those are my go to favorites.
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Rest days are hard, but I would say you need to give your body at least one day to rest. Personally, I do yoga on Saturdays and Wednesdays (with a little pole for myself afterwards). I teach Tuesdays and Thursdays and do private lessons Sundays and Mondays. Friday I force myself to rest.
I’m really excited for you and your journey with pole and yoga! Just make sure to listen to your body!
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Heck yes! I’ve been doing pole for 4 years and hatha yoga for the past year. Yoga has SERIOUSLY improved my pole and I like to practice after a good yoga session. I also teach and incorporate lots of yoga into warm ups for my classes. I’ve found sun salutations very effective for warming up muscles.
Also, many yoga moves translate into pole, especially elements of floor work 🙂