Marketing
Originally posted by YongChun
If you don't want to waste your time teaching Wing Chun then look into business and marketing. Leung Ting is a pretty good example of how it's done.
Ray, if you had LT's skill & knowledge, and set out to teach full time and build an organization, -you wouldn't market like him or do business the way he does, would you?
LT has made big dollars for himself, but IMO, it's not only about money. There is also such a thing as karma to think about, and the question; "Will I like what I see when I look in the mirror each morning?"
Spend some time on Matt Thorton's Straight Blast Gym site, and you'll get a different idea of how to successfully market in a way that I'd consider quite ethical (not a pyramid scheme, or playing to people's; fears, fantasies, & egos) and not as self-aggrandizing as most other schools.
There are other good & lucrative schools out there that are giving students a decent value for their training dollar, but Matt's just happened to come to mind first.......
-Lawrence
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