School Owner Talk

School Owner Talk


Latest Episodes

430 | Interview with Matthew Brenner – Mastering Organic Marketing for Martial Arts Schools
November 21, 2025

430 | Interview with Matthew Brenner - Mastering Organic Marketing for Martial Arts SchoolsPodcast DescriptionIn this episode, Duane and Allie sit down with Matthew Brenner from Action Karate and Double Your Dojo to discuss organic marketing strat

Episode 429 | The December Retention Crisis: Keeping Students Through the Holidays
November 12, 2025

Episode 429: The December Retention Crisis: Keeping Students Through the HolidaysPodcast DescriptionIt's mid-November, and you can feel it coming. Families are getting busier. Attendance is starting to drop. Parents are distracted. And you know wh

Episode 428: Holiday Sales Strategy: Turning November & December Into Your Best Months
October 29, 2025

Episode 428: Holiday Sales Strategy: Turning November & December Into Your Best MonthsPodcast DescriptionNovember and December can be your most profitable months of the yearif you plan ahead and execute the right strategies.In this timely epi

427 | Are We Running the Hardest, Easiest Business There Is?
October 22, 2025

427 | Are We Running the Hardest, Easiest Business There Is?Podcast DescriptionNearly three decades into owning martial arts schools, Duane and Allie keep coming back to the same paradox: Are we running the hardest business or the easiest business

426 | Why Martial Arts Still Matter in a World of Instant Gratification
October 15, 2025

426 | Why Martial Arts Still Matter in a World of Instant GratificationPodcast DescriptionIn Episode 426 of School Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Allie Alberigo tackle a critical question.Specifically, why do martial arts still matter in today's w

425 | Breaking Third Wall: How to Get Martial Arts Families Fully Committed
September 24, 2025

425 | Breaking Third Wall: How to Get Martial Arts Families Fully CommittedPodcast DescriptionIn Episode 425 of School Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Allie Alberigo tackle one of the toughest challenges in the martial arts business: getting clients

424 | Martial Arts School Culture: Motivating Students and Families to Engage
September 17, 2025

424 | Martial Arts School Culture: Motivating Students and Families to EngagePodcast DescriptionIn this episode of School Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Allie Alberigo tackle one of the biggest challenges facing martial arts school owners today: ge

423 | What I Wish I Knew Starting My Martial Arts School vs. What I Know After 30+ Years
September 11, 2025

423 | What I Wish I Knew Starting My Martial Arts School vs. What I Know After 30+ YearsPodcast DescriptionIn this candid episode of School Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Allie Alberigo get real about the lessons they've learned running martial art

422 | 3 Common Pitfalls School Owners Make With Their Marketing and How AI Can Help Solve Those Problems (with Gus Lopez of Lead Hunter Media)
September 03, 2025

Podcast DescriptionIn this episode ofSchool Owner Talk, Duane Brumitt and Allie Alberigo sit down with Gus Lopez of Lead Hunter Media to uncover the three biggest pitfalls martial arts school owners make with their marketingand how AI can help solve

421 | The Attention Span Crisis – How Martial Arts Can Be the Cure (Part 2)
August 28, 2025

421 | The Attention Span Crisis How Martial Arts Can Be the Cure (Part 2)Podcast DescriptionIn this follow-up to Episode 420, Duane Brumitt and Shihan Allie Alberigo dive deeper into the attention span crisis facing todays childrenand how mart