by Amanda Kingsmith | Sep 25, 2017 | Marketing & Branding, Show Notes
Anne & Brandon of The Yoga Nomads are back on the podcast and on this episode, we’re chatting about becoming a successful yoga teacher. We touch on why it’s important for yoga teachers to have a website, ways to focus on creating revenue streams outside of the student, why yoga teachers should never stop learning, and much more.
Anne & Brandon have recently launched their signature course, Create Beautiful Yoga Websites, and we dig into the importance of a website, debunk how creating a website is not actually as hard as many people think, and discuss how having a website can help yoga teachers make more money. If you’ve been thinking about setting up a website, this episode is for you!
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Sep 18, 2017 | Advanced Yoga Teacher, Show Notes
Lauren Rudick is an international yoga teacher, running teacher trainings in Costa Rica through Yoga Academy International, and running retreats around the world. On this episode, Lauren shares her teaching journey and how she has got to where she is now. She shares the challenges, the ups and downs of being a yoga teacher, and what she’s learned along the way.
We chat about teaching yoga while traveling, why Lauren didn’t like teaching full-time yoga in her home city of Montreal, how she went from yoga employee to yoga entrepreneur, finding gigs at festivals, hosting teacher trainings, how to persist through rejection, how to build a big following on Instagram, and so much more!
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Sep 16, 2017 | Blog
People say that taking risks is what business is all about, and in a way that’s true. But there are so many things that you also have to take into account when taking risks with your business. It’s all about getting that balance right between taking risks and safeguarding your business. There are lots of things that this entails, and you can find out about all of them below right now. (more…)
by Amanda Kingsmith | Sep 11, 2017 | Marketing & Branding, Show Notes
Charles Du is a NASA software engineer turned digital nomad turned yoga teacher! Charles discovered his love of yoga only a few months ago after suffering various injuries and quickly turned his love of yoga into his career.
Charles has experience in business and digital marketing, and on this episode, he shares how that has helped to land a resident teaching yoga within the first week of being a yoga teacher, and how he has been able to offer unique offerings, such as beer yoga. We talk about the controversy around beer yoga and how these types of offerings can be offered in an intentional way, as well as his tips for finding a unique offering that excites you.
On September 24th, Charles is launching the Yoga Career Summit, an online summit to help yoga teachers grow their business, and he shares what the process has been like for that, how he has found teachers, and what he has learned along the way.
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by Amanda Kingsmith | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog, Business
There’s no denying the popularity of yoga. Most fitness ‘trends’ come and go, but it’s safe to say that yoga is here to stay. With increasing demand and a dedicated following, there is a lot of potential for those wishing to run their own yoga business to succeed.
More and more yoga instructors are using the internet as a way to turn their business into a success. Want to be the next success story? Read these tips on how to make your yoga business succeed online. (more…)