The Tennis Business Academy Podcast David Martins
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Join David Martins from The Tennis Business Academy for bite-size, nuggets of information, advice and ideas on all things related to running a tennis coaching programme or club.
If you're out there working hard to get more people learning, playing and enjoying tennis, then I’m on your side and this podcast is for you.
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No One Cares About your Business as Much as You Do
If you've been in business for any length of time, you've probably noticed that other people don't seem to care about your business as much you do. Not a massive surprise, right?
But the question is, how should you react to it? In this episode I propose 3 ideas to help you navigate this issue. HINT: the solution isn't to try and force other people to care.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/no-one-cares-about-your-business-as-much-as-you-do
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy -
Word-of-mouth Isn't Enough
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard coaches and club managers say something along the lines of “word-of-mouth is the only marketing we need”.
Well, I think they’re wrong. In fact, unless they’re in the 1% of clubs and coaches in the world, they should definitely be proactive with their marketing and not rely on word-of-mouth alone.
In this episode I explain exactly why word-of-mouth isn’t enough and what you should be doing instead.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/word-of-mouth-isnt-enough
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy -
31 Things You Need to Do Off-court to Create a Successful Tennis Business
What you do on-court is crucial to the success of your tennis club or business. No doubt about it. But there are also a million other things that you need to do off-court in order to make your tennis business or club successful.
In this episode I cover 31 of these off-courts tasks that are important to get done to ensure the success and longevity of your tennis venture.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/31-things-you-need-to-do-offcourt-to-create-a-successful-tennis-business
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy -
Player Lifetime Value
How much is each player worth to you and your tennis coaching programme or club?And I don't mean from a sentimental or subjective point of view. I mean from an objective $ or £ perspective.
Building strong, longstanding relationships with players is key for the success of any tennis club or coaching business. And the best objective measure of how successful you are at building these types of relationships is customer lifetime value.
In this episode I explain what customer lifetime value is, why it's important to track it and how to actually calculate it.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/player-lifetime-value
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy -
Measuring Player Retention
In our industry, player retention is key. We all know this and work towards keeping people in the sport for life and ideally at our clubs and coaching programmes for years or even decades.
But from my experience, even though we know that player retention is important, most of us don't measure it consistently. So, in this episode I address this. I will show you how easy it is to measure customer retention by measuring two simple metrics: customer churn and average customer lifespan.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/measuring-player-retention
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy -
Email Marketing Part 3: The Step-by-step Guide
Email marketing can be a very powerful tool to help build better customer journeys while at the same time bringing people closer to your world and help them develop a sense of community and loyalty towards you and your tennis coaching business or club.
In this episode I go through a step-by-step guide that covers everything you need to know to get the email marketing system for your tennis coaching business or club set up.
You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/email-marketing-part-3-the-step-by-step-guide
And you can check out the Academy here: https://www.tennisbusinessacademy.com/academy