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Benefits of Dancing for Mums

Why is dance good for mums?

Dance classes for children and teens are easy to come by, and now dance classes for adults are becoming even more popular.

There are many exercise and fitness classes such as Zumba and aerobics and for those who want a specific genre of dance, classes such as ballet, tap and Popdance can now be found.

The birth of shows such as ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘Got To Dance’ mean dancing for mummies has become more popular – and we are strong believers that dance is for everyone and anyone! You don’t have to be the best, dance can just be about enjoyment, listening to music and putting a smile on your face. Not only that, there are many benefits to dance class for adults.

1. Keeping Healthy
Dance is a fun way of exercising and keeping fit without having to go to the gym! Depending on your weight you can burn between 270-300+ calories in just an hour whilst enjoying it! Dancing works all your muscle groups and can improve stamina, core strength, muscle tone, flexibility, coordination, balance and cardiovascular health.

2. Social enjoyment
For many mums it can be hard to meet others and find time for yourself. At a dance class you’ll meet other like minded people and get an hour of me time, where you can switch off and have fun. I started a Popdance class 4 years ago where a group of ladies met for the first time. They all still attend my class and now see each other socially, having made a whole new circle of friends.

3. Confidence building
Dance class is a great way to build confidence and self esteem through learning new skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. In some dance schools there is also the opportunity to perform in annual shows and take dance exams through a syllabus designed specifically for dance.

4. Reducing stress levels
Many of us lead demanding life styles, working and looking after children, everyone needs a bit of time to de-stress and wind down. Attending a dance class gives you an hour to yourself, away from work or family, plus exercise produces endorphin’™s that make us feel good, making dance a brilliant stress buster.

5. Keeping body and brain active
As well as all the physical aspects listed above, dancing also keeps the brain active and healthy. During a dance class you are learning new skills and having to remembering the order of steps, boosting your memory and keeping your brain active.

Lianne Cloot-Holt is Creative Director at Popdance read her blog coming soon to the Popdance website!

 

 

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Making Friends

Its not what you know!

We all know that dance classes are a fantastic way of meeting new people, making friends and socialising.

We encourage children to work together, learn how to communicate and get along together.
And that’s exactly what we do out of the classroom too. Who knows who you are going to meet next.

At Popdance, it’s all about working together. Whether you run ballet classes, Popdance classes, or a completely different business altogether. By working together, you will be amazed at the results.

Building relationships are key to the success of our business. How much better is it when someone else tells the world how amazing you are. It’s so much better than you blowing your own trumpet!

Forming relationships take time and, of course, it is a two way street.

Taking an interest in what other people are doing, engaging in conversations with them off line as well as online, via email, social media etc., will create advocates for your dance classes, parties and events. People will start to become your salesforce.

People like to help other people but they also like to know they are interesting to other people too!

Homework:

  • Why not join in a conversation on twitter or facebook? Whether it is about dance or not. Our first conversation on twitter was in fact about Star Wars!
  • Next time you ask someone ‘how are you?’, stop and actually listen to them, show them that you do actually care how they are.
  • Retweet other people’s tweets. Whether it’s for another dance company, or something totally non related to you but it took your interest most people will take the time to thank you for your retweet and relationship start to build from there.

We meet amazing people and, have made fab friends too! Go on we dare you!

Let us know how you get on by emailing [email protected]

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Social Media for Dance Teachers

Dance Teachers – tips on social media

Social media can be a bit of a confusing place when you are just starting out – and, if you are already a social media whizz, you may like to know more about Hootsuite.

We love Hootsuite! It’s a FREE platform where you can manage your social media such as twitter and facebook.

This vigorelle and provestra short video explains the very basics of Hootsuite and how it can be used with Twitter for dance teachers:

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Keep In Touch

Keep In Touch

Dance Teachers Marketing Tips

It’s always good to keep in touch and in this day and age, it’s even easier to do so.
 
So, do you make it easy for your customers and potential customers to keep in touch with you?
 
If they visit your website – do they just have a nosey and leave – or do you give them anything of value to encourage them to return?
 
Data capture is vital to your business/classes/school.
It’s the lifeblood of communication and forming relationships.

From:
 
Giving that visitor a great experience on your websiteb3
 
Making them feel that they are wanted and welcome there
 
Make them feel that they are extremely important to you
 
Giving them something of value to take away with them

That’s where creativity comes in. What can you give your customers and potential customers of value that is not going to cost you tons of money?
 
It could be as simple as a FREE CLASS VOUCHER to new clients, offering a taster of your classes to see if they like it
 
or TOP TIPS WHEN find and sort users user search user list kollagen intensiv free trial CHOOSING A BIRTHDAY PARTY, a useful piece of information that is of value to many parents

or FREE WEEKLY TIPS OF HOW TO KEEP THE FAMILY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY

Yes, it may take a few minutes of your time to write them each week, but not only does it give your customers value, but it gives your website fresh content too (which all helps with search engines), shows you care and are also knowledgeable as well as professional in your area of expertise.

So, why not give it a try – and don’t forget to include a sign up form on your site – i.e. FREE WEEKLY TIPS OF HOW TO KEEP THE FAMILY ACTIVE AND HEALTHY – sign up here and download our first simple, easy to implement tip and get your family healthy the fun way!

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Buffer for Dance Teachers

Buffer – a Dance Teacher’s Handy Tool

Social media is a fantastic way to market your dance classes and to connect with customers and businesses that can become advocates for the events that you run.

So how do we manage them all?

Buffer is a fantastic way to manage more than one social media account at once. You can schedule your posts and tweets from anywhere on the web and it will remind you when they need topping up! – See more at: https://popdance.co.uk/buffer-dance-teachers/#sthash.ztWxupgz.dpuf

You can does alteril work add links or posts that you find interesting on the web into your buffer directly from that webpage AND you can set the periods that you want your posts and tweets to go out and Buffer will also suggest the best times to post!

Find out more about buffer at www.bufferapp.com or download free from the App Store

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Amazing Benefits of Dancing

Do you tell your customers the amazing benefits that dancing brings them?

Here’s just a few:

  1. Dancing helps you lose weight!
  2. Boost your memory
  3. Become more flexible
  4. Increase energy
  5. Helps your heart
  6. Reduces depression
  7. Reduces stress
  8. Dancing helps you to make friends!
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