by AmartiaBellydance | Jan 14, 2017 | Business Advice
Why are bellydancers so expensive? I know that bellydancers struggle with this question time and time again. And rather than go on a rant about it, I have decided to help you answer this question for your clients. To help you, as a dancer, be able to give a great...
by AmartiaBellydance | Jan 7, 2017 | Business Advice
Now, I’m not sure if you heard but I soft-launched a program this year called BellyMogul. The main focus of the program for this past year was helping dancers get that restaurant gig. And it was limited to those in my area. I focused on helping those dancers...
by AmartiaBellydance | Oct 6, 2016 | Business Advice
It’s that time of year again, when everyone is deciding on what to be for Halloween. And invariably, these belly dance costume requests pop up: “You have loads of costumes, can I borrow one for Halloween?” “Can I rent one of your costumes for...
by AmartiaBellydance | Aug 25, 2016 | Business Advice
This is something that has been discussed as of late in dance forums and groups as well as something that has irritated me in the past as well so I figured why not blog about it? Do not tag people in your photos or posts unless they are the ones in them....
by Amartia Belly Dancer | May 10, 2016 | Business Advice
One of the things that even I struggle with, is closing the deal with a client. Whether it be a class a workshop, we all seem to hesitant out of fear of sounding pushy. But we are not pushy! It’s OK to keep asking for that payment to be sure it’s’...
by Amartia Belly Dancer | Mar 6, 2016 | Business Advice
In our quest to be seen by more clients and to gain more bookings, all of us bellydancers have searched the web for entertainment websites and booking agencies. Some of the more popular ones are Gigmasters, Gigsalad and Thumbtack. Those are the ones I am going to...