If you know me at all you quickly realize that I can barely turn my phone on and off. Modern technology is coming very slowly to my world. As a small business owner (and don’t worry, if you’re teaching lessons for a trainer—I still consider you a an entrepreneur as you are building your own […]
Back in September, Sondra W and Jeanine L of Legacy Saddlebreds invited me to come to North Carolina and give a clinic to some of their students. Oh Sure!, I said, Sounds Great! Inside my head I thought, I’ll worry about that later. Then I started receiving emails, here’s your hotel reservation, here’s the directions, […]
Thanks to Christy P, who claimed she stole the idea from Lisa H . . . Easy, simple, quick, little to no supplies or set-up and a money maker? That’s what we all need. What we are all searching for . . . THE UNICORN ADVENTURE UNICORN EXPERIENCE Well, you might not have realized […]
My business always needs more money. Horses like to eat. Employees like to get paid. So I’ve been working on a marketing calendar for the upcoming year. You know a calendar which lists all the things you have scheduled, and the ways that you are going to market and promote these ideas to your clients […]
It’s still January—Barely. I’m going to share with you my New Year’s Resolution: Work on Growing and Building My Website and Blog, the Riding Instructor’s WorkShop! If you’re new to the Riding Instructor WorkShop (RIW)—it started as a way for me to steal and pillage ideas from other riding instructors and trainers. Years ago […]
Came home from the National Academy Finals, our last show on the ’16 calendar—it’s fall all the kids are in school—our annual slow down time for lessons, shows, camps, extra practices . . . It’s very quiet . . . eerily quiet. I always read, “enjoy the slow times—use this time to sit back and […]
Everyone’s first question—What did you do all week-end? The whole seminar was on sharing and networking. So while an agenda was created—the idea was to have a panel of instructors discuss the topic with lots of time given for questions. In fact interruptions were welcomed. Ideas, practices and inspiration were bounced back and forth. . […]
Probably you haven’t noticed but I haven’t posted anything on the Riding Instructor WorkShop page in quite some time. In fact nothing since the seminar in March. Again, you may never have noticed . . . But I have simply tortured myself over it. I’ve decided it’s time to face my four letter word. Oh […]
The best part of the week-end’s Riding Instructor WorkShop was Monday. Monday? Wasn’t it over on Sunday afternoon? First thing Monday morning—I opened up FaceBook and there it was . . . One instructor wanted to know the best place to get business cards made—one had a new newsletter up—another was re-vamping their volunteer training—another […]
Well it’s Monday morning here at the LEC, after a very intense week of showing and working at the biggest and most competitive National Academy Championships ever (36 stables from 19 states competed this year). And I want to tell you a story, it’s about a young woman who showed at last year’s 2014 National […]
