Martial Arts Billing Advice

ears, martial arts billing companies have beenre-attempt the payment a few days later.
assisting martial arts schools to collect fromChance are their paycheck hadn’t come
non-paying students, and many schools havethrough yet or their credit card hadn’t
thrived while using these services.been paid yet that month. Give it a few days
The only problem is that you give up a largebefore re-billing and you will see a lot of those
portion of your profits when using one of thesefailed transactions succeed the second time
services. They are in the middle and collect youraround. Crisis averted, no conversation needed!
money, sit on it for a week or two and THENAfter the re-billing, let’s say you have 2
send it to you. (Hint: THEY make money off thestudents that still failed and that you need to
interest while they're sitting on YOUR money.)speak with about their tuition. While we
Here at ExperienceMartialArts.com, we highlycompletely understand instructors not wanting to
recommend you using the Martial Arts Softwarebe the “bad guy” at the school,
provided by ZenPlanner. ZenPlanner can automatebut for $1445/month we feel it's more than
the martial arts billing process for you, decreaseworth it here at our school. Heck, for $1,445
the number of students that pay late, save youmonth, we’ll be happy to fly to your
more than 75% on your billing expenses, andschool and be the “bad guy” for
alleviate any fear you may have about playing theyou. :)
“bad guy” and having aHow all of this benefits your students...
conversation with your students about payments.Martial Arts is about facing your fears and being
Here’s the reality...calm in difficult situations. This applies to you as an
Let’s say you have 100 students at yourinstructor as well. The parents and students
school and you charge $150 per month.understand that you are running a business. They
- If you went with a billing company who chargedknow things in this world don’t come free.
10%, you would be paying $1,500 per month forIf they are having enough money issues that
their services.they can’t afford lessons, it’s our
- If you went with ZenPlanner, your cost isjob as martial arts instructors to talk with them
roughly $55/month. That’s $1,445/monthabout their personal life, to encourage them, to
in savings AND they do not sit on your money athelp them grow and to help them succeed.
all. It is sent directly to your bank account asNot only are you saving $1445/month on your
quickly as possible (typically 2-5 business days).billing, but by talking to students who are
Not only will you save money, but you willstruggling financially you are being given an
dramatically cut the hassles involved in collectingopportunity to influence them for the better in a
monthly tuition payments.critical time.
The martial arts software provided by ZenPlannerIf a student simply can’t pay, you
accepts the student’s paymentdon’t want a billing company to be hassling
information when they first signup and youthem for the money. You want to do
program when you wish the student to be billed.what’s best for them. Maybe it’s
(Yes, you can change this at any time in yoursuggesting that they cut back on their training,
software.) When their billing date comes up, theoffer to help critique a resume for them, help
ZenPlanner software automatically attempts to billpoint them in the direction of a career that you
the student.feel they would be a good fit for...just be a good
Let’s assume that 20% of your billingsinfluence on their life.
failed. No problem, the software can automatically