- Moving to a Bigger City
- Self Promotion, Advertising, Website, Business Cards, Oh My!
- I got fired from my job because of my bellydancing
- Moroccan Caravan, anyone done any business with them?
- Would you pay to dance at a charity event?
- Seeking Feedback on My New Web Site - MysticSands.ca
- getting and using pics from parties/with audience in
- Being paypal "certified"??
- Website feedback
- Gigs on the other side of the country?
- Doing Private Parties "unchaperoned"
- Arabic 50th birthday party
- FB refusing to allow ad for major BD event
- When NOT to promote
- Weird dilema over big show
- Showreels and promo videos
- deleted
- Dancing with a star - reposted
- Ethics: The Nitty Gritty and Down and Dirty
- Sponsoring first workshop -Iraqi Dance
- Scheduling of workshops
- A Bellydance Conundrum...Ethics or Me Afraid to Get Back in the Game?
- How much publicity is too much?
- Is too much fame bad for business?
- Seeking San Diego, CA Dancers for Business Advice
- Facebook Business Pages - how many times a day to post?
- Empower the dancers or the audience?
- On the topic of ethics, undercutting and hierarchy of needs.
- A 'no facebook contact' clause for companies?
- Best free web hosting service?
- Effects of major disaster on dance teaching - 29 months on
- Dancing with Syrian Flag?
- Minimum rates for UK dancers - interesting site
- Show names
- Venue Frustrations! Advice?
- Event Insurance
- Guidance Needed
- Sponsorship Profit
- Letting go of personal/professional grudge
- Okay, This Has Been Revisited
- Contracts: Performances events vs. shimmy parties/girls night in events
- sorry...deleting...
- Teaching venues and their other uses
- Appropriate venues for student troupe vs. professional dancer
- Yo! Vendors & Merchants! Come to MECDA's Cairo Caravan
- Administration Assistants - salary?
- Proposing a "State of Belly Dance" Report
- facebook DIY costume page
- Blog re. Asking Leading Questions for Quotes/Testimonials
- Are You a Belly Dancer Blogger/Article Author?
- Belly Dance Crossroads -__-
- when to cancel a gig
- Powhow - anyone had experience with them?
- how to stop getting event invites on facebook
- using facebook for your marketing, getting more LIKES
- Bellydance Horror Stories!
- Canadians performing with fire - where do you get your insurance?
- Should I use a General Liability Waiver?
- Difficult Event Organizers
- Houston area Dancers and Instructors: Silk Veil Trunk Show?
- How would you deal with this request: only bollywood music for a bellydance gig
- Should you Dance for Less Money than You Asked?
- Cautionary reminder
- Another Restaurant Thread - WARNING - Rant Ahead!
- awkward situations
- Vague emails regarding lessons?
- Getting Started in the Workshop Scene?
- NEW instructional DVD "Drum Solo - Dance like a Velvet Snake" by Zadiel Sasmaz
- Dealing with Cancelations at Resteraunts/Lounges/Weekly Gigs
- Restaurant dancing - is this normal? and advice please!
- Need Bhuzzers advice on night club "business"....
- How to avoid losing gig?
- Raising the Standards - Making a Directory for Pros!!?
- Practical troup questions..
- How do you balance advertising yourself as professional AND your troupe?
- How much do you pay yourself? (spin off thread, inspired by the survey on how much it costs to perform)
- Help please! Lets figure out the cost of doing a show!
- Teaching Drying Up
- How to make flyers
- Bellygram at a hospital?
- pro dancers who've been doing this a while, how do you keep it fresh?
- Help needed! Starting out as a pro - the boring bits ;)
- Group Fitness Certification & CPR/AED
- Square VS paypal card reader
- Who do you use for posters/postcards/flyers??
- Changing your stage name....???
- getting smooth video
- Calculating workshop costs
- Graduate Programs for Dance anthropology/ethnology in US?
- Bogus Online Reviews
- Organising our first-ever hafla - some advice sought
- almost 13 years of online business, no big price jumps!
- Online Class: Business Basics for Bellydancers.
- How to get started teaching in a new area
- Portable Sound System - Boom Box - Recommendations for 2012??
- fan pages on facebook there's a way to customize tabs
- Professional Dance Conference 2012
- business card printers?
- Dealing with Extreme Creepers
- Need Home Owner's Insurance Help
- Best way to organize your site if you do more than dance?
- Advertising Opportunity in the Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive Event Program
- creating a slideshow and monthly or weekly spotlight of dancers, free advertising for you
- Instructor Contracts
- Growing Student Base
- When persistence and hard work pays off
- Advertising
- Are you territorial?
- Question about dancing in Indian restaurants
- Red flags
- Best place in the US to work as a bellydancer?
- wordpress, domains, pointing etc
- why you really should donate a performance for free!
- Website Designers
- Performing at event for my job and question about honorarium
- Let's share our best playlist for gigs
- how much would you charge for a once off 1h long class at a gym?
- Traits of Professionalism
- Family bellydance classes - how have you marketed them?
- Help: Restaurant/Nightclub dancing
- the best way to mail video/dvds?
- Blog Post on Contracts for Dancers...plus a Downloadable Sample Contract!
- Blogging on the go
- Performer's info form- UPDATE FROM EVENT
- performance/lesson combo - rate?
- Romantic dining with belly dancing in Houston or Dallas?
- Happy dance!!!
- Twitter aficionados?
- etsy store owners did you know about artfire?
- LA dancers anyone know this group?
- Rates for Drummer?
- Associating Value with Restaurant Work
- international vending?
- Prices for duets and groups
- Facebook: Fan page versus Friend Profile
- Renting costumes
- Dancing and stuck on a boat.... price ideas?
- Agencies - what is fair & reasonable?
- business blog, is anyone familiar with Modularity Lite on wordpress?
- Other means to buy besides paypal?
- who are our costume makers? what info do you need?
- Class attendance at an all time low! How to smartly advertise?
- Optimizing your site for Google - something to be aware of
- tag your photos and videos on facebook!
- Tips or Lack Thereof and Rate Negotiations
- Responding to a request for a "no budget" event
- professional video
- Vendor Insurance Help Please
- Calling Vendors for Market at the Casbah 2012
- "DJ Recording" Photo theft (Ozma and photog Jason Winder the victims this time)
- Do you run/own a yoga/bellydance studio? Advice needed!
- Accepting Vendors for the Cincinnati Belly Dance Convention
- Vending Fees?
- Belly Bullies - article from Gilded Serpant
- Discounts for Repeat Clients?
- Dancing in Egypt
- Looking for Retailer to Make Nice T-shirts!
- Facebook for performance troupes?
- Raised stage/podium for workshops
- Insurance for the solo performer? & Covering Workshops? Troupes?
- Are you insured? Protecting your bellydance livelihood
- US Dancers, What is your business model for your troupe? LLC? Non-Profit? Sole Proprietorship? Corp of some sort?
- store owners: maintaining inventory and tracking
- How to approach a restaurant that has never had belly dance before
- Interesting issue
- Preferred studio insurance vendor?
- A Client's Perspective
- Font-tastic?
- Need help explaining undercutting
- Um...what do I say?
- Transaction fees for workshop registration
- Bookkeeping Software/Programs
- I stood up to a rude restaurant owner? What w ould you do?
- "Personal" method and paypal...
- Baladi Performance
- Persian Wedding Advice
- Do you have any customer/audience horror stories? Has anyone been disrespectful to you?
- Advice Needed. Is this client wanting something more from me?
- Input on new website...
- What methods do you use to accept deposits from clients?
- Totally Burnt Out and Can you runa show by committee?
- "I've come to the end of my budget, so I'd be glad if you'd volunteer."
- question re compensation for package deal classes
- what is the best way to ask an event promoter/manager to let you take part in their big event?
- Low workshop attendance?
- Travel vending advice/tips
- Rates for southern/central New Jersey (Princeton, Trenton, New Brunswick, Edison region)
- Advice needed with quite hostile sittuation.
- Belly Dance Business Advise
- NYE resolutions for your bellydance business
- flash intros on websites ? bypass intro?
- The business of 'posing'
- Belly Dancing Lawyer Networking
- Testimonials - how do you handle yours
- People kill me!
- Super Positive Newspaper Article About Our Studio!
- Dear Friend Who Thinks It Is Good Karma For Me To Give Away My Stuff
- What the GP thinks we charge
- Clients and time management
- helping undercutting dancers understand the expenses related to dancing
- Best sound system?
- For those of you who own dance studios..
- Change is HARD!!!
- Gig Salad!
- Please help me find my USP!
- Do people approach you at parties about your bellydancing?
- Affordable web design?
- "Promotional" Gigs
- Show me your instructor rates!
- Thumbtack
- ...and from a dance teacher, no less!
- Putting together a show. Advice? Suggestions?
- silk dyers and artists have you ever considered changing your keyword to fabric instead of veil?
- Help! Should I work with this photographer?
- Professionalism Badge for wesbite?
- How to price troupe wallpaper time?
- does anyone use Tumblr?
- Listing a Phone Number, good or bad idea?
- Cover Girls
- refusing business to a factory?
- Baby shower party, any fun ideas would like to share?
- Need advice about my gig tomorrow!
- Getting people to take their first class---Do you offer a free try out class? Why or why not?
- Bellydance, Shakira and Zumba on google Treads
- out of the loop for a while, what to charge for banquet in Hawaii?
- Link Exchange?
- All you want is a $25 donation and I can PERFORM? Gee....
- Please friend me on FB!
- To PRICE? or NOT to PRICE ... That Is The Question.
- Free Dance Classes -- Update
- wordpress blogs with stores anyone?
- Would you or have you partnered with someone to help promote your business?
- Bellydance for non-profit event without pay. Should I?
- Should I buy my domain name back?
- My photo has been stolen - I must have made it
- My Undercutter is winning - sorry, rant here
- how to start a bellydance retreat
- Paypal vs. EventBrite vs. other ticket sellers
- troupe contract - i know this has come up before
- vendors do you require insurance to be paid by buyers?
- quit your job and work as a dancer full time? why not..
- Feedback on website remodel please
- high quality sewing notions?
- Price suggestions for teaching at a senior center
- Media Rights...
- A GOOD news report on Belly Dance!
- Free Dance Classes?
- Just starting out making costumes and jewelry - would like some advice
- How many belly dancers in America? The world?
- dancing for your performance fee and providing a silent auction item