Yoga Biz Champ with Michael Jay
Join Michael Jay, the Yoga Biz Champ studio consultant (@yogabizchamp), on the "Yoga Biz Champ" podcast, your essential guide to thriving in the yoga business world. With a rich background as a yoga teacher, former studio owner, and marketing expert, I bring you the insider's perspective on making your yoga studio a resounding success.
What You'll Gain:
- Insightful Conversations: Listen in as I chat with dynamic yoga studio owners and top industry experts, sharing their journeys, strategies, and secrets to success.
- Practical Advice: Each episode is packed with actionable tips and practical steps tailored to help both budding and seasoned studio owners flourish
- Real-World Success Stories: Be inspired by real-life examples of yoga studios that have transformed challenges into triumphs.
My Approach:
As your host, I blend direct, fair, and humor-infused coaching to demystify the complexities of running a yoga business. My style is about being in the trenches with you, offering guidance that's relatable and effective.
Why Listen?
- Experience & Expertise: Leverage my 14+ years of experience in running and selling a profitable yoga studio and my proven track record as a yoga business consultant.
- Diverse Topics: From branding and marketing to pricing and sustainable growth, we cover the A-Z of yoga business management.
- Join a community of like-minded individuals passionate about turning their yoga dreams into profitable realities.
By tuning into the Yoga Biz Champ podcast, you'll gain the knowledge, inspiration, and confidence to navigate the yoga business landscape successfully. Whether you're starting out or scaling up, these conversations will be your roadmap to becoming the next Yoga Biz Champ in your community https://yogabizchamp.link/podlink
Yoga Biz Champ with Michael Jay
#71 Top 5 Marketing Must-Haves Every Yoga Studio Needs
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“Your studio’s biggest differentiator isn’t your yoga style — it’s your people. Stop hiding behind your logo and start showing up on camera.” - Michael Jay @yogabizchamp
In this solo episode, Michael Jay pulls back the curtain on what’s really working in yoga studio marketing in 2025. Whether you’re trying to fill classes, boost intro offers, or simply make your marketing feel less chaotic, this episode breaks it down to five key must-haves — with real-world examples, client stories, and the truth about where studio owners go wrong.
Michael shares his decades of experience helping yoga studios across North America open, grow, and thrive — plus the mistakes that might be quietly killing your conversions. Expect straight talk, relatable studio stories, and practical next steps you can implement today.
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What You’ll Learn
• How to define your real ideal client (and why “our classes are for everyone” doesn’t work)
• The anatomy of a high-converting Intro Offer landing page
• Why email and SMS automations are worth more than your Instagram feed
• How to get scrappy with guerrilla marketing that builds real-world awareness
• Why showing your face on camera is now your studio’s biggest marketing advantage
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Mentioned in This Episode
• 2026 Yoga Studio Planning Calendar — your guide for monthly content ideas, holidays, and campaign planning: yogabizchamp.com/plan26
• Free Strategy Call with Michael Jay — talk through your studio’s marketing or systems at yogabizchamp.com/book
• Pixelity Design Blog (Connie Holen) — free resources on building studio websites and landing pages that convert: pixalitydesign.com/blog
• OfferingTree, Walla, Momence, FitDegree, Mindbody — explore their built-in marketing suites for email/SMS automations
• Yoga Biz Champ’s 100 Scrappy Marketing Ideas — coming soon; follow @yogabizchamp for updates
Book a complimentary 45 minute strategy session with the sales arms with my link https://www.thesalesarms.com/yogabizchamp
Book a demo with Offering Tree with my Yoga Biz Champ link
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