Plan Ahead for Barn Visitors

How do you handle visitors to your barn? This question has an easy answer for some instructors, while it’s a nightmare for others.What Kind of Business Do You

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Fiction, Websites, & The Riding Instructor

Taking the plunge of publishing a first full length fiction is a huge event for an author, so I decided to use the opportunity to tell you how

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Facebook vs a Website For Your Riding Lesson Business

No doubt you’ve heard this warning about Facebook before, but I’m here to tell you again. Don’t rely on Facebook as your main business information outlet and contact.

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10 Things That Will Keep Riding Students Coming Back

A successful riding lesson program is one that has students coming back for more. With great fall weather following on the heels of school starting, there are multiple

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Websites, Insurance, and Forms

A reader asked about website design basics for riding instructors, insurance, and release forms. I thought I’d share my answer with a blog post and ask other instructors

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How’s Your Integrity?

“Integrity is what we do, what we say and what we say we do.”– Don Galer Integrity is one of the most important qualities a riding instructor can

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Scheduling Ideas for Riding Instructors

Scheduling and collecting payment for lessons can be a headache for riding instructors. When you’re busy handling horses and more than one student at a time, it can

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What I Read | The Riding Instructor

We all have “go to” sources where we read about horses.  It could be a book, website or periodical and each type of riding has it’s own selection.

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Can We Fix the Horse Business?

There have been a lot of conversations lately about the direction the horse business has gone, and what needs to be done to keep things from getting out

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What’s in a Good Riding Instructor Certification Program?

Do I recommend certification to student instructors? Would I tell prospective riders to look for only  instructors who have certification? It all depends, because those are two questions

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