About Studio of Dance.com
Since 2003, we've dedicated ourselves to helping dance studios grow their businesses through professionally designed websites and our online directory. Ours is a team of motivated and experienced individuals with solid backgrounds in dance and the teaching of dance, which means... we speak your language!
Dance Studio Directory:
There are over 15,000 dance schools in the United States alone and numerous people at any given time looking for a studio to fit the needs of their family, and yet until now there has been no definitive dance studio directory online for these people to turn to. Just as would-be dance studio customers need a comprehensive source of dance school information, so do studio owners need such a tool in order to reach prospects in their area. Our company and website exist in order to fill this need.
Dance Studio Website Design:
Considering a studio website? We would love to design a website
for you, whether it be your first or a website redesign. We design from scratch, using your logo, graphics, and input from you
as to the type of site you desire. Our website designers and programmers started out as dancers and dance teachers - we understand your world, and design sites only for dance studios and other performing arts organizations. We have over 130 happy dance studio customers from around the US and Canada, and would love to include you in that number!
Why care about having an excellent studio website? I can answer this with one question - when was the last time you used the phone book to find a new business in your area? People almost exclusively use the internet these days to determine which new restaurant to visit, where to have their hair colored, and yes, which dance studio they should take their children to. It's your most important marketing tool, as well as (thankfully) the most cost effective, and it can make a huge difference in the success of your studio.
Besides prospective students and
their families visiting your website to learn why your dance studio is the right choice for their needs, your current dance students can type in your URL (website address) and
save it as a favorite destination to visit regularly for updates, news,
and for viewing the studio scrapbook or photo gallery. And it's difficult for a dance parent to claim they've lost their recital handbook if it's located on your website!
Studio of Dance.com Staff
Stacey Marolf:
Studio of Dance.com began as a part-time
pastime, and evolved into a business offering professional website design
and marketing tools specifically for dance studios. As the founder of Studio
of Dance.com, Stacey grew up taking dance and performing with
the Fresno Ballet Company and in local musical theater productions.
She worked her way through college by teaching ballet and tap at two local dance schools. Her years of experience in teaching dance have included the choreography
of numerous productions for local theater companies and educational
institutions. Most recently, she was thrilled to head the dance portion
of the Humanities Program for the Bonner Family Foundation for the Arts,
in which drama, music and dance were taught in elementary schools in
Fresno County.
Stacey began learning web design in 2002 out of necessity,
in order to market a series of books and school tours written by herself
and a friend. Although the book/school tour project was officially abandoned
once it threatened to take over their lives, the most popular of the
books, Founding Fathers… & Mothers: A Fieldtrip to 18th
Century America, can still be purchased through Amazon.com (well, when last we checked!).
After discovering, through the development of the school
tours and curriculum books, that research, design and 'plugging away
at the computer' held great appeal, Stacey began the process of learning
web design. However, she couldn't imagine giving up the world of dance
entirely. During several extended searches on the internet, she realized
that dance schools were underserved by the web design community. No
company seemed to exist that catered specifically to the needs of dance
studio owners. Energized by the possibilities, Stacey went back to school
to learn the ins and outs of small business and web design, and in the
process developed the idea for Studio of Dance.com.
Craig Madden:
Craig does much of our website maintenance, as well as the coding of the more advanced features for our websites. The content management system we provide to our website customers was built by Craig, as well as much of the online directory. And he has been married to a dancer for over 16 years!
Kristen Smith:
Kristen is a website designer who brings years of graphic and website design experience to our table. She taught dance full-time throughout her 20's, which is an important component, because an understanding of the dance world helps so much when designing dance studio websites. Kristen's daughter now carries on the tradition, and is an accomplished triple threat in her own right.
Since 2003, the mission of Studio of Dance.com has been to bring studios
and dancers together through affordable, high-quality websites and more recently, a comprehensive dance studio directory. We would
love the opportunity to become partners in the marketing of your dance
studio, and want to take the stress out of owning a website and spreading the word so that
you can focus on running your business. Please feel free to contact
us with any questions. We look forward to working with you!
