
Originally Posted by
Michael McGuire

"Who Pays"
As I would imagine "The Host" would "usually" cover most of all the "Costs" but is there anything that the "Instructor" might cover or help cover like "Food"?
Do school owners ever have a group of their students come together and ask them if they would host a "Seminar" with such & such if they paid for it or at least some of it?
Do school owners ever propose to their students a "Seminar" with such & such if they help pay for it?
Have you ever put on a "Seminar" with a "Sponsor"? How did you set that up?
ETC.?
The host pays for the instructors travel (flight) & Hotel and the cost of the seminar instruction which using Eddies rate is $2500. There isn't an expectation to pay for the instructors food. But I foot the bill when I have and instructor doing a seminar at my place and we take them out to dinner.
I've never had students assist in "covering" expenses when I host a seminar. I wouldn't even ask them. You don't see too many seminars having "paid sponsors".
Never heard of doing paid advertising for seminars. Best places to advertise are free, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, other mma and Jiu Jitsu websites, etc. Also having a flyer and droping it off around other schools in the area should help as well. When I host a seminar I contact schools that I'm friends with, I may cut the instructor of that school a break if there bring say 5 students with them I'll allow that instuctor to attend the seminar for free.