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Pro Martial Arts Franchisee Sees Educational Value in Opportunity
Nicole Dore goes from elementary school teacher to martial arts teacher.
Pro Martial Arts franchisee Nicole Dore has a passion for education, and it was in her role as an elementary school teacher that she discovered something: Children who take martial arts tend to be better students.
“I teach a bunch of different ages and I was talking to a friend about how the kids in martial arts are the nicest, most respectful, most responsible kids,” Dore told the Waterloo Chronicle.
So when she and her husband were on the hunt for a franchise, Dore naturally gravitated toward Pro Martial Arts.
She also highlighted how martial arts is catering to two current concerns: head injuries and bullying. Fewer parents want to send their kids off to football practice due to worries about injuries, and martial arts is giving children the tools they need to defend themselves from bullying.
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Nick Powills
FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
