Testimonials
“The level of service Edie provides us is fantastic. Having hired Edie for many years now, I am consistently impressed by her professionalism and results. Thank you!”
Bob Miller
A&E Productions
“In this day and age, it’s hard to find a consultant you can trust. Edie Scharff was recommended to me by a friend, and now I know why – the quality of service I received was outstanding. Keep up the good work!”
Patricia Myers
Science Applications International Corporation
Dear Edie,
Your empowering attitude, amazing energy and marketing ideas to penetrate the local market gave me the opportunity to live my dream and grow my studio members to new heights. You gave me good pointers from your experience working with other studios around the world; they really make a difference in making a studio work. Thank you so much for all your help!
Jose Maldonado
PasoFino Latin Dance Studio
Atlanta, Georgia
"Edie, I truly believe you are the best instructor I have ever seen teach and it is YOUR styling and attitude I would like to promote in my new studio. I'm not sure I can find that with any one else.
- Beatrix
Latin Dance Store, California
Edie, Thank you so much for the enlightenment given through your Business Development and Marketing course. The information and knowledge that you provided to us was worth much more than what the course actually cost! I will definitely utilize all that you have shown me in my recently started dance company! Thank you! Ms. Tabitha Hitchye-Darby
Baltimore Salsa Dance Co. www.baltimoresalsalessons.com
Edie,
My Background: Director and Salsa Instructor at, Latin Dance Kingston: http://LatinDanceKingston.GooglePages.comYour training seminar has been an eye opener for me. It will save me thousands of dollars and has shown me the right way to run my business. The written material, the oral presentation, dance training, and information on various aspects of running the business are all very detailed and to the point. The whole class was very interactive. I not only learned a lot, but had lots of fun. I would recommend this course for every Salsa Instructor in the World, to those who runs a Salsa Business, to those who own a dance studios, and performance teams. Thank you Edie.
Your biggest fan!!!
Sumit - Canada
Hello Edie, What a wonderful experience your course was! It was a great learning experience and I will definitely utilize all of the knowledge that was given for my company and encourage other instructors to take your course as well! You covered a lot of what I hadn't thought of, things that if I would have known before starting out that I would have done differently. I would definitely recommend this course to all of my fellow instructors!
Tabatha Darby
Hello Edie, This is Rodrigo Jimenez from Charlotte Salsa, I took one of your Instructor's & business workshop in Miami. I just want to thank you for your help and advices. Ever since the workshop, my classes have never been the same, it's only better. And today my wife and I will be performing at the SLC Salsa Congress, we're very excited because we will also be teaching a "Tango Salsa" workshop. That is what we will be performing as well. I remember you telling us to always be original and different.
Thank you,
Wendy & Rodrigo Jimenez
Charlotte Salsa Dance www.charlottesalsadance.com
Hi Edie! I recently attended the Instructor training at Palm Springs. First of all I would like to say that it was amazing! I learned so much and you are amazing at what you do! It was the best time and money investment I've ever made! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us :) Wow! It's very hard just to pick one since alot of information she covered was amazing and mind blowing. I really enjoyed learning about unique teaching methods. That is new information to me and I have yet to see a dance class taught this way in my city. I loved how Edie covered all aspects of teaching. For example, finding the one, breaking down the musicality of dance, how to teach, and the business portion as well. All the information and topics covered are essential to building a solid foundation. All information covered was "out of the box" and I loved it was not your typical overview of how dance "should" be taught. I believe the class was very well organized and gave enough time for each topic covered.
April Munoz
Hi Edie,
My name is Ray Gonzalez, I am from Worcester Ma. I attended your Business Marketing and Development training course in July at Salsa Lovers studio. I wanted to let you know that just one hour into your course I knew it was going to be so helpful to, not only to my business, but also to my outlook of my business. I returned home with a burning passion to implement so many new ideas.
I want to thank you for being the amazing person you are. You shared, informed and lit up a few light bulbs in that room over the 2 days. The great part is that you did it with a down to earth, humble, humorous and straightforward approach. I can see now why you are so sought after.
Thank you so much and I pray that you can continue to share your vast experience with many more aspiring dancers and business owner for years to come. You have made me a "Salsa Freak" die hard fan.
Ray Gonzalez
Salsa Storm Dance Instructors Inc.
9 Harrison St
Worcester MA 01609
Salsastorm22@aol.com
www.salsastorm.com
Hi Edie,
It was really nice to meet you. I really enjoyed your business development seminar this past week. You certainly gave me great insight on how to improve how I teach Salsa & how I conduct my business back in Atlanta. It was also great to meet other instructors & to have the opportunity to network with other dance studio owners all over the U.S. Looking forward to attending future Salsa Boot Camps with Edie!! Sean-Christopher Atlanta, Ga www.dancing4fun.com
How are you Edie!! I hope you remember me, Irene Miguel from London (with my baby Liam) you have given me so much advice which I followed to the T'!!!
I am very very interested in your business services. I would love to take your course or somehow some advice on how to make my teacher and training systems an international success, a worked wide franchise,,,,is there any way I could train with you?? where ? how?
I truly admire you as a person, a business woman and a dance professional and appreciate very much every minute you have shared with me.
Yours truly
Irene Miguel - UK
Edie,
What can I say. I have never learned so much, in such a short period of time. The tips and tricks you taught us completely changed the way I think. The first thing I did was brainstorm with my staff about the changes we plan on implementing. You literally saved us tens of thousands of dollars, and countless hours. A million thanks.
- Frank Russell, Los Angeles, CA
Dear Edie,
For the amount of information we get, YOU DON'T CHARGE ENOUGH!! Wow! This was one of the best courses I've ever taken! I learned so much. I know that now I have a complete arsenal of info that I will be implementing at my studio. l showed my boss your manual and it blew his mind. He plans on contacting you for more ideas. You're not only beautiful, but you're SMART too! (thought I'd throw that part in).
- Rick Matthews
Thank you so very much again for the course! I certainly had a blast!
I will be attending again. There was so much info to take in and plus its super fun, too! I certainly learned that you can't expect them learn as much as you want them to learn. Each student has their own reasons for taking Salsa dancing, and at times, they are happy just at a certain level. What also stuck and a phrase I use now in teaching - "It is the man's responsibility to make the woman FEEL good, and the woman's responsibility to make the man LOOK good..." Awesome! I felt that your stories told was the most important part. They were a great help in understanding the business side as a dance instructor as well as the experiences that went on in getting to where you have become today. Another thing that I felt was most important - BLUE TAPE! I will attend another Instructors Training, in fact, I already have a few that are wanting to go to the next Instructors Training!
- Alan Almirol
Edie,
The thing that stuck in my mind the most was all business and marketing training that you can do in my industry! What was most important to me was in the Level 2 in the workbook, everything that covers how to run a successful dance company and level 1, how to teach. ... and as for recommending this to other instructors? OHHHHH YESSSSS, Everybody needs to meet you!
- Cynthia Blais
