Alternatives
Grow Pro Agency alternatives for martial arts schools
Schools that are considering Grow Pro Agency, or already working with them, sometimes ask what else is out there. This page lists the alternatives martial arts school owners ask about, starting with ours, with what each company's own site says it does.
Why schools look01
Why a school might look beyond Grow Pro Agency
None of these is a claim about their service; each is a question a school asks.
- You want live concierge on your leads as well as AI follow-up
- You want operations and retention run alongside the ads
- You want membership software and a directory listing from the same group
- You want one weekly call that covers the whole system
The alternatives02
5 alternatives to Grow Pro Agency
Ground Standard first, because it is ours. The rest in no particular order.
Ground Standard
Ground Standard runs growth for martial arts schools: ads, websites, lead follow-up by a human concierge team, operations and retention, with Keppan software and a Try A Martial Art listing from the same group.
See the AgencyPack the Mats
Pack the Mats is a full-service martial arts marketing agency in McHenry, Illinois, led by Dave Mulcahy.
Ground Standard vs Pack the MatsKIN Creative
KIN Creative, founded by Aadam Lodhi after rebuilding his family's martial arts school, plugs marketing, enrollment and retention systems into youth activity, education and childcare businesses, and says it has served more than 500 martial arts schools since 2020.
Ground Standard vs KIN Creative97Display
97Display is a digital marketing agency, in business since 2011, that sells LeadCraft lead-generation websites and AdsPulse managed ads to fitness and martial arts businesses.
Ground Standard vs 97DisplayMarket Muscles
Market Muscles, founded in 2016 and led by Stephen Reinstein, sells member management software and AI-powered websites to martial arts and dance studios.
Ground Standard vs Market MusclesQuestions to ask any agency
- Who answers the lead, and during which hours
- What the reporting shows, and who reviews it with you
- Whether the agency works with your membership software
- What the term is and what ends it
- Two current client references in your discipline
What you get with us
- You want the whole system run for you, not a course to follow
- You want AI follow-up the moment a lead comes in and real people on your leads on weekdays
- You want ads, website, follow-up and operations from one team
- You want membership software and a directory listing from the same group
- You run a martial arts school, not a general fitness business
FAQ03
Questions, answered
What are the alternatives to Grow Pro Agency?
Ground Standard and the agencies listed on this page. Each does a different slice of the growth job; the page summarises what each company's own site says it does.
Is Ground Standard a direct alternative to Grow Pro Agency?
Ground Standard runs the whole growth system for martial arts schools as a done-for-you service. Whether that is a direct alternative depends on which piece of the job Grow Pro Agency does for you.
How do I switch agencies without losing leads?
Keep the old campaigns live until the new ones are, hand over the ad accounts and pixel rather than rebuilding them, and make sure every lead in flight has a named owner on day one.
One team. One standard. The whole system.
Marketing, operations, retention and automation for martial arts schools, run by one team on one standard.