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DIRECT MARKETING FOR PERSONAL TRAINERS: A DEFINITIVE INTRODUCTION

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by Kaiser.

There was a time when I was once an innocent trainer with a very humble view of what it meant to be a trainer. I was looking at what everyone else was doing and based my plan off of that. So like everyone else, I was “working hard”, hustling for clients, and goofing off the rest of the time. Then I decided to start my own training business. Not too long after that, I decided it might be nice to actually make some money at it. I then discovered DIRECT MARKETING. Nothing was the same again. You could say that’s the day I lost my innocence, because it was then I stopped being one of the sheep and instead became a hunter. If you want to make the same change yourself, Direct Marketing is the only kind of marketing you should be doing. It will force you to think aggressively about who you’re selling to, track how much you’re spending, how much it’s pulling in, and the effectiveness it’s having. Get this right, and it’s the closest to printing money you can ever get. BRAND ADVERTISING When you’re growing up, everything you see around you is usually dominated by brand [...]

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World Class Fitness Industry Courses

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

A lot of people in the whole world are in need for personal training services. The fitness business these days is becoming one of the most brisk industries. People who want to be in this field need to have the knowledge and skills to become an effective personal trainer. One of the things that aspiring personal trainers should do is to study fitness industry courses. There are a lot of institutions these days that are offering fitness industry coursesthat aspiring personal trainers could study to become elite in the fitness field. With the help of these fitness industry courses, people who want to become personal trainer will have the skills, abilities, and knowledge that they need to become successful in the field of fitness. There will surely be a learning institution near your location that offers and provide fitness industry courses. You can enroll in these fitness industry courses that they are offering and start your venture in becoming a great personal trainer soon. But if you have a very busy lifestyle and you do not have the time to look for the learning institutions near you offering fitness industry courses, the only option that you can have is to [...]

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Bootcamp Business Plans for Fitness Trainers

Posted on 28. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

Fitness trainer who aspires to start their own personal fitness training business will always look to start it of through bootcamps. The reason why they choose to start off with the bootcamp business is very simple. Fitness bootcamp business plan generally doesn’t cost much with respect to the other fitness training businesses. Obviously when you want to start a fitness training business it requires lot of investments and most importantly a gym to train people with. But in the case of fitness bootcamp business plan all you need is a park where you can train people with. Bootcamp training methods doesn’t involve much gym equipments. It is generally done with free hands in which case it can easily be conducted in the open space. That is the beauty of fitness bootcamp business plan. The other very important aspect of bootcamps is that since it is cheap but at the same time very effective many people would be interested in joining the camp. So it won’t be that difficult in getting enough clients to participate in the bootcamp training. The other very important requirements in terms of fitness bootcamp business plan are that you should have enough expertise in most of [...]

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PERSONAL TRAINER DONE REAL GOOD (well, sorta) PART 2: INTRODUCING SCOTT ALEXANDER

Posted on 27. May, 2010 by Kaiser.

Based on the positive feedback the last blog post on a PERSONAL TRAINER DONE REAL GOOD, Dana White, I decided to come back with another installment … Now this choice may be a little more controversial than the last one (and considering Dana that says a lot), but you’ll find it’s a guy that has no doubt used personal training to accomplish a lot in his life and at the very least stand as a role model to lifestyle design in action. I’m talking about Scott Alexander, a minor celebrity across the pond, with the title of being “the vainest man in the U.K.”. I’m going to share a video of Scott with you in a second, and from it you’re going to see that he’s almost a caricature of a person; in some ways it’s hard to believe that people like him are out there. But before you chalk him up as a over-tanned Jersey Shore type, there are a few things you should know about him … He’s extremely ambitious and has the work ethic to match. The quick and dirty on him is that he’s worth something like 50 million (in euros, pounds, or whatever you guys [...]

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EFT – Automate Your Fitness Business

Posted on 27. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

Have you ever considered automating your fitness business so that you can create a reliable income source or enjoy the benefits of having continuous clients all year round? All the information that you will be learning from this article will help you in creating a recurring cash flow for your business and in increasing your client retention, giving your clients breathing space so they can focus more on their desired results rather than on their payments. This will also make it easier for their budget. Being a personal trainer, you may have probably heard of the term electronic funds transfer or EFT. I had many experience with EFT and since I learned about the idea, I tried to know more on the easiest way to integrate it to my fitness business to make it more successful. I am proud to say that I am one of the many successful eft trainers these days. So, if you also want to enjoy the benefits that other eft trainersare enjoying right now with the help of electronic funds transfer, read on. Electronic funds transfer model is without any flaws. If you are going to ask eft trainers, they will probably tell you that [...]

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Education to become a personal trainer

Posted on 26. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

The path of becoming a personal trainer is not that difficult. It is needed that this trainer has to undergo an education to become a personal trainer. An education to become a personal trainer is important to achieve this profession. That is why it is required that anyone who wants to be in this profession should go under an education to become a personal trainer. These days there are institutions that are offering education to become a personal trainer. Having a 4-year diploma is not required but it is necessary that people should study a degree like exercise science. It will also be better if you will study a course about business when you are planning to build your own personal training business. An education to become a personal trainerdoes not end on learning exercises. It can also be about finance, marketing, advertising and many more. But education to become a personal trainer that can give you a diploma also provides the awareness about the human anatomy and will decrease the chance that your clients will have injury while under your supervision. There are also six-month certificate educations to become a personal trainer. These classes are both available online and [...]

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Courses for Personal Trainers

Posted on 25. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

People who want to elite in a field needs to study certain courses that will help them be successful on the field that they are in. For aspiring personal trainers there are also courses for personal trainer that they can study to help them be elite in the field of fitness. These days there are websites that are offering courses for personal trainer. These websites are able to help people develop their career with the fitness courses that they provide. With the help of websites that are offering courses for personal trainers it will be easier for people to be skilled and knowledgeable about the field of fitness. There are different courses for personal trainers that aspiring personal trainers can have are nutrition courses, master courses and massage courses. All of these courses for personal trainer will help anyone know the most important thing that they need to know about personal training. Masters courses will allow people develop their skills in a particular area that they want to specialize. Some of the areas where people can be an expert are sports performance, corrective exercises and group exercises. Nutrition courses will give knowledge to people about diet. This skill is required for [...]

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Business Training Ideas you Should Try

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

People who want to be in the field of business can use different business training ideas that can help them become successful in this field. There is a huge competition inside this field these days because there is also a huge demand from customers. A lot of people these days want to be healthier and fit. So, it is really needed that personal trainers have different business training ideas that they can use to stand out even in the tough competition. One of the things that is really necessary for business training is marketing. It is the only tool that will help personal trainers attract more customers. There are different tools that people can use when it comes to marketing their business effectively. People can market their business online and even using simple things. One of the business training ideasthat personal trainers can do is to organize a fitness boot camp. A lot of people liked joining this kind of activity because it helps them reach their fitness goals easily and have fun at the same time. Unlike when exercising at a gym, people who joining fitness boot camps will not feel bored. They will feel free and refreshed. Aside [...]

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Start your business right with the help of fitness center business plan

Posted on 21. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

Starting up a business requires many things. One of the things that are needed to be done when starting a business is making a business plan. If you are planning to have a fitness center then a business plan fitness centerwill surely be helpful. A business plan fitness center will serve as a guide of personal trainers to make their business’ equipment and facilities to be in their proper location. This is really the first step that every personal trainer should have to have a solid business plan fitness center. A good business plan fitness center is a cornerstone of any personal training business and even other kind of business as well. So, it will be really important to know the important things that personal trainers should add on your business plan fitness center. This will make your prepared on knowing the things and equipment that you need to buy and know the amount of money that you need to spend to buy all of the things and equipment that you need. The facility you are planning for your upcoming fitness center and the monthly rent that you will have is also important to be considered. Another thing that you should include on [...]

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Designing Personal Training Business Cards

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

This is surely one of the most important marketing tools for any businessman. This is also one of the cheapest marketing methods in terms of expenses. All you need is a business card which conveys who you are and what you are offering. In that case it is very important that each businessman as good number of business cards in his possession so that he can share it with peoples he meets on daily terms and canvas about their businesses and services. Interested people will definitely call back and enquire about the services that you are offering. On top of that it is very obvious that business cards do bring in potential leads using which you will have to make it an actual customer for yourself. In that case as a businessman all you need to do is create business card personal which is unique and very catchy. When people look at your business card personal it should seduce them to read the content in the actual business card. On top of that the best thing about having good number of business card personal with you is, whenever you come across some potential clients you can share your card with [...]

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Boot camp personal training

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

Fitness boot camp is becoming one of the newest trends in the field of business. Personal trainers can use bootcamp personal training to have a firm foundation on starting a fitness business. Exercising on gyms and other health clubs makes people tired anymore. So, personal trainers are using bootcamp personal training these days for them to stand out on the tight competition that the industry have. Organizing a unique bootcamp personal training will surely help personal trainers to earn well on this business. There are different kinds of bootcamp personal trainingthat personal trainers can have depending on who their targeted clients are. Some of the bootcamp personal training that personal trainers could have are; ü All female – Women will feel more confident if they are not working out with men. ü All male – Men only bootcamp personal training can increase the intensity for muscle building. ü Bridal boot camp – This kind of bootcamp personal training is where Brides and their bridesmaids work out together. ü Mommy and baby – A lot of mothers these days want to have fun and get out of their house. One of the ways that they can do to have fun is [...]

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Boot Camp Business Strategies

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by 7Figure Sam.

Fitness training in any form always has good reception from the people. But boot camps are something very special and it has always been very popular with the masses. That is why most of the fitness clubs and fitness trainers always look to cash in on the craze by conducting boot camps once in awhile. This is also one of the reasons why many have started foraying into bootcamp businesslike never before. Boot camps have never been seen as separate business phenomenon. But lately due to its immense popularity lot of fitness club people have started to treat it as regular fitness business and it has been given due importance business wise. The best thing about bootcamp business is that since it is very popular among the masses it always attracts huge participation from the people. In which case al you need to do is enough marketing that can woo enough clients to participate in the bootcamp business. The most heartening factor as far as bootcamp business is concerned is that it is not something that requires huge investments like some of the other fitness training businesses do. This is a business where you success entirely depends upon the kind [...]