Posts Tagged ‘networking’

Circus Fitness Tricks

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Is it really a guest post when it’s the wife who runs the other side of the FIT Launch business and knows twice as much as me???

Ever been to a fitness workshop or wandered a conference expo and been amazed by some of the toys and movements that have become so popular in our industry?

How about this, have you ever been humbled by said toys or movements? Meaning, you try, you look like an absolute idiot because you don’t know what your doing?

I have! Better yet, I’ve gone in thinking I was strong and centered but come out feeling foolish and ridiculous because I can’t figure out how to engage this or that, while I swing from the apparatus or stand on the toy.

Of course, if you are a like-minded fitness pro you will keep practicing the activity because you bought the damn thing that made a fool out of you, and will have it down within a week to 10 days. It’s that learning curve that gets us at first, but once we understand the technical side of things we can usually master the skill. Well, most of the time anyways. (more…)

Fitness Event Promotions

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Event promotions was the topic of the HubSpot Blog today. “How to Promote an Event With Inbound Marketing – A Step-By-Step Guide”

They provide a great blog and I encourage you to take a look at some great ideas for utilizing inbound marketing.

Mile Run Fitness Event

Mile Run Fitness Event

As a fitness professional nearly everything we do can be broken down into a fitness event of some type. It may be large or small, recurring or a single occurrence. Even if you wouldn’t think of a particular activity as a “fitness event”, if you can find a way to position it as such, you will find added power in your promotional efforts.

The below 8 points will assist you in promoting your next fitness event.

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Fitness Trainer Success: 10+ Elements

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

The IDEA Trainer Success Journal provided a few interesting articles for the month of February. Three articles focused on “list articles” for the business of personal trainerseach can easily be adapted to group instructors and coaches.

The following table contains the heading points for the three articles. Column one is the list from Todd Durkin’s article “Top 10 Ways to Drive Revenue in a Downtrodden Economy”.  Column two is from Tom Terwilliger’s article “Your Business and the Economic Slowdown”. The third and
final column “The Scary Times Success Manual” is the list by Dan Sullivan.

Each offer some great advice for the fitness professional, not just the personal trainer. Below the table I’ve taken the opportunity in
combining these principles row by row.

This is a very important time to be positive and proactive in your fitness business. There are many things you can do to not only maintain, but also expand your training business, even during tough economic times.

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Fit Pro Networking: Social Media Required

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

I have posted in the past (old blog) on the significant benefits that come with Fit Pro networking(http://fitprobiz.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/social-networking-and-fitness-pro-travel/) The internet has provided many opportunities for enjoying the social media (live web) benefits, that’s a major reason why it has been incorporated in the FPT upgrades.

Another location where you can take advantage of social networking is…

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