In most personal training businesses there are some common problems and frustrations that most of us run into once we reach a level of moderate success. These are like our rights of passage and how we deal with them determines not only how successful we'll be but how much we'll enjoy our career. And I don't know about you, but I don't care how much money I make if I don't enjoy what I'm doin' it ain't worth it… period.
To achieve any level of success in life there's gonna be hurdles, problems and disappointments. Accepting this fact is the first part of overcoming these little conundrums as they pop up, and believe me they pop up, especially as you become more and more successful.
One of my favorite authors Eckhart Tolle says that life is "One damned thing after another" I keep this on sticky note on my desk so I don't get too irked every time time one of these damn things pops up. Sometime I have a low "irk factor" so some constant reminding helps.
I'm just going to go through these real quickly…
Have you ever been to an in-demand doctor, psychologist, dentist, or lawyer?
Have you noticed that they are only taking appointments for certain hours of the week? (…)
You may look at this list and say to yourself "Hey, these don't look like the typical topics and resources that are on other fitness business websites!" That's because they aren't…
When everyone in an industry does the same thing that's called market incest. (…)
To run a successful health and fitness business today requires being an expert in more than one area. (…)
By guest author Logan Strain
Outsourcing can free up a lot of your time, but it can also lead to a lot of headaches if you do it wrong. (…)
By guest author Logan Strain
Step number one towards squeezing the most productivity possible out of every day is keeping a time log. This means for seven days, you should keep track of how you spend your time. Record how long it takes you to get ready in the morning, track how many minutes you spend eating breakfast, clock your commute, etc. It sounds like it might be tedious to log every single minute of your day, but by the second day it will feel totally natural. At the end of the week, add up every activity
If you are like most people, you will be shocked by how your time is distributed. (…)
What are you good at?
What are you passionate about?
What are your highest 5 values?
What brings in the most revenue in your business? (…)
Multi-tasking is about the biggest waste of time I can think of for the small business owner. (…)
Here's a Myspace strategy that works extremely well and can get you many new clients for your personal fitness training business. (…)
Here are a few quick tips regarding how to use Craigslist to really boost the amount of prospects who are flown into your funnel for your personal training business:
1. Outsource the posting of Craigslist to someone else. Have this person systematically do your posts on a set schedule and send you an e-mail receipt of the post. Not sure the current rules on this but I'm sure there's a loophole. (…)
E-mail used to be fun and exciting and was supposed to make our lives easier and our workday more efficient.
Unfortunately this is rarely the case. (…)
There's an Asian Philosophy called something like "The Art of Leaving Things Undone"
If you're a personal training business owner you most likely have well over 100 things on your to do list. (…)
Here are the mistakes most personal trainers and fitness business owners make (I made most of these mistakes myself for years) which keeps them stuck like a hamster in a wheel of 10 hour days, feeling stressed out and overwhelmed, and never being able to get ahead. (…)
Chris McCombs (CM): All right, I am here with Geovanni Derice. Geovanni, who are you and what do you do? (…)
I own a small, locally based personal training business, but I choose to work from home. This saves me from the day-to-day commuting that most small business owners need to do. (…)
