Showing posts with label personal trainer training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal trainer training. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2008

Tips To Profit In Your Personal Training Business

Running a profitable personal training business can be challenging if you don't have the proper mindset to succeed in your training business. I am always a firm believer in modeling the behavior of already successful people. Why try and reinvent the wheel?

Here is an article which states 3 personal trainer business tips that will really help your business grow.

Just by following these three tips you will be well ahead of your competition.

I really love the tip about over delivering. You always want to deliver more value than you charge. Perceived value of the consumer is very important when it comes to running a successful personal training business.

Another tip I would like to mention that the article didn't is continuing education. I feel it is extremely important to stay on the cutting edge of anatomy, physiology, and even marketing.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

How To Avoid Personal Trainer Business Cancellations

Every fitness pro who operates a personal trainer business has undesireable concellations. Your goal as a fitness trainer is to keep them to a minimum. Let's face it, when clients cancel, you don't get paid; and they make no progress.

So what do you do to make sure your cancellation rates are low?

Here are 5 simple how to avoid fitness training cancellations, and keep your cash flow up tips.

1. Have either a 12 hour personal training cancellation policy, or even a 24 hour policy. If the client cancels inside of this time, they are required to pay. Every personal fitness trainer must have a cancellation policy! Such policy will help motivate clients to show up based on a fear of loss principle.

2. Stucture monthy training no matter if they train or not. The client pays a montly fee no matter if they show up or not. I don't like this policy as much because it can lead to attendance adherence issuses.

3. Make your sessions fun, and interesting. Yes, entertain, as you train. You must get your clients looking forward to seeing you. If they trust you, like you, and really know you, retention will be increased.

4. Exhibit positive reinforcement when they do attend sessions. Personal training results require consistency. Positive reinforcement will elicit the favorable outcome.

5. Travel to them. The personal training business cancellation rates are much lower if you make it easy for them to attend their workouts. Of course, you would bill them for travel as well.

A major goal in your personal trainer business should be to minimize session cancellations. Doing so will improve the profitablility of your fitness business.

Here is a great personal trainer training that reveals even more ways to get clients to show up.