Over and over I keep hearing this advice: ​ “Fitness professionals and health coaches must… absolutely MUST promise RESULTS in order to attract new clients.”   And this advice is served up using metaphors and analogies.   Have you heard them…?   Like this one: “… an appliance repair guy must FIX the appliance… RESULTS… or he doesn’t get paid.” ​…

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  Today’s COVID-19 environment has been brutal on your business… right?   I hope you’ll take some time off to relax, let your brain reset and hopefully read this story I’m about to share with you.   It was passed on to me by a former military guy who became a marketing guru.  It’s an amazing account that provides a…

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  Yes… it’s really happening!    Right now, thousands of independent trainers, studios, clubs — and maybe YOU — are experiencing CANCELLATIONS due to this damned Coronavirus – COVID-19 Pandemic.   Maybe you’re even shutting down for a week… or more?   So… WHAT TO DO..???   YES… sure… you should absolutely communicate with your…

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  By now, you’re well aware the fitness business is rapidly changing.    One of the biggest changes is going to come from small clubs, studios, boot camps and spas that have figured out how to run both a “Physical Training Business” and an “Online Coaching Business” at the same time.   Is it happening…

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    Can you imagine how great it would be if the fitness offering was the same as a bar?   Bartender: “What will it be gentlemen?” “Give me a Bud.  And, the same for my buddy here.” “O.K. that will be $7.00.”   (If a Club operated like a bar):   Front desk person:…

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  I love this time of year.   Don’t you?   It’s like a giant “reset button” for millions of people.  But, I’m not talking about simple New Year’s Resolutions.     Nope.   I’m referring to something different.   It’s a “reset button” for BUSINESS OWNERS like YOU.   From solo-preneurs to multi-facility owners.   If you’re an OWNER, you know it’s a “fluid process.”   And,…

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  I often talk about the “older” crowd… or the group to whom I prefer to use the label: “Masters of Life!”   And, the reason I talk about it so much is because that’s where the money is!   But, when I look at how the fitness industry is projected by the mainstream media,…

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  These FIVE (5) WORDS will not only level-up your business, but quite possibly….  change your life.    WARNING:   This will NOT blow your mind like some kind of epiphany.    I remember the first time I heard these 5 words.  It was NOT earth-shaking at all.    In fact, I couldn’t understand WHY anyone…

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  Recently, I learned a brand new term that relates to both Fitness and CRM.  But, first, a little background.   Yvonne Cummings has 23 clients who have been training with her, consistently, for 10 years.  And, some even longer.  In 2006, when she moved 30 miles away to open her new studio, half of…

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