Doug enters the gym to meet his personal trainer Steve for their twice weekly session. Doug has been training with Steve for over two months. He comes early to get warmed up and to be ready for when Steve arrives. Steve is typically a few minutes late to each session because he travels across to [...]
It was one of my typical Monday mornings at the office with lots of email to catch up on, phone calls to return and paperwork to complete. I usually arrive at the office between 7:30-8:00am to get things done before my day begins teaching eager personal training students. At nine o’clock my first student arrived. [...]
You don’t need a business card to be a personal trainer
Dec 14th, 2010 | Comments (6) | Found In : business tipsYou’ve earned your certification and are ready to start training but wait you don’t have a business card. So you think it’s better to wait until you get one before you start looking for clients. In addition you also think you need a website, flyer or brochure and then once you have all those things [...]
I bet I got your attention with this title. If you’re familiar with the Katy Perry song you probably even found yourself humming the tune while reading the headline. And you’re probably wondering if I actually kissed a girl and liked it. Well to find out you’ll just have to keep reading further. Take a [...]
It’s Saturday morning at 7:00am. It’s colder then usual for June and I can see my breath with every exhale. There’s a light mist hanging in the air and I’m standing at the start of a popular local hike known as the Grouse Grind in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its popularity is mainly because of its [...]
Now I don’t mean literally but seriously, have you thought about how important your clients are to your business? What would happen if suddenly your clients started to do business with someone else? You know how difficult it is to attract new people and how expensive marketing and advertising can be. So what would be [...]

