In my decades as a newspaper reporter, I asked all kinds of people all kinds of questions. Then I worked in corporate communications, which led to many more interviews in various situations.
All that experience gave me a special perspective I bring to fitness communications for studio owners.
Recently I received a package in the mail and I immediately got excited because I knew what was inside. It was the official ribbon copy of a new patent we were just granted on our TireFlip 180® product! It was my 20th patent including the US and Worldwide and it represented a significant milestone for me.
Innovation is the heart our company and we are proud of the intellectual property we’ve been able to obtain.
Your employees set the tone for your business, boost sales, and are the core of your business operations.
So when you hire a good employee, it’s in your best interest to hold on to them for a long as possible.
As a fitness business, strategically incorporating multiple revenue streams is the best way to create a solid foundation for financial success.
Hosting member and community events are often overlooked as an income source despite having multiple retention, lead gen, and marketing benefits.
As I’ve prepared to open my second yoga studio, I’ve spent an enormous amount of time in local business networking events. This blog post is not as much about the hard skills of business ownership, per se.
Rather, this is about a topic I feel can truly impact all of the other dimensions of studio business success: addressing owner stress, fatigue, and potential burnout.
Generating leads is a vital part of growing your business. I’ve shared some of the techniques I use to generate leads in previous blog posts. However, generating leads alone will not bring you financial success – you must have a solid system in place to convert those leads into regular paying clients.
The goal for most training gyms should be to generate 30-40 leads each month and then convert 20 of those leads into paid trials each month.
Thank you to David Matthews for taking the time to answer some questions from AFS!
In this featured spot, David shares some key information about how going green with SportsArt equipment has taken their business to the next level.
When I first started my career in fitness, it was for very practical reasons. I needed more money as an adjunct professor (many don’t realize adjunct professors work without health insurance and often earn poverty-level wages).
I was always interested in fitness, and I felt working with something: 1. I already knew about, 2. I spent time doing, and 3. would hold me accountable to my fitness goals would be a good idea. I was right, but it - meaning the work - wasn’t always good for me.
The latest technology offers the information and detail your members and cients thirst for. It keeps them interested, motivated and on track. But it also gives you, the provider, a starting point for a conversation. Your member can fudge their food journal, but a breath acetone measurement is a lie detector.
As you grow your membership strategically think about how you will give your members the information that will help them succeed.
How many hours a week are you spending in your business on things you'd rather not do? How much time are you spending on managing people and dealing with finances? Are you thinking, "I'd like to cut the time I spend on these things but I can't. This is how it's done."
This is far from the truth and there is a better way. The fundamental factor is creating alignment among all the parts in your business.
• Trainer, Manager or Owner • Beginner or Veteran • 500-10,000 sq.ft.