EYEMEDIA STUDIOS

1. Five Tips For Personal Trainers And Health And Fitness Coaches Five Tips For Personal Trainers And Health AND Fitness Coaches Running a successful personal training business takes more than just being fit and being knowledgeable about your craft. As every trainer would tell you, you need to learn how to be a trainer, a friend, a mentor, and a motivator. You should be capable of deducing what motivates people to push beyond their limits, and what drives people to succeed. This is common knowledge, and many personal trainers have this knowledge at their fingertips and use it more often than not. However, none of these skill sets and knowledge will help you amount to anything if you do not attract clients. To be truly successful, you need to go further than just being good at your job.

2. For many budding personal trainers, building a solid reputation and positive brand may seem like a daunting task. After all, very few people have achieved this feat. However, you need to realize that building a brand is a scalable mountain. You just need to keep abreast with the steps to follow to help you achieve this target. Here are some of the proven steps that you can follow to bring in clients. Tip #1. Utilise The Power Of Networking There is tremendous power in networking. Networking these days, more than ever before plays a crucial role in helping entrepreneurs succeed in their fields. The personal training field accentuates this notion as the people you know play a role in helping you grow your business. With this in mind, you should consider your social life as part of your business and hence jump on any opportunity to socialize, and by extending your network. This includes engaging in activities taking place within your communities such as local wellness fairs and clinics, and attending fitness expos, business events, and workshops. Meeting new people outside your circle increases, you network and improves your chances of landing new clients. Crucially, by networking people get to meet and learn about what you do. Thus, when the need for a personal trainer arises, you stand a chance for a call-up. With this in mind, you should always have a business card to make it easy for people to reach you when the need arises. However, you should be wary of over-doing it. You should maintain a healthy balance between you networking/socializing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. After all, your body is your part of your business card.

3. Tip #2. Over-Deliver It is common for trainers to over-hype their services, creating false impressions among their clients only for them to under deliver their promises later on. When you hype your business, you create a lot of expectations among clients. In the event the clients’ expectations are not met, you are bound to lose your reputation. A good strategy to use is to under promise and then over deliver. Although this may seem counter-intuitive, it works perfectly fine. For starters, it provides you with an opportunity to design the training, purpose, and desired result on an individual basis. Therefore, you are not working hard to meet sky-high goals but goals that your clients clearly perceive as attainable and within their reach. However, to ensure an overall positive experience, you still need to go above and beyond for each of your clients. Ensure that the set targets are met, if not surpassed.

4. Tip #3. Build A Relationship The rise of social media marketing can be attributed to many things, including the personal touch that comes with it. Human beings are drawn to personable characters and experiences and thus are willing to spend their money and time with you when they feel that you care about them. It is thus paramount to build a relationship with your clients, as this build trust. Consequently, you get to retain your clients while they become more than willing to refer you to other people within their networks. While training, you should set aside some time to learn more about your clients. You should be interested in learning about your clients’ lives, their experiences, and what they hold dear. Tip #4. Differentiate Yourself

5. There is value in being unique. As such, you should try as much as possible to move from the traditional perception of personal trainers as people who just count reps and load plates. You should take stock of your strengths and weaknesses and develop your personal trainer business niche in line with your strengths. It does not matter whether you are better at handling group training or one-on- one training, you should focus on what you are good at. If you are good at training teen or adults, there is a market for you. If you are vastly skilled and knowledgeable in strength and conditioning, bodybuilding, TRX or even Pilates, your should stick to what you are good at. The premise behind this ultra-niche focus approach is to make you the to-go guy/girl in your niche. People are willing to pay more for value. As such, they are willing to spend more to get quality services that meet their needs, rather than going to a jack-of-all-trades only to get mediocre results. Crucially, doing so makes marketing more effective and downright easier. Tip #5. Keep Learning The only constant in life is change. Things do not stay the same for quite long. As new technologies arise in the fitness industries, so does the path to getting fit. With this in mind, you should ensure that you keep abreast with the latest in your field. Attend workshops, read about new training protocols, and attend webinars. Keep your skills sharp, and you will reap from your efforts for a long time.