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HighIntensity
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PoyeBoy said:
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Personal Trainer Rivalry.
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Deus Ex Machina
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lol poye's on a roll.
"welcome to our land"
"welcome to our land"
tulsasbest
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If you didn't have money to pay rent would any of the other trainer pay it for you?....hell no buisness is buisness....promote yourself all you want just dont try and talk directly to people you know are already working with another trainer. Any new client is fair game. If buisness was distributed evenly and everybody looked out for each other then nobody would be poor......or rich!
thePros.TV
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IMHO, for what it's worth, your best worring about yourself. It's a business. Usually a gym will put "in-house" or even subcontractor trainers on a rotation where a new member comes in, the trainer at the top of the list will do a free orientation (show them around and how to use equipment) usually takes about 30 minutes. This is an optimal time to sell your services to that new member.
I would not worry about stepping on toes, if one of your clients jumped ship and went to some other trainer in your gym, I'm sure the trainer would not refuse their check. A good way to promote yourself is to make yourself seen and heard. Be confident! Make sure you look fit and healthy, clean and always be friendly. When your training a client, look like you are actually training that person, make them work! Just make sure your clients technique is dead on and your not doing some silly unorthodox exercise.
I see so many trainers in the gym not paying attention to their clients, talking to other people and looking at themselves in the mirror.... disgusting. Talk a little louder during training sessions, so people can overhear you. Let them know who you are. Stand out. I dont care what sort and how many of certifications you have, if you cant market yourself your dead in this business. I have gotten most of my clients on referral and from general questions people ask, (when you look like you know what your doing) like, "how do I get shoulders like yours?" helps to be fit.
Another way to increase business it to offer a "special" something like 3 sessions for the price of one, you can ask your gym to hand it out to new members. slide business cards in the lockers with a intro offer attached.... .. This worked for me when I was new: find a Physical Therapist that will refer you his patients about to be done with PT, some want to keep going and get back in shape after an injury. Even Orthopedic Surgeons and General MD's will refer you clients.... use your imagination.
I would not worry about stepping on toes, if one of your clients jumped ship and went to some other trainer in your gym, I'm sure the trainer would not refuse their check. A good way to promote yourself is to make yourself seen and heard. Be confident! Make sure you look fit and healthy, clean and always be friendly. When your training a client, look like you are actually training that person, make them work! Just make sure your clients technique is dead on and your not doing some silly unorthodox exercise.
I see so many trainers in the gym not paying attention to their clients, talking to other people and looking at themselves in the mirror.... disgusting. Talk a little louder during training sessions, so people can overhear you. Let them know who you are. Stand out. I dont care what sort and how many of certifications you have, if you cant market yourself your dead in this business. I have gotten most of my clients on referral and from general questions people ask, (when you look like you know what your doing) like, "how do I get shoulders like yours?" helps to be fit.
Another way to increase business it to offer a "special" something like 3 sessions for the price of one, you can ask your gym to hand it out to new members. slide business cards in the lockers with a intro offer attached.... .. This worked for me when I was new: find a Physical Therapist that will refer you his patients about to be done with PT, some want to keep going and get back in shape after an injury. Even Orthopedic Surgeons and General MD's will refer you clients.... use your imagination.
