If you haven’t heard of it, Linked In is a professional networking site.  It’s more than just an online rolodex or resume which is what most people think it is.  There are many other uses and applications you can use to network and attract more potential clients. Take a look at what I’ve done with my profile as an example of all you can do.  I have:

• My Twitter account linked to my Linked In status.
• Virtually my entire resume including specialties.
• Over 800+ connections.
• My websites and blogs listed.
• I have almost 30 recommendations. I use it to easily ask for testimonials and then you can use them anywhere. Plus they are displayed on my profile.
• I’m a member of about 50 discussion groups 3 of which I created. You can participate in those and network with your peers and other business leaders quite easily.
• I have this blog fed right into my profile page so when I post it shows up there automatically.
• And I used Google Docs to display a MS powerpoint sales presentation that anyone can view.

It leaves the possibility for me through my network to potentially contact as many as 8 million people.

I’ve used my profile or all of the things listed in the article.  And there are many other things you can do and it’s all free.  If you wanted to get in contact with another business leader in a big company, but don’t want to get stopped at the door, you could probably do it through your network on Linked In using the “get introduced” function.  By the way, if you’re not connected to me, log in and go ahead and connect.  If you need my email to connect, it’s info@spartatraining.com.

Read the article here and start to get more leads for your personal training business.  If you don’t necessarily like going to networking events in person, this can offer you a decent alternative.

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My clients love the taste and simplicity. It takes away all the guess work,
time and hassle of shopping and cooking and it provides perfectly
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(you and I) make money when our clients buy the meal program.
Also, we can make money when we sign up our fellow trainers and their
total sales hit certain benchmarks. We make between $60 and $80 for
every 28 day meal program your client purchases and you make $1,200
every time your team sales hit $15,000.

They offer 3 different meal plans between $299 and $389 plus Fedex
shipping. They provide excellent customer support for us. You can
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If you’d like to take some of the nutritional burden off of yourself, but still have a revenue source in the process, this is the way to go.

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It’s already going to be hard for us just because of the nature of what we are doing.  We need to do everything we can to raise that standard and attract the right customers and employees.

Take it seriously, make your clients, prospects, and employees take it seriously too.  Stand up and project a professional image.  Build your brand.  Look nice. Look like you really know what you are doing compared to the unprofessional people out there.  Don’t settle for the same old crap from clients and employees.

Here are a few business tools that can help you do that.

Chris Lutz- Master Trainer

Personal Trainer Business Tools and Forms

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What do you think about this? Personal training, I would say is not a mundane repetitive activity where money is a sole motivator to the staff member. Have you experienced this in your business?

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Lead capture, marketing and promoting yourself and your services…these are all core business practices for you. The eFitnessTracker system helps with that. Imagine having a tool such as a Fitness Analysis to send people to and be able to capture them as a lead. Or just a Contact Us page for someone to contact you and inquire more about what you have to offer. Do you think that could lead to extra sales for you? Check out some demos:

- Fitness Analysis – http://demo2.efitnesstracker.com/?goto=Fitness-Analysis (Modern Layout)
- Contact Us – http://demo1.efitnesstracker.com/?goto=Contact (Classic Layout)

Now what about easily accepting payments online? Setting up recurring monthly payments? Promoting upcoming events such as bootcamps, group classes, etc. and accepting registrations AND payments for those events? Check out some demos:

- Products & Services – http://demo2.efitnesstracker.com/?goto=Products (Modern Layout)
- Events Calendar – http://demo1.efitnesstracker.com/?goto=Events-Calendar (Classic Layout)
- Event Registration – http://demo2.efitnesstracker.com/?goto=Event-Registration (Modern Layout)

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After seeing 2 incidents in the gym (not our clients) in the last couple of weeks, it is something that could be extremely useful. I’ve put one together for us. In the event of legal trouble, it could come in very handy to show that we had forethought and followed the proper protocol we have laid out.

But, generally, make sure you are up to date on CPR/first aid/AED certification and follow those procedures. If you are ever in doubt, go ahead and get the AED and have someone call the EMS. No one should blame you for being cautious. It’s better to have called and not really needed it if you’re not sure what’s going on rather than the alternative.

If you’d like a copy of a general personal trainer medical crisis plan, you can obtain one along with our incident report form. Click here to grab your copy of your medical crisis plan.

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He looks guilty

Needless to say, it isn’t me. Many of my friends commented that they thought it looked like me when they saw the sketch. I’d like to thank them for not turning me in . That’s a real friend there.

I guess if I wasn’t so positive and smiley somebody would have thought something was up. What do you think? Do I look like him?

My favorite is the cerebral palsy guy who suddenly got really lean and muscular while at the same time increasing the size of his head by 3!

View the FAKE before and after pictures here.