In
the past few years I have seen quite a few people promoting fitness
marketing programs that promise $100,000 a year or more. The problem is that most, if not all, of these programs are just
rehashed materials, which fail to mention one major factor… even the
best marketing program in the world will still fail if you don't put
forth the effort.
I
often have trainers ask me, "How come I'm not getting the results
you talked about?" When I
ask them how much time they are spending on their marketing I can't
help but laugh! You can't implement one strategy forget about it, and then
expect it to make you thousands. If
you really want to be successful you need to have a well thought out
plan… both a general business plan and a detailed marketing plan.
It's
easy to burn out in this business and even easier to forget about your
marketing or put it on the back burner. You can't do that if you want to be successful and stay
successful.
You
need to focus on your marketing just as much if not more than you focus
on other aspects of your business because with out clients you don't
have a business.
Another
area I feel is critical to your success is automating your business. What I mean is developing and putting in place systems to
increase your efficiency and decrease the amount of time you spend
running your business. What
good is running your own business if you are working more than you would
if you had a job?
So,
if you are serious about making a living, a great living, as a fitness
professional then you need to put in place systems and strategies that
will increase your profits while decreasing your time involved.
One
of the easiest and most effective ways to do this is to create your own
products. I will talk more
about this later. For those of you who are already doing this… hats
off to you! It is key if you want to be able to make a serious income
while still having time to enjoy it.
OK... let's get to it. Here are the 3 strategies that cost little if anything and are
the most important when it comes to making serious money as a fitness
professional:
1. Keeping a database
2. Client newsletter
3. Relationship marketing
Apply these 3
strategies effectively and I will personally guarantee your success! I
cover these three areas in great detail in addition to giving you
samples and examples of marketing materials that work in Maximum Fitness
Profits.