Mosman Personal Training: Personal Trainer Business Startup

You’ve read and heard it before: about the lack of professionalism in the personal training profession. I know, it makes your eyes roll because you view personal training as a career, not just a job, so, you’ve got your act together. But, we all know those who don’t (and give the rest of us a bad name among those who are on the outside lookin’ in). Quite a few of the points it makes were and still are on target but, since it wasn’t written by trainers, it’s missing some context, here and there.

Now, if you’re competent and responsible, you’re not going to act as though you have a medical degree. Yes, you need to specialize, but that doesn’t always mean you need to take on clients with tricky health conditions. In fact, having a specialty means you should focus on it and turn down the cases that you’re not qualified to handle. If you decide to train a client whose physical condition you don’t completely understand, get his/her doctor involved. But, you shouldn’t have to do that very often because, as a rule, what’s great about personal training is that we don’t have to confront the specifics of disease and disorder. Although you may feel you have to help everyone, don’t fall into that trap. The truth is, you don’t need to accept every new client; you can opt to work with only healthy ones and there’s nothing wrong with that.

The tools of marketing that you wish to use and your estimated budget for promotions. The business plan can assist you greatly when you are seeking a bank loan to obtain personal trainer business startup funds. If the bank authorities see that you have a professional and schematic approach, more often than not your loan will be sanctioned provided your projections and estimates are viable.

There must be a specific target audience in mind for your marketing activities. Promotional activities such as mailers, newspaper ads, radio or television spots, or brochures must be thoroughly analyzed and planned before they are launched. This planning increases the chances that your marketing will reach its targeted audience, and get noticed in such a way as to promote action. You need to know what you want to accomplish, by when you want to accomplish it, and who will be in charge of reaching the desired result. Most successful personal training businesses have someone who assumes a leadership position regarding marketing, or there is a definite procedure in place that ensures its implementation.

A clear vision means pinpointing the specific details of the clients you want to attract and the type of services you want to provide. You must also identify other benchmarks of a successful marketing program. What do you consider an acceptable performance for such items as the return on your investment of time and money? You must have a vision for all of the components that determine the success of your business, for the type of clients you want, the types of services that you will deliver, and for your financial benchmarks. Finally, you must determine what you can realistically accomplish and by when.

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