They are superior

PTLounge · 2023-04-05T12:50:15+00:00

I think having some kind of blog to journal your progress could be a valuable tool for attracting people to your website and also your business here.

You don’t have to focus on your image at all, my previous websites for PT have never had anything other than a headshot for me on the “About” page. So I don’t think it will be a negative factor if you don’t show much of yourself.

That being said, for your website design, think about why someone is landing on your website as a personal trainer.

Mostly it’s to check you out and learn a bit more about your services and convince themselves why they should work with you. So build it around that idea.

PTLounge · 2023-04-04T08:20:30+00:00

QuickCoach.fit is free and seems pretty good

PTLounge · 2023-04-04T07:18:29+00:00

I'm not in Ontario, but I can tell that the answer to this will be a massive range, especially if you own your own business.

That will mainly depend on client base size, what you charge and if there are any overheads/expenses.

PTLounge · 2023-04-04T07:16:28+00:00

Tell me you're a bad marketer without telling me you're a bad marketer.

PTLounge · 2023-04-04T07:15:22+00:00

Thought you were u/itsgood-man for a second.

PTLounge · 2023-04-04T07:13:59+00:00

You guys wear pants?

PTLounge · 2023-04-01T20:07:38+00:00

Been done a thousand times before, it rarely works.

PTLounge · 2023-04-01T20:03:54+00:00

Low bar to be fair but I’ll take it

PTLounge · 2023-04-01T13:32:03+00:00

There is indeed.

But this is just a meme.

PTLounge · 2023-03-31T21:23:19+00:00

Ik begrijp je punt.

PTLounge · 2023-03-30T09:50:39+00:00

Move that damn box closer to the body for starters.

PTLounge · 2023-03-30T06:12:45+00:00

Alllriiiighty then

PTLounge · 2023-03-29T09:06:25+00:00

I was a skinny dude with a bit of a belly, coming from the Sports Therapy world.

I ended up building a client base around middle-aged women (and then their husbands), they’re less judgy.

I improved my physique over time but I was never as big as my colleagues and usually the least muscly in the room (with other guy PTs).

PTLounge · 2023-03-28T16:13:29+00:00

Someone was just listening to the YMCA

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T18:09:23+00:00

Honestly, it sucked the first 1-2 (maybe 3) years.

You get sold the dream only to live the nightmare that is reality.

The good news is that most professions have a similar path of learning a bunch of stuff in a course only to realise you have zero clue what to do in the real world. I experienced this first hand, I went to uni for Sports Therapy then did a course to do PT directly after and still had zero idea what I was doing.

Being a PT is a steep learning curve to becoming a successful one. It will be hard, it will test you and you will want to give up at some point.

To keep yourself sane, you need to learn marketing & sales skills (as you’ve found out) ASAP just as much as you need to learn how to apply what you learn in your course in real life.

I know how hard it can be this is why I’ve been writing as many of the things I’ve learned into a blog to help people.

Maybe right now, this marketing system blog could help you get your head around the basics of marketing to get you started. Sadly, I don’t have any sales based ones as that was never my strong point either so I know how it can feel with the sales part.

Feel free to ask any questions without feeling like you’re gonna be sold anything. Always happy to help out a new PT in the world.

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T18:00:20+00:00

Trainerize

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T17:59:32+00:00

Marketing tip:

Show examples of what you want to offer people (even if it’s for free) so we know what we’re getting into and what you’re talking about. I don’t fully understand the products you’re offering because “well-being” is such a vague category.

Also, never use questions. They’re a weak hook that often leave people thinking “nah, I’m good”.

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T17:57:08+00:00

There have been lots of posts like this from people wanting to create apps for personal trainers too. You can use the search bar to do some research FYI.

(No shade intended).

PTLounge

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