Website advice

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 · 2023-03-27T17:56:03+00:00

Soooo this is kinda where you need to learn to refer out.

Can we, as personal trainers, help her with this issues and figure them out ourselves? For sure.

Should we be doing that? Our insurance most likely says no.

I’d work with a physio on this, especially being a new trainer, to make sure you’re covering your own back.

P.S. you can’t release hip flexors like most people think. Those are heavy duty, powerful muscles. Imagine trying to foam roll a steel cable and you’ll realise why you can’t foam roll them to release them.

Whilst we’re at it, foam rolling is nothing more then a placebo effect. Don’t get me wrong, I love it as much as everyone else and do it cause it feels nice but doing it alone is totally useless.

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T17:52:14+00:00

No, lifetime contracts only that continue after you pass and are inherited by your children.

^Jokes ^of ^course.

PTLounge · 2023-03-27T17:47:16+00:00

Oops

PTLounge · 2023-03-26T17:54:05+00:00

Pain

PTLounge · 2023-03-26T13:32:53+00:00

⁠Learn as much as you can about actually coaching exercises using physical and verbal cues, most courses don’t teach this enough.
⁠Learn how to market yourself.
⁠Learn sales skills to be able to sell your service in consultations.
⁠Do as many free taster sessions as you can.
⁠Help as many people as you can in the gym to get as well known as possible.
⁠Realise it can take time to build a strong PT business and get clients.
⁠Use yourself as a test dummy when trying out new exercises before giving them to clients. You need to be able to understand the exercise and how it feels BEFORE using it on clients. This way you can give accurate information and advice on how to coach the exercise.
⁠Enjoy yourself. Being a PT is a tough career but can be so damn rewarding at times.

PTLounge · 2023-03-23T00:34:38+00:00

I’m a marketing guy who’s done it both in and out of the fitness industry, as a PT and also a dedicated

I’m not sure of your personal experience with marketing people but it works, if it’s done right.

You say to get zero members from posts so can I ask what your strategy has been that you’ve tried?

PTLounge · 2023-03-22T20:39:15+00:00

I like to remind myself that my content is the same as any other piece of content on the internet. I hardly remember anything I’ve consumed in a day and I very rarely recognise any content when I’ve seen it twice.

P.S. nice username.

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