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I've qualified in cert 3 fitness (so I can legally be a group instructor) and I am currently in cert 4 (P.T) and I was wondering what should I do to develop my name and get myself out there prior to qualifying? I have made a facebook. I have some progress photos of myself. I have some food photos. What draws clients to a page? I have about 22 people liking it already which leads me to think that I am doing something right (I made the page 2 hours ago). But I figured I might as well find out what works for other people.
 
Helps that you're a chick.. That's 20 likes right thur :cool:

But seriously, It's a hard game you've chosen to get into. A lot of others doing it. Perhaps look at some of the other pages dedicated to P.t's etc.. for inspiration.

I'm not sure the amount of likes = the amount of business it will generate you in the future; but I guess that industry is a bit of a popularity contest.

Good luck :)
 
1. Film a glute workout in bright lululemon and post on that facebook (marketing)
2. Give us a training sesh and we can provide live critique srs (word of mouth)
3. what sets you apart from all the others - bikini comp prepper? bodypump specialist? clean and jerk enthusiast? (brand)
 
Honestly, both Facebook and Insta are now pay to play from a business standpoint, however Insta has more chance of organic reach given it's the less established platform.

Insta also has the right audience mix for health and fitness focused business engagement.

Just make sure your content is shareable as it's now a saturated space with a lot of slick user content.

Just my 2c.
 
make sure to get clients before and after , a real person perspective using a real persons opinion not just a hyped up speech
like any business , what sets you apart from the multitude of others out there ? are you in a small town ? can you use location to your advantage ?

when it comes to social media , content is king , you can use something like hootsuite to automate your postings , at the start of the week you right up a weeks worth of content , tell hootsuite to post this post on X day to instagram ,twitter and facebook
 
Don't start your own business at this stage. You need to do three things:

Firstly, get a trainer. You should not become a trainer if you yourself have never had a trainer. If you don't value it enough to find money for it, why should anyone see value in you? If you learn nothing else from being trained, you'll learn empathy with clients.

Secondly, go through a novice linear progression of barbell training, and then when you get stuck, get around being stuck. Or running 5km in under 25'. Or getting onto a state sports team. Doesn't matter, just some moderately ambitious goals that should take at least 6 months to achieve. Going through the process of training will teach you a lot. It doesn't matter exactly what your numbers end up being, it's the process.

Thirdly, work at a big gym for a couple of years. Most of them the trainers are poor as trainers, but you get two things from the experience anyway. The first is that there are two words in our job title: personal, and trainer. Most PTs are crap at the second, but good at the first. The best are good at both. Points #1 and #2 above address the "trainer" part, working with the clueless but successful PT helps the "personal" part - you learn how to talk to and listen to people.

The other part of working at a big gym for a while is that you simply get to deal with a lot of people, many more than in a small garage or similar. In 4.5yr at the Y I taught over 500 people to squat or deadlift, and took 500 people through their initial appointment asking about their background, injuries, goals etc. Now, you might say I'm a good trainer or bad one, but there's no doubt I'm a better one for having dealt with 1,000 people than I was when it was 0.
 
Awesome advice guys.

Just to be clear I'm not looking at starting a business yet as such. I'm more looking at a way to get and keep a client base on social media whether it be my working at a gym or working for myself. I am hoping to get into a mentorship program rather then going head first into the gym first hand. That way I can learn off someone actually dong it rather then someone showing me a power point.

The entire reason I joined this site is because I know I'm very limited in my knowledge especially strength training. And I felt that I wasn't getting the knowledge from school and also I have emailed Kyle but we have to wait till the week following next week as it works better for both of us.

I used to be a hairdresser so I am good with the personal side of things. I already am quite good with the empathetic side. But the actual movement side is where I am lacking.
 
You may also consider starting another youtube channel to direct clients to which only contains more polished videos; or if your current channels name will be your business name start another for bits and pieces and keep the current one for when you open your business. While there is nothing wrong with having your whole learning curve visible to clients some people may not want to present that. Your standard of video editing etc will no doubt change and you may want to keep your business channel as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.
 
You may also consider starting another youtube channel to direct clients to which only contains more polished videos; or if your current channels name will be your business name start another for bits and pieces and keep the current one for when you open your business. While there is nothing wrong with having your whole learning curve visible to clients some people may not want to present that. Your standard of video editing etc will no doubt change and you may want to keep your business channel as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.
True. My years of amv experience may help here... I'm a nerd.
 
Don't start your own business at this stage. You need to do three things:

Firstly, get a trainer. You should not become a trainer if you yourself have never had a trainer. If you don't value it enough to find money for it, why should anyone see value in you? If you learn nothing else from being trained, you'll learn empathy with clients.

Secondly, go through a novice linear progression of barbell training, and then when you get stuck, get around being stuck. Or running 5km in under 25'. Or getting onto a state sports team. Doesn't matter, just some moderately ambitious goals that should take at least 6 months to achieve. Going through the process of training will teach you a lot. It doesn't matter exactly what your numbers end up being, it's the process.

Thirdly, work at a big gym for a couple of years. Most of them the trainers are poor as trainers, but you get two things from the experience anyway. The first is that there are two words in our job title: personal, and trainer. Most PTs are crap at the second, but good at the first. The best are good at both. Points #1 and #2 above address the "trainer" part, working with the clueless but successful PT helps the "personal" part - you learn how to talk to and listen to people.

The other part of working at a big gym for a while is that you simply get to deal with a lot of people, many more than in a small garage or similar. In 4.5yr at the Y I taught over 500 people to squat or deadlift, and took 500 people through their initial appointment asking about their background, injuries, goals etc. Now, you might say I'm a good trainer or bad one, but there's no doubt I'm a better one for having dealt with 1,000 people than I was when it was 0.

I cannot rep you again yet.. but this^^ 100%
 
I've qualified in cert 3 fitness (so I can legally be a group instructor) and I am currently in cert 4 (P.T) and I was wondering what should I do to develop my name and get myself out there prior to qualifying? I have made a facebook. I have some progress photos of myself. I have some food photos. What draws clients to a page? I have about 22 people liking it already which leads me to think that I am doing something right (I made the page 2 hours ago). But I figured I might as well find out what works for other people.
Even though I'm not a PT nor have a business as such I've setup a social media "alter ego" for myself to promote my approach to training and diet.

I try and post up a combination of food, recipes, routines, actual workout vids, transformation pics, topical fitness/health news stories and some light hearted stuff. I'm by no means a social media mogul (9 facebook likes, 81 instagram followers and 65 twitter followers but it's a start.

I also use a blogger account to post up longer guides or theories I have.

Here's all my stuff

https://www.facebook.com/thefitpublican/
https://twitter.com/thefitpublican
https://www.instagram.com/thefitpublican/
thefitpublican.blogspot.com
 
Facebook isnt neccessily fantastic to generate customers, it should be part of a number of methods to get business

For me facebook is a long term project and just another thing to reinfornce brand awareness in the community, i cant say it ever was directly related to a large number of our customers

Unfortunately im of the opinion that you wont get rich being a pt. you will likely make about as much as a lot of other people do with average jobs

That said i dont understand what you are doing, if its in a gym and you rent a space, or doing pt stuff in public places.

Id develop some long and short term goals both personal and business and work out how to achieve those

For those not in business but wanting to start please realise it can be like bodybuilding. Quite selfish and lonely, very difficult and time consuming, people not understanding
But the rewards can be great and also quite poor. If its poor that is due to circumstances. And i believe you make and change your own circumstances.
 
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