Creating Brand Loyalty as Trainer

Creating Brand Loyalty as Trainer

Standing out in the market is important. And offering a competitive service and price are effective at capturing customer’s attention. But taking that attention and turning it into repeat clients with brand loyalty is critical to your long-term success. So let’s discuss key steps you can take for creating brand loyalty as a personal trainer.

  1. Establish your brand // Build brand awareness.
  2. Deliver your brand // Grow your brand.
  3. Earn referrals // Create brand loyalty.

HOW TO ESTABLISH YOUR PERSONAL TRAINING BRAND

You can think of a brand as an identity. It is more than what is on the outside – it is the experience. What is the culture, the vibe, the feeling you get from walking into the building, seeing your trainer and working out.

Creating a brand is done with intention. Research the market – who is your target market and who are your competitors? Where can you speak to your target market? How are you different than your competitors?

Then, answer the question, why should your ideal client pick you?

And you have found your message.

Get your message out into the community and start building brand awareness. Let your clients experience your message and grow your brand.

RESOURCES TO SHARE YOUR BRAND

  • Website / Online Listings
  • Social Media
  • Community Organizations / Publications
  • Email Campaigns
  • Events / Open House

If you are already an established personal trainer looking to change your current career trajectory. You might want to consider some new ways to improve your career satisfaction.

HOW TO CONSISTENTLY DELIVER A BRAND EXPERIENCE

Have a system. Keep yourself accountable. Do the little things.

Working in a system to onboard new clients, evaluate client progress, maintain records, and communicate with clients will make you more successful. Keep yourself organized so you spend less time managing and more time delivering. And set firm boundaries that define your clients experience and use the system to ensure they are held.

Remember personal training is a relationship based job, cultivate strong relationships as an extension of your brand.

STANDARDS YOU CAN SET

  • New client inquiries are answered within 48 hours. Making an impression before you even have made them a client.
  • Have branded paperwork and a process for before, during and after a clients first session.
  • Follow-up with your clients, answer texts/e-mails, and research additional information.

WHY EARNING REFERRALS IS AN INDICATOR OF BRAND LOYALTY

Only a client with brand loyalty will be referring you new business. Having your clients act as brand ambassadors, getting your name on the minds of people in the community, sending you referrals is an effective way to gauge your success as a personal trainer. 

Asking for referrals can be awkward, which is why I believe in sharing with your clients what you need. By simply telling them you are looking for 1-2 new clients, or have a specific time slot that opened up can trigger a referral.

SELF-EMPLOYED VS EMPLOYED

In our industry, clients are generally loyal to a trainer and not a gym. So whether you work for yourself or someone else, your brand loyalty is important.

But both of those career paths have obstacles. Pure Fitness is offering a new opportunity to personal trainers. A cost-effective way of owning their own business. To truly take control of the career growth and earning potential through a studio rental. And minimize overhead expenses, alleviate a lot of financial risk and stress associated to ownership and allows full control over their business.

If you are in the Milwaukee area use the contact form below to get more information.

MORE DETAILS

A monthly lease payment at Pure Fitness covers all overhead expenses, we guarantee there will be no surprises. Rent, internet, cleaning, garbage, landscaping/snow removal, music, utilities and more are all covered in the monthly payment. It also gives you access to your own dedicated, fully equipped training space and a common area with cardio equipment and additional strength training equipment. 

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3 Ways to Gauge Success As A Trainer

3 Ways to Gauge Success As A Trainer

Whether you work at a gym or you’re an owner reflecting and evaluating your performance as a personal trainer is a necessary component to growth and long-term success. Here are 3 ways to gauge your business success as a personal trainer:

  1. Client Retention
  2. Client Referrals
  3. Client Success

CLIENT RETENTION IN PERSONAL TRAINING

Client retention gives you career/income stability. And in an industry that has an 80-90% turnover rate of personal trainers, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, simply sticking around is key.

FIRST STEP

Commit to the long haul. Focus on where you want to be in 10-15 years. Build your brand, your skills and your relationships to reflect your long term vision.

SECOND STEP

There are three things you can do everyday to retain clients: listen, educate and follow-up.

The client is here for her/himself and they will tell you exactly what they want. Listen. A client comes to you because they believe you know more than them. Educate. Your clients make strides and share personal information. Follow-up.

Do this routine and use the feedback to improve your programming and relationship.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CAREER?

For those of you who are curious, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, personal trainers are leaving because they are unhappy with work hours, atmosphere, career mobility, and compensation among other things.

Pure Fitness’ Independent Personal Trainer model is designed to help personal trainers increase their career happiness and longevity by improving compensation, growth and work hours through business ownership. Read Improve the Work Life Balance of a Trainer for insight into how we are offering a new type of career as a personal trainer.

CLIENT REFERRALS IN PERSONAL TRAINING

In my experience client retention leads to client referrals.

Not all clients refer. But you can do three things to encourage referrals.

  1. Inform – make sure your clients know that you are accepting and actively looking for new clients.
  2. Share – Tell clients about opportunities or other services that may interest them or their friends and family.
  3. Reward – offer an incentive for referrals, but remember the success of your referrals comes from the value you have built in your relationship with a client, not the value of the incentive.

SET YOURSELF APART FROM THE CROWD

I think it is important to note, when you get a referral treat the referrer as important as you treat the new client. After all, you want them to refer again. The necessity is to thank the referring client directly with a face-to-face conversation and even a card.

CLIENT SUCCESS IN PERSONAL TRAINING

Your goal is to deliver quality programming designed to help your client reach their goals. Measuring and communicating client progress is essential to properly evaluating success.

Consider making a client specific assessment protocol. It can include metrics like body fat and measurements, and fitness testing like a flexibility assessment and a 1 rep max. Communicate the results and how the program is designed to support their goals to create trust and validation.

SUCCESS AS A PERSONAL TRAINER

Client results, retention and referrals serve as validation of your skills as a personal trainer. They show your ability to listen to needs, apply knowledge, create and implement a program designed for success.

The most valuable asset you have is your clients.  Clients are the life blood of your business. Take time and step away from training to evaluate your business health to ensure you are creating a great experience for your clients.

WHAT ABOUT BUSINESS OWNERSHIP?

Pure Fitness is here to offer a new opportunity. We are encouraging personal trainers new, old and part-time to look at a cost-effective way of owning their own business. To take control of the career growth and earning potential by renting a full equipped studio.

Personal trainers renting at Pure Fitness have full control over their businesses. They set their price points, pick their schedules and more. There are no annoying responsibilities like cleaning and towel folding. Instead, personal trainers can focus on their craft, their career and their business.

If this opportunity is of interest to you please use the contact form below to learn more.

 

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Improve the Work Life Balance of a Trainer

Improve the Work Life Balance of a Trainer

The fitness industry is a growing and exciting area right now. Personal training, specifically boutique fitness, is a creative, flexible, and in-demand space that grows annually. It is also one that struggles to retain personal trainers due to multifaceted job dissatisfaction. Here is how Pure Fitness is going to improve the work life balance of a personal trainer allowing them to love their career and take hold of their future.

CURRENT LANDSCAPE IN PERSONAL TRAINING

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics the industry is projected to grow 39% with a personal trainer turnover of 80-90%. This turnover can be attributed to work hours, pay and stunted career growth.

Most positions for personal trainers are hourly based with few opportunities for salaried positions. It is true that in some cases an hourly position can be very lucrative. That is rarely the case for personal trainers.

The average personal trainers are working on an hourly pay basis hoping to pick-up new clients, grow their business and build stability. To do so they need to make themselves available. That means all day, every day, including weekends. This wide open schedule allows personal trainers to cast the broadest net. Successfully attracting the largest number of clients to stimulate income.

On a national average, personal trainers make $40,500 annually depending on employer and geographic location. At 40 hours a week and 52 weeks in year, the average trainer is making approximately $19.50 per hour.

Career growth is represented by new roles and responsibilities and an increase in compensation. In the case of a personal trainer, vertical growth (new roles and responsibilities) are rare. Hourly pay is a result of how much a client pays per session, which will directly limit earning potential.

THE CHALLENGES FACING A CAREER AS A PERSONAL TRAINER

A personal trainer’s work hours will always be dictated by client availability. Most people want to train before work, at lunch, or after work. For a trainer to work a standard 8-9 hour day of sessions they are likely to be working from 5 am to 8 pm, just not every hour.

That is the recipe for burnout.

Career growth comes to a halt after a few years for most personal trainers. Simply because there is a ceiling on how much people are willing to pay for personal training.

The result is that qualified personal trainers leave for more rewarding and lucrative opportunities. And others branch out on their own. Committed to staying in the industry.

HOW TO IMPROVE THE WORK LIFE BALANCE OF A PERSONAL TRAINER

Pure Fitness is here to offer a new opportunity. We are encouraging personal trainers new, old and part-time to look at a cost-effective way of owning their own business. To take control of the career growth and earning potential.

We offer passionate personal trainers, focused on the long-term, the ability to rent space. Effectively minimize overhead expenses and build the career they want. And alleviate much of the financial risk and stressors associated to business ownership.

Personal trainers renting at Pure Fitness have full control over their businesses. They set their price points, pick their schedules and more. There are no annoying responsibilities like cleaning and towel folding. Instead, personal trainers can focus on their craft, their career and their business.

Plus, we remain a resource for our renters. Sharing knowledge based on our education, time in the industry and personal success. A good example is this blog post on gauging success as a personal trainer.

MORE DETAILS

A monthly lease payment at Pure Fitness covers all overhead expenses, we guarantee there will be no surprises. Rent, internet, cleaning, garbage, landscaping/snow removal, music, utilities and more are all covered in the monthly payment. It also gives you access to your own dedicated, fully equipped training space and a common area with cardio equipment and additional strength training equipment. 

If this opportunity is of interest to you please use the contact form below to learn more.

 

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11 Quick Workouts for The Gym

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We are in full summer mode! Garage door is open, workouts are extra sweaty and we are spending as much time outside as we can. For us that means quicker and more intense workouts to save time and get the most out of our workout. Check out these 11 quick workouts for the gym, I hope you enjoy them!

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How Personal Trainers Can Attract Clients Consistently  

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