For many, starting a new endeavor can be scary or complicated; for others, not knowing where to start can keep them from starting at all. If you’ve thought about becoming a personal trainer but don’t have much capital or want to create flexibility in your professional schedule, becoming an online fitness coach may be for you. The average personal training session costs between $40 and $70 per hour, with the high …
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How TrueCoach Saved Our Business During the Pandemic
TrueCoach can give you the technological edge in your local community to connect with clients in a way your competitors can’t. Every once in a while, a technology comes around that changes the way we do business or live our lives. Technologies like Uber which allowed people all over the world to take control of their local travel needs, or Airbnb that changed the vacation rental market forever. …
Your Online Presence Is Your Living Resume. What Does Yours Say?
As a business professional operating in a digitally-driven world, you need to actively manage your image and privacy when posting and engaging online. Having an online presence is like hosting an ongoing, open-invitation dinner party—you don’t know who’s going to show up and when; but when they do, will your house be clean with dinner on the table, or will you be hanging around in your underwear? Unless you’re …
3 Simple Strategies to Educate Your Athletes in Training
You went to school to become a strength coach. You learned the X’s and O’s of personal training through certifications. You gained knowledge and skills through educational seminars. And now, your job is to coach your athletes through training to improve their overall health and performance. But, they don’t really care about being educated. They just want to achieve their goals. Now, what? Simple: …
5 Things the Best Online Coaches Do Extremely Well
When it comes to building your online coaching business, it helps to find inspiration from what the best coaches do extremely well. In the plethora of online coaches out there on the “inter-webs”, it can be hard to distinguish who’s doing it right and ethically, and who’s full of crap. So, what sets apart the best from the rest in the world of online coaches? What do the best coaches specifically do to build …
5 Ways to Make Sure Your Clients Train Hard (Without You Being There)
It’s easy to push your clients when you’re training in person, but how do you accomplish this remotely? How do you get your clients to train with the level of intensity you know they can (and should be)? As an online coach, your clients don’t have the luxury of being with you for all their workouts. In order to help them get the best results possible, you need to find ways to push them without you actually being …
CASE STUDY: Allison McKail
Allison McKail owns a remote coaching business that helps clients reach their maximum physical potential through a combination of ongoing video calls, individualized fitness plans, and nutritional support. As her business grew, she found herself struggling to receive client payments on-time. She also found herself frustrated with the lack of both automation and workout creation capabilities. McKail had explored a …
Do These 3 Things to Get More Engagement on Your Social Media Posts
Simply put, engagement is attention. It happens when your content sparks someone’s interest enough that they like it, comment on it, message you about it, share it, or unbeknownst to you, talk about it offline. Each of these interactions is valuable, but only when they align with the context of your content and your original reason for posting. What does that mean? When you post on social media, you do so for …
How to Track Your Clients’ Progress for the Best Results (Step by Step)
Doing a great job with the people you’re already working with is *hands down* the single best way to get more clients. Help your clients achieve amazing results and you won’t have to look for business, it’ll come looking for you. If you really want to be a great coach, tracking your clients’ progress for the best results isn’t just an option, it’s a requirement. Setting fitness goals without tracking your progress …
Five Ways to Increase Client Results and Retention You Have Probably Never Considered
As a coach, sometimes it’s hard not to become consumed with the training program you’re writing for your clients—in creating the perfect program for each client’s goals and needs. Because you know if they reach their goals, chances are they’ll want to keep being your client...But long-time strength and conditioning coach and OPEX CEO Carl Hardwick explains getting clients results, and ultimately retaining …