2. Style over substance. I’ll never forget talking with a guru one day about how to get leads to talk on the phone. Way back in the day, before I had a gym of my own, I worked as a receptionist at a busy architectural firm. Salesmen would call all day long trying to get me to put them through to the owner of the company. I got pretty good at sniffing them out. I wanted to make sure...
When someone comes into your gym, there’s a good chance asking the right sales questions will enable you to close the sale. But, the minute you start talking to them, they may instantly shut down and run for the door. Why does this happen? The average consumer is very smart. They can smell a sales pitch a mile away. But, if you’re able to ask the right sales questions, there’s a good chance...
In the last few posts, we’ve tackled some common social media mistakes gym, and business owners, make when marketing on social media. To recap: Social media is the largest and most often used platform in marketing. And if you’re a business owner, you may already have a business page, and groups, geared to around your content. However, some business owners make mistakes when marketing on social...
Your marketing plan should always include social media. If it doesn’t, then you may not draw in the clients you’re currently looking for. In part one of our 4-part series… We covered the top 2 mistakes you’re making when it comes to posting and creating engagement on social media. And in part 2…we dived in deeper. Today, we are going to give the next two mistakes…and give you a much clearer...
If you want to engage prospective clients, then you need to leverage social media to your advantage. Because face it, there’s a good chance someone out there needs what you’re selling. But: If you’re committing these social media marketing mistakes…not only will your message fall flat… It could turn off the prospects you want to attract to your facility. In part one, you discovered two...
In this series, we are going to give you some tips to make your social media advertising strong and engaging. Everyone knows how important social media is to growing your business. But, if you’re doing it wrong, then your message won’t reach the right people…preventing them from knowing and falling in love with your business. For example, the top-known fitness businesses, to A-list celebrities...
As a gym owner, you that in order to succeed, you need to have plenty of leads coming through your door. Not just any leads, but the leads you know will join your gym, and become lifelong ambassadors for your program. And this is why you have a lead generation marketing strategy in place. If your lead generation marketing game isn’t up to snuff, then the people you want to attract may not see...
Most gym owners want to be helpful, not annoying, right? You got into fitness to improve people’s lives – not to be an obnoxious salesperson. But running a successful business requires you to make sales. And, lucky for all of us, there’s more to it than smiling Mr. Selfless on one end of the spectrum – and the used-car salesman in the plaid jacket on the other end. Too often when it comes to...
