I sold products like this to utilities and contractors
Today marks my entrance to the ranks of the self-employed. I haven't talked about it much, but like many Indoor Cycling Instructors I had a day job. Mine for the past 20+ years was managing a sales territory, for a distributor of underground construction equipment, as a commissioned sales rep. With the economy showing no real signs of recovering and businesses still not having the confidence to invest in capital equipment, the owner of the company and I decided to part ways (although there wasn't much to part from).
Amy and I want to thank all our supporting ICI/PRO members for helping us soften the transition to working for myself 🙂
OK. NPR does this… so why can't I?
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Amy (the Senior Group Fitness Instructor) was on her way home Friday when the person behind her missed her cueing (brake lights) and hit her at speed. She was pretty beat up and after a few hours getting checked out at the ER she looks to be OK. My big takeaway from all of this is how precious our friends and family are and how much I love my wife.
I'm upgrading to a new email system this week. I don't anticipate any problems but you never can tell about the Matrix* The old system we used had some limitations that didn't allow me to separate ICI/PRO Members from everyone else. I'm converting to MailChimp which is very cool and somewhat more user friendly. If you have a small (less than 1,000 subscribers) email list it's completely free to use.
Managing our big list costs us $600.00 a year so I hope you appreciate each and every email we send you 🙂
Speaking of email… we send out an email update every Sunday night. If you aren't receiving it, it's probably in your Spam filter. I can't fix that for you, only you can. Adding john@indoorcycleinstructor.com to your list of contacts should fix that for you.
Outdoor cyclists can be very particular about their bike fit and setup. So much so that many won't come to your class because, after hundreds of hours on their own bikes, they don't feel comfortable on the Indoor Cycles in your studio. Then there's the issue of those who train with a Power Tap (or some other power measuring device) on their bike and yours don't have anything.
ICI/PRO Member and USA Certified Cycling Coach Sheryl DeBoer has found the solution: LET THEM BRING THEIR OWN BIKES!
Sheryl said in her email to me;
I had 36 riders the other night and this is December. What will January be like?
I demanded offered to have Sheryl on a future episode of the Indoor Cycle Instructor PRO Podcast so stay tuned for something in January!
This will be an ICI/PRO Members Only Podcast. If you aren't a PRO member yet, a Monthly or Annual subscription would makes a great Christmas present to yourself 🙂
Danny MacAskill is simply amazing to watch ride a bicycle. This previous video of him has over 22 million hits. If you want a few minutes of escape you will enjoy watching him ride in some very interesting places, many of which appear to be WWII ruins. I do have a question for all you techies; how do I get this in a format where I can show it to my class?
