Are you the next Women’s Health Fitness Star?

Are you the next Women’s Health Fitness Star?

by | Feb 16, 2015 | Latest News

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Personal Trainer Stacie Clark was the first “Next Fitness Star” chosen by Women’s Health magazine – are you next?

 

I love helping Instructors become more successful – in fact my whole business plan is based on providing the platform Smart & Talented Instructors need to launch their careers 🙂

I was contacted today with another opportunity for you…

Women’s Health is launching its 3rd annual search for The Next Fitness Star.   Year one winner Stacie Clark and year two winner Emily Schromm have had their careers transform and takeoff after taking the win and we are opening up auditions for 2015 now. I wanted to see if you'd like to share this information with your network of trainers.

Five finalists will be chosen to compete for the winning slot. They will appear on the July/August flip cover of Women’s Health (as well as a beautiful feature inside the issue) and much, much more. The winner will receive their own DVD contract, marketing plan and a huge feature in the January 2016 issue, plus a full scale marketing plan to help their business.  This is an amazing opportunity and we are looking to have fitness trainers (of all levels and types) to apply. NOTE: You need to apply before February 27th 2015 to be considered. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Enter at www.thenextfitnessstar.com

More: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/tags/next-fitness-star

Not being a reader of Womens Health – I wasn't previously aware of this contest or how Stacie Clark, a local personal trainer here in Minnesota, was the winner of the first Next Fitness Star.

Clark was recently crowned the “Next Fitness Star” by Women’s Health magazine. In the latest issue, her workout secrets are featured in a six-page spread. She beat out thousands of applicants to win the title. One of the spoils of her victory: a starring role in a new DVD fitness series called “The Women’s Health Power Sculpt Series with Stacie Clark DVD” ($28, available atwww.thenextfitnessstar.com/jan).

Clark comes from humble roots, a farm kid from Indiana. She led an active life growing up, but hit a wall in college. Forty pounds later, she walked into a gym and took a job there – so she could get fit for free. “I got in the best shape of my life,” Clark said. “That’s when I lost the weight, and then I never let it go.”

Today, she’s a certified trainer and co-owner of Tiger Fit Studio in Plymouth. For Clark, fitness is more than a profession: “This is my lifestyle.”

All I ask in exchange… is that you don't forget me when you're famous 🙂

Are you the next Women’s Health Fitness Star?

Please come back to my class!

by | Aug 9, 2012 | Instructor Training, Promote and Build Your Class

OK, so mid August may be a little bit early to start asking people to come back to your class. But I don't feel that there's any harm in giving some thought (and maybe some preparation) in how you plan to encourage past students to return to class this Fall.

Here is an excellent article from Club Industry contributor Christine Thalwitz that reinforces the need to collect contact info on participants throughout the Indoor Cycling season.

Keep in Touch with Lost Members So You Can Win Them Back One Day

Blame it on the down economy, poor service or a life change. Whatever the reason, most health clubs lose at least 20 percent to 40 percent of their members each year. The good news is that many former members are ready to come back if you just ask them.

At my club, ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers, referrals from existing members are our top source for new membership sales, but former members who rejoin are a strong second. Many companies do not take any special steps to recapture lost members, but ignoring these individuals constitutes a massive missed opportunity. 

Last week, while I was riding a century, the course took me past a restaurant that Amy and I used to eat at occasionally – but haven't for years. Why haven't we gone back there? I thought. I really liked it, but I've completely forgotten about this place.  Had they sent me an occasional letter or email there's a good chance we would have returned. But they didn't – so we didn't return.

Back in September of 2008 I recorded ICI Podcast #5 — ten steps to building up your class numbers. In it I share my strategies for class promotion. These steps have worked for me and I hope, if you haven't heard them before, that they help you fill your class this fall!

One note: In the Podcast I encourage you to start your own Blog, which obviously dates when I published this. Now my recommendation is to start a Facebook group where you can communicate what's happening in your class.