Cutting-edge business advice for fitness professionals. Learn how to maximize your income as a personal trainer, gym owner, or nutritional consultant. Host and money-making expert Ben presents high salary tips and tricks each week, from the website www.trainfortopdollar.com.
Train For Top Dollar is a website devoted to teaching personal trainers, triathlon coaches, nutritionists, gym owners and fitness professionals how to make money and enjoy a successful fitness career. We teach personal trainer salary tips, triathlon coaching career advice, nutrition consulting business structure strategies, gym business tips, and career advice for fitness professionals. Whether you want to make more money as a personal trainer or enhance your income as a coach or gym owner, this website, combined with Ben Greenfield's book "Personal Trainers' Guide to Earning Top Dollar" will give you everything you need for a successful fitness career.
I recently presented “How To Use Online Technology To Boost Your Business” at the Triathlon America conference. Feel free to check out the slides – which will help you turn from online dinosaur to internet ninja!
Be sure to especially pay attention to last slide, where I give you the website URL for a brand new mentorship program which I’m starting for triathlon coaches: http://www.SuperhumanCoach.com
In this edition, available now at PTOnTheNet, I teach you:
-How to easily do giveaways on your website
-How to log your diet for your clients and automatically turn it into a blog
-How to post a Google Calendar to Facebook
You can access February’s “Social Media For Fitness Professionals” by clicking here.
I’ve got 3 new ways I’m getting more done in a shorter period of time. Here is what they are:
1) Evernote – I use an Evernote “note” to keep track of my daily to-do list. Since it syncs to my Kindle and iPhone, I can access my to-do list from anywhere. I used to use a plain text document for my to-do list, but it was only accessible on my computer, so Evernote is better for this.
2) SendToReader on Kindle – Rather than reading an article on my computer, I am now more typically using the “SendToReader” function on my browser and reading that article on my Kindle when I am standing in line, sitting in an airplane, using the restroom, etc.
Continue reading ‘3 New Ways I’m Getting More Done In A Shorter Period Of Time’
The January episode of PTOnTheNet’s “Social Media For Fitness Professionals” is out. I write this monthly column and in this episode you learn about…
…Gamification Catching On…
…How To Use Facebook Sponsored Stories…
…How To Turn Your Gymgoers or Clients Into Social Media Promoters…
In this video from the BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle, I show 10 of my personal favorite time saving & productivity tips:
Did that video help you?
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Over at PTOnTheNet, I just released December’s “Social Media Tips For Fitness Professionals”, where I talk about a new service called Quipol, how to design your YouTube channel, Slideshare developments and more! You can read it by clicking here!
P.S. I just launched the Tri-Ripped Triathlon Training Affiliate program (click here for details). Launch date is January 12 and I’m giving away lots of Kindle Fires and money, so be sure to check it out to promote!
Over at PTOnTheNet, I just released November’s “Social Media Tips For Fitness Professionals”. You can read it by clicking here!
I have been asked recently who I use for services like:
-business attorney
-financial advisor
-accountant
-investment advisor
-personal productivity coach
-etc., etc., etc.
I use the team at Freedom Fast Track. Send an email to Jeremiah at jburns@FreedomFastTrack.com and tell him I sent you. One of the better business decisions I made was to work with these folks.
Let me know if you have questions by leaving your comments below.
Over at the Rock Star Triathlete Academy, we have a “Business of Triathlon Coaching” member upgrade – and we teach coaching strategies and business tips there. Currently, we’re turning all previous calls into audios and transcriptions for members to access in a convenient package.
I want to share one of the transcriptions with you.
In this “Business Of Triathlon Coaching” seminar you’re going to learn:
Continue reading ‘“The Business Of Coaching” — Triathlon Coaching Tips’
Over at the BenGreenfieldFitness Inner Circle, I recently made a video presentation on my 10 favorite time saving and productivity tips. Here is a synopsis:
#1: Power Hour. Every morning, I do 1) devotions; 2) a morning stretch routine; 3) review my day on ImOnTime; 4) snuggle with the kids. This is far superior to leaping out of bed and making phone calls or checking e-mail.
Continue reading ’10 Of My Personal Favorite Time Saving & Productivity Tips’
Continue reading ’15 Killer Tips For Improving Conversion On Your Online Sales Page’
Every month, I write a Social Media Tips For Fitness Professionals article at PTOnTheNet.com. In the article, you learn about how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms to grow your fitness business.
Check out this month’s episode at: http://www.ptonthenet.com/blog/the-inner-unit/social-media-tips-for-fitness-professionals-september-2011-355
No matter how much you know about anatomy, physiology, swimming, cycling and running, you simply won’t succeed unless you structure your triathlon business properly and set yourself up to be able to get new clients and keep your current clients happy.
In a new USA Triathlon webinar that I taught, you’ll learn how to structure your business, set-up pricing and fees, collect payment from clients, advertise, design your web presence, and much more!
Just go here, and look for the talk entitled: “How To Start A Successful Triathlon Coaching Business“
Every month, I write an article over at PTOnTheNet.com about how fitness professionals can utilize the latest and greatest social media techniques to enhance business productivity, client interaction, and success.
These are really worth a read, so click here for PTOnTheNet’s Social Media Tips For Fitness Professionals, August edition.
Enjoy!
In the past 9 articles in this series, you’ve learned quite a bit about nutrition.
But things change.
Based on ongoing research, recommendations on everything from carbohydrates, to proteins, to fats, to hydration, to electrolytes and supplements will constantly change.
So how do you stay on top of things, so that you can deliver to your clients the most cutting edge knowledge possible?
Here are some of my top resources for continuing education in all things nutrition:
–Stone Hearth Newsletters – At this website, you can subscribe to a series of newsletters on specific topics about nutrition and science. They’re free, and delivered straight to your inbox.
Here’s one for you triathlon coaches out there.
Enjoy, and leave your comments or questions below!
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In a recent article on PTOnTheNet, titled “How To Profit From A New Year’s Weight Loss Challenge”, I explained how to design, organize and manage a profitable New Year’s campaign. The article included a general overview, prize and discount suggestions, participant instruction details…
…and also mentioned a follow-up marketing idea: a letter sent out to not only all participants in the challenge, but also the entire gym. I promised you a sample of the letter that I sent out after our highly profitable New Year’s weight loss challenge, so without further ado, here it is the letter: Continue reading ‘How To Follow Up A New Year’s Weight Loss Challenge to Make Actual SALES of Personal Training Packages’
Avoid these 8 Mistakes to Ensure Satisfied Customers and Maximum Profits…
Everyone wants their fitness boot camp to be successful and profitable. But there are some mistakes frequently made by trainers that sap the life and profit from an otherwise excellent program. Avoid these eight mistakes to make the most out of your boot camp:
Every once in a while, I stumble across a piece of internet marketing software that just makes life easier.
As a matter of fact, I don’t even need to say much about the new Kajabi software. You just need to watch or download the video below. While you’re watching, click here if you want to get Kajabi or if you want a faster loading version of the video, because it’s my affiliate link. Consider that a thank-you for me helping you discover Kajabi.
Remember to click here if you want to get Kajabi (my affiliate link). Enjoy!
In this post and video, I’m going to teach you how to record calls with iPhone. If you search around the internet, it is very difficult to find an actual app that can record iPhone calls, so this is a very good alternative. I completely understand that it requires one external piece of equipment, but it’s well worth the convenience.
Continue reading ‘How To Record Calls With Your iPhone’
So for those of you who aren’t familiar with affiliate programs, they’re basically a mechanism via which you can make recommendations to your clients and receive a profit when your clients actually find enough value in your recomendation to make a purchase.
While fitness professionals can make fantastic added income by offering their clients, customers and lists recommendations on everything from gear and equipment to tanning salons and energy bars, there’s never really been a good nutrition affiliate program for fitness professionals (password is “wccgp” to actually see the protected post on that page).
Continue reading ‘A VERY Profitable Nutrition Affiliate Program For Fitness Professionals’
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Well folks…I just finished this brand new book – and you’re the first to find out if you’re reading this blog!
Introducing the complete career guide for triathlon coaches who want to make a living out of their passion: my new book “How to Become a Triathlon Coach”!
Inside, you’ll learn about triathlon coach certifications and education, tools to enhance your triathlon coaching business, and even how to make your own books and DVD’s!
Continue reading ‘“How To Become A Triathlon Coach” — Now Available!’
Ben Greenfield, the author of this blog, is the 2008 NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year, a worldwide expert on triathlon coaching, a published sports nutritionist, and a fitness business guru. To find out more about Ben's book "Train For Top Dollar", and how you can make more money as a fitness professional, just click here.
