One of the most common questions we get from people just like you is this… “How will I get clients once I get certified?”
Getting clients is not difficult. The only reason people ever have a challenge is one of two things; they either don’t try, or they never do any of the following strategies on a regular basis.
Once you get a base of clients, it gets easier and easier to stay busy training and coaching people.
Here’s how you get an endless stream of clients:
Your Community is Your Resource for More Students
You could always benefit from more members, students, and clients.
Your local community is filled with opportunities to build quality relationships so you can increase your student numbers.
Yes, this is different than running a Facebook ad or making a YouTube video. We aren’t saying you should stop doing that. It’s just important to be active in your community as well to maximize the relationship opportunities.
Here are some ideas you can implement immediately:
Take Your Skills to the General Consumer Market
You may be missing out on the biggest market for your coaching services.
If you’ve been focused on only elite athletes, you are leaving so much on the table.
Working with elite athletes is exciting and rewarding. And, you also know that they are often broke on the way up. They can barely pay for your services.
On the other hand, someone who likely has more education, a more stable career, and just wants a fun martial arts fitness workout can more easily hire you and keep using your services for a long time.
And, they are going to be much easier to train. You will do less work, and still have a lot of fun. They are thrilled. Everyone wins.
How to Increase Strength and Flexibility at the Same Time
You know there is always that battle of building muscle/strength and increasing flexibility. It’s a delicate dance. You want and need both. So what do you do?
You have some options.
Here they are in no particular order:
1. Alternate between a strength set and flexibility set during your workout.
2. Do many of your strength exercises on a very deep, low and specific way to that you include flexibility and range of motion in each strength movement.
Your Flexibility Needs Help
Let’s be honest, you could use some help with your flexibility.
What if you could do rubber guard like BJ Penn?
What if you had the hip dexterity to do kick like Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson?
What if your back was just more flexible, so it didn’t hurt so much?
What if your shoulders had more mobility so you didn’t tap so fast on an Americana or Kimura?
What if you could finally do the splits?
What if you just felt better before you went to sleep each night?
DOUBLE YOUR TRAINING CLIENTS NOW???
There is a single phrase you can use in your marketing and when you speak to your classes that will “potentially” double your client base and your business.
Can you guess what it is?
Drum roll, please……. “You and a friend”
Yep, that’s it.
1 Technique + 1 Conditioning Drill Workout
Sometimes you just don’t have enough time (or the desire) to do a full workout. Yet, you know you need to do something.
This is the perfect time to do the 1 Technique + 1 Conditioning Drill Workout.
Here’s how it works:
On the day of your workout, you decide which technique you need to work on most.
Consistency in Your Coaching Career NOT Just Your Training
You have certainly heard the saying that “consistency is critical in your training routine to get optimal results.” You’ve likely told this to your students endless times.
But… How much do you apply that same philosophy to your business, your gym, or your training studio?
Consistency is vital to success in basically everything in life.
For some reason, coaches and trainers don’t always apply this same simple logic (and truth) to growing their business. This puzzles us!!!
JUST BE HONEST FOR A MOMENT…
How consistent have you been in the last month for any/all of the following?
But… How much do you apply that same philosophy to your business, your gym, or your training studio?
Consistency is vital to success in basically everything in life.
For some reason, coaches and trainers don’t always apply this same simple logic (and truth) to growing their business. This puzzles us!!!
JUST BE HONEST FOR A MOMENT…
How consistent have you been in the last month for any/all of the following?
The Money is NOT in the UFC Hopeful…Where is it?
As a fitness or conditioning expert for combat athletes, you’ve likely had thoughts of being cage side as one of your athletes enters the UFC octagon.
This is an incredible accomplishment. It’s highly coveted.
It’s most likely never going to happen.
#truthbomb
Let’s be honest… the likelihood of one of your students getting to the UFC is slim to none. Yes, we know we have members who train fighters in the Bellator and UFC. Yes, we even have certified coaches who train UFC and Bellator World Champions…Quite a few in fact! [Read more…]
Will This Make MMA Better?
Are you trying to guess what we’re talking about?
What do you think would make the sport of MMA better?
Sure, technique can always improve, and it is better more refined each year.
We must first look backward to move forward…
Traditional martial arts have something that a lot of modern martial arts are missing.
Can you guess what it is? [Read more…]
What do you think would make the sport of MMA better?
Sure, technique can always improve, and it is better more refined each year.
We must first look backward to move forward…
Traditional martial arts have something that a lot of modern martial arts are missing.
Can you guess what it is? [Read more…]
