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Becoming a personal trainer and starting up your own business is one of the smarter things that you can do if you are out of work, in shape and love to work out. The economic crunch has proven to tough on a lot of different occupations, but this is not one of them. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The niche of business is absolutely thriving. However, if you are going to have your own business, you must know how to get personal training referrals in order to be successful.

The first place you are going to look is right inside your own front door. Each and every client that you currently have is a great choice to drum you up business. If you are keeping them happy, they are more than likely to tell people about how great your service is. If they are looking for a little more for their money, give it to them because the last thing you want is someone walking out the door upset.

Now think about all the places that people go to when and work out in your neighborhood. How many of them are big name gyms and how many of them are places that are just local joints with small staffs. The latter is the type of place that you want to check out because they may not have someone on staff that is a qualified trainer. Offer your services where the only money you make is the fee your charge and you may find yourself in there with a boatload of clients.

If you have never heard of a Chamber of Commerce, get familiar with it. This is a local organization that will help network business in the community and help them grow. By becoming an active member, you will get your name out to other business and hopefully generate some traffic to your business. Even if you only get a handful of clients, the time will be well spent.

It is also time to badger your friends and relatives. Remember that old shampoo commercial where she tells two friends and she tells two friends and so on and so on and so on? This is exactly the type of chain that you want to start. It may take it about 5 or 6 links down the line to get a customer, but now hundreds of people are hearing about your service. The more buzz your create, the more likely you are to land some clients.

Some of these people are going to do this out of the kindness of their heart, but more often than not, you are going to have to sweeten the pot to get some kind of action out of them. When people are getting something for nothing they tend to get a little more active about it.

Since you are a trainer, one of the best incentives that you can offer is going to be free sessions. Your clients will love this type of incentive. If you have people sending you clients that don't work out, get some gift certificates that you can hand out for every so many people that they send you. Have some business cards printed up with a line on the back for them to write their name in as the person that got the referral. Whatever it is that you promise though, make sure you deliver or you will lose your sales team.

Learning how to get personal training referrals is not a difficult thing. In most cases, it is more common sense than anything else. You know what your customers like and you know what your friends and family like. Dangle it in their faces and put them to work selling you! Kickbacklife.com is a great resource for marketing for personal trainers.

Growing Up…Hesitantly…With Satellite TV

Never having been one to spend too much time in front of the TV, I’ve never really thought too much about satellite TV, cable, or anything else relating to television.  After all, my 1982 Toshiba TV, which I inherited from a former roommate, who got it from his parents, grandparents, or whomever, wasn’t exactly ready for the high definition revolution in TV.  Watching sports was pretty similar to watching a game of Tecmo Bowl on the original Nintendo – a bunch of red and blue squares moving around a green background.  If you stood more than five feet away from the set, the only way to tell who scored was to listed for a crowd either A) cheering or B) falling silent.  

As a result, having moved around the country a few times since leaving the geographic area within which I can watch my beloved Vikings, the only way that I could take part in the inevitable and maddening frustration of a Vikings season was to find a local sports bar with no conflicting allegiances.  As we all know, you can’t just change teams, and the Broncos and Patriots were never of any interest to me, as they tend to win a lot, very foreign concept for a Vikes fan.  Now that I’m in L.A., I can watch the Raiders, which is sort of like watching Arena Ball, or the Chargers, who play on a baseball field, which always bothered me.  So, before too long, it was back to the sports bar search…

After Week 2, I got to thinking about this whole situation.  It wasn’t as though I was 23, working as a ski instructor, using disgusting plaid furniture, handed down from families not even related to me.  I actually had a career now, and as much as I missed my days on the mountain, I wasn’t chomping at the bit to go back to the living accommodations that accompanied those days.  Nice apartment, usually minus transient friends on the couch, furniture without visible stains, a dog that received regular baths.  In fact, the only thing that remained was the 1982 Toshiba, complete with Squaw Valley bumper sticker.  The novelty of going to a bar (without high definition) at 10 A.M. every Sunday was wearing off, and as I thought about the bar tab (and liver damage) for an entire season versus the price of NFL Sunday Ticket and a flat screen, I decided that it was time to grow up and get an HD TV.        

The more I thought about this, the more it made sense, half of my Netflix account was dedicated to HBO series that I was continually a season behind on.  The only way to catch Eastbound & Down was to relentlessly badger one of two friends with HBO, which could land either (or both) in divorce court by Season 3.  I was sick of dealing with the toothless meth-heads that mingled amongst the NFC Central fans Sunday mornings in Venice after their return to the beach post two-week bender in Fresno, and as I priced everything out, I actually came to the conclusion that it might be cheaper to go this route.

Having arrived at the conclusion that I was going to need a flat screen that was ready for a high definition feed, and that I wanted various sports channels, NFL Sunday Ticket, HBO, and nature shows in HD, I ventured off to make a purchase.  With cable packages including a thousand channels that I did not want or need (Oxygen, anyone?), I went for satellite TV, in high definition, with a custom package that included ESPN, NFL Sunday Ticket, HBO, and Discovery, and not a million other add-ons that I didn’t want to pay for.

Week 3 felt pretty good – satellite TV in high definition, 4th quarter comeback for the Vikes, from the comfort of my stain-free couch, without any meth-heads trying to stab me.  Caught the finish of the Bengals-Steelers game as well, and Sunday night, got to watch Eastbound & Down, without contributing to a friend’s divorce.  Shark Week in HD should be epic, and now that my Netflix queue has been freed up, Planet Earth in high definition coming soon.  Best of all, with NFL Sunday Ticket, I will never have to watch the Raiders again, which should help me avoid becoming a soccer fan…

About the Author

Reluctant as I was, acting like a grown-up wasn’t so bad this time. Satellite TV in HD is a world apart from the old 82 Toshiba. NFL Sunday Ticket is available through DirectTV, and have a look at Directtv Packagesfor information on packages like my sports/HBO/Discovery concoction.

What is the problem people have with Communists? They're just like us!?

So many people are so ignorant to people who are communists. They say so much shit, and badger Russians. Just a teeny tiny newsflash: RUSSIA IS NOT COMMUNIST ANYMORE!. Also, if they wear things that have communist symbols, why do you care? You put bumper stickers on you car supporting your candidates for Republican or Democrat, but if a Communist party bumper sticker was on a car, people would look down on that person. It's ridiculous. So, what I would like to know is how you all feel about this and whethe ro not you discriminate against Communists-not "commies".

By the way I am not a Communist, I just hate when people express their freedom of beliefs, and they are snubbed for them.
I'm not saying i agree with communist idealogy, I'm just saying many people stereotype Communists because of their beliefs, just like others stereotype Muslims for their beliefs, and i feel that that is wrong.

From the above answers, I can clearly see people do not understand Communism! Actually we were born Communists. Right?

In Communism everyone is equal. We would all have the same house, clothes, car, job, wife, kids, toys, food, etc. We would have only one leader. We are born equal. That is just about where it ends.

Communism does not and has not worked. Everyone wants something diff rent.

You must remember this thought: When the second coming of Christ (or first for some) happens, He will sit on the throne. We will all be as one.

Think about it. Russians, Cubans, and Chinese have paid the price. So has past governments that had a dictator. ( Only one leader) Even ancient civilizations have failed from a dictator and greed.

Today, we live in a society that is taxed so heavily, we all have to work. Even those who live off government programs still work at receiving those benefits!

Those that choose to live off government subsidies are very close to living under a dictator.

I am not a Commie! I have been to countries that are or still considered Communist. Those people put their pants on just like we do. One leg at a time! They want the life style we have in the US. They are polite, hard working, and very loving. So don't judge a person or their country by their leadership.

Just remember the second coming and where will you be?

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