Debra Atkinson

Listen More Than You Talk To Reach Customers Where They Are

We Fitness Professionals Like To Be Right At the cost, often of listening to the entire conversation. We point fingers at what’s wrong before we can hear what’s being said and what might be motivating it. We often resist based on our past experiences and past personal limiting beliefs, as is human nature to do.

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10 Ways to Boost Fitness Leads, Sales and Revenue on a Small Biz Budget

You can easily get overwhelmed by too much information. Choose one or two things and go for it like your life depends on it. The life of your business does. There is no changing the fact that social media is going to be front and center in the marketing campaigns of successful businesses in the

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50 Ways to Boost Your Fitness Leads, Sales, and Revenue

The following was presented at IDEA Personal Training Institute in 2014. If you’re doing them now or considering adding one or more, the trick isn’t in doing it though that is a step. The first step is in knowing why. What’s the end result? Of course, you want to help people and offer value. Beyond that,

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What One Under 30 Fitness Professional Dared To Do – Build a Career Based on Your Gut

Dietitian Cassie has not celebrated her 30th birthday yet. She has, however, both had more experience in her business and experienced more success in her business than some experience in twice as long in business. Listen to how her approach to functional nutrition and health is shaking things up, filling an in-demand need and providing

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What’s In A Name: How To Let Your Next Customer Find You

What’s your business name doing for you? Is it creating leads? What difference does a name change make? One physical therapy business changes its name and begins getting 5 leads a month compared to eight over three years. Work the change? For them it is. Learn more about Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy here. Connect with Debra

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Could All Your Possibility Be Ruining Your Eminent Fitness Business Success?

AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE There are a dozen ideas that could make you successful. If you have a multifaceted skills and talent you may be good at any of them. If you have specific skills you’re good at like most of us, probably just a few will really be your ideal path.

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Impossible Dreams for your personal training business? Two Words Tell it like it is

To Dream The Impossible Dream The problem with that statement is that you spend the rest of your time only half in. You decide it’s your dream…. …as long as it doesn’t interfere with your Friday night plans …you can still tailgate all day on Saturday …you don’t have to do anything “uncomfortable”   If

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Are your blogs and articles about the “average” person -why they should be

IF SHE CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT! That’s the effect you want a story, a testimonial or an image to have. There’s no mistake that using an in-the-news headline about a celebrity or juicy story may get your email read and shared. Yet, writing about that celebrity, unless you’re a celebrity trainer in

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