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SPEAK YOUR MIND & SAVE THE GULF

healthclubpro — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:59:16 +0000

WARNING: BP has caused a WILDLIFE EMERGENCY!!!

Help me ease the animals suffering.

Sad but, true Millions of gallons of oil have oozed into the water since the April 20th rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Some estimates calculate the oil flow to be over 70,000 barrels of oil a day—making the BP spill already eight times larger than Exxon Valdez!

And we still don’t know when it will stop.

The wildlife casualties are adding up. Oil has officially hit land, and numerous sea turtles, dolphins and migratory birds have all been reported dead or dying on gulf beaches. Sadly, this is just the beginning of the uphill battle wildlife in the region now face.

I’m sure you have become more and more sickened by the coverage that is being blasted nonstop. Recently I began to think about what I could do to help. While I’d love to physically pitch in with the actual cleanup efforts like most people I have to work. Nor am I wealthy enough to foot the bill for the entire cleanup operation although I would if I could. As I racked my brain to come up with something it hit me like a ton of bricks. What if I could get a lot of people to pool their donations collectively what a difference we could make? Then I had another thought. “I’m Mad as HELL” and not only wanted to help the victims of this terrible event but to voice my outrage with the FATCATS at BP who have not only been inexcusably slow in their efforts to end this crisis but actually secretive and suspiciously deceptive with the information not just with the public but, with the government t and all the people who are eager to lend a hand.

If you are like me and want to make a difference.

And,

If you want to let the world know how you feel about BP’s negligence and blinding greed

If you care about the truly innocent victims of this disaster…….THE ANIMALS

HERE is the Solution!

I have designed the above new logo which symbolizes distrust and outrage. If you wear this badge there will no doubt how you feel about BP and their piss poor efforts in the gulf.

Most importantly you can pool your resources together with other likeminded individuals and support the true heroes who are working hard to minimize the impact of this unfortunate event.

I have created T-shirts with this special message just for those A$*hoL3$ at BP

Please act today to help protect the over 400 species of treasured wildlife that stand to lose so much from this devastating tragedy. Your support will go right to work protecting wildlife and wild places impacted by the BP oil spill disaster.

T-Shirts = $22.00 XS-XL $25.oo XXL, White or Black

Hurry 25% of the proceeds will go immediately to help the National Wildlife Federation. SPEAK YOUR MIND, MAKE A DIFFERINCE, AND DO SOME GOOD.

To order send me a direct message and I will reply with ordering instructions via paypal or email fbejr@eserge.com for instructions

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healthclubpro — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:54:00 +0000

SPEAK YOUR MIND & SAVE THE GULF

WARNING: BP has caused a WILDLIFE EMERGENCY!!!

Help me ease the animals suffering.

And we still don’t know when it will stop.

If you are like me and want to make a difference.

And,

If you want to let the world know how you feel about BP’s negligence and blinding greed

If you care about the truly innocent victims of this disaster…….THE ANIMALS

HERE is the Solution!

I have designed the above new logo which symbolizes distrust and outrage. If you wear this badge there will no doubt how you feel about BP and their piss poor efforts in the gulf.

Most importantly you can pool your resources together with other likeminded individuals and support the true heroes who are working hard to minimize the impact of this unfortunate event.

I have created T-shirts, stickers, and coffee mugs with the special message above just for those A$*hoL3$ at BP

T-Shirts = $22.00 XS-XL $25.oo XXL, White or Black

Hurry 25% of the proceeds will go immediately to help the National Wildlife Federation. SPEAK YOUR MIND, MAKE A DIFFERINCE, AND DO SOME GOOD.

To order send me a direct message and I will reply with ordering instructions via paypal or email fbejr@eserge.com for instructions

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healthclubpro — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:50:55 +0000

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[[posterous-content:pid___0]]SPEAK YOUR MIND & SAVE THE GULF

WARNING: BP has caused a WILDLIFE EMERGENCY!!!

Help me ease the animals suffering.

And we still don’t know when it will stop.

If you are like me and want to make a difference.

And,

If you want to let the world know how you feel about BP’s negligence and blinding greed

If you care about the truly innocent victims of this disaster…….THE ANIMALS

HERE is the Solution!

I have designed the above new logo which symbolizes distrust and outrage. If you wear this badge there will no doubt how you feel about BP and their piss poor efforts in the gulf.

Most importantly you can pool your resources together with other likeminded individuals and support the true heroes who are working hard to minimize the impact of this unfortunate event.

I have created T-shirts, stickers, and coffee mugs with the special message above just for those A$*hoL3$ at BP

T-Shirts = $22.00 XS-XL $25.oo XXL, White or Black

Coffee Mugs = $15.00

Sticker = $6.00

Hurry 25% of the proceeds will go immediately to help the National Wildlife Federation. SPEAK YOUR MIND, MAKE A DIFFERINCE, AND DO SOME GOOD.

To order send me a direct message and I will reply with ordering instructions via paypal or email fbejr@eserge.com for instructions

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healthclubpro — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:50:24 +0000

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SPEAK YOUR MIND & SAVE THE GULF

WARNING: BP has caused a WILDLIFE EMERGENCY!!!

Help me ease the animals suffering.

And we still don’t know when it will stop.

If you are like me and want to make a difference.

And,

If you want to let the world know how you feel about BP’s negligence and blinding greed

If you care about the truly innocent victims of this disaster…….THE ANIMALS

HERE is the Solution!

I have designed the above new logo which symbolizes distrust and outrage. If you wear this badge there will no doubt how you feel about BP and their piss poor efforts in the gulf.

Most importantly you can pool your resources together with other likeminded individuals and support the true heroes who are working hard to minimize the impact of this unfortunate event.

I have created T-shirts, stickers, and coffee mugs with the special message above just for those A$*hoL3$ at BP

T-Shirts = $22.00 XS-XL $25.oo XXL, White or Black

Coffee Mugs = $15.00

Sticker = $6.00

Hurry 25% of the proceeds will go immediately to help the National Wildlife Federation. SPEAK YOUR MIND, MAKE A DIFFERINCE, AND DO SOME GOOD.

To order send me a direct message and I will reply with ordering instructions via paypal or email fbejr@eserge.com for instructions

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Tell BP how you really feel while helping the Gulf!

healthclubpro — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:45:51 +0000

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If you care about the truly innocent victims of this disaster…….THE ANIMALS

HERE is the Solution!

I have designed the above new logo which symbolizes distrust and outrage. If you wear this badge there will no doubt how you feel about BP and their piss poor efforts in the gulf.

Most importantly you can pool your resources together with other likeminded individuals and support the true heroes who are working hard to minimize the impact of this unfortunate event.

I have created T-shirts, stickers, and coffee mugs with the special message above just for those A$*hoL3$ at BP

T-Shirts = $22.00 XS-XL $25.oo XXL, White or Black

Hurry 25% of the proceeds will go immediately to help the National Wildlife Federation. SPEAK YOUR MIND, MAKE A DIFFERINCE, AND DO SOME GOOD.

To order send me a direct message and I will reply with ordering instructions via paypal or email fbejr@eserge.com for instructions

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healthclubpro — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:39:49 +0000

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You get what you ask for!

healthclubpro — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:52 +0000

I had an interesting inquiry today from one of our clients. She called me in a panic to exclaim her top salesperson quit and she doesn’t have anyone to replace him additionally she was concerned because she has trouble finding good staff in general. After calming her down and making her realize it wasn’t the end of the world we went to work.

This situation presented several opportunities. First, it allowed me to remind her to always be recruiting potential employees as I had instructed when we started working together(told ya so). Next, we got to redefine what she was looking for and really dig into what she thought made a good employee, and finally we got to execute an effective plan to find the next superstar.

We spoke at length about what the club needed in a salesperson we discovered she had never been very selective with her hiring choices. This process proved to be very enlightening.

By looking at the ad we put together I think you’ll be able to identify some qualities that might be missing or that you would like to have in a new employee and maybe you won’t have to wait until someone leaves to try and find them.

Fitness Consultant Needed!
Purpose and Scope:

Results oriented self-starter, able to effectively produce leads, manage prospects, build value in fitness club offerings and finally present memberships with honesty and integrity while closing sales at a high level and to create WOW moments for members, guests, and other team members.

Areas of Responsibility:
Excel in Personal Sales by exceeding goals, handling renewals, and following the prescribed Standards of Performance for our membership consultants which include:

Increase Club Production in memberships and other service areas (PT, Tanning, Massage, Pilates, Weight Loss)
Enhance community awareness through constant outreach
Build brand by attending, developing and hosting health fairs, local events, and activities.
Maintain a minimum of 3-5 daily membership appointments
Attend meetings upholding performance standards
Anticipating and addressing problems in a timely manner
Utilize and gauge performance accurately using Guest Register, Appointment Books, Telephone Inquiry Book, Sales Planner
Keep daily sales planner updated at all times.
Start each day with a facility walk through to help maintain a Facility Maintenance Log at the front desk
Hourly locker room and cleanliness checks
Communicate openly with management and ownership
Service our members through properly addressed thank you cards, Missed Guest Cards, use of new member follow-up reports, closely watching the Member Inquiry Log in order to handle member questions, concerns.
Service members by immediately inviting any frustrated or upset member into your office for problem resolution or escalating to upper management.
Work diligently to ensure member referral awards are given in a timely manner.
WOW our members by being a members manager, being on the floor, anticipating and exceeding our members expectations and needs daily. Be Seen! Be personable!

Requirements:

Adheres, promotes, and believes in the Club Mission Statement
Able to easily and successfully meet and interrelate with potential and existing members
Creative thinker; able to implement new ideas and creatively alter existing programs
Able to praise, recommend new ways of performing tasks, and encourage and motivate other sales consultants and team leaders.

Pretty exhaustive description You bet, but there will never be any question about what is expected from the rookie and if someone feel like this is too much to ask then you don’t want them anyway!

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Who do you think you are?

healthclubpro — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:37 +0000

Here’s a quick P.S.A.

VMG is no more! That’s right the leader in health club marketing, gym promotions, and fitness business consulting has gone the way of the Walkman. Onward and upward people but, don’t go getting your panties all in a wad! We wouldn’t leave you hanging like that the health club pros behind VMG haven’t thrown in the towel we just re-branded the company.

Drum roll please…… VMG is now Fitness Marketing Group. Pretty classy, huh? Either way it’s certainly more descriptive of what we do, so we went with it. We will miss the old Vitality Marketing days but we just needed to make it easier for the slow folks to track us down as if we weren’t blanketing the Health Club Industry online, offline, inline and outline enough. Consider us to be overachievers we’ll stop at nothing to get your fitness business more profitable.

Anywho, the website is still www.gymmarketing.com so feel free to go check out the new format. We have even consolidated this blog and some other sites we have into one ultra-comprehensive site.

So we’ve continued to do our part . Here’s where you come in please go to the new Fitness Marketing Group site evaluate it, dig in and then contact us if you find mistakes, errors, just have some suggestions, or comments that might help us improve it and you and your club will receive a FREE consultation from one of our Sr. Consultants, Marketing Directors, or Health Club experts.

Enjoy! Visit the all-new and improved www.gymmarketing.com TODAY!What have you got to lose?

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The Art of Committing the Uncommitted

healthclubpro — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:48:38 +0000

Last time we talked about using a Membership rate reserve form to help prospects move forward and join the gym. If done correctly this can have tremendous results. However, there are those guests who won’t commit to a club membership on the first visit. I’ll spare you the dissertation on a 1001 ways to close the membership sale today so for argument sake lets assume you have unsuccessfully attempted several objection overcoming tactics and sense the prospect is feeling pressured ( Change Gears, NOW!)

For those of us who have been slinging memberships since the old days this is affectionately refereed to as the chicken or puppy dog close. Call it what you want I’ll be the chicken with a fatter wallet cause I know when it’s time to pull back rather than lose the deal The times they are a changing there BRUTUS.

That said there is a right and wrong way to execute this. First, explain the process, ” Listen Mr prospect it seems to me like you want to make sure this is a good decision, Right?” Second, Make a compromise,” Rather than the 1 day pass we usually offer I’d like you to try the club out risk free for an entire week to be sure it’s what you want! This will give you a chance to use the gym at your leisure and see how much you are going to enjoy it here”. Finally, assume the agreement,” let’s get the paperwork done which will give you unlimited access at the club and we’ll get your trial activated. Don’t worry, we won’t charge you anything until after the trial period and you decide this is the place you want to be. If for whatever reason you don’t see how this gym can help you reach those goals we discussed you still got the free week and there is no further obligation. Sound Fair? Heck, you can say you don’t like the music we play and you are done? No Hassle

Once you remove the risk you ease the tension, establish trust, and most importantly test your health clubs ability to deliver the goods and exceed the new members expectations.

Ironically, the longer I’m in this business the real chickens seem to be the guys who are afraid to let someone see what their health club is really all about before locking someone in. If you can truly satisfy your clients you got nothing to worry about. CLUCK CLUCK

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