http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Donna+Hutchinson Career Donna Hutchinson Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=474438&ca=Career The career span of your typical rock star is extremely short lived. If a band is lucky they may have five or six good years. Unless they produce a lot hits fast they disappear into obscurity. There are groups like U2, Bon Jovi and Elton John who have made careers in the music industry but they are t... Business Donna Hutchinson Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=467925&ca=Business In life everything must grow in order to survive and thrive. In business, marketing for business growth is the number priority to remaining successful. If you are not growing then your business is most likely suffering a slow, painful decline. But with careful nurturing you can learn to take care of... Business Donna Hutchinson Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=467939&ca=Business Do you feel sick to your stomach? Do you stutter, hem and haw not knowing the right thing to say. Or worse, do you blurt out your rates and then start trying to justify why you charge what you do? Just the thought of having to talk about prices sends some trainers into a tail spin. But it doesn’t ha... Business Management Donna Hutchinson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=430835&ca=Business+Management Now more then ever it’s time to be bold and break away from the rest of your competitors in order to capture and keep more business. The honey moon is over. As personal trainers and fitness professionals we have to work much harder to attract new business and bedazzle the clients we already have. Mo... Business Management Donna Hutchinson Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=430837&ca=Business+Management At the start of my career as a personal trainer over 18 years ago, I was as green as green could be. Everything was so new and it all felt a bit overwhelming. My comfort level with the training aspects of the job was high but there was no real sense of the business side. Floundering to pin point my... Business Management Donna Hutchinson Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=404717&ca=Business+Management You've been personal training for a while and you believe you're ready to open your own personal training studio. You've dreamt about it for a long time and wonder if now is the right time to consider flying solo and leaving the security of your job or the comfort of low overhead. Before you take th... Business Management Donna Hutchinson Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=404718&ca=Business+Management I think we are all aware that times have changed and while the business climate might be tougher then usual, I believe there is still plenty of opportunity to grow your personal training business. But businesses have to be flexible and adapt faster then ever before if they are going to stay profitab... Business Donna Hutchinson Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=394134&ca=Business You say tomato I say tomato what's the difference? Does it really matter if you refer to your training rates as fees or an investment? In my opinion it matters a lot and can be the difference between making a sale or not. This may seem like an inconsequential point but how you view your services has... Business Donna Hutchinson Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=392325&ca=Business There are trainers who are doing exceptionally well in the industry and making a lot of money. Undoubtedly they are the ones with the "A" list clientele and earning a six figure salary. But this isn't the norm. If you are just starting out and trying to figure out what the average wage is for a pers... Business Donna Hutchinson Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=389033&ca=Business The number one question I get asked as a fitness business coach is, "how do I attract more clients into my personal training business?" There is no easy answer or one right way to do marketing. It takes a wide variety of activities and strategies in order to attract new customers into your business....