Latest Fitness Industry News
The latest fitness industry news at your fingertips.
- Satisfying your Paleo pangs [news]
- The "caveman" or "Paleo" diet is a hot topic with personal trainers - but is it healthy and is it a good option for weight loss? Food and nutrition are things about which everyone has an opinion. After all, we all have to eat; food is a fundamental part of life.
- Business Plan Template [news]
- This template provides an outline of the points you need to cover when you write your plan.
- The Fair Trading Act [news]
- The Commerce Commission publishes factsheets and guidelines for businesses and consumers wanting to better understand their obligations and rights under the Fair Trading Act.
- Customer Service and Complaints [news]
- How to deal best with complaints, what consumers want, and a checklist on the process of how to keep a customer informed during a repair process.
- We Quote Prices Over the Phone [news]
- What’s your price?” “I’m sorry, I can’t tell you.” That conversation will happen more this month than at any time during the rest of the year.
- How to respond to Member Complaints [news]
- How you respond to complaints can be the difference between keeping and losing business.
- How to Work Effectively with Independent Contractors [news]
- The keys to success are communication, expectation and documentation.
- How to Create a Welcoming Environment [news]
- Make sure patrons are not turned off by your facility before they even enter it.
- How to Manage Generational Differences in the Workplace [news]
- The need to understand what drives employees of all ages is more critical than ever.
- Assess Your Business's Capabilities [news]
- The Capability Healthcheck is an easy-to-use tool designed to assess your business health.
- 25 Ways to Simplify Your Business [news]
- Fine-tune your business with our ideas for simplifying and streamlining your operations.
- Introduction to Business Taxes
- It is important that you meet your business tax obligation. This section outlines what the obligations are, and helps you keep adequate records in order to complete your tax returns.
- How to Avoid Year-End Time-Wasting [news]
- The last few weeks of the year aren't very productive. Here are five suggestions for making the most of the quiet time.
- How to Increase Your Profit [news]
- For most businesses, the easiest way to increase profitability is to reduce costs. This isn’t as much fun as winning major contracts, or tripling sales, or opening new branches. But reducing direct costs can dramatically increase the profit on each sale, and eliminating unnecessary business overheads can have an immediate pleasing impact on your bottom line.
- Business Structures [news]
- Every business needs a ‘structure’, which really means the type of legal structure the business operates under so everyone knows what type of business you are.
- Key Management Skills [news]
- Most small business owners start out with a good business concept but not much idea of what it takes to manage and grow a business. The good news is that you can learn and improve on your management skills as your business grows.
- Plan Your Marketing [news]
- Every marketing activity you undertake should help you to achieve at least one of the results below:
- What the 90-Day Trial Period Means For You [news]
- In March 2009, an optional 90-day trial period for employers who employ 19 people or less was introduced. This change to the labour law allowed smaller businesses to hire new staff, by agreement, for a trial period of up to 90 calendar days.
- Top Tips for Dealing with Biz Disasters [news]
- No business is ever safe from harm. This guide will show you how to plan for and bounce back from an unexpected crisis--and keep your customers in the meantime.
- Expanding With a Second Location [news]
- Contemplating business expansion? Here are 5 things to help make your decision a little easier.
- How to Encourage Word of Mouth [news]
- What's the first thing we do when we want to find a good doctor, accountant, a hotel, a restaurant, or a movie? We ask others for a recommendation - friends, relatives, business associates. If we trust the person making the recommendation, we often act upon the referral. And the business we were referred to gets one more customer without having to spend a cent on advertising or promotion.
- Clearly Communicating With Employees [news]
- If you have employees, getting them to do exactly what you want can be a constant battle (especially when most of us running businesses were never really trained to be managers of people). As our businesses grow and we add employees, our skill set needs to change (unless you move into a larger business structure and can afford professional managers).
- How to Block Competition [news]
- In today's business climate, virtually every company has more competition than they did a few years ago. And many of these competitors are beating at your customers' door in an effort to get their business. Some of these competitors will be more aggressive than you are and will succeed in getting your client's attention. If that happens, there's a good chance you could lose that customer.
- Avoid Common Marketing Mistakes [news]
- Here's a quick list of the ten most common marketing mistakes business owners make - plus tips for how to steer clear of them.
- Developing a Training Plan for Your Employees [news]
- Small business owners generally rate poorly when it comes to providing appropriate training for their employees. Their attitude is usually: ‘Learn it on the job, by shadowing someone else – or you’re fired!’
- How to Set Club Membership Fees [news]
- Clear thinking and firm self-knowledge are required when setting club membership fees.
- Paying Yourself: From Start Up and Beyond [news]
- Determining your salary is one of the most important you'll make as a business owner. Here's how to do it.
- What You Need to Know About Recruiting [news]
- Recruiting can be expensive so it makes good business sense to get the people that are right for your enterprise, and keep them.
- Meet the Expert: Older Adult Solutions [news]
- Move beyond the status quo to attract and serve the growing older adult population.
- Market Your Point of Difference [news]
- Competitive advantage is the edge you enjoy over other businesses; the reason why people choose to do business with you rather than your competitors.
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