This course is part of the Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Fitness Business ExpertTrack
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Health and Fitness Business Network
Networking is the key to a succesful business. Learn how to win friends and influence people in the fitness community.
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Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
3 hoursIncluded in an ExpertTrack
Course 6 of 8
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Health and Fitness Business Network
Build your fitness business networks through relationships for referral.
This online Short Course designed by CQUniversity, outlines how fitness professionals can build a business network of professionals across community including health, fitness, wellbeing, leisure, or medical disciplines. Focussed on developing relationships which are client-centric, demonstrate a continuity of care, provide referrals and foster trust and communication to provide holistic management of clients. By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Identify potential health fitness and community partners to build a business network
- Identify the philosophy, culture, message or ‘brand’ of your business network
- Understand how to establish the format and commitment of the business network
- Understand the ‘power of many’ and the reach of ‘word of mouth’ endorsements.
- Outline mechanisms to reinforce the strength of the business network and provide mutually beneficial outcomes for business relationships.
Syllabus
Week 1
Grow Your Fitness Business
Welcome to the Course
Welcome to this short course, here you will learn how to create those all important industry networks.
Building a Business Network
Adult pre-exercise screening system, building business, case study, business networks.
Check Your Understanding
Summing up this week's learning with a quick check-in quiz and some reflection.
Week 2
Steps to Building a Fitness Business Network
Steps to Success
Steps to success
Check Your Understanding
Week two check-in.
Wrap up
Summarise what we've covered within this course and submit the final test to gain your certificate.
Prove you're job ready
Highlight the new, job-relevant skills you’ve gained and supplement existing qualifications with a hard-earned, industry-specific digital certificate – plus one for every course within your ExpertTrack.
- Learn the latest in your chosen industry or subject.
- Complete each course and pass assessments.
- Receive certificates validated by the educating organisation.
- Impress employers with learning outcomes you can add to your CV.
- Make your career dreams a reality.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Identify potential health fitness and community partners to build a business network.
- Identify the philosophy, culture, message or ‘brand’ of your business network.
- Describe how to establish the format and commitment of the business network.
- Describe the ‘power of many’ and the reach of ‘word of mouth’ endorsements.
- Summarise mechanisms to reinforce the strength of the business network and provide mutually beneficial outcomes for business relationships.
Who is the course for?
Fitness professionals seeking to expand their network, build their client base and become an influencer.
Who will you learn with?
I have been running my own personal training business for 13 years. Experience in personal training, group training, outdoor training, group exercise and management. I now love teaching Fitness at CQU
As a career health and fitness advocate and educator, I want to share the Personal Trainer Toolkit for fitness businesses from start up to existing, and looking to grow your fitness community.
Who developed the course?
Central Queensland University
CQUniversity is Australia’s leading regional university.
Our courses are designed alongside industry and many include hands-on, practical learning experiences and project-based learning. Our commitment to making real-world knowledge and skills accessible to all has seen us being awarded global recognition. We are ranked among the top 2% of Universities in the world.
Established
1992Location
Rockhampton, AustraliaWorld ranking
Top 500Source: QS World University Rankings 2020
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