New – FVTBiz Strength and Conditioning Coach Business Course

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I am putting together a new course specifically for strength coaches and personal trainers.

It’s called the “FVTBiz Strength and Conditioning Coach Business Course” – and it will walk you through, A-Z, everything you need to know to start and successfully run a strength and conditioning / fitness boot camp / warehouse gym business.

We will cover:

1 – Choosing your niche market / positioning / etc
2 – How to set up your biz / your website and other web properties / finding a space to train / getting the equipment you need
3 – How to generate leads and get your first 50 clients
4 – Sales and conversion
5 – How to set up your workouts to get your clients the best results
6 – Systems for billing, scheduling, and staffing

And much more!

The course will be delivered in a class – type format … so we’ll meet on a call every other week, for twelve weeks, and cover a new topic.

You’ll get specific action steps and homework after each call.

I will give you all of my best resources and tools along the way – everything from how and where to file your business paperwork, to where I order the best and cheapest equipment, to the software and systems I use for billing and scheduling.

You’ll also get email access to me during the course, so that you can ask questions that apply to your specific situation.

Sound good?

The only catch is this. Given the amount of personal attention and interaction you’re going to get, I can only accept 10 people total for the training. The goal is to make this an awesome experience for everyone, so more than that I don’t feel I can work with on this level and get the best possible results.

So if you’re interested, click the link below to apply, and let’s see if we can get you in:

=> Strength and Conditioning Coach Business Course Application

Thanks, and enjoy your weekend!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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quick favor?

fit pros in a circle

The main reason I continue to post on the FVTBiz blog, send business-themed email newsletters, create products and programs and accept business coaching clients … is to help you get the results you desire!

But I always want to help more.  And this is where you come in!

I’d love to give you more of exactly what you want over the coming weeks and months – and the best way I know is to simply ask.

So here is the favor I ask of you.  Can you take 30 seconds and fill out a one question survey?

Just click the link below, and tell me more of what you’d like to hear more about:

=> FVTBiz.com ONE question survey (takes 30 seconds or less)

Then, I will be sure to cover more of what you want to learn about in the coming weeks and months.

Sound cool?

Thanks so much!!

— Forest

PS – I even have a little surprise gift that you’ll get when you fill out the survey as my way of saying thanks.  But you’ll have to take it to see what it is! 🙂

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Webinar Replay + FVTBiz 12 Week Online Fast Start Coaching Program

The replay for Online Strength Coach Success Secrets webinar I did last week is up!

Thought you might want to check it out 🙂

I ended up covering:

— My personal online failure to success story
— How you can avoid the mistakes I made in the beginning to build your online fitness business MUCH faster and easier than I did
— My 6 step system for building your online fitness business and going from zero to 1000+ per month in 90 days or less

And much more!

This presentation was content – packed. I didn’t hold anything back.

My goal was to give you a full blueprint for success, and to show you exactly what to do to get started online … and for you to get more out of this FREE training, then you would out of many PAID courses.

So, if you missed the event, the replay is up (for a short time) at the link below:

http://iTeleseminar.com/79452795

Also – at the end of the webinar, I talk briefly about my 12 Week Online Fast Start Coaching Program.

If:

– You REALLY want to build an online business, but are struggling to do it
– You are ready to put in the work involved, and aren’t looking for a “magic button”
– You are just getting started online, or have made a bit of progress but haven’t blown your business up yet (5k/mo level or less)

Then I invite you to schedule a complimentary success session with me.

We’ll get on the phone and discuss your goals. We’ll talk about what the obstacles are for you reaching those goals. And we’ll evaluate what steps you’ve taken or plan to take to reach those goals and where the gaps are or missing pieces.

I’ve set aside some time for three of these sessions in the next 72 hours … so if you are interested, click the link below to submit your application:

=> Submit your application

And if you are approved, you’ll be instantly taken to a page where you can schedule your appointment with me.

Okay, that’s it for now – have a great day!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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Online Strength Coach Success Secrets – Free Live Event Thursday, Jan 14th

Forest Vance

I am putting on a free live business building event for the first time EVER this Thursday, January 14th @ 12 noon PST – and you’re invited!

The event is called …

Online Strength Coach Success Secrets

… and I’ll be teaching on how to make an extra four to five figures per month of additional income, selling information products and working with virtual fitness coaching clients.

=> Register now for the FREE January 14th, 2016 Online Strength Coach Success Secrets event here

Just a few things things you’ll learn at this event:

— Exactly what’s possible with your online fitness infoproduct / coaching business
— Why the timing is PERFECT for you to start
— My personal story, and how I’ve built up an online strength coaching business on the side selling information products and working with virtual fitness coaching clients
— Biggest beginner mistakes to avoid

And MUCH more.

BUT – as this is the first event of it’s kind that I’m putting on – and, due to the system we’re using to hold the event – we are having to limit registration to 100 participants.

After 100 folks register, you won’t be able to sign up.

So, if you’re interested, grab your spot ASAP at the link below:

=> Register now for the January 14th, 2016 Online Strength Coach Success Secrets event here

And I look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks –

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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Let’s Chat …

AlRIGHT!

We are back in action after the Holiday weekend, and I’m feeling better than EVER … SUPER excited for the rest of this year, and so much awesomeness to come in 2016!!

We have been running a “KB/BW/BB Workouts Mega Bundle” type of Black Friday / Small Biz Saturday / Cyber Monday sale over the weekend, and it ends tonight (click HERE for more info on that) .. so wanted to shoot you one last reminder on that, but ALSO send out another deal, special for Cyber Monday.

You can book a 1-on-1 call with me for $99.

If you want to talk training, I can help answer questions you have about what you’re currently doing, and we can come up with an actionable plan for you moving into 2016.

Or, if you want to talk business, we can help you get your personal training / boot camp / online fitness biz on track and firing on all cylinders too.

WHY am I doing this, you may ask – and for such a low price?

Well, for one, I truly ENJOY working with folks on a one-on-one basis like this.

Second, it’s a great way for me to simply connect, and learn about valuable FVT subscribers like YOU!

Now, if you’re interested, don’t delay – I don’t have a ton of availability for this, and expect that these sessions will fill up FAST.

So if you’d like to chat – and for me to help you with your training plan for 2016 OR with your personal training / boot camp / online fitness business – click the link below to book your session now:

=> Book a 1-on-1 call with Forest for $99

Look forward to working with you!

– Forest Vance
ForestVance.com

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How to Find Your “Hook”

Today I want to talk about the idea of finding your “hook”.

A product / marketing hook is what you need to cut through the clutter and break through to the next level.

My first breakthough in the online space, as an example, was a project I did with a partner a couple of years ago, called “Kettlebell Boot Camp Workouts“.

We marketed this product to the fit pro space, and we KNEW it filled a hole in the marketplace.

Kettlebells were / are hot …

“Done-for-you” boot camp workouts were hot …

But there was no program out there that combined the two.

So we joined forces, but the program together, and ended up selling over 1000 units and did over $20,000 of sales over a four day period!

So how do you find YOUR hook?

I believe that the BEST way to do it is 1) LISTEN to the marketplace – what do people WANT, and what are the UNMET NEEDS? – and 2) be prolific!

See, sometimes, there is a combination of luck/great market research/timing/whatever else, and you end up hitting a homerun with your first product.

This also works for your offline business – sometimes, you are in the right market with the right focus at the right time, and things blow up!

I have seen it happen several times, and people can go from zero to having a six-figure plus business in a matter of months.

More often than not however, your first attempt or two or three or more will do OK, but not be a smashing success.

This was certainly the case with me – I created several info products that did OK, and I made a few hundred or a couple thousand dollars with each one of them, and sold a few dozen or 100 copies or so.

Of course I also put a lot of work into them, and effort, and blood sweat and tears, so I wasn’t getting making ton of money off of these initial efforts.

But I think the most important thing is that the experience of doing this in the skills that you learn along with it – you learn how to write sales copy, you learn how to package your product together and deliver it in a fashion that is going to make sense and be efficient for use by your customers, and you learn a lot of other skills as well …

And then eventually, if you are prolific and get a lot of stuff out there, you WILL have something that catches on … and THEN you can put all of your time, effort, and energy into making that your best, high converting, killer big idea / offer … and take your business to new heights!

So, to sum up – if you want to find the “hook” that’s going to take your business to the next level, LISTEN to what the marketplace wants, BE prolific, FIND your winner, put all your efforts and attention and foucs into it … and you’ll be on your way to more business than you can handle!!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

PS – Want my help with any part of this process? Hit “reply” to this email and let me know.

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Last Chance for the “Business of Kettlebell Training” Group Coaching Program

**Just a couple of spots left … final reminder to submit your application if you want it! Thanks!**

I get questions almost daily from other fitness pros on tips to help them run their gym better, how to start on online business, and MANY other things … that’s why I started my FVTBiz.com blog, and started offering my FVTBiz.com Elite Coaching program earlier this year.

However, there have been dozens of folks that have WANTED to get involved with the FVTBiz Elite Coaching, but just couldn’t quite swing the $297/mo cost.

That’s why I’m putting together this six week “Business of Kettlebell Training” program.

And it starts next Tuesday, October 13th!

This is a group – based program where we will meet each week on a call, and go over the basics of the business of kettlebell training.

Each week we are going to cover a diferent topic, such as:

— How to make a full-time income with kettlebell training, working part time hours
— The easiest ways to get new kettlebell / personal training / boot camp clients, fast
— How to start your online kettlebell / fitness business on the side
— How to get your 1st 1000 email subscribers

And much more.

At the end of each call, I will open up the line and take questions from everyone and help with challenges that each participant is having in their particular businesses etc.

You will also have email access to me throughout the six weeks to make sure you get all the help you need, and that all your questions are answered.

As a special bonus – so that you can sign up and get working towards building your kettlebell business, getting more clients, starting your own fitness blog, etc … I’m also going to include SIX of my training courses / special reports, FREE when you sign up (FYI – these training courses ALONE are worth the cost of registration):

— “21 Fitness Business Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” (training course)
— “23 Tips for a Rockin’ Fitness Business” (audio presentation)
— “The Fitness Business Funnel that Sells Like Crazy” (training course)
— “Fitness Blogging for Fun and Profit” (special report)
— “19 Ways to Get New Personal Training / Boot Camp Clients” (special report)
— “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days – a Simple Plan” (special report)

And, participants will get access to full recordings of all the calls for future reference etc.

Since it’s a group – based program, the cost is much more affordable than my one-on-one Elite Coaching .

But here’s the only catch: 10 people is the MAX number I can accept into this program. Once 10 sign up, that’s it. So if you want in, click the link below to submit your application, and we’ll see if we can get you in:

=> Apply for the FVT “Business of Kettlebell Training” group coaching program

Thanks!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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New “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days” Training (100% free)

I have a very special treat for you today …

This is a new “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days” training I put together for you.

It includes a coaching call and a special report …

And it’s 100% free!

Download the PDF and listen to the mp3 at the links below:

=> “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days” (audio)

=> “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days” (PDF)

And if you’re interested in the “Business of Kettlebell Training” group coaching program starting next week, be sure to submit your application ASAP – spots are filling fast!

=> Learn more about the FVTBiz.com “Business of Kettlebell Training” coaching program (starts next Tues, Oct 13th)

Thanks –

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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How to Start a Fitness Blog for Fun and Profit (my personal story)

My wife and I will soon be celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary.

She deserves a VERY special gift for putting up with me for this long! 🙂

In all seriousness though, she is an amazing person and I am incredibly lucky to have her in my life. And the time has FLOWN by … it seems like just yesterday that we were in Hawaii for our honeymoon …

We had such an awesome trip … spent lots of time at the beach, went hiking, kayaking, zip lining and snorkeling … ate at some GREAT restaurants … memories that will last a lifetime!

I also remember very clearly that being right around the time I had started my first blog. One of the mornings while we were there, we had just finished breakfast and my wife was checking her emails, and I decided to write a quick blog post.

It was just a zero equipment, bodyweight-only workout that I had done while we were on our vacation, and I thought it would be something that would be useful for others, so decided to put it up on the web for people to check out.

I shared it on social media, and I got I think maybe a dozen people or so people to “like” it … and I was shocked! 🙂

And at that moment, I thought – “Boy – it would be SO cool if I could actually make money doing this! I wonder if that would be possible?”

So I fumbled around and blogged here and there for the next FOUR YEARS, trying to make a little “side hustle” out of my blog.

I bought a bunch of little training courses on every topic you could think of – how to get traffic, how to write sales copy, how to create your own products …

I even put together a couple of ebooks and video-based training courses, and sold a few copies of those …

But truly, I really didn’t know what I was doing, and I didn’t make a lot of progress. I would make a little money here and there, but not much considering the time I was putting into it. I was ready to give up completely a couple of time.

But having an online business was something I REALLY wanted to do … so, about three years ago, in 2012, I finally decided to join a coaching program. I had thought about it MANY times, but the investment just seemed big, and I never could quite pull the trigger.

But I decided to just DO it … and that was the turning point for me. I got some serious accountability, and it lit a fire under my a@@ and made me do the things I knew I NEEDED to do, but was procrastinating on.

I also got introduced to some key people in the fitness info space, and went to my first live event, where I met a lot of folks that I am still friends with and work with regularly to this day.

So in the last three years, I went from making no signficiant consistent money to speak of, to making a very nice, what most people would consider “full time”, income from my online business … working very part time hours (usually about two or three per day).

If I wanted to, I could move the family to Hawaii, and work a couple of hours each morning from my laptop, and take the rest of the day to hang out, work out, and enjoy life!

So … if YOU are interesting in building your OWN fitness blog for fun and profit … and you want to take the fast track, and not spend years fumbling around trying to figure things out like I did, I have the perfect program for you …

It’s called the “Business of Kettlebell Training” training course …

And it starts next Tuesday, October 13th!

This is a group – based program where we will meet each week on a call, and go over the basics of the business of kettlebell training.

Each week we are going to cover a diferent topic, such as:

– How to make a full-time income with kettlebell training, working part time hours
– The easiest ways to get new kettlebell / personal training / boot camp clients, fast
– How to start your online kettlebell / fitness business on the side
– How to get your 1st 1000 email subscribers

Etc.

At the end of each call, I will open up the line and take questions from everyone and help with challenges that each participant is having in their particular businesses etc.

You will also have email access to me throughout the six weeks to make sure you get all the help you need, and that all your questions are answered.

I’m also going to include 6 of my training courses / special reports, free when you sign up:

– “21 Fitness Business Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” (training course)
– “23 Tips for a Rockin’ Fitness Business” (audio presentation)
– “The Fitness Business Funnel that Sells Like Crazy” (training course)
– “Fitness Blogging for Fun and Profit” (special report)
– “19 Ways to Get New Personal Training / Boot Camp Clients” (special report)
– “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days – a Simple Plan” (special report)

And, participants will get access to full recordings of all the calls for future reference etc.

Since it would be a group – based program, the cost is much more affordable than my one-on-one Elite Coaching.

Here’s the only catch: 10 people is the MAX number I can accept into this program. Once 10 sign up, that’s it. So if you want in, click the link below to submit your application, and we’ll see if we can get you in:

=> Apply for the FVT “Business of Kettlebell Training” group coaching program

So there you have MY story of how I started a fitness blog for fun and profit.

If you want to do the same, check out my upcoming “Business of Kettlebell Training” course.

And keep working towards those goals!!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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“The Business of Kettlebell Training” Group Coaching Program is LIVE!

fit pro kb swing

We’ve been kicking around the idea of doing a “Business of Kettlebell Training” coaching program …

Well, today is an exciting day, because we are now officially accepting applications for the group!

See, I get questions almost daily from other fitness pros on tips to help them run their gym better, how to start on online business, and MANY other things … that’s why I started my FVTBiz.com blog, and started offering my FVTBiz.com Elite Coaching program earlier this year.

However, there have been dozens of folks that have WANTED to get involved with the FVTBiz Elite Coaching, but just couldn’t quite swing the $297/mo cost.

That’s why I’m putting together this six week “Business of Kettlebell Training” program.

And it starts next Tuesday, October 13th!

This is a group – based program where we will meet each week on a call, and go over the basics of the business of kettlebell training.

Each week we are going to cover a diferent topic, such as:

— How to make a full-time income with kettlebell training, working part time hours
— The easiest ways to get new kettlebell / personal training / boot camp clients, fast
— How to start your online kettlebell / fitness business on the side
— How to get your 1st 1000 email subscribers

And much more.

At the end of each call, I will open up the line and take questions from everyone and help with challenges that each participant is having in their particular businesses etc.

You will also have email access to me throughout the six weeks to make sure you get all the help you need, and that all your questions are answered.

As a special bonus – so that you can sign up and get working towards building your kettlebell business, getting more clients, starting your own fitness blog, etc … I’m also going to include SIX of my training courses / special reports, FREE when you sign up (FYI – these training courses ALONE are worth the cost of registration):

— “21 Fitness Business Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” (training course)
— “23 Tips for a Rockin’ Fitness Business” (audio presentation)
— “The Fitness Business Funnel that Sells Like Crazy” (training course)
— “Fitness Blogging for Fun and Profit” (special report)
— “19 Ways to Get New Personal Training / Boot Camp Clients” (special report)
— “Six Figure PT Biz in 90 Days – a Simple Plan” (special report)

And, participants will get access to full recordings of all the calls for future reference etc.

Since it’s a group – based program, the cost is much more affordable than my one-on-one Elite Coaching .

But here’s the only catch: 10 people is the MAX number I can accept into this program. Once 10 sign up, that’s it. So if you want in, click the link below to submit your application, and we’ll see if we can get you in:

=> Apply for the FVT “Business of Kettlebell Training” group coaching program

That’s it for now.  I’ll be back with more tips to help you build your kettlebell business over the next few days … but if you’re serious and excited about getting involved in this training, make sure to submit your application ASAP so you can be considered for a spot.

Thanks!

– Forest Vance
FVTBiz.com

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