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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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Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Build a Health and Fitness Business Network

321 enrolled on this course

  • 2 weeks

  • 3 hours per week

  • Accreditation available

  • Digital certificate when eligible

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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.

Who is this accredited by?

Fitness Australia
Fitness Australia:

This course is accredited by Fitness Australia, a global leader in best practice for fitness professionals.

The CPD Certification Service
The CPD Certification Service:

The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.

When would you like to start?

Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.

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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 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

    1992
  • Location

    Rockhampton, Australia
  • World ranking

    Top 500Source: QS World University Rankings 2020

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  • Learn at your own pace
  • Discuss your learning in comments
  • Digital certificate when you're eligible

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Buy this course

$109/one-off payment

Fulfill your current learning need

  • Access to this course
  • Learn at your own pace
  • Discuss your learning in comments
  • Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible

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Sample the course materials

  • Access expires 8 May 2024

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