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How to be a winner like Rocky Balboa?

How to be a winner like Rocky Balboa?

Earlier this week, I wrote an article for IHRSA called, “Is there a 'secret sauce' for gyms?".

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Top 10 Worst Holiday Promotions for Gyms

Top 10 Worst Holiday Promotions for Gyms

If you loved Top 10 Signs We’d like to See in Gyms (an…

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What can we learn from NASA?

What can we learn from NASA?

As we watched the Space Shuttle Discovery fly by our Motionsoft 5th floor office, almost at eye leve…

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How do I know you care?

How do I know you care?

Why is it that we get hammered with emails we don't care about all day long and yet nothing from our…

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How to judge a book by its cover…

How to judge a book by its cover…

Here is what I find fascinating. A personal size pizza (4 slices) is only about 600 calories.

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Asking why is important

Asking why is important

I’m sorry I have to do this.

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The worst things in life…

The worst things in life…

I bet when you decided to work in the health and wellness industry, you only looked at the positives…

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Can you tell me what you are selling?

Can you tell me what you are selling?

Make this year the year you fulfilled your New Year’s Resolution! Come in to get beach body fit fo…

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Some Big Changes

Some Big Changes

This time I mean it. Really mean it. If you keep reading you will learn something.

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Are smart gyms using smartphones?

Are smart gyms using smartphones?

The better question is do smart gym owners understand how smartphones have effected their business? …

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The Silver Lining

April 30, 2009
Hossein Noshirvani

The Silver Lining

“Gym usage among existing Equinox members grew as much as 15 percent in the first quarter…The gym and fitness-club market will grow 2.2 percent this year, according to Los Angeles-based researcher IBISWorld Inc.” — In a dead job market, unemployed hit the gymThe Chicago Sun-Times, Stefano Esposito, 04/27/2009 I was recently talking to my co-workers about [...]

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Welcoming Preteens and Tweeners to the Gym

April 17, 2009
Hossein Noshirvani

Welcoming Preteens and Tweeners to the Gym

“…the idea of kids in the gym is gaining support among pediatricians and fitness experts…Gym workouts are a healthy, entertaining opportunity for some parent-and-child togetherness.” — Taking the Tweeners to Mom and Dad’s GymThe Washington Post, Jacqueline M. Duda, 4/14/2009 On Tuesday this week I saw an article in our local paper, the Washington Post, that [...]

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The Third Place

April 9, 2009
Hossein Noshirvani

The Third Place

Ray Oldenburg, in his The Great Good Place suggested that all of us have a third place; a place of pure sociability that improves our quality of life. Gym owners can improve member retention by transforming their gym space into a third place for their members. Collecting information from your members may reveal heretofore information about them that would allow you to transform their experience in your club, from just a place to workout to a third place.

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Promotions to Retain Members

April 3, 2009
Hossein Noshirvani

Promotions to Retain Members

Instead of using a one-time give-away of a costly product as a promotion to retain members, use a longer less costly per visit give-away promotion instead. This helps to get members in the door and keeps them coming back.

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