The fibodo app has partnered with Fitpro to create a free course for PTs in business management, as Megan Sowney explains...
Megan Sowney
There are excellent training courses and degrees running across the UK, but many ignore one vital skill that every PT can benefit from: how to run a successful business and forge a rewarding, lucrative career out of keeping people physically active.
For newly-qualified PTs and sports coaches, knowing how to promote themselves and build a sustainable client-base is essential. They need an understanding of practical business skills to achieve that.
To address this skills gap we’ve partnered with FitPro to create a CIMSPA-accredited e-learning course, which is worth three CPD points.
Called ‘Grow Your Coaching Business’, it equips PTs and coaches with the business skills needed to sell their time, giving learners an understanding of what consumers want, and how they can attract and retain clients using technology. The course is free to FitPro members.
It teaches business essentials in relation to attracting clients, maximising earnings, insurance and consumer trends. It also covers essentials such as using Facebook, Instagram, Trustpilot and Hootsuite. Plus, it teaches PTs how to use the fibodo booking management platform, so they can benefit from customisable apps and web pages to get booked and paid 24/7, and grow their business.
We’re passionate about empowering PTs with the skills, knowledge and tools they need to achieve a successful business and until we teach business skills as standard, our industry will continue to lose great fitness professionals.
Megan Sowerby is commercial manager at fibodo
PTs can learn vital business skills