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Originally Posted by Jean-Paul
My approach to this field was forged early in my career by being completely taken advantage of by a couple of women. You know the saying, "fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." (Or as GW said it, "fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice and... uh... uh... twice the fool shall be.")
I demanded up front payment for sessions from that point forward, and I didn't mind being pretty direct about it. People responded very well to it so I built my foundation on that directness from that point forward.
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As a customer, I prefer the direct approach. With most people in the service industry I have to be the direct one about money. I would prefer it the other way around. It tells me that you are confident and value your services which makes me happier to pay for them.
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Originally Posted by Sarah Rippel
Hi Steve!
Time is definitely money! I'm going to stop trying to calculate it for myself, but i'd venture to guess that if most of us got paid for the "unpaid" hours we spend working on programs for clients, researching, etc...we'd all be retiring pretty early!
This brings me to a question - i've been working on exercise programs for a friend long-distance. She sent me a big check to cover things, and recently told me to let her know when she owed me more. I have no clue how much to charge her for what we're doing. We meet in person once or twice a month and go thru a session, and aside from this I update her program weekly and touch base with her frequently. I don't know how much to charge for anything aside from the one-on-one training. I am so freakin' picky about things that I actually shoot my own vids/pics and use those, along with my own descriptions/rundown of program/etc. It can be quite time-consuming although i've managed to amass a substantial "library" of my own exercise pics/vids/explanations. Anyone have input on this kinda thing?
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Hard to say exactly due to the many possible variables but 200 is probably a good ballpark figure for that sort of service. I am speaking more from a client point of view and what I would be willing to pay for that as opposed to a trainer's point of view and how much time you spend.