Just ran across a cool new technology. I haven't quite wrapped my mind around how exactly to use it yet, but it's still pretty cool and you should check it out. Go to www.Jott.com. It is a service that allows you to call their toll free number, and speak your message into the phone. It then takes your message and converts your voice into emails, text messages, reminders, lists, or appointments.
For example: You call and it asks who you want to Jott. You say "myself". It prompts you to begin recording your message. Perhaps you say, "Don't forget to pick up milk on the way home". Jott then asks you if you want to set a reminder and at what time. If you are leaving the gym at 6:00, then set the reminder for 6:00. It will send you a text message saying, "Don't forget to pick up milk on the way home". Whatever you speak, it will transcribe and send it.
Maybe you remember something you wanted to tell a friend, but you're driving and don't feel like trying to text and drive at the same time. Just call Jott and speak your message. Your friend will immediately receive the text message of your exact message. Plus if you have your message transcribed and emailed, there is a link in the email that allows the recipient to listen to the message. How cool is that?
Again, I'm not sure all the ways it can be used, but it seems like a cool new technology none-the-less.
Curtis
www.GymMarketing.com
July 26, 2007
July 12, 2007
Wanna be a blogger?
You would have thought this would be the first tool I tell you about, considering we are using a blog to communicate these resources to you. Better late than never I suppose!
Blogging is easy, and free, and fun, and helpful to those with whom you want to communicate (ahem...your members). Just go to www.blogger.com and sign up for a free account, pick a template, and start writing! You can literally have your own blog set up in minutes. Post as often as you like! As a health club owner or manager or personal trainer, it is easy to see why a blog could be so powerful. You have dozens, or perhaps hundreds, or even thousands of people that rely on your business to keep them in shape. They WILL be interested in what you have to say!
You can do it all yourself, or better yet, allow all of your personal trainers to post tips on their for your members. If you have 7 personal trainers and they all post once per week, within one year you will have 350 fitness and nutrition tips. Think about this for a moment. Now you can email your members a "Tip of the Day" every day over the course of a year. It's not likely the member will remember a tip posted on the blog from a year ago!
Next to having a quality website (you have one don't you?), a blog is one of the most powerful online tools you can use. www.blogger.com is who we use.
Curtis
www.GymMarketing.com
Blogging is easy, and free, and fun, and helpful to those with whom you want to communicate (ahem...your members). Just go to www.blogger.com and sign up for a free account, pick a template, and start writing! You can literally have your own blog set up in minutes. Post as often as you like! As a health club owner or manager or personal trainer, it is easy to see why a blog could be so powerful. You have dozens, or perhaps hundreds, or even thousands of people that rely on your business to keep them in shape. They WILL be interested in what you have to say!
You can do it all yourself, or better yet, allow all of your personal trainers to post tips on their for your members. If you have 7 personal trainers and they all post once per week, within one year you will have 350 fitness and nutrition tips. Think about this for a moment. Now you can email your members a "Tip of the Day" every day over the course of a year. It's not likely the member will remember a tip posted on the blog from a year ago!
Next to having a quality website (you have one don't you?), a blog is one of the most powerful online tools you can use. www.blogger.com is who we use.
Curtis
www.GymMarketing.com
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