Strike It Up – How to Invite Total Strangers to Your Empty Classroom
You’ve been given this advice many times from me, from your Directors, from other sources…. If you need more bodies in your classroom, go out and pull them off of the cardio equipment! Talk to the folks in the weight area and drag them in. Make an announcement on the PA system — that’ll pack the room!
I laugh out loud even as I write these pieces of advice because I know exactly the thoughts and feelings I had at the prospect of trying to persuade someone already into their workout to stop what they are doing and come into my class. My thoughts amounted to something like, “#@&*#@ That!” Yours do too, I’m sure, unless you happen to be one of those unique and quite amazing individuals who could sell running shoes to a paraplegic. In this post, I’m going to attempt to help you find real ways you can talk to strangers and get them to take your class.
December 6, 2007 No Comments
