The Club Insider Archives: 2008
July 2008
- Ruth Stricker... the Legendary Creator of The Marsh
- The "Insider Speaks" - A Tribute to Tim Russert By Norm Cates, Jr. and a Lesson From Dr. John A. McDougall
- Membership Responsibilities Make The Difference
- Driving Growth and Profit
- Re-package, Re-brand and Re-launch? Or Do We Need To Dig Deeper?
- Sustaining Independent Value
- Make Your Club the Centerpiece of the Community
- Supersizing Your Membership Market Share
- Symmetrical Fitness
- Programming Tip of the Month: The Program Director!
- Gym Members Hire Own Lawyer to Fight Settlement
- Fitness Business News Suspends Publication
- Marketing Trends Positive at Susan K. Bailey Advertising
- International Fitness Acquires Edmonton-based Fitness Club Chain Club Fit
- The Thoreau Club/Camp Thoreau Receives Prestigious Massachusetts Family Business Award
- Cholesterol Drugs Recommended for Some 8-Year Olds
- Norm's Notes
August 2008
- Generating A Waterfall of Leads - 125 Membership Lead Sources - Part I
- A Mid-Year Analysis of the U.S. Health Club Industry
- Where Does Your Team Need Help?
- "What It Takes To Be #1" In Customer Service
- Economics and Positioning Fitness Facilities
- Are We Heading for a Human-Powered Future?
- Your Health Club Sales Staff Won't Change Unless You Change
- Sales is 90% Preparation and 10% Presentation
- Oxygenate Your Studio
- Back to Basics... Make It Fun!
- Industry Veteran Chuck Leve to Leave IHRSA
- Fitness First Australia Founder, Tony deLeede Steps Aside... New CEO Appointed
- The Alaska Club, MVP Sports Clubs Join Elite and Partner with BTS
- Town Sports International Expands Silver Sneakers Program
- ALS Fight Intensifies!
- Urban Health Club Launches Retention Management Service - Cuts Terminations in Half in Four Months
- Norm's Notes
September 2008
- What The Guys With The Money Think
- CheckFree Continues Data Security Focus In Chicago - An Interview With CheckFree's Ron Poliseno and Data Security Expert Jonathan Rubens
- Generating A Waterfall of Leads - 125 Membership Lead Sources - Part II
- The "Insider Speaks" - Halftime
- Is Selling Dead?
- Programming Tip of the Month: Your Best Program Needs Your Best Promotions!
- Want To Increase Retention? Want More Referrals?
- Apex Fitness' bodybugg
- The Color of Leadership
- Planet Fitness Makes The Inc. 5000 - 472 Percent Growth Is Tops Among Health Clubs Nationwide
- Five Forks Sportsclub Another Outstanding Fabiano Designs Creation!
- Over 150 Clubs Make Move From Good To Great At BTS Summit! Instructors Excited To Bring Members Fall 2008 Programs
- Norm's Notes
October 2008
- Naked Woman At My Door... and why that's a bad thing - Lessons learned in the fitness business from a life on the road
- The Atlantic Clubs' Owner Pat Laus Honored With The Lou Gehrig Humanitarian Award
- The "Insider Speaks" - Hey... How Weak is Our Economy... Really?
- Membership Opportunities
- Maximum Money in Minimum Time: Taking Your Profits Up During a Down Economy
- Incentivize for Success
- Now Is The Time
- Tools for Predicting Your Program and Profit Center Success - Part I
- Why The Right Health Club Interior Sells More Memberships
- Programming Tip of the Month: Training For Good Customer Service Must Be Done Over And Over Again
- IHRSA To Focus On Quality Clubs Again!
- Happy Birthday To Jack LaLanne... Now 94!
- Fiserv's CheckFree Compete Adds Innovative Features to Enhance Health Club Operations
- Fitness Fundraisers' Innovative New Program Connects Clubs With Local Fundraising Organizations For Mutual Benefit
- Norm's Notes
November 2008
- Club Industry/Fitness Business Pro Celebrates 25 Years!
- Are You "PCI" Compliant? Do You Know What It Means?
- Make It Happen, SELL MORE!!!
- Dr. Kenneth Cooper Honored At Club Industry - And, an Interview With Dr. Cooper About Obesity in America
- Rick Caro's Club Industry Panel - "Fitness Business at a Crossroad: How to Hold On in Today's Economy and Prosper in the Future"
- Minton's Sportsplex Best of the Best In Childcare
- Apex Fitness Surges In Chicago!
- Breaking Down the Gym Walls Through Phone Coaching
- A "Creepy" Business
- Ripple Effects - How The Financial Crisis Will Impact Your Health Club Operations
- Love Thy Business Partner - How to Operate a Business Together, Stay Sane, Stay Married and Be Successful!
- Tools for Predicting Your Program and Profit Center Success - Part II
- Need Employment Insurance? Master Your Own Personal Brand
- Programming Tip of the Month: "Twelve Days of Fitness"
- HHS Announces Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
- Summit Sports Club Celebrates 20th Anniversary - Staff Members Attend Club Industry Chicago
- Telos Fitness Center Wins Business of the Year!
- American Family Fitness Wins!
- A World of Opportunity Awaits - IHRSA Announces Programming for 28th Annual Convention & Trade Show
- Expectations Surpassed, Records Broken! 15,000 Attended The 9th Annual IHRSA/Fitness Brazil Latin American Conference & Trade Show
- Norm's Notes
December 2008
- 2008 In Review
- Do You Know The Secret?
- The "Insider Speaks" - Taming The Beast Called... Change
- "What This Means To You Is..."
- New Member Prospecting in Difficult Times
- What's Working Out There Right Now: Increasing Member Retention and Prospects/New Member Sales
- Marketing Through a Recession Gives Businesses a Distinct Advantage!
- Comments on Economic Downturns
- Happy New Year To All Our New Members!
- Bally Total Fitness Files for 2nd Bankruptcy
- Blair McHaney Comments on the Arrival of James Weaver as New Gold's Gym International CEO
- Exercise in Pregnancy Linked to Fatal Raised Blood Pressure Condition
- Norm's Notes
