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		<title>Group Training: Getting It Right in 2010 by Bob &amp; Jolyn Esquerre</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Q4, 2009, we had received quite a few comments, both solicited and unsolicited, about problems implementing successful  fee-based Group Training Programs. The feedback came from the following vested interest groups: Club Owners, Club Executives,  Club General Managers, Fitness Managers/Directors, Personal Trainers, Group Exercise Instructors and Club members. The most  common complaint&#8230;..&#8221;why can&#8217;t we succeed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobesquerre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6157807&amp;post=338&amp;subd=bobesquerre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Membership Retention Strategies: Plan &#8220;B&#8221; for 2010 by Bob &amp; Jolyn Esquerre</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob &#38; Jolyn Esquerre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CASE STUDY #1: The 2d Largest Club Owner &#38; Operator [160 Clubs] in NE &#38; Mid Atlantic Regions; 35 Years in the Business; 503,000 Members; Projected 2009 Attrition Rate= 44.4% [223,332 Potentially Lost Members in 2009]. CASE STUDY #2: This Club Chain controls 3.7% of Fitness Industry Revenues; 84 Clubs in 19 States; 16+ years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobesquerre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6157807&amp;post=315&amp;subd=bobesquerre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Training is dEAD! Or is it bROKEN? The Service that Must be Fixed! by Bob &amp; Jolyn Esquerre</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob &#38; Jolyn Esquerre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitness Professionals, Senior Club Executives, Club Owners and Fitness Equipment Vendors who remember me from my “trench warfare” days at Equinox in New York City, know me as a passionate Personal Training subject-matter-expert! As of the date of this blog, I still have 3 current &#38; accredited Personal Training Certifications: NSCA, NASM &#38; ACE. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobesquerre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6157807&amp;post=258&amp;subd=bobesquerre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Group Training Programs: Picking The Right Price Points by Bob &amp; Jolyn Esquerre</title>
		<link>http://bobesquerre.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/group-training-programs-picking-the-right-price-points-by-bob-jolyn-esquerre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob &#38; Jolyn Esquerre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DATELINE JULY 20, 2009. In the past 3 weeks I have heard either the following comments or I have been drawn into discussions about these comments: 1. I don’t think I can get away with charging more money for my TRX Group Training Program because the Club is already charging $10 per person/per class! 2. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobesquerre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6157807&amp;post=239&amp;subd=bobesquerre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TRX® Suspension Training:  The New Ingredient in Our Programming Mix by Bob &amp; Jolyn Esquerre</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob &#38; Jolyn Esquerre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group Exercise and Personal Training! Personal Training and Group Exercise! These are the two programming options that make up the foundation of our service offerings. Add the impact of the recession to this mix and now we have a more pressing need to launch additional cost effective programming options that must (1) be sensitive to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bobesquerre.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6157807&amp;post=229&amp;subd=bobesquerre&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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