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ALL ARTICLES…
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The brand new, redesigned Nudge Coach is almost ready to launch! It’s seriously packed with simplifications and enhancements, so buckle up while I give you a quick preview of the core changes that will effect the way you work with clients in Nudge Coach after the update.
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Do you remember the earliest Fitbits? Back in 2010 my family equipped itself with the old school Fitbit One for a basic steps challenge, where all accountability, competition, and encouragement were refreshingly outside the app universe.
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Fitbit
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Fitbit
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Fitbit
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Fitbit
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Most of the coaches and professionals we’ve met through our journey with Nudge were introduced to the idea of using health tracking apps with clients because of Fitbit. So it only makes sense that we should dedicate a full post to exactly how you can use Fitbits with your clients to make your health coaching business (or fitness business, wellness business, etc.) better.
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Before you dig into this article, take one good deep breath and repeat the following out loud … “People will pay for my valuable services, but they will only do so if I ask them to.” And once more … “It’s okay to charge a little more for my services when I’m always finding ways to deliver more value.”
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One of the most difficult things for any trainer or physician is to keep their clients engaged. After all, a client who comes to you is looking for a solution to a problem they have: they’re overweight, they’re not feeling well, or whatever it may be. Your worth as a specialist depends on your ability to help your clients find solutions to their problems, and if you’re not able to deliver, well, your clients have choices, don’t they?
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Nudge, a leading mobile health management platform, has announced a strategic partnership with InBody USA, leaders in body composition technology, to make data from the new InBody BAND accessible and usable for health and fitness professionals and organizations that work with clients to improve their health and fitness levels.
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Over the past few months, consumers and professionals alike have all been wondering a simple question. Where is mobile health going? Or better put, are health tracking apps and wearables going to more formally integrate within traditional client or patient care models?
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Do you remember when pager technology felt like it changed the way the healthcare system worked? And then came the World Wide Web, and then high-speed internet. Then broadband networks begot smartphones, and smartphones begot app stores, and app stores begot mhealth (mobile health) apps,
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Consider first the growing pervasiveness of health apps, wearables, and connected devices in the US and worldwide. 58% of American smartphone users have downloaded a mobile health app according the an NYC Langone Medical Center Survey.
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Mobile Health, mHealth, Digital Health, eHealth, Connected Health, etc, etc. You’ve probably seen each of these monikers headlining articles from industry rags to mainstream publications in the last year. But why should all the buzz matter to health professionals?
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Why is mobile health important? It’s a question that most practitioners are asking themselves and at this point you should at least be familiar with some of the most basic terms, like “mobile health”, “health tracking”, and even “Fitbit”.
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Perhaps no other industry has seen as much upheaval in the past five years as healthcare. As costs continue rising and the speed of change continues to increase, leaders in the industry are looking to technology and processes to find solutions to some of their biggest challenges.
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I was recently recruited by a friend of mine to join him in a 31-day pushup and body squat challenge through which we would be working our way up to completing 750 body squats and 200 pushups in a single day. I have to admit that I was skeptical as to whether this would be possible.
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As health coaches, we spend a good portion of our time in some sort of teaching capacity. Whether we are leading a workshop or teaching our clients nutritional concepts, being an effective teacher is an important part of what we do.
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Consumers are intrigued by the potential these apps and devices can provide, but unfortunately most of them struggle to understand what the data actually means. As a result, an incredible opportunity has been presented to the health and wellness professionals ready to embrace this technology.
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In the past couple of months, whether in the Q&A’s during our free webinars, or during one-on-one calls or personal emails, I’ve been getting more requests for tips on how to best handle the initial one-on-one meeting with a new prospective client.
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pricing your programs, pricing your offering
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pricing your programs, pricing your offering
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pricing your programs, pricing your offering
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pricing your programs, pricing your offering
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One common question I hear from health coaches is “How should I price my coaching programs?” This is a completely valid question and, truth be told, can be a little tricky to figure out. If you’re not exactly sure what to charge, this post should give you a few helpful ideas for how to figure it out.
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pricing your programs, pricing your offering
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We were banging our heads against the wall. We’d been doing everything we knew to try to speed up audience growth, but couldn’t seem to break through the plateau. We were putting out regular blog posts, promoting content on social media, using tools to capture contacts on our site, but not seeing hockey stick growth we were expecting for our efforts.
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Sometimes you just have to give the people more of what they want. It may sound silly, but it’s actually a pretty powerful maxim for building a successful business. With that in mind, here are the five most popular blog posts we’ve ever written, organized into one handy collection so you can go through them in one place.
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We work with tons of coaches … coaches who have very traditional models and coaches who want to launch highly scalable businesses, focused on working with clients scattered across the country. I was on the phone recently with a coach who we’re helping “go-digital” when I happened to pick up on a pretty glaring issue in the midst of walking through his model and offering.
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My name is Lance Breger and I was a hot mess. Not only was I a full-time fitness coach, but I was also running two startup wellness businesses simultaneously. I was working 7 days a week, sacrificing sleep for 6:00am clients, punishing myself in the gym, emailing late into the night, viewing meals as productivity speed bumps and existing in a chronic state of stress. It was only a matter of time before I crashed – hard.
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Phil Beene
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The hard work begins once you begin producing content, requiring you to get out of your comfort zone a little bit to find inexpensive ways in which you can help get your message in front of others. What I’ve found is that great content is not only enhanced through collaboration with other influencers, but those influencers can also be tremendous assets in regards to strategic promotion.
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I was trading emails the other day with Mike Lamele to get his feedback on our blog’s direction when he mentioned something that really stuck with me and served as the catalyst for this post.
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Discussing price and payments can be unsettling for some people, but ultimately it’s something we all must deal with in business. If you are just starting out, some friends may ask you about your model, what your monthly costs are, and how much you think you will charge your clients.
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If you aren’t able to collect payments then you won’t make it very far as a business, but choosing the right method can be overwhelming. Where PayPal was certainly the go-to for collecting payments several years, the recent boom in mobile payments has sparked a new wave of platforms and tools making it easier than ever to collect money from your clients; however, there are some critical items to consider when choosing a provider.
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Business Insider Intelligence reports estimate that smartphone adoption will exceed 80% in the U.S. and the U.K by the end of 2015. For health coaches, better access to mobile technologies like fitness apps and wearables provides a significant opportunity to expand the scope of services, and enhance the overall value that you can be provide to your clients and patients.
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Phil Beene
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Phil Beene
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Mac Gambill
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It’s becoming easier and cheaper to start businesses these days, but one thing that really hasn’t gotten any easier is finding early customers, and health coaching is no exception. Finding your first several customers can be daunting as you lack any type of data or testimonials to support your ability and prove that you are a trusted source for coaching.
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Mac Gambill
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If you are an independent health coach then you are familiar with both the excitement and heartache that comes with owning your own business. You’ve probably been well-trained by one of the many notable coaching programs, but one area in which some coaches seem to run into issues is in figuring out how to package and charge for their coaching offering.
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Health coaching is a difficult profession, exacerbated by inadequate industry tools that have yet to catch up with the needs of today’s health coach. Where have been the industry specific tools to help coaches provide better care to their clients?
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Health coaching has quickly become a critical piece of population health and as a result we continue to see more certification and educational programs springing up, as well as tools designed to better equip coaches for the client of the 21st century. I read an article recently stating that 2015 was the year of the virtual health coach and it’s not difficult for one to see the validity of that statement.
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