Visit Team Genesis Website

We are all part of Team Genesis!  All of the coaches in this group of coaches committed to growing the team.  Their website is at  http://myteamgenesis.com/.  All of the coaches reading this should become a member of the website.  It's free, you just need to email them and let them give you member access.  This website has some general coaching information available to help you.

One thing they have available are business cards already set up and ready to be ordered.  You just need to place an order and give them your personal contact information to be used on the card in the ordering process.   I know Beachbody's coaching kit had some general cards, but they were kind of boring and hard to use (in my opinion).  Team's Genesis's cards are very professional and easy to order!  

Team Genesis also offers weekly conference calls to help you grow your business.  This is a place to share ideas or hear other peoples ideas.  You can hear about past calls by listening to some of the recordings.  Click here.  

You can also sign up to get the weekly Team Genesis newsletter.  Just click here to sign up.

It only takes a minute to sign up for this stuff and then read through it!  You may find and hear stuff that can really help you!

Creating a Domain Name!

I mentioned in the last few posts that once you get a website or blog up and running, you want to consider creating a personal domain name for your sites.  The reason, it just makes it easier to tell people how to get to your site.  Since you will be talking about your Beachbody business and telling them to visit websites or to get them to sign up, you want something easy and catchy to remember.  

You can order Domain Names from GoDaddy.com.  A domain name cost about $10 and last for 2 years I think? (They have other options, so choose what works for you.)  When you sign up with Godaddy to get a domain name, it also gives you a free email address.  For example, my blog has a domain name of HeathersFitnessSpot.  With that godaddy account, I now have an email account that is CoachHeather@HeathersFitnessSpot!  Both are personal ways to get people to my site without giving them some long path.  Both the email and my blog address are on my business card!  It makes it look like this is a real professional business!

Once you get a Domain Name account, just go into the account and redirect your website to the new domain!  

Again, if you have any questions on how to do any of this, contact your coach!

Creating Your Own Blog!

Alright, now that you have a Beachbody Message Board set up and going and you have your Beachbody website up and personalized, why not consider something a whole lot more personal!  Start a BLOG!  Its free and so easy!  Barbie and I believe that the blog is such a great personal touch that draws our customers to us!  Its our way of speaking to them outside of the Beachbody Community!  It is one way to do something a little above and beyond what other coaches might be doing!  And, it helps get our name out there!

Barbie and I both use Blogspot.com!  Both of us are not overly up on the computer technology and can manage to blog!  It took me about an hour to sit in there and learn what I was doing.  Then I just started blogging!  

How often do I update my blog? 

I try to update it with one blog post everyday!  It keeps it interesting and coming back.  I try not to do more then once a day (ok, today I have been crazy here, but this is an exception).  I like my subscribers to get 1 maybe 2 messages from me a day, not a hundred!  Just enough to spark their interest! 

What do I blog about?  

Anything that I want.  Here are a few things I talk about on a daily basis.

• My workouts, good or bad, how I struggled,...  I try to keep it light and fun!  Try to think about something in the workout that will make people laugh!  Maybe a crazy comment about Debbie and her non-stop burning leg lifts!  You know, you probably aren't the only one who has issues with them!  This helps get people to connect to you.
• I give reviews and information about the Beachbody products or other products and websites I use that help me on my journey!
• If I struggle for topics, my brain just is not creative that day, then I look up an article in a magazine or online that I know is going to help my customers.  Maybe I heard a lot of people as what is whey protein and why is it important.  I will then look up stuff on whey protein and a blog about it!
• I post success stories!  Showing is believing!
• The topics are endless!

What else do I put on my blog?

• Before and after pictures
• Links to my Beachbody sites - like to order products or to sign up as a coach, to sign up for WOWY
• Links to other important sites like Fitday,...

What else?

• Don't forget to set up a place for your customers to subscribe to your blog!  You want them coming back or getting your tips!
  
• You can track your hits and information by using Feedburner!  We can save this for another topic!  This is a great way to find out how many people you have reading your blog!  If set up correctly, it also helps to see where they are finding your blog?
  
• As mentioned in the website post, creating a Domain Name for your blog is another easy way for you to give people your website information or to add to a card!  A few examples of easy to remember domain names are:  Barbie's - GetFitWithBarbie.com or mine HeathersFitnessSpot.com.

Beachbody Website

If you are not talented to create your own website, then Beachbody has done you a big favor!  They created a website for you already!  

You can find this on the Coaches Backdoor, then the marketing tab, then website!

I'd take a few minutes and modify it as much as possible.  Beachbody currently has it limited to what you can change.  You can change some pictures and update some text.  You can look at my website for an example.  (You may need to be logged out of WOWY to see mine, otherwise the link may take you to your website.)  This is just one example, look at some of the other coaches websites and see how they modified them.

Why is this exciting!  This website has easy to access place for your customers to see products videos/information, see success stories, get links to your off-Beachbody sites (like a blog).  Its also a great place to get your customers to sign up for orders, to become a coach, or just to join WOWY to become a customer!

This is a place to draw attention to your customers.  Later, we should talk about creating a domain name for your website.  Something easy to remember.  That way, when you talk to people you say just visit my website at (my domain is my name - HeatherBuchman.com).   If I tell people that, it should take them directly to the website I have linked above.  Now, isn't that easy!  Also, when you create your business card (another topic), this domain name will look good on the card!  

Building Your Success!

These are a few of the items in the coaches package that I think are important reminders to help you get started!

Get your Business Started!

• Set up your virtual and physical office spaces!
• Organize phone, internet, and bank accounts.  - I personally opened a separate checking account just for Beachbody Coaching Expenses.  I pay all my bills from this account and I add all my paychecks right to it!  It keeps my coaching business separate from my personal account.
• Set your goals
• Review your coach compensation plan
• Create your 30-day plan
• Talk to people you know by phone and email
• Follow-up with prospects
• Create two Success Links in your first 30 days!  (Success Link is a personally sponsored coach.  This takes you up to Emerald Status!)
• Get two retail sales in your first 30 days
• Get two club sales in your first 30 days

Get on the Products

• Join the Team Beachbody Club
• Purchase the Showcase Pack (its a great deal and an easy way to get all the main products to help talk to your customers about!)
• Sign up for a Home Direct Nutritional Program - Core Nutrition Pack is a great place to start.  (This is an easy way to help maintain your 50 PV points each month!)
• Use the personal meal planner to support your fitness goals.

Get in Shape

All these pieces of advice are important!  That show you use and believe in the product.  When you show up to WOWY and the Message Boards you make yourself known!  You have to get your name out there!  By have an awesome before and after picture is a great way to get people to want to meet you!

• Pick your fitness program
• Track your progress daily (2 great ways to show your customers your progress- by starting your own BB thread and by creating a blog)
• Create your Coach profile on WOWY
• Track your fitness goals
• Upload a "before" picture
• Write down your measurements
• Workout 20 times in the first 30 days
• Work out in WOWY, the online super gym.
• Play the Million Dollar Body Game
• Enter the transformation contest

Yeah you became a coach! Now what?

First congratulations on deciding to becoming  coach and welcome to our team!

Remember, that your personally sponsored coach is always available to help you answer questions and get you started.

One of the first things you need to do is read all the information that is in the Coaches Package from Beachbody!  Just like you read all the materials for all the new videos you use, these books are full of information to help you get started.

Next, go to the Coaches Backroom!  You get there from your WOWY page and hit COACH.  Once there, play around get to know all the ins and outs of what is back there!  If you need help with finding or using something, please ask your coach!  We want to help you!  

The coaches backroom have some Webiners!  Take a few minutes and listen to them!  They too, have helpful hints to get you started!