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Jun 23, 2015, 04:56 AM
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3 weeks ago I decided to do In-home personal training and while I waited to build my client base I continued to search for part time personal training work. I advertise on Craigslist and I look at job offerings on Craigslist also. I answered an ad for a job, go on the interview thinking it would be an independent personal training job, but got pitched to be part of their beta test to turn their company into a franchise. It sounds great and I had them pitch it to my husband because of my anxiety, paranoid thinking, and other issues. He wants to see the contract first.
This first round test would be a year contract, $500 a month franchise fee and then $7 for each session I do. They train me on marketing, closing sales contracts, they supply flyers, business cards, marketing material with the branded name, legal support.... My issues is I go into severe panic at the thought of that kind of commitment. I get overwhelmed easily, I have a strong inner critic. I am terrified of doing this and then I fall into a depression and screw it up and can't pay the fees. I also,do not want to lose out on a opportunity and then here about this company in the news 5 years from now. This decision is killing me. I feel frozen.
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Jun 23, 2015, 06:35 AM
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Maybe your anxiety is telling to proceed with caution which is not a bad thing. A $500/month franchise fee is not a small amount for you to pay - for a 12 month contract that is $6,000. I would want to know more about the company and maybe talk to some people who are doing this before I signed up.
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Jun 23, 2015, 06:35 AM
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Oh boy, this could be a serious financial mistake. If I'm getting this right, you will pay them $6000 PLUS $7.00 for each what .....hour you train someone. So say you work 4 hours a day with 4 clients, you have to pay them $28.00 a day or another $600 plus a month?
You can get your own flyers and business cards to distribute and you can get a website all pretty cheap these days. So you are buying what, a name? and what if they use a bunch of flakey people and the franchise gets a bad name...then what? IDK had one friend buy three franchises and she lost her *****. I'd be very careful. I might even contact an attorney, although my friend's brother in law WAS an attorney and she still got screwed. |
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Jun 23, 2015, 07:57 AM
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Be careful, this doesn't sound as though its for you at this time. Take care of yourself!
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Jun 23, 2015, 10:41 AM
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Honestly that sounds like a rip-off. I think you could do much better on your own.
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Jun 23, 2015, 11:14 AM
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Frozen is good! Its telling you dont do it! That money should be coming in, not going out!
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Jun 23, 2015, 06:07 PM
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Oh no! I think franchises could, potentially, be a good opportunity (the right franchise, the right person, the right timing) - but this doesn't sound like a good idea at all.
If they're "beta testing" franchising, that sounds like they don't actually have a franchise set up yet. So, you're not likely to benefit from the things that franchisees usually do, like being associated with a well-known brand. And, they're not likely to have worked out all the kinks yet in how to support their franchisees. While, this could all be on the up-and-up, it also *could* be just an easy way for them to get franchise fees from people. You have no way to check how good they are at supporting their franchisees, since it's in "beta" (compared to a more mature company with a lot of franchisees, where you could research and contact current franchisees to find out how they're treated). Then, there's the fact that they are advertising deceptively on Craigs List to lure in people looking for a job! I wouldn't do it if I were you. Building up your own brand is slow... but then it's all yours! All of the profit, all of the responsibility, everything. No worries about HQ getting caught in some scandal that tanks your business, or changing the rules and doubling their fees or anything like that. Good luck to you! |
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Jun 25, 2015, 04:13 AM
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Thanks everyone. I have set up a website on weebly, put an ad on Craigslist and made business cards. I am trying to design a flyer. I am up to 4 clients training with me two to three times a week. So far they like my work with them. My goal is conservative; to have 15 client by the end of the year.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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Jun 25, 2015, 05:00 AM
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Good for you! Sounds like a much better plan. I'd say good luck but there will be no luck involved, just hard work. You go girl!!
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