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Why should you care about academic customer service and hospitality? Two simple reasons. First, students care about academic customer service and they act on it. Second, your school's revenue and ability to succeed depend on it. So, if you are in admissions, population management or have any budgetary concerns, or reading the question and nodding as if to say "Yuh why should I care? That's touchy feely foolishness that businesses talk about. This is not some retail store after all. This is a college, an academic environment, not a business."
You may want to brush off your resume. If service and hospitality are not top priorities throughout the school, it may have a tough time making enrollment and retention goals. And if population goals are not met, fiscal objectives cannot be met. And, everyone has to be concerned about the school's fiscal condition. Lost revenue can mean frozen or lost positions, budget cuts, postponed equipment, defrayed maintenance, decreased levels of maintenance… Bottom line, more work and less money.
Quick momentary reality check. Right now, many of you are looking at the population projections for the Fall. Some of you are happy. You'll hit your goals. But from the phone calls I have been receiving, many colleges are concerned that their numbers may not hold or even if they do… They aren't quite good enough.
For them and even for the successful schools, would an additional 12% increase in potential enrollment have helped? That is the percentage of enrollment lost in the enrollment process due to perceived weaknesses in your customer service. Research shows that 12% of potential enrollment is lost as soon as a potential student who had indicated an inclination to attend makes direct contact with the college. They are not treated well so they do not choose to come to the school. These are enrollments the school had – but lost. All the hard work was done and the money spent to attract the students. Then they came into contact with the campus and... It could been an additional 12% initial enrollment with just a bit additional attention to customer service for students and staff.
Would an additional 12% make for easier meetings with your staff, colleagues, supervisors, Board members…. Twelve percent more?
Take your projected enrollment, multiple it by 12%. Than multiply that number by tuition cost. That number, those revenues are not touchy feely. That is a clear statement about the value of customer service at the college now.
And not to scare anyone, but customer service will have a 76% affect on your ability to retain the students the school just worked so hard to bring in. Seventy-six percent! You do the math.
Here is the formula: Multiply your total population x your annual attrition percentage which by the way is all students that leave independent of what year they are in. (Too many schools calculate attrition rate on freshman year losses which does not account for the fact that schools lose students from all classes all the time.) . That will tell you the number of students you lose each year. Multiply that times your tuition (or if you want to be a bit conservative times a semester's tuition) That'll tell you how much money you are losing from students dropping out of school. Now multiply that large number by 76% which will tell you how much money you lose from poor or weak customer service to students.
So if a school had 1000 students at the national average of 48% it loses 480 students annually. Multiplied by a tuition of $10,000, the school is losing $4,800,000 a year. (Even assuming that the losses take place after they pay for the first semester that is at least a loss of $2,400,000.) Multiply that by the 76% lost due to poor customer service and we can see that weak academic customer service accounts for $3,648,9000 a year.
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Hook's Revenge
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Fifteen year old Daisy is sent from New York City to England to stay with her aunt and cousins she's never met. Soon after arriving, a third world war breaks out. The family farm is taken over by soldiers and the family is separated. Survival is their first priority. After the war, Daisy tries to put her life back together and overcome the terrible experiences of war.
Sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan has survived the first four waves of the alien invasion, but now at the dawn of the fifth wave Cassie believes the only way to stay alive is to stay alone. But then Cassie meets the mysterious Evan Walker who may just be able to help her save not only herself but her little brother, too. Who can she trust? She survived the first four waves, but will she make it through the fifth wave?
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In days of Old when Knights were bold and they couldn't get hold of a woman, they'd turn their attentions to the Squire. Well at least according to Richard Bulliet of Columbia University in New York, but differently worded.
I have tremendous respect for Dick. His common sense approach and depth of knowledge concerning the whole region of the middle east and beyond is utterly impressive and his ability to communicate is refreshing.
His line about the relationship between the Knight and his Squire does establish a point though. If History is recorded, then we have the written record to accept or challenge it's orthodoxy. If it isn't then we can embellish the 'story' and add our own little bit to the story as it is retold. The last verse to Four and Twenty Blackbirds, where I grew up included this odd ending…
"the maid was in the garden, pegging out the clothes when down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose, She went to the doctors to get a wooden nose,she looked in the mirror and dropped down dead."
Now I don't want to discuss the problems of religious fundamentalism, but I do want to raise the question of who is writing the history of the Church today. Dick is able to conjecture the sexuality of the Knights of Old and is adding to the narrative. Today, using Social Media, the people are beginning to add to the Nnarrative of the history of the Church in a way that has never been available ' in the whole of history'. The social media sites offer a conduit for everyone to vent their angry reactions to bullying and such done 'in the name of the Church'.
The stories of corruption and misuse of power are beginning to be hinted at and sometimes are being exposed. The light of the people is shining on the Middle East through Social Media and the Arab Spring is one of many surges of influence that is new to this planet.
The people with power are being challenged by the people with mobile phones. The government's poor record on protecting sealife, here in the U.K. is being challenged by an online campaign called Fish Fight and similar single issue campaigns are developing, something that could never be imagined by clergy thirty years ago.
The dear old Church of England, or more precisely, it's senior leaders, have a steep hill to climb if they truly believe that they can continue to keep a lid on 'the scandal of double standards. 'Homosexuality and Bisexuality amongst 'Bishops of old' may be safe from exposure, but the gap between what is said from the pulpit of Church House and the bedroom, the gap between what is eschewed as unloving and unchristian and the portfolio of Church Investment or the manners of prelates will become ever more exposed, albeit in under so many characters.
So we may speculate about the Knights of Old and their Squires, indeed we might know a thing or two about the Bishops of old, but today's leaders, including those of the Churches, are being scrutinised by far more people than Richard Bulliet of Columbia University in New York. As Robet Lindsay used to say playing Citizen Wolfie Smith… Power to the People!
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Bucs Considering Trading Up? No.
April 26, 2012 at 03:40pm by Scott • 10 Comments »
There has been talk today about the Bucs' interest in trading up with the Vikings to the #3 slot so they can secure Trent Richardson since it's very likely that he'll be gone by the fifth slot. And of course, what's the best place to find current and relevant information about the Bucs? Cleveland!
The Tampa Bay Bucanneers at No. 5 are very interested in Richardson and might consider trading up to No. 3, league sources said.
"League sources" are full of shit, and probably so are the Bucs at this point. My guess is that they would like to have Richardson more than Morris Claiborne, but they aren't going to cry if they stand pat and have to take Claiborne at #5. The Bucs' secondary is fucking weak and in need of a talent injection. And they're weak enough elsewhere to know they don't want to give up premium picks they could use to fill those other holes. Mark Dominik traded up two spots in 2009 to be sure they could land Josh Freeman, but that was from #19 to #17 so the price was a lot lower than it would be here and, also, it was for the centerpiece of the franchise. This would be giving up a lot more for (sorry, Trent) someone not nearly as important. Doesn't make sense.
And as long as we're dumping on Richardson, Jim Brown, still probably the greatest running back of all time (sorry, Barry, I still love you though), is not impressed.
"I'm not overwhelmed with it," Brown said of the idea that the Browns could take Richardson. "The problem is that he's ordinary. I think he's ordinary."
Asked what about him is ordinary, Brown said, "the size, the speed, his moves."
If Brown is comparing them to himself, then no, Richardson isn't impressive. But Brown isn't really impressed with any running backs these days. He says because it's a game of quarterbacks now, but it is equally likely that Brown is grouchy old fucker who will never be impressed with anything that happened after 1970, so take it with a grain of Metamucil.
The chat room will be open (as it is all the time anyway) during the draft tonight and I'll pop in and hang out for a while
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Darren47 (April 26, 2012 at 04:11pm) :
Will be in the chat room tonight as well…
I agree, there's no way Dominik would give up a pick (especially without a 4th rounder this year) to move up two spots for a running back that's not exactly 100% durable. At least I hope he wouldn't.
Let's Rock.
Matt Price (April 26, 2012 at 05:05pm) :
There is no reason for Tampa to trade up. Any of the top 3-4 guys after the two quarterbacks would help the Bucs, so just sit back and let the draft come to us.
manbearpig (April 26, 2012 at 09:20pm) :
Dominik has been penetrated by Jerry Jones. Maybe the glazers will finally get rid of that douche.
Louie (April 26, 2012 at 09:44pm) :
Yep, Dom got cute and lost out on Claborne. I'm still asking why the hell Dom wasn't fired along with Morris.
And, all Dom got for that trade was a crummy 4th round pick. Give me a fucking break!
manbearpig (April 26, 2012 at 09:49pm) :
Exactly. I like Barron don't get me wrong but the Vikings got a shit load of picks from the browns. The Bucs got a fourth rounder….stellar.
Louie (April 26, 2012 at 11:03pm) :
I wonder what Jim Brown thinks of Doug Martin?
Scott (April 26, 2012 at 11:40pm) :
Unimpressed, I'm sure.
Matt Price (April 27, 2012 at 12:15am) :
I may be the only one, but I'm happy. I think Baron is more of what the Bucs need — they need a run stopper more than a shutdown corner. So I'm not troubled by the Claiborne thing. I do wish Dominik had gotten more, like a second round pick for trading down, but he got what he got and I'm not complaining.
As for Martin, I'm cool with them getting Martin. It sounds like he's exactly what we need to pair with Blount — who I still really love.
Add in Nicks from the offseason and I think both picks fit the new Bucs — physical, run oriented.
Cheer up folks. There is a game plan here and it's a good one.
Mark S (April 27, 2012 at 07:51am) :
Clayton (the Jerk) of ESPN ranked the Bucs as one of the biggest three losers of round 1. Here are two ways to look at round 1, we got two no.1 picks and a no.4 pick for a no.1 and no.2; or Dominik got the two players his coach wanted and are rated as best safety and second best
RB plus a fourth round pick. Either way I will mark that result as a win. Here is PFW's view of our first round:
manbearpig (April 27, 2012 at 08:08am) :
You mean the sad turtle
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It has officially set in, Cliff Lee is a Philadelphia Phillie. He left millions of dollars on the table and told the New York Yankees "No thanks", something they certainly aren't used to hearing. In a move that has shocked the baseball world Cliff Lee is returning to the city that could never get over losing him. But it begs the question of why? Why, in the day and age where the all mighty dollar rules everything, has Lee decided to come back to Philly and leave nearly 30 million on the table by doing so? Sure we sit here and say "what is the difference between 100 million and 150 million" but free agency has shown us that there's obviously a big difference. The question of why Lee choose the Phillies over more lucrative offers from both the Yankees and the Rangers will be answered soon with a press conference to announce the signing but for now let's speculate.
One possible reason why Lee would chose Philly over New York and Texas is the American League. Even though the World Champions came out of the National League it's no secret it is the inferior of the two divisions. With the Boston Red Sox going out and acquiring slugging first basemen Adrian Gonzalez they become the favorite in the AL East. If Lee would have gone with the Yankees he would have had to face Gonzalez, a lefty and that short porch in right field. He would also have to face the DH instead of the pitcher.
If Cliff Lee Were to go to New York and fail, for whatever reason, the New York media would be all over him. The big apple is full of failed attempts from great pitchers to bring their talents to the world's biggest stage. Guys like Randy Johnson, AJ Burnett, Javier Vazquez, and Carl Pavano all came to the Yankees will big hype but failed to deliver on the field. Immediately the New York media ripped each of them apart until finally they left town. By coming to Philadelphia Lee knows he is coming to a city that already loves him. He could go the first half of the season with mediocre play until the Philadelphia papers start talking bad about him. In New York failure is not an option but in Philly they'll at least give Lee a few bad starts until they start questioning bringing him back.
Maybe the situation with his wife really did play a huge factor. During the playoffs Lee's wife was spit on by Yankees fans and she was immediately turned off to the city and the fan base. Of course Philly is known for stupid fans (I'm looking at you moron who threw up on the 10 year old girl. Thanks for giving us a bad name) but we have never treated opposing teams families bad, at least not that I know of. Lee's wife could have played a huge part in the decision to not go to New York. From everything I hear the Lee's loved their time in Philly, but the limited time they spent in New York wasn't a pleasant experience.
The clubhouse atmosphere is often talked about by players as one of the best. Players that come to Philly talk about how great the guys are, and how much they enjoy playing for Charlie Manuel. Instead of a bunch of millionaires you're playing with a bunch of brothers. Most of the guys Lee played with on the 2009 team that went to the World Series are still there and will welcome Lee back with open arms. Lee loved the team so much that during the All Star break he reportedly searched out all the Phillies coaches and players to say hi and catch up.
With that clubhouse comes a stadium that is packed every single night. The Phillies have sold out 123 consecutive games and its not likely to change any time soon. Playoff atmosphere in Philly is loud and dripping with passion from title hungry fans. The bank is rocking and Lee knows that from his time with the team in 2009. As I previously stated the fans loved lee and after a year could still not fathom why the team traded him. The love affair between Lee and the fans in the city could have played a big role.
Another reason that no one is mentioning is Carlos Ruiz. Ruiz caught a perfect game, and the second no hitter in post season history in 2010. Each time the pitcher to achieve those honors (Roy Halladay) shied the attention away from himself to bring acclaim to his catcher for calling a great game. Ruiz has become one of the best catchers in major league baseball when it comes to calling games, and earning pitchers trust. With Ruiz behind the plate Phillies pitchers had a 3.31 ERA but without Ruiz that number sky rocketed to 4.41. When asked about Ruiz last season Lee said "He knows how to call a good game, He keeps base runners in check. He can throw guys out. He's crafty. He knows what to do behind the plate. He knows how to get to know each pitcher and what their strengths are. He knows what he's doing."
The Yankees did just sign Russell Martin today but they still have a question mark at the position. Jorge Posada isn't getting any younger and top prospect Jesus Montero is more suited as a DH/1B. They have a young spark plug in Francisco Cervelli but Lee has never worked with him. Lee knows what he's getting in a battery mate by coming to Philly.
And last possibility I can think of is Cliff Lee's legend status. "Hero's get remembered kid, but legends never die" is the line Babe Ruth told Benny "the jet" Rodriguez in the Sandlot. Instead of joining a rotation in New York with Sabathia, AJ Burnett, Phil Hughes, and Ivan Nova he is joining possibly the best rotation in baseball history. He knows this for sure. The rotation of Halladay, Lee, Oswalt, and Hamels is a dominating force. Joining such a dominating rotation, in the much weaker division, in the inferior league should help Lee's stats tremendously.
Soon we will find out the real reason why Lee did the unthinkable and told the New York Yankees to take a hike. What is known however is come April 2nd Philadelphia will be reunited with Cliff Lee.


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2014 PEACH FEST. Seen above are 2014 Peach Queen Kaitlyn Krimmel and Runner-up Erin Snyder. The peachy royalty has been busy promoting the 83rd Annual Peach Festival, which is scheduled for Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. Below, Krimmel and Snyder stand with Lil' Miss Peach Blossom Ariyanna Paduch, 7, and Mr. Peachy King, Landyn Paduch, 6.
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by DEBI MARTONEOrganizers for the 83rd annual Michigan Peach Festival of Romeo gathered at the Village Hall last week Wednesday to finalize plans for this year's event.
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Steeped in tradition, this year's festival will include all of the tried-and-true activities that are expected and enjoyed, including parades, carnivals, a car show, craft show and beverage tents.
The festival officially opens on Thursday afternoon of Labor Day weekend, which runs from Aug. 28 until Sept. 1 this year. The carnival, concession stands and beverage tents open on Thursday, and voting will begin for the Baby and Pet Photo Contest. The popular 5K/10K Run and 5K Walk also takes place on Thursday evening. The run, known for a challenging course, is in its 22nd year and attracts participants from all over southeast Michigan. Registration for the run begins at 4:45 p.m. at Romeo High School.
Friday adds a golf scramble, pasta dinner, food cafe and booths selling homemade peach pies to the list of things to do.
On Saturday, the festival will be in full swing, with a softball tournament, book sale and cheer demonstration. The Frontier Town and Croswell Extravaganza craft shows will also open on Saturday. The tradition of Kidsfest will also continue in the Village Park early Saturday morning. Kidsfest, hosted by Romeo-Washington-Bruce Parks and Recreation, begins at 8:30 a.m. and is a free event for kids of all ages. Contests, crafts, relay races, entertainment and games are just some of the fun activities that will take place. Rosco the Clown will also perform at 9:30 a.m.
Due to Kidsfest, the Romeo Farmer's Market will be held in a different location on Saturday morning. The large variety of vendors will be found at the southeast corner of South Bailey and Lafayette streets from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
An all-you-can-eat Farmer's Breakfast will be held on Sunday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Capital Banquet Center, located on 31 Mile Road. Guest servers will dish out breakfast foods and sweets. The Michigan Vietnam Veteran's Traveling Memorial will also be displayed and divisions of the Macomb County Sheriff's Office will be on hand. This year, members of the VFW Post 2052 in Romeo will be collecting non-perishable and toiletry items to be sent to our military personnel serving overseas. An 8:30 a.m. flag raising will also take place in front of the banquet center.
Sunday also brings the car show, bed races, car parade and Mummer's parade to the mix of fun activities. A free shuttle will be available on Saturday and Sunday between all of the events.
The Children's Parade holds its annual spot of 10 a.m. on Monday morning. This year's theme is "The Future," and those wishing to participate still have time to join. The Floral Parade will begin at 1:30 p.m. with over 100 entries of bands, floats, classic cars and more.
Committees for both parades are looking for volunteers. Anyone interested can contact the chairpersons listed in the Peach Festival brochure or on their website, www.peachfestromeo.com. A complete list of events, including times and locations, is also available in the brochure and on the website.
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No. 3 Florida State Narrowly Edges Wolfpack, 1-0
Sept. 22, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The NC State women's soccer team ran into a tough opponent in No. 3 Florida State Sunday afternoon, falling to the Seminoles by a final score of 1-0. The Wolfpack defense did an admirable job throughout the match, not yielding a goal until a well-placed free kick in the 87th minute broke the deadlock.
"I'm proud of our team," said head coach Tim Santoro. "It was a great defensive performance. We had a game plan and I thought our girls were magnificent."
State (6-4-0, 1-3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) allowed a total of 29 shots by the Seminoles in the match, but many of these attempts were taken from more than 18 yards away due to the pressure applied by the Pack defense. Redshirt freshman Mackenzie Stelljes (Charlotte, N.C.) was very solid throughout the 90 minutes, tying her career high with eight saves.
"Mackenzie was good, but even more so than her was our back line," Santoro added. "We were so tight defensively that we forced a lot of their shots to be from long range. Mackenzie made a couple of good saves, but our back line was just magnificent."
Jackie Stengel and Kaley Shlaes led the way offensively for the Wolfpack, each recording one shot on goal. Stengel ended the day with a team-high two shots.
Florida State (8-0-2, 3-0-1 ACC) controlled much of the early possession, putting pressure on the Wolfpack defense. NC State responded well, bending without allowing a significant number of scoring opportunities. Two of the best early chances for the Seminoles were saved by Stelljes, as she made a diving stop on Jamia Fields' far-post attempt in the fourth minute and then denied Kristin Grubka's header from close range in the 17th minute.
Through the first 45 minutes of play, Stelljes remained sharp, making four saves on Florida State's four shots on goal. The Seminoles ended the first frame with a total shot count of 13. Despite being outshot, NC State did a solid job of limiting FSU's scoring chances, as many of the 13 attempts were taken more than 20 yards from goal.
Stelljes was tested early to start the second half, as Nickolette Driesse ripped a hard shot from the top of the 18-yard box on target. The redshirt freshman dove to the far post and was able to not only knock the shot down, but also make the collection to prevent any rebound chances for the Seminoles.
State nearly took the lead in the 61st minute, creating two great scoring chances within a span of 20 seconds. A through ball to Shlaes (Shaker Heights, Ohio) found the midfielder on a partial breakaway. She took one touch and shot a low attempt towards the far post but Kelsey Wys was able to make a diving kick save. Stengel (Melbourne, Fla.) then controlled the rebound and fired a shot towards the near post, but it missed by a foot, hitting the side netting.
"For all the shots FSU had, Kaley Shlaes had the best chance of the game on that second-half breakaway," Santoro said. "That's what we wanted to do: defend and find opportunities on the counter. We did, and unfortunately we gave up a late goal which was preventable."
Florida State was able to deliver the decisive blow in the 87th minute on a set piece. Following a foul just outside of the penalty area, Marta Bakowska-Mathews lined up a free kick from 20 yards out. The junior dipped a curling shot just over the NC State defensive wall and out of Stelljes' reach to make it 1-0.
NC State will be back in action on Thursday, Sept. 26 at home against current No. 23 Virginia Tech. The Wolfpack and Hokies will kick off from Dail Soccer Field at 7 p.m. with the match being broadcast live on GoPack All-Access.


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May 11, 2012
BATON ROUGE --- Georgia senior Nikola Lomnicka captured her third consecutive hammer throw title at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships during windy, rainy conditions in Baton Rouge on Friday.
The Nitra, Slovakia, native launched a season-best throw of 205 feet, 9 inches to top LSU's Brieanna Kennedy (195-6), who came into the meet with the league's longest throw in 2012. Only Florida's Candice Scott (2002-04) has matched Lomnicka with three SEC hammer championships as the Georgia women have now won eight titles since the event started in the conference in 1997.
"It feels great to win my third title and I am happy that it means 10 points for Georgia," said Lomnicka. "It's nice to get a `w' at my last SEC meet. I had a season-best mark but I also had a much longer foul on my sixth throw which gives me confidence for Nationals."
Lomnicka, who was in the second of two flights, had to wait an extra 30 minutes to throw on Friday after a lightning delay at the Bernie Moore Track & Field Stadium. There was steady rain and wind throughout the morning competition.
"I don't mind throwing in the rain because it usually make the throwing circle faster," said Lomnicka, who also had two other throws in her series that measured at least 201 feet. "But LSU's circle is fast even when it's not raining so it took me until my final throw to know what speed I should turn."
With Lomnicka's victory in the first scoring event of the women's competition, the Lady Bulldogs are in second place in the team standings with 10 points behind LSU (14), who had the second- and third-place finishers.
Competition continues in Baton Rouge all day on Friday. Live results and recaps from the action can be found at georgiadogs.com.


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|Do I have to create a separate OCHG for each line that I need to change or add?
|No, you can process all line changes under one order change.
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If the order change status is at a 401, change the status to a 496 to cancel the order change. If the order change status is at a 436, you may cancel the order change by changing the order change status to 497.
If your order change status is at a 441, a new order change must be created to reverse the actions of the one you no longer want.
|How do I use OCHG to cancel an order?
|On the OCHG screen, use CNX as the change type code.
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|A CNX can not be used if there are receipts and/or invoices for the order. If a payment has not been processed on the order, you can reverse post and cancel the receipts and invoices. You can then process a CNX. If a payment has been processed, you can use the OPLQ screen to liquidate the remaining balance of the order.
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Personal trainers NEED a great website. They also need to target their website to their target audience, which is usually locally.
Although a website's design can't help in the SEO department, it can help tremendously with converting visitors to clients.
Fortunately, the website for personal trainers need not be complex. It's primary goal is to get visitors to call the trainer or fill in a contact form. That's it. In order for a website to succeed in doing this, it must:
- Look great
- Contain information that resonates with targeted visitors (i.e. you provide the type of training targeted visitors want)
- Easy to navigate for finding desired information
- Dead-simple for visitors to contact the trainer via the site.
It's no surprise that I'm a big fan of WordPress. This is no exception for personal trainer websites. In fact, WordPress is ideal. The only real difficulty is choosing the perfect design (WordPress theme) for your personal trainer site.
Let me help. Below is a list of several WordPress themes I believe would work really well for a personal trainer website. Given the diversity in designs, clearly there's not a singular style or design for all trainers. It boils down to personal choice and choosing a design that resonates with your target clientele.
12 Themes Perfect for Personal Trainer and Fitness-Oriented Websites
1. FitPro
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FitPro is a WordPress theme designed specifically for trainers. It's a must-check option for any fitness professional website.
2. FitX Theme
Click here for a FitX theme demo
Here's what I love about WordPress. It's so popular that there are designs being created for almost every conceivable type of website. Trainer websites are no exception. FitX is a dynamic theme designed specifically for trainers.
3. Fit – Fitness Theme
Click here to view a demo of the Fit theme
It's not hard to see why I chose the "Fitness Theme" as a selection. It's vibrant and designed for fitness-oriented businesses.
4. Balance – Gym Fitness Theme
Click here to view a Balance theme demo
This is a stunning theme. It has a true athletic feel to it.
5. GymBase theme
Click here for a GymBase theme demo
GymBase is designed specifically for fitness centers, but it could certainly be used for trainers. I like the huge, screen-wide images. You could, with the right images, create a truly stunning site very easily relying on images.
6. The Source Theme
Click here to view a demo of The Source theme
This is a stylish, yet darker theme perfect for weight training oriented trainers. It's not designed specifically for trainers, but can easily be adapted for trainers.
7. Deep Focus Theme
Click here to view a demo of Deep Focus theme
I love the serenity of Deep Focus. With the right images it can easily work for any fitness business website. Don't let the fact it's not specifically designed for a trainer or fitness business website fool you. This theme, with the right images will do the job nicely. The attention to detail is second-to-none.
8. Lifestyle Theme
Click here to view a demo of the Lifestyle theme
Lifestyle theme is a magazine style website that can create a dynamic and content-rich fitness website. With a widget-zone home page, you can easily insert contact forms at the top of the home page.
9. Karma Theme
Click here for the Karma Theme demo
I'd be remiss if I didn't include Karma. It's not specifically designed for trainers, but it's designed for business. It has an incredible 3D slide show feature that's just awesome. It's one of the best-selling themes on the planet … for good reason. Absolutely loaded with features.
10. Fitness Theme
Click Here for the Fitness Theme
Is WordPress the best option for a personal trainer website?
In my opinion it is unless you have thousands of dollars to spend on a custom site design.
The above themes cost less than $100. Throw in hosting for $5 per month and you're set up with a website for under $200 for an entire year. Plus the site looks great.
Also, once you know how to add content and run your own WordPress site, you have total and immediate control. You can publish updates and new content when you want. Agility and speed can make all the difference with your online marketing.
Moreover, all of the above themes include a built-in blog (WordPress is fundamentally blogging software that's been adapted by theme developers to create incredible static websites with blogs included). This way you can easily publish articles, images, videos and audio files quickly and easily.
Don't forget to …
Pay some attention to optimizing your site properly for the search engines. WordPress is excellent for this, but you have to take a few steps … primarily targeting your keywords properly and inputting your meta SEO data properly. It never hurts your personal trainer business to show up on the first page of Google search results for local personal trainer searches in the search engines.
I hope the above list helps you choose the right WordPress theme for your personal trainer website.
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Billy Corgan is proud of his adopted pets.
The Smashing Pumpkins front man, 47, graces the cover of Paws Chicago with his favorite felines – Sammi and Mr. Thom – brothers he adopted from the organization 10 years ago.
"They're rock 'n' roll cats, used to different environments," Corgan says in the magazine, which lightheartedly references The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 album "Siamese Dream" on the cover of its summer issue.
"I was raised in homes where animals were part of the family but subservient to other goals," he says. "In my home, the animals run the show. At best we're equals. But that's the way it should be. They have every right to live and be happy as much as I do."
Corgan helps to raise money for PAWS Chicago, which conducts spay and neuter clinics and advocates for no-kill animal shelters.
"The blessing of having an animal is the healing and joy from a relationship that's based in unconditional love – or unrequited [when] speaking of Sammi – that makes it all worth it."
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Take-Two has explained why it has yet to greenlight a film adaptation of its massively popular Grand Theft Auto series. Speaking this week during a BMO Capital conference, president Karl Slatoff said licensing the rights for a film could be lucrative, but warned of the risks associated with adapting a video game franchise for the big screen.
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Slatoff said film and TV representatives have demonstrated interest in the Grand Theft Auto franchise, as well as nearly all other Rockstar properties, but pointed out that Take-Two is wary of the impact a poorly received film could have on the series.
"So if it's a bad movie, does that hurt your franchise or not? So there is always a balance that has to be struck there. But obviously, we consider those inbound requests. We take those inbound requests. So it's something we consider at this point, but again it's not core to what we do."
This matches up with comments from Rockstar Games cofounder Dan Houser in 2011. At the time, he said Rockstar has "explored" numerous Grand Theft Auto movie deals, but has yet to be convinced to bring the series to the big-screen.
"We love movies, but we also love games and that is what we remain focused on. If we were to attempt to make a movie, we would like to make it ourselves, or at least work in collaboration with the best talent, so at least if it is bad, we can know we failed on our own terms," Houser said at the time.
Take-Two filed a trademark application for "Rockstar Films" in December 2010. However, the publisher has never commented on this.


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Many arbitrators of reality have labeled Facebook's IPO a bust. We must be in some sort of twilight zone to call a process that raised $16B and left a newly public company with a market valuation hovering around $90B a bust. But, then again, it's a twilight zone that is closer to the truth than the alternative reality of last Thursday, when bankers convinced a lot of sophisticated investors to buy into a $104B valuation.
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New York's Upper East Side, Florida's Palm Beach and the Hills of Los Angeles could be collectively dubbed, dermatologically speaking, "exfoliation nation." Because the average woman there, stripped of makeup, most likely has about 300 percent less dead skin on her face than her less aging-averse middle-American counterpart.
She's probably been doing it for years—and perhaps he has, too. (Exfoliating, that is.) First as a teenager to prevent large pores, because any girl with a pulse knows that regular facial scrubbing keeps blackheads at bay. Later, because everybody was on some form of low-dose, time-release Retin-A acid swab. Then, in the past 10 years, it became common knowledge that without biweekly microdermabrasions you risked sporting visible wrinkles.
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Much has been written and said about the vegetation management contract. Your board authorized the senior staff to develop the contract. Then it was bid out. The trustees would have ignored their fiduciary responsibility if they had allowed emotion, friendship, old loyalties or personalities to enter into the decision-making process.
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Alexis Steps Out In Style With Amar'e Stoudemire, Says She's Proud He's Her Husband
Best-dressed NBA couple! Hands down.
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Jannik Hansen practiced on Wednesday for the first time since suffering an injury against the New York Islanders in October. He's eligible to return on Sunday against the Dallas Stars, which raises some interesting questions for the Canucks: just where does he fit into the lineup?
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FD Bad Call of the Day
Guaranteed this one had the crowd screaming "FXXX YOU" at this past weekends Formula Drift in Florida. After watching the replay. Yashioka had Conrad on Conrads lead lap. Right on his bumper after reeling him in. On Yashioka's run, he created that gangster angle, that makes old drifters shed a tear, and continued after scrubbing lots of speed. IF this was, oh wait.. it is. Since this is tandem, the following car should be following what the lead car does. NOT make their natural run like if it was a single quali run. It's the spirit of tandem as it should be. Follow the leader. Yashioka, if you watch the replay, was on the apex.
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Such a shame…
This was bull!!! i was in the grandstand when this BS call was made and we all thought it was a win forshure!
I hear what you're saying, the run was sick and for entertainment's sake Yashioka should have taken that one under the assumption that Conrad needed to drive the same line as the lead car. It's to my understanding though that In the rules for FormulaD, that in tandem the lead car needs to run a similar line to their qualifying run (by a certain percentage i believe), which Yashioka didn't do thus giving Conrad that run. Personally I think it should have gone to a OMT since Yashioka had the advantage after the first pass.
WOW! thats beyond a bad call!
That was Fxxx'd. Really The whole "he slowed down to much" is BS. Conrad choked. This is why FD sucks. Money>talent…
OMG this is y Formula D sucks ass the only driver worth anything is vaughn gittin jr
I just posted my coverage Mark,
There was a definite BOO coming from the crowd, including me. That angle was just ridiculous, and even on the second run Yoshioka stuck it to Grunewald HARD.
Tony Angelo doesn't know S about what good drifting is. If Conrad was half the drifter Yashioka is, he could have thrown down a better follow run. Plus Yashioka had a better follow run as well. Yashioka moves on hands down. FD blows… except for the good drifters that make it interesting.
Conrad was doing good in practice. Had couple nice and clean reverse entrys himself. He just wasn't ready for it or he choked. Definitely a bad call regardless. Just because of the judging i'd almost prefer a XDC event. They are least fair for the most part.
What? Both Tony Angelo and Dai Y said "that was super exciting" and "sick entry" but then give the win to the other guy? This isn't racing, right? This is drifting! It's to put on a show right? Big angle! Now, the physics must be followed. I mean, if you're gonna throw big angle, the physics say you will slow down. How can you continue fast speeds like they want ("oh, well, Conrad was 3 mph faster than Yoshioka") and still have huge angle. You can't have both. Speed comes from going fast in a straight line. Plus there's a turn coming up, so…
I guess I don't understand drifting even more than I thought. wak!
such a bad call. we were all like wtf?
It's conradsfault for not matching the other guy. If he did the same drift as yashioka, he wouldn't be faster.
Tony Angelo is just as gay as his comments were to justify his very poor decision.
And thats why Formula D is a FAIL! D1 all the way SON!
D1 left the USA… we need to support drifting here or it'll all go away.
Formula Drift is politics.
I'm sorry, but what the hell was that. I saw one of the most amazing snap/angle out of a drift car in a loooong time and they basically say,"because it was too slow, give the win t the other guy" Do these guys not understand the physics of cars on the track. Poor call, poor judgement and judges.
wow. stick with talking about dope camber and hellafrush cars and how awesome dope fresh wheels are. yoshioka slowed down to nearly a stop. you cant be expected to follow that. even in tandem D1 matches, they have to maintain speed even with a gangster entry.
You're just as stupid as people say you are. There's no reason Conrad (who has the talent) couldn't follow Yoshioka on that run. He wasn't expecting what happened and wasn't able to compensate for his lack of planning, simple and clean. As drivers you make mistakes like that. This was a shitty call and will be brought up time and time again after Formula D has become another defunct drift series. They'll just fail in a more spectacular fashion due to how big they are.
I hear sometimes in the backround lol
i never understood drifting as a competition (old school fan, if that means squat?). like skateboarding, it looks cool seeing pros go big as fawk, but in the end of the day, it's the "no pressure, let's see what i can do" atmosphere that brings out the real talent
Horrible call!!! tha follow car needs 2 either match the angle or GTFO!!!!!!
I agree.
It was awesome but I think they should have gone OMT bc Yashioka did slow down way too much.
WTF?! I'm lost, that was a super bad call… D1 FTW!!!
Hmm, tough call.
It did look fantastic, and was mega fast at the beginning, however he did kill nearly all his speed.
the only way Conrad could have EVER matched that angle was if Yashioka had TOLD him he was going to throw it out there that far. It was far too fast and far too spontaneous for Conrad to make up that angle that fast.
I can understand the support for Yashioka. It was absolutely amazing. And it certainly seems he was all over Conrad in the first run. However i also do understand the judges opinions too.
If this was down under in australia's competition, i think the result would have been much the same.
Yea that was bad call. Even if what they explain about Yoshiokas lead run is true, clearly he had the advantage when Conrad lead. That's too bad.
In my opinion, D1 is not better than FD, they have their own issues to deal with in Japan. They just have much cooler cars and lots more interesting drivers.
Basically if you look at it based on the rules of FD, Conrad wins. If you look at it from the rules of DRIFTING, Yoshioka won hands-down. So, is it safe to say FD is trying to re-write the rulebook of drifting as a sport in itself? I think so. This is a problem.
The more commercial drifting gets the more I hate it, just like most things that start out pure, drifting will eventually saturate its self. I would rather see the passionate guy in his garage built 240 or AE86 just out there rippin' @#it up. Just my 2 cents.
I dont think it was a bad call… he was not cornering or approaching the apex in an arc anymore. He basically had lost forward momentum and was just sliding straight. it was the drift equivalent of a push in grip cornering. impressive run for both of them but i think it was the right call he scrubbed too much speed didnt follow his qual runs and even though he was able to power it out to me it was just a slide not a drift.
not too bright huh? In technical terms, when all four wheels are sliding, that is a drift.


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SOUTH POINT, Ohio -- About 150 news jobs are heading to The Point, a South Point industrial park, in the next two months or so, said Jeremy Clay, director at the industrial park.
"We hope to have a certificate of occupancy this week" on the new Intermountain Electronics building under construction at the 500-acre industrial park, Clay said earlier this week.
Intermountain Electronics, a Utah-based company, is spending some $4.4 million in the project that will bring 18 jobs initially and up to 35 in a few years. The company makes electronic transformers used in the industrial and mining-related activities, Clay said. The certificate of occupancy will allow the company to move equipment in and start some business activities at the 60,000-square-foot building.
"They've already started some hiring," Clay said. "They plan to be up and running in March."
Some 112 jobs are expected at a 75,000-square-foot building along Commerce Drive. Signs were erected at the site this week saying the company to be locating there is FedEx. The building is being erected by Scanell Properties, the largest builders of FedEx distribution centers. The company has made no formal announcement of the project as yet.
The building could be ready by April, Clay said.
The Lawrence Economic Development Corporation is overseeing development at the industrial park. Economic development directors are in negotiations to bring companies into two unoccupied shell buildings at the industrial park. If contracts are signed, it could bring another 100 jobs to the industrial park, said Bill Dingus, executive director of the development corporation.
One of the shell buildings was completed in 2010. It has 60,000 square feet of space. The other building is about 30,000 square feet. It was finished earlier this year.
"It's very likely we'll start at least one more shell building this year," Clay said. Once economic development officials sign another company to locate in the industrial park, work will begin on another shell building, he said.
Industrial park officials also are looking to market the 56,000-square-foot building formerly operated by Chatham Steel. The company leased the building and operated there for about a year until closing earlier this year. The closing cost about 20 local jobs.
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Winnie B. Wilson, age 97 of Knoxville passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014. She was a member of Meridian Baptist Church, Knoxville, a housewife, and had worked with South Young High during the 1970s. She was preceded in death by her first husband Paul Burns (1942-1960); second husband James Wilson (1978-2003); parents Kimsey Whaley and wife Mintha; brothers Zell, Roy Dot, Gene, Bon, and Ben Whaley, and twin sister Illa Bogle.
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Irvine Bicycles and Celo Europa are hit by thieves:
Irvine Bicycles and Celo Europa are hit by thieves:
Thieves are getting bold. Walking right out oh shops in broad daylight. Assaulting lone riders on the Santa Ana River Trail in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.
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IRVINE, CA (BRAIN) Tuesday August 14 2012 6:12 AM PST—A couple of thefts of Colnago models at two shops in Southern California during the same week, and a theft of a Colnago at the recent Gran Fondo Giro D'Italia in Pasadena, have retailers and the Italian bike supplier on alert.
Irvine Bicycles owner Frank Chang said the alleged thief came into the shop last Wednesday asking to test-ride a Colnago C59 with a sloping toptube. He provided a credit card, cell phone and car keys as collateral. But he never returned the bike. When Chang tried to swipe the credit card, he found out it was stolen. The cell phone didn't work and the car keys didn't match with any of the vehicles in the parking lot.
"We were really busy that day, selling four bikes at the time," Chang said, adding that he usually requires a state-issued ID for test rides, but that occasionally he will take car keys and cell phone and hasn't had anyone walk off with a bike before.
The bike was estimated to cost $12,000 retail. It was a size 48 Colnago C59 sloping, black on black, equipped with Campagnolo Super Record, Zipp 303 carbon clinchers, Zipp bar and stem. "It was the most expensive one in the shop," Chang said.
Chang, who has filed a report with the Irvine Police Department, said the rider came in wearing a baseball cap so the surveillance camera couldn't get a clear shot of his face, but that a day later he found out from his Colnago sales rep that someone had walked off with a Colnago C59 at the recent Gran Fondo Giro D'Italia in Pasadena. After taking a look at event photos of the rider who took off with the bike at the Fondo, he confirmed that it was the same person who stole the bike from his shop.
"We're 100 percent sure it's the same person," Chang said, adding that he's working with both Irvine and Pasadena police. "Plus, we have video that we can hopefully provide."
Billy Kanzler, national sales manager for Colnago USA, said he reported the theft of a C59 at the Gran Fondo event to Pasadena police. In similar fashion, the rider took the bike for a test ride, indicating that he had left his bike and pedals as collateral to the person checking out bikes at the Colnago booth when he hadn't, Kanzler said. The rider never returned the bike.
Earlier last week, on Monday night, Marcel Calborn said his Laguna Hills shop, Celo Europa, was broken into and two Colnago frames, an EPS and C59, were taken as well as a C59 bike, some clothing and a couple of helmets. The theft happened after Calborn had left the shop for the day.
Calborn, who filed a report with the Laguna Hills police, heard of the other thefts at Irvine Bicycles and the Gran Fondo but didn't know if the three were related or if the theft at his shop involved the same individual.
Calls to the Irvine Police Department were not returned.
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Here's a pic of they guy riding off with the stolen bike at the Gran Fondo.
And this too in Carlsbad
Jeremy Powers' Rapha-Focus cyclocross team is asking for help after losing a number of frames and wheels in a break-in over the weekend.
Thieves broke into the team's sprinter van and made off with 12 Mares frames painted in the U.S. national champion's custom lay-up, as well as 37 Easton wheels. The theft occurred between 6:30 p.m. on Saturday August 11 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday August 12."
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As this blog has shown, the use of mobile commerce solutions is about much more than just allowing consumers to make purchases on a smartphone or tablet. As these devices become a bigger part of our everyday lives, they have become an important tool for consumers. They help customers find deals and compare prices, before any funds need to be transferred.
According to a new report from BI Intelligence, there are a couple of factors that have caused mobile commerce to expand - mainly mobile catalogs and coupons. We all like to look for a deal, and mobile coupons can affect buying strategies for nearly every purchase. For example, in 2012, 305 billion print and digital consumer packaged goods coupons were distributed in the U.S.
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The number of U.S. smartphone users that have used mobile coupons have increased from 7.4 million in 2010 to 29.5 million in 2012. That growth is expected to continue and is projected to top 47 million in 2014.
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