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Early ARM 64-bit prototype servers could come by year end
Early prototype 64-bit ARM servers could be available for testing purposes by the end of this year or possibly at the latest by the middle of next year, ARM said on Monday.
ARM will try to make inexpensive 64-bit server hardware available by working with partner Applied Micro Circuits, which has licensed the chip designer's 64-bit ARMv8 architecture, said Ian Ferguson, director of server systems and ecosystem at ARM.
Interest in ARM servers is growing as companies look for a power-efficient way to process large volumes of online transactions. Low-power ARM processors are found in smartphones and tablets, but some believe thousands of ARM servers could efficiently process fast-moving transactions such as search or social network requests.
HP and Dell are among the high-profile server markets offering prototype ARM servers for testing and benchmarking. Despite the promise, Dell has said that ARM servers are not yet ready for implementation in data centers due to software issues and the lack of 64-bit addressing. The server market is ruled by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, which make processors based on the x86 architecture.
Ferguson's comments came ahead of the Intel Developer Forum trade show, which will start tomorrow in San Francisco. Intel is expected to share more details about its upcoming 64-bit low-power Atom server processor code-named Centerton as it tries to counter the threat posed by ARM.
ARM hopes the 64-bit prototype ARM servers will provide an opportunity for developers to write and test applications, which could promote adoption of the architecture.
"With AppliedMicro, we'll look to put really low-cost 64-bit hardware," Ferguson said. "Some people want real hardware in their own lab. If we can drive that down to cheap pricing we'll do that with AppliedMicro so people can get ready for 64-bit."
The prototype servers will carry AppliedMicro's X-Gene chip, which is based on a 64-bit ARM architecture. AppliedMicro has said they will likely have chips ready by the end of the year.
"I would expect they would be put into platforms and shipping on platforms in the 2014 timeframe," Ferguson said.
The AppliedMicro chips are much more powerful than existing ARM processors from companies like Calxeda or Marvell, which offer server chips with 32-bit ARM processors. The new X-Gene chips will operate at higher clock speeds and carry more ARM cores, Ferguson said.
ARM will also launch new processor designs code-named Apollo and Atlas based on the ARM-v8 architecture by the end of the year. Ferguson didn't share further details, but said one processor design will be 64-bit, while the other will be 32-bit.
"You can expect to see hardware based on those cores in 2014," Ferguson said.
ARM currently has five architectural licensees, including Cavium, Nvidia and AppliedMicro. The two other licensees will be announced at a later date.
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|The Kalamazoo Curling Club is open for anyone to enjoy the FUN, cordial and competitive sport of CURLING!...
* Please note that Early Registration Discounts typically end in late September for Fall Registration (e.g., usually the third Monday in Sept.) and in late December for Winter Registration (e.g., usually around December 27th) -- for exact dates please refer to the club calendar.
KEYS TO THE CLUB – Literally! – You will get your own key to the club and will have unlimited practice and can play in as many leagues as you wish. In addition, you will be a member of the United States Curling Association (USCA) and Great Lakes Curling Association (GLCA). Note: this membership level for our winter session (only) may still be an option if you wish to make an additional donation to the club; i.e., above the current cost for Gold membership..
Two league nights for both fall and winter sessions (or entry in leagues that run the full season) – 32 to 36 nights of curling. You will also be able to practice during the club's preset practice times (at least once per week). You will also automatically be a member of the USCA/GLCA (a $50 value). Note: for our winter session (only), Gold membership is the preferred option for playing in an unlimited number of leagues (i.e., starting in January).
One League night for both fall and winter sessions (or entry into a league that runs the full season) – 16 to 18 nights of curling. You will also be able to practice during the club's preset practice times (at least once per week). This membership does not include membership into the USCA/GLCA. You can pay an additional $50 to be a member of those organizations. Note: for our winter session (only), Silver membership is the preferred option for playing in two concurrent leagues (i.e., starting in January).
One session of curling (7 to 9 nights) – Can be either in our winter OR fall session. This membership does not allow for practice times or provide membership into the USCA/GLCA ($50 extra).
Rookies - $100 ($125 after early registration period ends)
An abbreviated session of curling for beginners (i.e., Rookies w/<1 year of experience). Junior players can qualify for an additional age-based discount (e.g., 50% off amount shown on payment form) when they register. This membership does not provide membership into the USCA/GLCA.
Additional Benefits
You also receive the following benefits when you join the Kalamazoo Curling Club:
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LAST UPDATED: August 2018 -- Club membership and league registrations are available as a TWO-STEP SIGN-UP process. To play in one or more of our leagues, become a member of our club by reading the information and following the sign-up links (e.g., Bronze, Silver, Gold,...) on our registration page.
Please also refer to our pages on Learn-To-Curl instructional sessions (and open curling), as well as our Google Calendar and Facebook page for other Club events.
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"Microseism Source Direction from Noise Cross-Correlation"
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Inhomogeneous noise sources surrounding stations produce asymmetric amplitudes in cross-correlation functions that yield preferential source directions. Here we show that preprocessing biases the dominant source direction estimate towards the source producing long-duration signals by down-weighting high-amplitude signals. Tests with both synthetic data and observations show that conventional preprocessing, where only earthquakes and local transients (e.g. trawling, fish impacts) are removed, is more sensitive to coherent energy, while one-bit preprocessing and running-absolute-mean (RAM) preprocessing are more influenced by signal duration. Comparisons between different preprocessing methods are made on data from the Cascadia Initiative (CI) ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) array, where we find that the total energy arriving from pelagic and coastal areas is similar. Moreover, pelagic-generated signals tend to be weaker but have longer duration, in contrast to coastal-generated signals that tend to be stronger but have shorter duration.
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Many voters are unaware of the important role the judicial branch plays in politics. Today, a conversation with Kevin Jewell, currently working in a distinguished appellate practice in Houston, and running in a contested primary for the GOP nomination to the 14th Court of Appeals, Place 2.
Kevin Jewell earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, 1993, and has been in practice for over 20 years. His vision for the court is to bring a fair, impartial, and consistent application of law to every case, and a refusal to legislate from the bench.
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Seven Video Thank-Yous From Private School Development Offices
Vol. 12 No. 10
Saying thank you is one of the simplest ways to show your appreciation when a donor gives to your school—and one of the best ways to encourage repeated generosity. Most schools opt to do so in a letter, note, or phone call. This year, why not buck tradition and make a thank-you video?
To get you started, we've collected some of the best private-independent school video thank-yous from around the web. Ranging from technically masterful and scripted to the spontaneous and genuine, all epitomize the sincere and heartfelt appreciation your own end-of-year thanks should embody.
Summer Reading for the Development Office: Recommended Books and Webinars
Vol. 12 No. 10
With your end of the year push to reach your funding goals and the mountains of thank-you notes waiting to be signed, sealed, and delivered, a chance to escape from the stress might feel impossible. Still, there's no reason you can't steal away from the hectic office on occasion with a good book—especially when it'll help you improve your school's development efforts. We've coupled each book with a webinar from our e-Learning archive, so when you make it back to your desk, you can spend an hour or two learning something new.
Summer Reading for the Admission Office: Recommended Books and Webinars
Vol. 12 No. 10
Summer is a slow(er) time for the Admission Office, though tours are still scheduled and family meet-and-greets are still planned. The brief respite before the beginning of the next recruitment season means you can relax with a good book. Here are a few we think are worthy of taking a starred place on your summer reading list, paired with relevant ISM webinars.
Emotional "Banking": Evaluating Unfit Applicants
Vol. 12 No. 10
Not too long ago on our Admission Directors e-List, one director related an awful bind in which she'd found herself during a tour with a young child and his mother. During the tour, there were several "red flags" that the child was not developmentally ready for her school's program and would probably be denied if the family applied for admission. Her question for the e-List: Should she deny the student before even receiving the application, or let the family pay the fee and go through "due process"?
To answer this question, we need to introduce the idea of "emotional banking."
Frequently Asked Questions About the Annual Fund—And How To Answer Them!
Vol. 12 No. 9
As more parents come from the Millennial or Generation Y age groups, donors are (typically!) leery of giving to a nebulous "cause." They prefer to know exactly how their donations are being used by the institution. Thus, convincing people to donate to your school's annual fund can be tricky, as the annual fund is often a "catch all" fund raiser that finances many different programs at the school.
Here, then, are some common questions asked by families about the annual fund, and how you can best answer them to encourage large donations.
#GradSelfies: Pictures Tell the Stories of Your Graduates to the Community
Vol. 12 No. 9
End-of-year graduations wouldn't be complete without the obligatory "photo ops" and self portraits ("selfies"). Besides, your school's photographer can't be everywhere at once, and so student- and family-provided pictures can capture some amazing moments for promotional use.
Why not capitalize on the celebratory picture-snapping and start a "hashtag party" so that others can share in their happiness? Ask families to upload photographs to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest—all their preferred social media sites—from graduation and other senior-specific events using the school-approved hashtag so that everyone can see what they're up to.
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The Eighth Force Protection Equipment Demonstration has recently been scheduled to be held at Northern Virginia's Stafford Regional Airport on May 17 through May 19.
The focus of the demonstration will be on reducing vulnerabilities to asymmetrical threats such as chemical and biological weapons, car bombs, suicide bombs and improvised explosive devices. The commercial products demonstrated will be geared towards both a combat and non-combat environment.
The theme for the event is "Force Protection through Integrated Physical Security Solutions," and is supposed to reflect the current trend towards mutually supporting technology platforms and resources to stop a wider array of terrorist threats.
Several thousand federal, state and local leaders and physical security experts, as well as Department of Defense officials and officials from allied nations, are expected to attend in order to examine, firsthand, the force protection equipment and systems available for acquisition. Items from previous demonstrations have become industry standards.
There are ore than 575 exhibitors expected at the exposition, including 3,000 displays and demonstrations of off-the-shelf commercial products.
The Department of Defense's Physical Security Equipment Action Group will direct the bi-annual event, along with the Department of Energy and the Technical Support Working Group as sponsors. Registration will begin online as early as December 15.
Eighth Force Protection Equipment Demonstration set for May
The Eighth Force Protection Equipment Demonstration has recently been scheduled to be held at Northern Virginia's Stafford Regional Airport on May 17 through May 19.


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DQ mars track-record effort
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The Hollywood Park spring-summer meeting began on Wednesday with a touch of drama.
In the first race of the meeting, Seismometer, the 7-5 favorite, won a maiden special weight for 2-year-olds at 4 1/2 furlongs, but was disqualified and placed last in the field of five for causing interference shortly after the start.
Then, as the field returned to be unsaddled, Fil's Regent unseated jockey Paul Atkinson, who escaped injury. Fil's Regent was quickly caught by racetrack staff.
The stewards' decision spoiled the win for Seismometer, who was timed in 51.45 seconds, the fastest recording at the distance since Hollywood Park installed a synthetic track in the summer of 2006. According to Hollywood Park timer Russell Hudak, the track record will stand even though Seismometer was disqualified.
At the start, Seismometer drifted in badly, essentially eliminating the two horses to his inside - Granite and Fli's Regent - who finished fourth and fifth.
Seismometer is entered in the Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in-training in Pomona on May 13. Trainer Adam Kitchingman wanted to use Wednesday's race to showcase the gelding.
"I've got him in the May sale to sell and I wanted to win the race," Kitchingman said.
The disqualification led to the promotion of Jack Flash as the first winner of the meeting. Owned, trained, and bred by Mike Harrington, Jack Flash ($10.20) finished a nose behind Seismometer.
"I like the colt that won, but I've got about four that are working heads up," Harrington said.
Harrington was not discouraged by the performance of Granite, who was promoted from fourth to third. Granite recovered from the incident at the start to finish 3 1/4 lengths behind Seismometer.
"He pretty much got annihilated and finished strong," Harrington said.
Granite was ridden by Aaron Gryder, who praised the condition of the racing surface.
"They were getting over it fine," he said. "It's in good shape."
Earlier this month, Hollywood's Cushion Track brand synthetic surface underwent a two-day refurbishment to add fibers and wax. The surface was installed in August 2006, making it the oldest synthetic surface in California.
Zappa due for a good race now
The erratic form of Zappa in recent months has left trainer John Sadler perplexed. After winning the Grade 2 San Pasqual Handicap in January, Zappa looked like he would play a significant role in the handicap division.
Sadler is still waiting for that to take place. The breakthrough could come in Saturday's $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at Hollywood, which will be Zappa's first start since he finished fourth as the 8-5 favorite in the Grade 3 Tokyo City Handicap at Santa Anita on March 29.
"He bruised his foot last time," Sadler said. "It looks to me his best races are every other race on his form. I don't know if his big races knock him out or what."
Zappa followed the San Pasqual, his first stakes win, with a seventh in the Grade 2 San Antonio Handicap on Feb. 9 and a fifth in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 1.
In the Tokyo City, Zappa was third on the final turn of the 1 1/2-mile race and was beaten 2 3/4 lengths by Niagara Causeway.
"He didn't run bad last time, but we thought he could win it," Sadler said.
The recent results are still a remarkable turnaround for Zappa, who was claimed by the Barbers for $32,000 in April 2007. The 6-year-old Zappa has won 4 of 12 starts, and has earned $116,492 this year.
"This should be his good race," Sadler said of the Mervyn LeRoy.
The Mervyn LeRoy, run at 1 1/16 miles, has drawn a field of 10 and is led by Surf Cat, the winner of the LeRoy two years ago.
Brief stint in Kentucky for Bejarano
Jockey Rafael Bejarano, the leading rider at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting that ended on Sunday, will miss three days of racing at Hollywood next week to ride at Churchill Downs.
Bejarano will ride at Hollywood on Wednesday, at Churchill from May 1-3, and will return to Hollywood on May 4, according to his agent, Joe Ferrer.
At Churchill, Bejarano's leading mounts on Kentucky Derby weekend include Anak Nakal in the Kentucky Derby, Country Star in the Kentucky Oaks, Ginger Punch in the Louisville Breeders' Cup Stakes, Hystericalady in the Humana Distaff, and Artiste Royale in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, Ferrer said.
Whittingham next for Shamdinan
Shamdinan, last of seven in last Sunday's Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita, emerged from the race unscathed and will be pointed for the $300,000 Charles Whittingham Handicap at 1 1/4 miles on June 7, trainer Doug O'Neill said.
Shamdinan was second to pacesetter Victorian Prince until fading badly when the field reached the stretch. Shamdinan finished 20 lengths behind race winner Big Booster.
"He was too fresh," O'Neill said. "He was too eager."
Second in the 2007 Breeders' Cup Turf at Monmouth Park last fall, Shamdinan was making his second start of 2008. He was ninth in the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf in Florida on Feb. 23. Last year, Shamdinan won the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes in his United States debut and was third in the French Derby.
Del Mar adds board members
David H. Batchelder, Jon Kelly, and Marie Moretti have joined the board of directors at Del Mar, expanding the board to 12 members, the track announced Wednesday. In addition, Betty Mabee, whose late husband, John Mabee, was a Del Mar Thoroughbred Club founder, will serve as director emeritus.
Batchelder, of San Diego, founded Relational Investors, an investment fund.
Kelly, of Rancho Santa Fe, is a former television station owner and an active Thoroughbred owner. He was a co-owner of Borrego, the winner of the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar in 2005.
Moretti, of Sacramento, is a public relations executive who served on the California Horse Racing Board for an eight-year span until earlier this year.


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95bfm's Bjornar caught Pacific Media Centre's director David Robie on the hop just before the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) special leaders meeting to discuss the region's strategy over Fiji. Dr Robie gave wide-ranging views about the Pacific media and politics and was highly critical of Australia and New Zealand's regional "bluster".
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
PMC's director criticises NZ 'bluster' on Fiji
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I would suggest that Bainimarama turn to China and learn from its economic achievement if Australia and NZ try to bully the Pacific Island country.
The problem in Fiji is not about the coup but historical, dated back to colonialism. If Australia and NZ are genuine then they must be flexible and try to solve the root cause. In this way, they should work with Bainimarama.
If there is a rush to democracy then Fiji will face another coup in the future.
Mathew Yakai
- February 11, 2009 at 4:13 AM
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07 Nov Vancouver Housing Market Forecast 2018 ⌂ Richmond Burnaby City of Vancouver Surrey Richmond BC
Vancouver Real Estate Market 2018 and 2019
Prices were up and sales were up, and listings are down in the greater Vancouver housing market last year.
GVREB reported that the MLS® HPI composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver
finished up 15.9% at $1,050,300 compared to December 2016. Home listings rose 44% over 2016, and sales to homes ratios hit a whopping 14% for detached homes, 38.8% for townhomes, and 59.6% for condominiums in greater Vancouver.
While there's much talk about the depressing effects of Federal increases in interest rates and stress tests, it remains to be seen if it has any impact on the market, since those affected are unlikely to qualify to buy Vancouver's high home prices anyway.
The December home market sunk by a whopping 28% from November's totals and this will hardly spur new home development. It's likely price pressure will return later in 2018. In fact, Phil Soper, President of Royal Lepage brokerage says Royal LePage predicts prices will rise 5% to 6% to $1.3 million on average across all home types in Greater Vancouver.
Just as in the Toronto real estate market, the condo market is where the focus is. That's due to prices and the fed's new stress test mortgage rules. With everyone bidding on lower priced condos in both cities, we should see big price increases, especially as borrowers hunt for new mortgage financing. Demand can disappear for a while, but it will return because so many people need a place to live.
Richmond and New Westminster bucked the downward trend with price growth of 2%. Richmond, Squamish, Whistler, Coquitlam, Burnaby and New Westminster also saw gains in apartment/condo prices in December.
December also saw the lowest level of home listings. The 20% decline is scary, making a 2018 housing forecast for Vancouver difficult.
Valiantly, Vancouver home builders are building multi-tenant buildings yet it looks like a losing battle. They issued permits for 263 units for all of Vancouver in October. It's a market that's run out of gas but the prices haven't declined as governments had hoped.
Are you looking for good opportunities for rental income property? Or just wondering when the best time to sell your home in greater Vancouver? Take a look at the best best renovation ideas and plan your selling strategy.
The Vancouver housing market is reflective of a strong BC and Canadian economy and the outlook for spring 2018 is positive too. As the King of unaffordability, Vancouver is suffering from a crushed housing market, big immigration, increased global trade, growing poverty and stagnant wages. The monthly stats send the same message each time.
This same situation exists in the Toronto housing market which is enjoying a stronger fall season as well. In fact, a few are sensing the beginnings of continued housing boom after a weak late winter 2018 season.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reported that sales of detached, attached and apartment properties reached 35,993 on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in 2017, a 9.9% decrease from the 39,943 sales recorded in 2016, and a 15% decrease over the 42,326 residential sales in 2015. — from GVREB 2017 Year Report.
Vancouver remains perhaps the most unaffordable city in North America based on home price vs income. And with new mortgage rules Vancouverites have found themselves not much better off. Ask any post secondary student about housing. However, it's expected that new investment will pour into student hotel housing projects.
The sales to listing ratio for the all important condomnium market was an astonishing 68%, up 7% since September. Cheap condos are hot, and going for way beyond what they're actually worth.
Check out Realtor Steve Saretski's November report and this key revealing graphic that foretells of 2018 and 2019 markets:
Maple Ridge and Port Coquitlam had big prices increases of 3.8% and 4.2% price growth in apartments. Single family houses in Squamish grew 3% in price this last month.
Share this report on Facebook. Sharing is good. People need more perspective because what's being done in the Vancouver market is not working.
Given the fate of the Liberals, the NDP government may not be too eager to go the market killing route. However, the new plan being proffered by the Gregor Robertson's city government, may be the thing I've commented on many times – that governments start economic and housing crashes, not the markets themselves.
Robertson is quoted as complaining about Vancouver's amazing prosperity as "hit us like a ton of bricks." Those aren't the kinds of words investors and homebuyers want to hear.
But should a local mayor be fiddling with strong global and national economic forces? Is he way overmatched, just like Wynne in Ontario?
One outrageous goal for Robertson may be to restrict ownership of Vancouver real estate by non residents. Seriously, in this era of open trade, he is actually considering it. Maybe Robertson will opt out of all trade deals and cross border business too since that just fuels demand for real estate?
It could be BC voters have learned that despite terribly high prices, that the BC economy is more important. And the strong Canadian economic forecast will push house prices higher. The solution is big investment in housing not in meddlesome government actions. When a politician fusses with administrative red tape, he's telling us a lot.
The Need is for More Housing
Breaking News: PM Justin Trudeau has just announced a program to bring in one million new immigrants over the next 3 years. How many will choose Vancouver? The influx will almost certainly impact Vancouver's housing availability. Most newcomers are to come from Asia. Many immigrants are already here as students and there's no housing for them.
House and Condo Stats in November
Sales in Vancouver were up 7% from September and up 35% from last October. Prices rose .5% over September and 12% over October 2016. Buyers have more million dollar homes (up 14%) at an average price of $1.6 million and a DOM of 41 days. Vancouver condos / townhouses prices 14%) in October. The sales to active listings ratio was an incredible 67% in October. Prices rise when that ratio surpasses 20%.
Experts believe rising mortgage rates and more restrictive stress tests will deflate the market. Fewer middle class earners will be able to qualify. That will put more pressure on the Vancouver rental market which is approaching zero vacancy rate. Incredibly, housing starts are down and that will put upward pressure on the resale market.
BCREA in its 4th quarter report, forecast home sales might decline 10.4% to 91,700 units in 2018, after an expected 8.8%. A record 112,209 unit sales were recorded in 2016. But these drops in sales are just drops in financial transactions. Prices of condos and houses aren't falling.
It would be difficult to rationalize lower prices given a strong, growing economy and a lack of housing in Vancouver.
It's All About Condos in Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, and Richmond
Demand for places to live and for investment properties is being funneled into the Greater Vancouver condominium market.
As of the first half of this year, HPO had received registrations for 1,788 new Vancouver condos, down from 2,488 units at the same time in 2016 — from a report in the Vancouver Sun.
Homes for sale scarcity combined with eager buyers, means demand is being focused on condos, townhouses and apartments. 3043 property sales were recorded in August 2017 which was 2.3% increase over July's numbers. And it represented a 22% increase over August 2016 sales.
Condo Sales Driving Vancouver's Market
While sales of detached homes dropped in August 2017 compared to July sales, and compared to August 2016 sales, Vancouver condos are in hot demand. More than 4200 condos and townhouses were listed for sale in August. The decreased availability and rising prices are putting big pressure on International students studying in Vancouver. UBC has 6000 students on their housing waitlist. Huge investment opportunity in foreign student housing.
Are you an investor? The August 2017 sales report shows townhouse/condo/apartment prices are rising fastest in Pitt Meadows, Squamish, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby East and Whistler. Mapleridge saw a big increase in apartment prices likely because the average price is only $252,000.
REGBV's August 2017 report shows home and condo prices are rising. Any home for sale in Metro Vancouver between $350k and $750k are still subject to multiple offers. The big change is in the number of Vancouver area homes for sale which plummeted 19.2% since last month. Overall, the number of properties for sale dropped 4.2% since last month.
Check out the Calgary housing forecast and the Toronto housing Market for comparison.
REBGV President Jill Oudil stated the detached home market has achieved a balanced state and that buyers have more homes to choose from. That may contradict the reality that the volume of homes available for sale has plummeted. The truth might be that there are fewer buyers of homes above $750,000 which comprises most of the homes in Metro Vancouver. It's a split market like Toronto.
The Federal Government has just raised the prime lending rate to 1% and hinted at further rate increases, and this will likely cool demand for higher end homes. The demand in Vancouver is still present, and the buyer target is condominiums.
Vancouver is host to tens of thousands of foreign students studying here, and they have an impact on condo prices. Currently companies such as CIBT specialize in student housing investment. They purchase properties such as hotels to fill this big demand in a Vancouver housing market that is near to a zero vacancy rate. Check out the student housing investment opportunity yourself. The forecast here is for more demand.
Vancouver's Housing Forecast Remains Positive
The last 8 years have been a real awakening for the city of Vancouver and for the rest of BC. BC is now is perhaps the hottest province economically in Canada. This has spurred tremendous construction, entrepreneurial, and employment opportunities. The demand for housing speaks for itself.
The BCREA reports that housing starts next year will jump dramatically. However, is 2,000 more units sufficient to quell the overheated market for rentals and buyers?
Screen Capture Courtesy of BCREA
This new tax, good for the BC government, may squash employment growth as Asian buyers look to live and buy elsewhere. Although this is a downer for Vancouver, it's brightening the forecast for Calgary and theToronto housing market, where new investment is predicted to grow. Judging by the number of people visiting my site looking for info on Toronto, the demand is changing.
Post tax implementation: The average composite price for a Vancouver home was $938,000 in July which is still 33% higher than one year ago. The BC government has its worked cut out for it. The BC provincial government was already collecting $1.6 Billion dollars in taxes and the new tax will create a ridiculous opportunity for government spending in 2017. Do you cheer or jeer?
Here's a look at the historical price trends in Vancouver contrasted with Toronto pirces. You can see the Toronto real estate forecast here.
The total numbers for July and August of 2017 haven't been reported but we'd have to guess at $10 Billion for the two months.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Metro Vancouver totalled 2,489 in August 2016, a decline of 26 per cent compared to the 3,362 sales in August 2015; 10.2% fewer than the 2,771 sales in August 2014; and 1% less than the 2,514 sales in August 2013. August 2016 sales also represent a 22.8% decline compared to last month's sales. – From the latest market report from REBGV on Sept 2, 2016.
The forecast is for fewer sales and perhaps lower prices, yet because of the foreign buyers tax, it might look more precipitous right now than it actually will be.
Regarding Vancouver condos, it looks like demand has slackened for cheaper accommodation and apartments and condos. REGBV said "Sales of apartment properties reached 1,602 in July 2016, a decrease of 7.3 per cent compared to the 1,729 sales in July 2015. The benchmark price of an apartment property increased 27.4 per cent from July 2015 to $510,600."
BC Economic Outlook
Although employment growth and GDP will moderate, BC residents and homebuyers will have much more disposable income. These facts plus an expected 5.5% rise in retail sales will definitely perk the attention of businesses everywhere.
Running out of Land in Greater Vancouver
BC lower mainland real estate is doing well, in stark contrast with Northern BC which saw its sales volume drop 8% and total sales volume drop by 25% compared to January 2015. It will be much worse in August and September.
The Greater Vancouver area saw its sales volume rise 73% to $2,788,099,000. That was actually overshadowed by the 101% rise in sales volume in the Fraser Valley year over year in January. The valley had a growth of $427 Million. Chilliwack and Powell River saw significant gains too, as affordability issues are forcing more BC residents out into the burbs. The condo market in Vancouver showed a shocking increase of 50% year over year.
What it means for BC is a rare moment of sunshine where it is leading Canada in prosperity. Add that to BC's more progressive and optimistic culture, and you've got an exciting mix. We can only hope it will last for a few more years before the Conservative wet blanket kills the party.
Vancouver Island enjoyed 50% growth in sales volume and the city of Victoria grew in sales to $260 Million in January. The south Okanagan region had a surprising growth of 44% in sales volume as well. It's hard to argue that the Okanagan has not benefited from real estate and migration.
Yet, this market isn't the hottest on record for BC, which was even more heated in 2005. Should this non-record high real estate market be snuffed out?
While politicians are jumping to suppress sales in BC, no one can argue that the deluge of real estate investment money is creating unheard of opportunity in Vancouver. The province is drawing migrants from Alberta and Saskatchewan who are looking for jobs at a time when Alberta is facing its biggest crisis ever. The worst hasn't even hit Alberta yet, as oil sunk to touch $25 a barrel last week.
As far as the shadow flipping controversy is concerned, some believe the privacy issue in transactions will ensure the practice of flipping will continue unabated. Others suggest the inflow of Chinese funds into BC will be terminated by the Chinese government and price rises would then abate.
The Vancouver real estate forecast is glowing and is not headed upward, and Vancouver's economic resilience has been tested by low commodity prices. Still, these good times never last so BC residents should revel in their wealth of opportunity. It's a good time to be an entrepreneur in Vancouver.
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I laid crying in the arms of a black man this morning. A black man whose existence I'm worried about being snatched away from him like the 114 others this year, alone. A number I'm sure may increase by the time I finish this post, because that's how frequently this is happening. I cried thinking about his well-being, along with the well-being of my black brother, my black friends and my black nephews. I am both infuriated and sad at the disregard for black life, in a space that was created on the backs of black people. And with this level of sadness and my shattered heart struggling to beat, I find it necessary to uplift. While I want to mobilize and set things ablaze, yelling obscenities until my throat gets sore, I want to continue to use my words to inspire. Still, somehow, with these emotions festering inside of me - emotions of hatred and bitterness toward those constantly striking us, that I struggled this morning to pray away - I want to be as much of a light as I can.
So today I want to tell you I love you and I care for you. That when the world can't stand the sight of you, I think you're beautiful. I think you're handsome. I think your being is delightfully unignorable. I think your life is valued and the purpose of it, invaluable. I want to tell you that you are the light and no matter how dark they want you to believe you are because of your skin, they'll never have enough power [read: white privilege] to dim that.
I want to tell you that while the rest of the world hates you, hates us, that you must choose to love yourself. That you must stand for your existence. I really want to tell you to be bold in your blackness. Be unapologetic about your history and your culture. To remind yourself and others of your kingdom/queendom. To remember that your story is made of far more riches than they want you to believe. I want to tell you that Jesus wasn't a white man with blue eyes, that he looks more like us than them. I want to tell you it's not an us versus them (but then I'd be lying). I want to tell you to teach your children our true origin – our true significance in this world – so they know the mark they can make. So they know the power they hold.
I want to tell you that your rage is okay. That your reactions are justified. That I am right with you. All of you. Furious, frustrated and fearful of the future of myself and my black men. I want to tell you to hug your black children tight tonight, and every night thereafter. To hug your black husbands, boyfriends, and exes; fathers, brothers, and uncles; nephews, cousins and best friends. To band together as black people, wanting to see change, willing to work to enforce that change. To not burn sh*t up with the torch you just lit.
I want to tell you how sick, sad and disgusted I am at the America we occupy in 2016; that police brutality [read: police murdering black folk] is the new form of legal lynching. I want to tell you that despite this, it will get better. That you'll be okay. That it won't – it can't – happen to you. That you're safe. That you're protected. That I'll protect you.
I want to tell you all these things and so much more, but I cannot, because I cannot stop crying.


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Every now and then it becomes all too much to bear, does Christmas, so the Creator dissociates from the physical world and enters one of metaphor, symbol and spiritual transsubstantiatiation. Not having any appropriate recreational chemicals handy, this entailed going to the movies.
It's easy to mock the Hollywoodelite, such as George Clooney who directed The Ides of March, and for that matter Leonardo diCaprio who stumped up some of the cash for it ("executive producer"). However, what they have come up with is a fairly interesting moviefication of what must have been a tolerably interesting play, one originally called Farragut North, which is a suburb ofWashingtonDC, supposedly where the lobbyists dwell (the flying monkeys of the Wicked Witches of corporate capitalism). It's a low-budget movie; no special effects, no spectacular scenery, and the most expensive props are probably the ties worn by the George Clooney character, the hopey-changey Democrat primary frontrunner seeking the nomination via a mammoth triumph inOhio. If he wins big he will be a first-ballot victor at the impending convention, and then, because the Republicans are so disorganized, he will go on to be President. So he devotes his time to bold bloviation about his rejection of religious motives and calls for less oil consumption and more green activities – particularly, a pledge to discourage cars running on petrol.
The hero of the movie, however, is the candidate's media specialist, number two to the campaign manager, a sleazy figure who leaks lies to the press, chuckling that he doesn't think anyone will believe the lies – he just wants to hear the opponent spending a day denying them. (This is a quote attributed to Lyndon Johnson via Hunter S Thompson.) The media specialist purports to believe – perhaps does believe – that the candidate is the superman who will save America, but we the audience are at liberty to doubt his capacity to judge this, especially since he is effortlessly capable of manipulating the press into whatever posture he finds convenient for his candidate. (Incidentally, the opening of the movie includes a moving wall of imaginary press commentary, including a couple of faked political cartoons by the leftish cartoonist Ted Rall.)
The hero proves to be a dodgy figure, however. The campaign manager of his opponent invites him to a secret meeting; he does notinform his campaign manager, then or later – until much later. Obviously he is flirting with the idea that he will gain some personal advantage from this. The opponent's plan is simple; he has promised the most powerful Democrat in the state a Cabinet position, and he has persuaded right-wing webloggers to urge Republicans to vote for the opponent because the George Clooney figure is considered more of a threat. (In Ohio Republicans can vote in Democratic primaries.) So this seems to reaffirm the situation; the baddies are sleazy and unprincipled, the goodies (with the exception of the media specialist, perhaps) are squeaky-clean. Of course, one side effect of this is the clear indication that the media are easily manipulated, indeed eager to be manipulated.
But then still sleazier things crop up. On one hand, the Clooney figure is shown to be a shabby, selfish liar and hypocrite. On the other hand, the campaign manager of the Clooney figure manages to use the meeting with the opposition to have the media specialist fired, on grounds of disloyalty – which is reasonable, but stupid at a time of crisis; it's obvious that he, like everyone else in the system, is using the situation for private gain. The campaign manager has leaked damaging information to a journalist, who turns out to have no sympathy for the media specialist (he had innocently assumed that journalists were manipulable friends, rather like the tobacco lobbyist in Thank You For Smoking). Eventually, thanks to sleaze and blackmail, the media specialist manages to succeed despite all efforts and at the minor cost of destroying the Clooney figure's political independence. There is a rather foolishly staged scene towards the end when the vicious journalist, implausibly, appeals to the friendship of the media specialist – only to be told, sardonically, "You're my best friend"; the media specialist stalks off into alienated, pointless authority over a campaign which he no longer believes in except as a vehicle for private gain.
It does seem as if Clooney and DiCaprio have lost some of their former enthusiasm for Obama. (Some of the posters for the Clooney character are evidently derived from the low-res two-colour posters for the Obama 2008 campaign.) It appears, too, that there is no sense that the current formal political system offers any way of improving the conditions of the average American (who does not appear in the movie except as gullible crowds uncritically cheering the increasingly implausible promises of the Clooney figure). You might say that some alternative to the system should have been shown, but that would probably have made the movie less effective. Essentially it is a long riff on the subject of "We are so screwed", and as such, not half bad. The Creator emerged looking for a double-handful of prescription drugs and a half-jack of whiskey, but couldn't find a chemist and all the bottle-stores were closed.
So much for intellectuals. Now for a header into the cesspool. For various unspecified reasons the Creator was at a loose end last night and decided to believe what he had read in the Mail and Guardian, namely that the latest Sherlock Holmes movie is the very best movie that Guy Richie has ever made. Which it may well be, whatever that means.
This is not a movie about Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, of course. This is a new franchise, in which Holmes and Watson are two homoerotic eccentrics with none of the characteristics formerly associated with them, with the general demeanour and acuity of teenage American undergraduates. Nor is the movie based on one of Conan Doyle's stories; on the contrary, it is fundamentally based on a vulgarization of The Seven–per-cent Solution, a popular book and movie of the 1970s. Of course, none of this means that the movie absolutely has to be worthless.
Of course. But.
The movie plunges us into the action at once; the gangster Professor Moriarty is slaughtering people (mostly his own agents) right and left in an effort to promote anarchist violence inWestern Europe, thus provoking war betweenGermanyandFrance. Why does Moriarty want to use anarchists, whom both the Germans and French cordially hated and whose behaviour would thus encourage unity between the two countries, to provoke a war which very nearly came off anyhow? It transpires that Moriarty has used the proceeds of his criminal empire to buy up the Schneider and Krupp armament concerns (presented here under false names, of course, but recognizable) and thus hopes to engineer a war in order to make money.
There is a trifling problem with this in the real world – in 1891 a war betweenFranceandGermanywould have ended within a month with Uhlans riding intoParis. Moriarty's holdings in France would have been speedily appropriated by the German government, which would very probably have noticed his ownership of Krupps and acted accordingly to seize this foreigner's holdings – especially since in this world-vision Moriarty is a personal friend of Lord Salisbury and a leading light in the British Foreign Office, which rather disqualifies him from owning the largest armaments firm in Germany.
It is, of course, true that armaments had always been transnational. During the First World War, British artillery shells were detonated by Krupp fuses, while German submarines fired Whitehead torpedoes at British cargo ships. However, this "merchants of death" theme remains rather dull.
Not, however, so dull as the actual process of the movie. For no particular reason, Holmes goes to see Moriarty at his university, thus triggering off Moriarty's vanity, so that Holmes and Watson have to flee the country. They go toParis, where Moriarty also goes, for no actual reason since he does not have to personally oversee the assassination of the owner of shares in the arms firm whose death will give him control. They gad about with gypsies, providing an excuse for the display of a modestly attractive wax model of an actress wearing gypsy regalia, but fail to prevent the assassination, which they do not anticipate, and which is concealed by an anarchist bombing, all organized by Moriarty for no obvious reason. (It is by this time obvious that neither Moriarty nor Holmes nor Watson has a brain in their heads.) Thereafter, they assume that Moriarty will go to his new German factory, modeled on the Gusstahlfabriek inEssen. He has no reason to go there, but they find him there (helped, for no obvious reason, by the gypsies).
Holmes has a plan; he wishes to pick Moriarty's pocket, thus obtaining the details of Moriarty's bank accounts, which will of course have no impact on anything. Nor is it credible that Moriarty will be walking around with bank details in his pocket, or that Moriarty will allow Holmes to come that close to him. The whole project is absurd, and is based on the assumption that Holmes knows essentially nothing about Moriarty – which proves to be more or less the case. The fact that this absurd plan comes off (partly thanks to the improbable notion that artillery pieces will be stored fully loaded in an armaments factory) is thus untenable and embarrassing.
Holmes has another plan; he, Watson and the gypsy girl somehow manage to get invited to a peace conference (though, realistically, there should be no prospect of war) at which they will identify the gypsy girl's anarchist brother who has been hired by Moriarty to assassinate someone (they are not quite sure who) thus somehow destroying the conference. (The idea that a country would send an ambassador on a mission of assassination is in itself quite absurd.) Since they don't know who the ambassador-assassin is, Watson upsets a tray of glasses which somehow makes the ambassador-assassin reveal himself, although an agent of Moriarty's murders the ambassador-assassin before he can be interrogated. (The ambassador-assassin has had facial surgery, which would certainly have been revealed in an autopsy, so Moriarty's plan is doomed to fail once it becomes obvious that the assassin is not really the ambassador at all.)
Meanwhile, Holmes, for no reason whatsoever, goes out onto an open balcony overlooking a hundred-metre-high waterfall plunging into a rocky chasm with Moriarty. They play "blitz" chess, which did not exist in 1891 but never mind, and then Holmes tells Moriarty, for no reason at all, that he has stolen all of Moriarty's money thanks to his access to the banking details in Britain. (How this would make Moriarty lose his assets inFranceandGermanygoes unexplained.) Moriarty becomes infuriated and attacks Holmes, and the two of them plummet off the balcony, falling a hundred metres onto rocks and then into a high-speed current which batters both corpses against more rocks, crushing them to a pulp which sinks to the bottom so that no remnants are recovered. Later, however, we learn that Holmes has a panacea against the consequences of a fall of this kind – a primitive oxygen mask.
Now, it's all right that we have a Holmes and Watson turned into a thirteen-year-old's vision of how humans behave. Raymond Chandler once remarked that it was remarkable how in just a few years the movies had evolved from being made for eight-year-olds to being made for thirteen-year-olds, and then stuck, and since 1943 nothing much seems to have changed except a greater exploitation of a thirteen-year-old's sexual and emotional imagination. However, thirteen-year-olds are not so childish that they can't recognize dumb ideas and dickheaded concepts when these flash across the screen. It becomes apparent, then, that when a flick purports to appeal to thirteen-year-olds, but actually appeals to thirteen-year-olds' willingness to abandon all pretense at intellectual activity and instead embrace stupidity, then there is an agenda here. They are not just out to make us children, they are out to make us stupid children, ignorant not merely of history and how the contemporary world works, but of how the contemporary world could work; buying into a flat, inhuman vision of sensibility for the sake of a momentary thrill or an instantaneous laugh before one has time to realize that the joke has been repeated ad nauseam and is nauseating and wasn't really funny at the beginning.
We can have halfway decent movies if we are prepared to demand them. It doesn't take genius; George Clooney is probably considerably less talented than Richie or Spielberg (whose horrid abortion of Tintin was trailered at the Richie flick). All it takes is a willingness to require competence, and an unwillingness to pretend that flatulence is sweet-smelling. And yet Richie's trash has been given a far more respectful hearing in the reviews than Clooney's modest competence.
Can it be that the evil conspiratorial system is oppressing us in yet another way?


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This is MY gym. They work for ME. They adapt what they do to get me the results I want, and the rest is up to me. I've had constant advice and support (weekly semi-private personal training and one-to-one discussions on progress and challenges). Those of you who know about my gym habit sometimes question the fees I pay. My philosophy here is that "you get what you pay for". I have probably spent thousands in gym memberships and weight loss programmes in the past, yet nothing else has been successful for me….until now.
I'm not where I want to be yet in terms of weight, inches and functional fitness but I'm the furthest along that I've ever been…thanks to U Fit Studio
Here endeth the sentimental journey….thanks for reading!
Apsara Leslie
There are literally hundreds more client success stories like this (a tribe which called themselves "U Fitters").
As for me, I have muscles, but I'm no academic.
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Actually, I dropped out of University while studying Sport Science. I was way too focused on football rather than my studies.
That was probably why I only came out with C's and D's. PE was my highest grade (a B). The only real qualification I held as a personal trainer was the Level 3 Certificate In Personal Training (okay, I had the Les Mills RPM Certificate, too).
And to cut a long story short, despite all that, I managed to become the founder of the multi-award winning U Fit Studio, an innovative, results-driven personal training studio. It commanded high membership fees, but wasn't in a big city, as you might imagine. It was in Leicester.
Leicester! Of all places!
Never heard of Leicester? You are not alone. Leicester wasn't even a blip on the radar until last year (2016), when Leicester City won the Premier League title for the first time in their history.
It was a feat even more miraculous than the Chicago Cubs finally winning the World Series over in America!
And in Leicester, I didn't have the title award winning team to help me make a name for myself. Instead, I was competing against:
- 12 other personal trainers at the mega-gym Greens Health & Fitness (now Nuffield). They had 5,000 members, where at any one time 600 people would be on the floor. When 13 trainers are competing for them, it was slim pickings.
- 49 other gyms within 12 miles, all with a minimum of 5 personal trainers each (a total 245 other personal trainers)
- Two private hospitals offering weight loss services and advice
- More than a dozen GP clinics offering weight loss advice and medication
- 41 Weight Watcher meetings
- Lighter life meetings every day for 365 days of the year…
- Also, Slimming world… and other weight loss classes
Google "Weight Loss Leicester" and there are half a million results. Google "personal trainer Leicester" and you'll get 7,840,000 results.
Despite all of that, I decided to take the leap from a commercial gym to my own private studio, in the little of Leicester, in a saturated market.
My studio wasn't in some high-end affluent area or even a sweet spot in the city centre. It was on a rural industrial site, which wasn't really even fit to host a factory warehouse, let alone a boutique personal training studio.
On that site, there were many buildings, ugly and run down. Not only that, but you couldn't even see U Fit Studio from the roadside. You had to go searching for it, and there wasn't even a sign posted.
People would constantly ring us and ask, "Where are you?! I've driven up this road a thousand times!? In this business, first impressions are important, so this difficulty for clients was a big No-No, especially considering how saturated the market was. I was already fighting for a limited market, and now I was asking them to pay higher fees and drive out to the boondocks, only to get lost?
The building and piping was old. The landlord was fraudulent. Parking was sketchy at best. Some of these huge big box gyms have spaces for 100+ cars. The so-called plush studios in town boasted private lots. Us, on the other hand, had space for 10 cars (see picture). Yup, that was it. Just down the side and to the rear.
Alright. You have the picture. But why did I start this blog with a client testimonial?
Well, it was my hope that by painting a honest picture of how the odds might have been stacked against us to even survive, let alone thrive, you can set out to do whatever you want to do. By removing the excuses, you can take on the market, from anywhere.
In whatever situation you find yourself in now, if you follow the 3 Simple Steps below, you'll also have the best chance to also thrive!
To really bring the point home:
- Leicester was voted fourth lowest level of disposable income in the UK
- A national report in 2015 stated Leicester is the poorest city in the UK
- In 2016, the average income was only £12,071 per person
Eek. That's only £1005.91 per month.
Despite that, I still managed to thrive off a business model where I got more money from fewer members. I took on 4850 fewer members than the commercial gyms.
Now, you're probably thinking "yeah Joe, that's great to hear, but even though your story inspires me and all of what you've said describes me now and that I'm up against, it's tiring, and I fear I'm not going to last in this industry…"
I hear you, I really do.
So, I've put together a list of the most common mistakes I see personal trainers and small gym owners making. You can use this article as a checklist and see if you're making the same mistakes.
Then using the solutions I've shared, try and fix these issues as soon as possible.
Now, just because you might be making these mistakes, it's not the time to get defensive and take any of this personally. I mean, okay, get defensive, but let it go, so that you can move on and get on with it.
Despite what your perception might be of those who have achieved great things in the industry, it's not different for them. They get defensive, too, as do I.
They've been here, done that. Got the shirt. They realised (just as you will) that mistakes are part of growing. As long as you learn to persevere at an even higher level, and allow time for things to take its course, it will all start to fit together.
I want you to fix this more than ever. Bear in mind that this is in no particular order and it is a helicopter view, but it all matters.
You've continued to replicate and duplicate already dying fitness models.
Just because every other trainer is doing 1-2-1 training, and charging by the hour, doesn't mean that you have to.
Just take a look at the research mainly by Carron and Spink (1993) in which I must thank Jacque Crockford for… whom also wrote a brilliant article on 'Discovering the benefits of small group training'
Why do clients hire you? To achieve results. But how can you possible do that if the hard evidence suggests that clients are more likely to stick to their programs if they're in a group setting?
Because it gets results, a group model increases client retention. And retention puts more money in your back pocket, and for less working hours.
Take this for example:
Let's say the client chooses to train once per week.
1-2-1 Training Model
£50 per hour, or £600 for a package of 12 sessions
You have 21 clients. That's 21 hours per week, yielding £1050 per week.
That's £4,200 per month.
Stay with me.
Small Group Training (3 clients per hour)
£120 per hour (£40 x 3), or £1440 for a package of 12 sessions
You have 21 clients. That's 7 hours per week, yielding £840 per week.
That's £3,360 per month
Hang on a minute Joe, you said I would earn more!
Yes, that's right. You will!
With the small group training you are working 7 hours week instead of 21.
So, if you did small group training and you increased that to 21 hours per week, it would look like this:
£120 (3 clients @ £40 each) x 21 hours = £2,520 per week. That's £10,080 a month.
But what other benefits are there?
- More opportunity for client referrals
- Tighter schedules mean clients work around your diary
- The power of influence. If one client drinks a post-workout shake, others will too because they don't want to feel left out. That's more upsell.
- Greater gravitational pull for clients to stick with you means you worry less about searching for new clients or whether you'll have enough money next month
- Plus much more…
Adapt to your clients wants and needs, not what the other trainers are doing.
This leads nicely onto the next mistake…
You have no personal brand
It makes no sense to me to call yourself a "Personal Trainer".
Yes, if all you want to be known for is someone who can count from 10 to 1 backwards, be my guest.
When a potential client thinks of a personal trainer, what crosses their mind?
According to Paige Waehner, there are 10 reasons why people are afraid to hire a personal trainer:
- It costs too much
- I'm too overweight and out of shape
- I don't know what to expect
- I'm afraid it will hurt
- I'm afraid of an injury
- I have personal trainer or gym trauma
- I'm afraid of failing
- I'm afraid of committing
- I'm afraid of looking like an idiot
- I'm afraid I won't like my personal trainer
So, this is not a good advert.
How, do you differentiate yourself from all the other personal trainers in your town?
The strategy right now is the cheapest fee gets the client.
How many enquires have you received that begin by asking what your prices are?
I know what you're thinking; you can explain how different you are if you get a chance to speak to the prospect.
I fear not. I could send a mystery shopper to you right now and almost predict word-for-word how the conversation would go.
We're just scratching the surface here. We're talking about a failing title that the failing fitness industry demands that you should adopt …
Time to do something different.
But first, what does Personal Branding actually mean?
I like how Neil Patel put it:
Personal branding describes the process by which individuals and entrepreneurs differentiate themselves and stand out from a crowd by identifying and articulating their unique value proposition, whether professional or personal, and then leveraging it across platforms with a consistent message and image to achieve a specific goal. In this way, individuals can enhance their recognition as experts in their field, establish reputation and credibility, advance their careers, and build self-confidence.
He also shared another great resource, Andrew Cooke.
The end goal is then to create a unique value proposition.
And to begin that process, Andrew Cooke, from Growth & Profit Solutions, suggests that you ask yourself these two questions:
People "buy" you – so how do you differentiate yourself from others? What can you do to attract the people you want, and to be attractive to them?
If you take a look at his site, he takes it a whole lot further.
Bottom line is:
- Who are you?
- What is your story?
- Why did you really get into the fitness industry in the first place?
- Who gives you the most personal satisfaction to help?
- What do you want to be known for?
- Who gets the best results or positive change when you help them?
- What strengths do you possess, what skills do you need to acquire?
- What are your core values, rules, beliefs and standards?
Once you can answers these questions, the personal branding process can truly begin.
What you'll then quickly realise is that once you figure out who you really are and what you have to offer, you have something that no one else has. You are truly unique. You have a story. Use that to differentiate yourself and create new demand. Do your thing, and leave the competition to copycat one another and fight over the same clients.
Why do you think I attracted middle aged women, slightly overweight, who had put their life on hold, barely surviving to bring up children on their own who over time lost confidence in themselves, questioned their self-worth and practically given up on life…?
Because I knew who I was. I owned my story.
When visiting my website, people wouldn't see a list of qualifications or how self centered I was. Rather, they'd see that I built something my ideal clients would want to buy!
You've never hired a coach for yourself.
And for that reason, you don't appreciate its full power or recognise the impact it can have on people's lives, including your own
Let's say your client comes to you to lose weight.
How many times have you helped such a client lose weight and they are still unhappy for whatever reason?
Or, I'm guessing it is very rare that you even got a long enough chance to help them lose weight? Before you know it, they decided to not continue. They become demotivated, or other things got in the way.
What motivates one client will be completely different from the other.
How do you communicate differently and effectively to ensure all clients reach their intended targets?
To be truly outstanding at getting your clients the results they want is to have your current beliefs, rules, values and standards challenged.
Well, you entered the fitness industry to help other people attain their health and fitness goals, but did it occur to you that it may have been also about healing yourself?
Now that I've brought these 3 Fatal Mistakes into your awareness, do question them, and evaluate what you are currently doing and what needs to change.
How many of these are you falling prey too? What do you plan to do to fix them? Have you already fixed them, and if so please comment below, so that other trainers can learn.
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**The Player by Clair Contreras – OMG this was so good! Most of her books are so good this wasn't a surprise to me and if you read her it won't be to you either. So, this hottie soccer (football) player is not only a player on the field but off the field as well, hence the book title. What I wasn't expecting was all the juicy bits in between. It was the typical "girl tames the player" story, however, it isn't just that. The dynamics of this story make it unique, so you will definitely enjoy the ride from their meeting to their Happily Ever After. I enjoyed taking that ride with Warren and Camilla and you will too. 5 stars for this hottie with a body and nipple piercings
**Royally Screwed by Emma Chase – This was an amazing read too! I was completely engrossed in this story. Nicholas and Oliva were just wonderful. I even pretended I had a posh British accent for a few hours after this. So Prince Nicholas has to pick a wife before he becomes King (granny's getting old and even though she loves being Queen it's bout time to step down) Nicholas decides to spend his summer sowing his Royal Oats before he has to pick a princess. He meets Olivia on a trip to NY and the juicy goodness begins. I fell in love with love reading this story. I was like "YES!" then "NOOO" then "YES!" again while reading this book, not to mention the sex was fan-freaking-tastic (if you like that kinda thing, and I love that kinda thing). So pip-pip cheerio and all that to this 5 star read
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