FILEX 2009 - A roaring success

by Analee Matthews | Wednesday, April 22, 2009

FILEX 2009 – THE BIGGEST FITNESS CONVENTION THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE HAS EVER SEEN  ...read more

Club management... Amanda Bracks-Taylor style

by Analee Matthews | Thursday, April 02, 2009

Amanda Bracks-Taylor started off in membership sales 13 years ago, where she quickly evolved to centre manager, growing the membership base at that club from 1,800 to 4,500.

"I've been managing clubs since then, while also consulting on sales, marketing and business development to over 500 clubs around Australia and New Zealand. Now I am the general manager for BlueFit and run three health clubs and I am also the sales and marketing manager at Leisure One (we distribute Matrix, Johnson, Links, Xercise Po, Swimtech, Training Sense and deliver sales training and marketing flyers). Released a sales book for the industry called Changing Lives: A hands on approach to successfully selling memberships. I am also a former board member Fitness Australia and a regular author for Network and Australasia Leisure Management  ...read more