write copy. In order to develop effective ad copy, there are a few basic facts that you must address to attract fitness clients.

You will usually have less than 0.8 seconds to get a potential client’s attention. Make sure that ad uses attention-getting words and phrases along with proper colors. Use phrases that attract attention such as Free, Special Offer, Limited Time, Sale, Money, and Sex. There is a large volume of research available on words that sell effectively. If you are planning on placing many advertisements, it may be prudent to research these words at library or on net.

In addition to attention-grabbing words, proper use of color is invaluable to create an effective display ad. Red and Yellow stand out among all other colors, and are usually attract most attention. If you are

placing color ads, these colors should be considered.

When writing copy, word it in such a way that it addresses your training clients specific need. Refer back to your notes on why client would want to use you as their trainer, and what would they expect out of your services. Don’t offer to help people "Get Fit!" when you can offer to "Lose Ten Pounds Fast!" Most people don’t care about fitness for fitness’ sake. Most just want to look and feel good. Address specific needs of your target client, and word it to address

specific wants, worries or concerns.

Word advertisement in a way that creates emotion. A client will only

act if you can create enough emotion to motivate them. How many of people out there say they want to get fit and lose weight, but have yet to call

you? Unless you create enough emotion to make them act, they will never respond to your ad. Create negative feelings toward where they are at right now, and positive emotion towards what a change in fitness will be like.

Before and after pictures are especially effective in creating emotional

responses. If you are in doubt, watch late night infomercials, or flip through Flex or Muscle and Fitness magazine. Each ad creates an effective emotional response targeted to a specific fitness demographic.

Now that your ad uses wording to create emotion, it is time to encourage

action. You should now make an offer. EVERY ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD HAVE AN

OFFER. Showing before and after pictures may motivate some people, but you will have a much better response if you ask customer to contact you.

Putting your contact information is not enough to get most people to pick up phone. Make sure advertisement asks your potential personal training clients to contact you, and does so in such a way that customer will be motivated to call now as opposed to waiting for three months. Once again, EVERY ADVERTISEMENT FOR PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINING SHOULD INCLUDE AN OFFER.

As a final inclusion to your ad copy, determine how you are going to track response that you get from your advertisement. You will be spending a lot of money on developing and placing ad, Wouldn’t it be

prudent to find out how effective ad was? The most common way to track effectiveness of an advertisement is to include a coupon or a special offer. This serves a dual purpose, 1) it serves as an offer to entice fitness clients to call, 2) it provides a way for you to know how many people responded to an advertisement.

You now have written your copy, and have either been working with periodical’s graphic artist, or have been working with an independent designer or publishing program. After you have developed advertisement, and had it printed in a photo-ready format, it is time to submit it to magazines or newspaper. When placing your ad, make sure that you are told specific times that it will go to press, when it will be circulated.

Also, ask if periodical can send you a printed proof of ad before it goes to final press; just to make sure that colors and words line up. After printing, make sure that periodical sends you a copy of magazine or newspaper with your ad included.

These are fundamental steps that personal trainers, fitness clubs, and small businesses follow when placing advertisements. The process is not complex, but it does take some thought to create an effective advertisement.

Remember that you should devise a method for tracking your classified ads. If you place three different ads in three different places, you want to know which ads or which publications are bringing most business. This is so you can continue a similar ad campaign to further your business.

Ezines: Most ezine subscriber lists currently have 100,000 to 300,000 readers per issue. That's a lot of potential business! Furthermore, most ezines are specifically targeted at a certain audience. If you have a great business opportunity that needs to be declared to world, a biz opp ezine is a great place to put an advertisement. Check out http://www.bizguru.com for top ezines that reach millions, for less than two hundred dollars.

Most other ezines are also pretty inexpensive. The bigger ones charge about $35 to $150, but there are smaller ezines that run ads for much cheaper, too. Granted, smaller ezines only reach about 2,500 to 5,000, but that still a few thousand people that you're reaching, and all for a relatively small price.

Remember that if you choose to advertise in an ezine, you need to be marketing a product that can be shipped easily anywhere in world. If you product are breakable or expensive to ship, to might want to consider advertising in your local area.

Local Media: With advancement of Internet, many newspaper, radio and television stations realize they are in a fierce competition. It doesn't cost as much as you might think to place ads in these ever present media sources. Not only is it cost effective, but a great way to get your name out in your immediate community.

Let's face it. It's not exactly easy to add attention grabbing flair to a radio or television ad on a limited budget. You don't have to hire cast of Friends, however, to get people to listen to you.

Listen to ads that are already out there. You know what you like, and it's probably same sort of stuff that's going to grab attention of potential customers, too. Try to use components of ads that have affected you, and see what you come up with.

Don't forget that while bizarre ads can be a little, well,... bizarre they can also have a lasting effect on people. There's an ad out right now that features an array of singing belly buttons. I was a little freaked out first time I saw it, but I still tried on a pair of jeans advertised next time I was shopping for new pants.

Using a little creativity will get your ad noticed far more than boring ones, no matter where you place them. Target your audience and track ad placement, and you will be well on your way to having an awesome ad campaign.