 Hey everyone, Nick Aldero here and I want to go over what I wish I knew before I started my basketball skills training business First if you are looking to get extra help after this video You can text me the word grow to 732-908-2315 or you can book a call with me on the calendar link below It'll be an application call to see if you're a good fit to help. So What I wish I knew before I Started my business number one It's way more difficult than I thought it takes more time It's just overall more more challenging. I did not realize How difficult it was going to be coming from being a teacher to You know, you are responsible for all your revenues. So obviously I knew that part But it's just overall more challenging than I thought and it takes a lot more work Number two how to add value outside of the in-person training sessions So I know now, but I wish I knew that right away like what can I do to help athletes? But I don't see them in person number three How to get more committed clients, you know, when I first started up, I'm dealing with people who Who weren't committed they would come they would go disappear for four months come back do one session And because I was not holding them accountable to being committed It didn't work out. So I definitely wish I knew how to get more committed clients number four is clear terms I call them what ifs like what if somebody says they can't make it what if Something happens, what if somebody gets sick like what are what terms do you have in place? I did not have any terms in place at first and it cost me a lot of money Number five it cost a lot more than I thought in terms of like the gym rental Really really adds up now. Do you have to do stuff and gyms all the time? No, if it's warm weather, you can always go outside and that can save you a lot of money, but Everything in terms of just building the business You know paying for certain subscriptions and like I said gym memberships it Not not memberships, but just paying hourly for the gym It costs a lot more than than I anticipated because it adds up very very fast This is another expense to what software where to use in terms of like How are we booking calls? How what what do we use for website? How do we create an online program? And what's the most user-friendly where I don't have to rely on somebody because I used to have to rely on somebody To create a website and that was a nightmare because I'm the type of person that like I needed done like I needed done now And relying on somebody else Wasn't a good fit for me personally Number seven how to market the program so people know about you sometimes of course being a good coach is Is extremely important and that's what matters the most but in terms of like your revenue You have to be a great marketer Editing videos falls into that category or whether you're gonna hire someone to do that or you're gonna do it on your own now Obviously when you're first starting out you're gonna need to do that on your own I still do it on my own personally, but um you gotta be a great marketer other than a great coach So these are the seven things I wish I knew More of before I started my business These are there's a lot of more details than that I have time left to go into this video But if you're looking for more help text me the word grow to 732 908 2315 Or you can book a call with me on the calendar below That's an application call where I say to questions see if we're a good fit to help you But I will see you next video