Space for my New Bootcamp
Hey All,
I am new here but do any of you have tips/advice on how to approach a martial arts school, rec center, or other ‘space provider’ in regards to starting a fitness bootcamp? I am looking to do something this summer and ongoing. I am in Chicagoland area and I personally prefer indoors. Outdoors would be ok, but with our park districts there are rules against just rolling up and setting up shop. Working on starting my business!!
Hi Raven,
I taught some outdoor and indoor boot camps in Chicago in the past 5 years. A great outdoor location is the Lakeshore East Park. I have been teaching boot camp classes there for the past 3 years and I never had any problems with the park district. I think that park is partly owned by the Magellan Group which owns most of the buildings around the park and they don’t have a problem if you use their park. If you want to approach any of the Churches of schools around Chicago, I would just pay them some rent or a % of what you will be making and also ask them if it would be possible for them to promote your classes thou their newsletter (most of them have one) which they sent out to their members. This would give you free exposure to a large number of potential clients.
LaRue and Susan have some great points as well and I hope it will help you with promoting your business.
Best,
Harris