FIT PRO BIZ

I am, at the moment, taking a short break from updating one of the tutorial modules for the Fitness Pro Travel Community.  Making the search, learn, and discuss features as simple as possible will help both the Fit Pro in finding a best fit teaching vacation and Fit Bodies in providing an awesome vacation experience.

When sorting out how to display a new feature (basic accounts can now view all available dates, even for those products they are not allowed to book) that was just put in this weekend I realized it is valuable enough to require mention here so that it reaches beyond only those going through the tutorial.

As FPT members have always known, you cannot access certain products if you do not qualify for them based upone your certified specialty skills.

As of this most recent upgrade to the social commerce platform you have likely noticed the access for those maintaining a “BASIC” or free account is a bit limited.

Hundreds of fitness professional immediately recognized the value of community membership and the expenses that go into not only Fit Bodies travel program, but also the building and maintaining of this high function site.

As expected, there are many who were not quite as Continue reading →

Now that we have officially moved back into the new Fitness Community Site at Fitness Pro Travel, its been crazy bug fix and directional officer for a few days non stop.

Bad Things Happen

Happy to say that most are getting around well and the many accounts (not bad out of 12,000 though) for whom we had to adjust their login to help them access are back in and active.

Surprising to me though is a use issue with the new vacation search tool that so many people use.  It is slightly different than in the past but provides many great benefits to scheduling the teaching vacations than the previous tool did.

Now, instead of searching week by week as in the old, you simply select a day from within the week that you would like to travel….. A list of resorts that have a week with that date available pull up with their short descriptions.

Since there is generally a Sunday overlap there are essentially two individual week blocks that share the same date.  One may end on a particular date and the next will begin on that same date. Continue reading →

…And the update is that everything is going relatively well.  We are still on target for being open for you to come check it (Fitness Pro Travel) out tomorrow.

When 10,000+ fitness professionals come through and check it out, I am certain there will be other “challenges” that arise. We fully intend to lose the next couple of weekends chasing those items down, but hope that all the major functionalities will continue to prove themselves solid.

We appreciate your patience, feedback, and notification for challenges you may run into.

Keep an eye out for our mailing system check on Monday.  Rumor has it that Suzelle will be offering a bribe for your patients with any issues and assistance with getting this greater functioning website rolling. 

So many details go into making a move.  Whether from one house to another, or as I’m finding, especially when moving from one website platform to another.

Simple links to various informational pages that have been built over the years or updating contact templates or automatic order responders… each require much attention to detail so that no major items are missed.

With just over a week before our currently scheduled website move I want to remind all 12,000+ members that it might not be a bad idea to do your own house cleaning with your account.

Make a copy of past or future trips scheduled

Note you bio, experience, and education descriptions, what groups you are in, and which other pros you have already connected with.  While I don’t expect any major issues in any of these areas from the move, it is likely best to be safe all the way around (yes, we are making an entire backup of the existing site, but not all that easy to grab so we’ll be trying not to need it).

I do expect that some links, directions, even potentially some content will be askew and I hope that all community members will take the time to inform us of any issues you run into.  There are bound to be some that we will not find or notice.

See Ya on Moving Day!