youtu.be/IiOBadYoMqU Billings, Montana Owner and Managing Operations Director, Donnette Roberts of Anytime Fitness is proud to announce a brand new location on the corner of 24th Street West and Broadwater Avenue inside the Westgate Village, managed by Jennifer Jacobson. With having 1958 clubs in North America and 488 across the globe, Anytime Fitness opens it’s largest facility in the United States on Tuesday March 4th, 2014. It will be open at 5:00 AM. Corporate website is AnytimeFitness and there you can locate individual locations in your area. In Billings, there are three locations for your pleasure. The other two are located at the downtown location, manager is Sandy Fox on the corner of Montana Avenue at 2702 Montana Avenue and North 27th and in the Heights at 1509 Main Street, cross street Wicks Lane, managed by Zac Linton. Try is FREE for 7-days: Try Anytime Fitness free for 7 days with absolutely no obligation. See why an Anytime Fitness club is just right for you! Well see you at the gym! anytimefitness/membership/gym-pass We have pages on Facebook at: https://facebook/anytimefitnessbillings?filter=2 YouTube: youtu.be/yKS9LHWkIA4 YouTube: youtube/watch?v=U9gpn2rVJ8Y YouTube: youtube/watch?v=I3OZ2uiqtYo&feature=share YouTube: youtu.be/qDL_dtEBDD4 Anytime Fitness ranked #1: anytimefitness/franchise-opportunities We are proud to announce that Anytime Fitness is ranked #1 on Entrepreneur magazines prestigious 2014 Franchise 500 list, surpassing every other franchise in the world, including well-known franchises like Subway, McDonalds, and Pizza Hut. According to Entrepreneur, the most important factors for inclusion on its Franchise 500 list are: • Financial strength and stability • Growth rate • Size of the system Using that formula, Anytime Fitness ranks #1! Watch the video below to see a special message from our co-founders, corporate staff, and franchisees. When youre done, visit the Entrepreneur website to see the complete rankings. Entrepreneur Magazine Story by: Jason Daley Meet the Top Franchise of 2014 entrepreneur/article/230291# No. 1: Anytime Fitness At least 1,400 people in 10 countries sport a cryptic purple tattoo somewhere on their bodies. From one angle, it looks like a letter from an obscure ancient alphabet, but with a little imagination, one can make out the form of a lavender person lunging into a run. Its the logo of Anytime Fitness, the 24-hour gym franchise that this year has captured the top spot on the Franchise 500(R). • Franchise 500: Our Full List • Understanding the Ranking • Despite Challenges, Franchising Continues to Rebound in 2014 • Meet the Top Franchise of 2014 The tattoos--the company reimburses anyone who gets one, if they submit a photo and story--arent really about branding or marketing. For most people, they represent a personal accomplishment: losing weight, improving their health, recovering from a serious injury or illness or starting their own small business. Anytime Fitness is just four walls and a treadmill, explains CEO Chuck Runyon, who founded the franchise in 2002. We are a conduit. The tattoos are not about us. Its about our clients and employees, how they think about themselves. The clean, modern, low-cost facilities have helped the Minnesota-based company jump to nearly 2,500 units with 1.9 million members. Another 1,500-plus locations are slated to open over the next five years. But the real secret to Anytimes success is its focus on its culture, clients, employees and franchisees. Culture trumps everything, Runyon says. Culture eats strategy for breakfast. A cohesive team leads to performance. And thats not just lip service. Runyon says Anytime aspires to improve franchisees lives, not just pump up their bank accounts. We want people to grow and to say, Anytime made me a better person, he explains. We have a franchisee who used to work at Pizza Hut. If you look at a picture of him when he worked in that unhealthy environment and what he looks like now, theres an incredible transformation. Our top priorities are family, health, wealth and safety. Our franchisees improve their health, they feel better, they become better spouses, and they go to work every day and improve themselves. Its very cool. That potential for self-improvement extends to employees (in fact, for the past two years, Minnesota Business magazine has ranked Anytime the No. 1 large company to work for in a state full of corporate headquarters). One way it does this is by offering them classes on everything from gardening and personal relationships to couponing and financial planning. Runyon focuses heavily on training and retention, knowing that in an industry where clients interact primarily with machines, its the experience with trainers and other gym staff that will determine whether they stick with their exercise routines and with the brand. The only thing worse than training people and having them leave is not training people and having them stay, contends Runyon, who says Anytime looks for employees who like to be challenged and stretched. Even though they dont have a direct return on investment, Ive never regretted one dollar weve put toward parties or professional growth. In the past year, Runyon began taking the principles that have made Anytime so strong and applying them toward a second brand, Waxing the City, a new waxing concept that already has about 20 units sold. He says he will announce a third brand this year. The diversification is not coming because Anytime has run its course--far from it. The concept is expanding into Europe and Southeast Asia, and Runyon says theres still room to grow in the U.S. Over the next decade there will be lots of consolidation happening in our industry, he points out. Four out of five health clubs are still independently owned. There are still a ton of niches to fill.
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