Success with WellnessLiving- Robin Bourdeau’s Story

After years in the corporate world, Robin Bourdeau struck out on her own to help others find the life and body they always wanted.

About

Robin Bourdeau was a hardworking mother juggling everything from her family to her career to her health. And like a lot of working mothers, she was eventually stretched to a breaking point. “My career and my family took precedence over everything else, my health and everything,” Robin told us when we spoke to her about her business. “Before I knew it, I was 270 pounds…I was unrecognizable. Having grown up in gymnastics and been a coach, I was mortified.”

In 2007, Robin decided that enough was enough. She took it upon herself to actively reclaim her life and happiness. “I ate healthy, I exercised, and I dropped well over 100 pounds. I’ve kept it off for more than ten years at this point.”

After her amazing transformation, Robin noticed that the people in her life had started to look up to her as an example. At corporate dinners, her colleagues would request to have the same meal as her. In the office, they asked about her lifestyle and wanted to emulate her success. “I want to be able to continue to inspire people to live that kind of life,” Robin told us. “I’m a personal trainer, I teach yoga, I’m learning to teach Pilates. I just want to do this full time. So, I did.”

And so Robin Bourdeau Coaching was born.

Since then, Robin has worked hard to find success for herself and for her clients. She discovered a direct path to that success with NPE. NPE is an industry leading fitness-business education company that helps fitness professionals grow their businesses. NPE introduced Robin to WellnessLiving, and since then, she has been riding the wave of support to higher levels of success than she could have ever imagined.

Problem

Before Robin discovered NPE and WellnessLiving, she was having difficulty getting the word out about her business. “I’m really good at helping people once they get in front of me but getting the people in front of me is where I needed that support,” Robin told us.

Indeed, as the owner of a brand-new business, Robin faced a lot of challenges. She did her best to confront each one as they came her way, and generally was able to prevail. When she needed to find clients, she sought them out and hoped that word of mouth would help her proceed with success. When she needed to manage her schedule, she pulled out her phone and opened her digital calendar. When she needed to keep track of her earnings, she created a spreadsheet.

“I was just using my calendar on my phone… Also, Excel spreadsheets and things of that nature. Notebooks. Tracking clients without that online capability of setting action items and follow up notes and keeping all of my notes in one spot.”

But Robin’s resourceful methods could only carry her so far. “It was becoming a little bit disorganized and overwhelming…I needed a system [that I could use to] keep track and really service my clients the way they should be serviced.” As every business owner knows, you can’t do it all alone. Robin needed help.

Solution

After a few months of jury-rigged management tactics, Robin turned to WellnessLiving, an all-in-one business management software solution. “WellnessLiving really provided what I was looking for,” Robin said. Equipped with all the tools she needed to manage and grow her business effectively, Robin was ready to jump right in.

With the help of the onboarding team, the data migration process has been as smooth as Robin could have hoped. “I loved when I would test things out and have some questions [during the onboarding process]…the [WellnessLiving team] were able to answer my questions quickly. So, it’s been very, very simple to get it up and running.”

While transferring her business to her new software solution, Robin discovered that WellnessLiving is equipped with more options to help streamline her business. As she discovered further options, she worked with WellnessLiving to integrate them with her business. “I decided midstream to add the merchant account, because it just didn’t make sense to have the system without being able to let people pay when they book. So, it’s all been very seamless.”

Learning how to manage her growing business with her new software was a quick and easy process. In no time, Robin was experiencing the benefits of working with the best all-in-one business management solution on the market. “It’s very easy. It’s really intuitive… I can focus more on building my relationship with clients and actually training them.”

Since starting with WellnessLiving, Robin has seen vast improvements for her business. Her clients are happy, too. “My current clients really like the usability of WellnessLiving. And I’ve already got one 5-star review, so that was awesome.” Next, Robin plans to start making use of WellnessLiving’s email marketing options to distribute newsletters to her clients. With WellnessLiving, Robin is looking forward to years of success and transformation for herself and for her clients.