The Consistent Clients Workbook

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Set your check-in rhythm

When the check-in day moves around, clients have to remember it, and the ones who forget start to drift. A fixed day plus one short midweek touch turns checking in into a habit they don't have to think about.

How to do it

1. Pick one check-in day for every client. Sunday or Monday works for most, because it closes one week and plans the next.
2. Pick the time the form goes out and the time you'll read and reply, within a day. Put both in your calendar as repeating blocks.
3. Pick one midweek touch for each client: a voice note, a quick 'how did Tuesday's session feel', or a reply to a meal photo.
4. Test it against your worst month. If you couldn't keep it up then, cut it back. Don't go daily unless a client asks for it.
5. Send every client one message telling them the day and when to expect your reply.

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Build your five-minute check-in form

A long questionnaire gets filled out on day one and skipped by week six. Every question has to earn its place, and the win and struggle questions matter more than the numbers.

How to do it

1. Tick the questions below that fit your plan.
2. Cut anything you won't act on. If steps aren't part of your plan, drop steps.
3. Write each question you kept in your own words in the table. Eight to ten questions is plenty.
4. Fill out the form yourself with a timer running. If it takes more than five minutes, cut again.
5. Put it in the tool you already use, like a Google Form or your coaching app, and save the link.

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Write your reply template

A form nobody answers is just a diary. 'Great job, keep going' could be sent to anyone, but a fast reply with the client's own words in it is what makes them feel coached instead of managed.

How to do it

1. Read the check-in within a day. Start with the struggle answer, because it often hands you the fix.
2. Name one win, using their words.
3. Name one change that makes next week easier. Don't grade last week.
4. Give one clear action with a day attached.
5. Before you send, check that at least one phrase they wrote is in your reply.

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Write your missed check-in message

Most clients quit after a bad week nobody noticed, and one missed week turns into three. A missed check-in often means the plan got too heavy, not that the client stopped caring.

How to do it

1. Set a cutoff time on check-in day. If there's no form by then, you message that same day.
2. Write one short message with no guilt in it and one easy question, like 'what got in the way this week?'
3. When they answer, make the next step smaller: fewer sessions, shorter sessions, or one habit instead of three.
4. If a client is clearly stuck, offer a quick call. Save calls for that and for monthly reviews.
5. If several clients skip the form, cut questions before you add reminders.

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Save client struggles for your content

My first three online trainers all ghosted for the same reason: 'I just don't know what to post.' Your check-ins answer that every week, because every struggle a client writes down is a problem other people in your pond have too.

How to do it

1. After you reply to check-ins, copy each struggle into your proof vault below. Leave out names.
2. Write the fix you gave in one line.
3. Turn one struggle into a video idea: their problem, your fix, and why you're the one to hand it over.
4. Answer it on check-in day, film it the next day.

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The plan

Your next 7 days

Small steps, one a day, and by day 7 your check-in is running.

Your answers, in one place

One small job a day