inerTRAIN News & Announcements


October 24, 2011

inerTRAIN Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kirsten Kamerman
Cell Phone: 248-342-9152
Email: kirsten@perpetualfit.com

inerTRAIN LAUNCHES CEO CHALLENGE WITH THE ILLINOIS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION
Executives Compete to Be Named to the “fit40 under 40”
 
(Chicago, IL) – October 24, 2011 – inerTRAIN and the Illinois Technology Association (ITA) are proud to announce the launch of their most recent collaborative project, the CEO Challenge. Top executives of ITA member companies will compete to be included in the “fit40 under 40” list. The CEO Challenge will have ITA member companies’ top executives competing against each other for a 3-month period, starting Nov. 1, 2011 and concluding Jan. 31, 2012. Those competing will work with their inerTRAIN personal trainer to improve their overall health and fitness level and work toward any personal fitness goals they might have.
 
“The CEO Challenge will help to kick start health and wellness among the ITA member company’s top executives and employees,” said Fred Hoch, ITA President.
 
The competition will be judged based upon the participants’ fitAGE™, inerTRAIN’s comprehensive proprietary fitness evaluation, measured within the first week of the challenge period and then again during the last week. At the end of the three months, the executive with the greatest improvement in fitAGE will be declared the CEO Challenge winner. The winner and his or her company will receive a wellness mini-series for the company’s employees, among other prizes. All CEOs whose fitAGE is 40 or less at the end of the contest period will be named to the elite “fit40 under 40” list.
 
“inerTRAIN is excited to continue to offer our services to the ITA and launch the CEO Challenge. We will soon find out who the fittest CEO in the ITA is…besides me, of course,” said Jeff Marinucci, President and CEO of inerTRAIN.
 
Based in Chicago, Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation (PMFC) was founded in 2009 and is dedicated to delivering personalized, interactive health, wellness and fitness programs that are made accessible through technology. inerTRAIN (inerTRAIN.com) is the first service offered by PMFC.
 
The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) is a driving force behind the growth of Illinois' vibrant technology ecosystem. We are relentless in championing the development and application of technology, from start-up companies to industry leaders, leveraging the transformative nature of technology to revolutionize industries. ITA uniquely capitalizes peer-to-peer collaboration, networking, and access to experts across the breadth of business to cultivate the Illinois technology industry. The unique and powerful integration of these valuable and experienced resources differentiates the ITA as the source of accelerated growth for the technology industry of Illinois.
 
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Kirsten Kamerman at 248-342-9152 or kirsten@perpetualfit.com.

August 31, 2011

inerTRAIN Fall Internships Announced (Chicago, IL)

inerTRAIN is now accepting applications for the following Chicago-based internships for Fall 2011:
 
 
-- PR & Social Media
-- Marketing & Business Development
-- Audio-Visual Production
-- Web Developer
 
 
Please review the internship descriptions below and submit application materials to info@perpetualfit.com by September 16, 2011.  All positions will be filled on a rolling basis.

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Job Title:     PR & Social Media Intern
Department:    Marketing
Location:        Chicago, IL, USA
Reporting to:     Director of Communications
Full-time/Part time:     PT
Experience Level:     Student/Entry
Posting Date:    August 2011
Desired Start Date:    September 1st
End Date:    Flexible

Internship Description:
Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation, a startup fitness & technology company recently launched its first product, inerTRAIN (www.inerTRAIN.com), an online personal training service.  The intern will work on PR and Social Media campaigns.  He/she will be focusing on executing the company’s PR and social media plans as well as other marketing projects intended to attract new customers. Tasks may include giving presentations or pitches to other organizations or companies.  In addition, the intern will be exposed to all aspects of a startup business.

This is an unpaid internship; however, we are willing to accommodate requirements for receiving academic credit.

Primary Job Duties:
1. Public relations
-- Help author press releases
-- Pitch stories to media outlets
-- Respond and react to media stories in the relevant fields
 
2. Social media
-- Help manage inerTRAIN’s social media schedule and execute the schedule with relevant and exciting content developed by the inerTRAIN team and network
-- Help enhance the social media presence through new channels and extend existing channels

3. Marketing communications
-- Work with partners to provide marketing materials/communications to support promotion of inerTRAIN

Qualifications/Requirements:
-- Excellent writing, presentation & communication skills
-- Ability to build strong rapport with a wide range of people
-- Strong attention to detail
-- Creativity; Ability to think outside the box and come up with unique solutions to common problems
-- Flexibility, ability to quickly learn and do anything
-- Self-motivated, not afraid to ask questions
-- Experience/strong interest in the field of health, fitness, and wellness
-- Physically in shape (you will be representing a fitness company in front of media and potential customers)
-- Experience in the past working with or as a personal trainer a plus
-- Strong working knowledge of technology devices, email, MS Office

Please email your resume and a cover letter to: info@perpetualfit.com.

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Job Title:     Marketing & Business Development Intern
Department:    Marketing
Location:        Chicago, IL, USA
Reporting to:     VP of Business Development
Full-time/Part time:     PT
Experience Level:     Student/Entry
Posting Date:    August 2011
Desired Start Date:    September 1st
End Date:    Flexible

Internship Description:
Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation, a startup fitness & technology company recently launched its first product, inerTRAIN (www.inerTRAIN.com), an online personal training service.  The intern will work for the founder of the company and report to the Vice President of Business Development.  He/She will be focusing on the company’s marketing and sales plans as well as several other marketing, sales, and business development projects to attract new customers, which may include presentations to other organizations or companies.  In addition, the intern will be exposed to all aspects of a startup business, and may be asked to assist with other projects.

This is an unpaid internship; however, we are willing to accommodate requirements for receiving academic credit.

Primary Job Duties:
1. Marketing
-- Work with partners to provide marketing materials/communications to support promotion of inerTRAIN
-- Develop and execute other marketing campaigns to appeal to consumers and trainers
-- Work with Director of Trainer Services to recruit personal trainers to join inerTRAIN’s network

2. Business Development
-- Administer the company’s Campus Rep Program by recruiting and managing student promo teams from colleges and universities across the country
-- Develop pitches to attract potential organizational partners

Qualifications/Requirements:
-- Strong interest in the field of health, fitness, and wellness
-- Excellent presentation & communication skills
-- Creativity; Ability to think outside the box and come up with unique solutions to common problems
-- Self-motivated, not afraid to ask questions
-- Flexibility, ability to quickly learn and do anything
-- Physically in shape (you will be representing a fitness company in front of potential customers)
-- Working knowledge of technology devices, email, MS Office
-- Experience in the past working with or as a personal trainer a plus

Please email your resume and a cover letter to: info@perpetualfit.com.

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Job Title:     Audio-Visual Production Intern
Department:    Operations
Location:        Chicago, IL, USA
Reporting to:     Director of Operations
Full-time/Part time:     PT
Experience Level:     Student/Entry
Posting Date:    August 2011
Desired Start Date:    September 1st
End Date:    Flexible

Internship Description:
Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation, a startup fitness & technology company recently launched its first product, inerTRAIN (www.inerTRAIN.com), an online personal training service.  The intern will work on producing various fitness and marketing videos, along with other multimedia products.  In addition, the intern will be exposed to all aspects of a startup business and may be asked to assist with other projects. 

This is an unpaid internship; however, we are willing to accommodate requirements for receiving academic credit.

Qualifications/Requirements:
-- Strong interest in the field of health, fitness, and wellness
-- Knowledge of Panasonic LEICA AG-DVX100BP Camera-Recorders
-- Knowledge of lighting methods
-- Extensive knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Quicktime, and Photoshop
-- PowerPoint experience
-- Any fitness experience, such as gym time, training, or fitness filming
-- Physically in shape (you will be representing a fitness company in front of potential customers)
-- Creativity; Ability to think outside the box and come up with unique solutions to common problems
-- Self-motivated, not afraid to ask questions
-- Flexibility, ability to quickly learn and adapt
-- Working knowledge of technology devices, email, MS Office

Please email your resume and a cover letter to: info@perpetualfit.com.

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Job Title:         Web Developer Intern
Department:        Technology
Location:            Chicago, IL, USA
Reporting to:         Lead Developer
Full-time/Part time:         PT
Experience Level:         Student/Entry
Posting Date:        August  2011
Desired Start Date:        September 1st
End Date:        Flexible

Internship Description:
Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation, a startup fitness & technology company recently launched its first product, inerTRAIN (www.inerTRAIN.com), an online personal training service.  The intern will work on website design and development for inerTRAIN and report to the Lead Developer.  He/She will be focusing on developing and testing additional site features and functions based on clients’ and trainers’ needs and feedback.  In addition, the intern will be exposed to all aspects of a startup business.

This is an unpaid internship; however, we are willing to accommodate requirements for receiving academic credit.

Primary Job Duties:
1. Feature Development
-- Confer with users to gain understanding of needed changes or modifications of existing programs; resolve questions of program intent, data input, output requirements, and inclusion of internal checks and controls.
-- Write new program code using prescribed specifications
-- Test and develop programming modifications
-- Write and maintain programming documentation
 
2. Testing & Evaluation
-- Evaluate simple interrelationships between programs such as whether a contemplated change in one part of a program would cause unwanted results in a related part
-- Analyze performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with users and approval of supervisor
-- Document programming problems and resolutions for future reference
-- Maintain confidentiality with regard to the information being processed, stored or accessed

3. General IT Support
-- Assist personnel of other departments as a computer resource
-- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
-- ASP.NET
-- SQL database; SQL Server 2005, 2008
-- Visual Studio 2008, 2010
-- Mobile application development on these platforms a plus: Apple iPhone and Google Android
-- Strong attention to detail
-- Creativity; Ability to think outside the box and come up with unique solutions to common problems
-- Flexibility, ability to quickly learn and do anything
-- Self-motivated, not afraid to ask questions
-- Interest in the field of health, fitness, and wellness
-- Experience in the past working with or as a personal trainer a plus

Please email your resume, a cover letter, and examples of recent work or projects to: info@perpetualfit.com.


July 13, 2011

inerTRAIN Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kirsten Kamerman
Cell Phone: 248-342-9152
Email: kirsten@perpetualfit.com
 
inerTRAIN AND THE ILLINOIS TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP
Organizations Join Forces to Promote Fitness and Wellbeing Via Technology
 
(Chicago, IL) – July 14, 2011 – inerTRAIN and the Illinois Technology Association have entered into a partnership in an effort to promote personal fitness and wellbeing to its members through the use of innovative and mobile technology. inerTRAIN, which offers a unique personal training service, has become the sixth company to join the ITA’s Marketplace Program, and is the first to be selected in the “Wellness” category.
 
ITA’s Marketplace Program provides members with the opportunity to save money through special pricing on key products and services with a select group of Affinity Partners.  ITA Partners are provided access to its 700 member companies and their staff.  ITA partners with the best service providers to ensure member companies are receiving the most reliable and affordable products and services.
 
“This is a great partnership for the ITA. We support fitness and wellbeing in all our members’ lives, and are happy that we can now offer them the personalized technology-enabled services of inerTRAIN at an affordable cost,” said Fred Hoch, ITA President.
 
“inerTRAIN is excited to offer our services to the members of the ITA. Technology continues to make progress in everyday life, and inerTRAIN is at the forefront of using technology to bridge the gap between the individual and a long-term healthy lifestyle,” said Jeff Marinucci, President and CEO of inerTRAIN.
 
Based in Chicago, IL with employees in Arizona and Florida, Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation (PMFC) was founded in 2009 and is dedicated to delivering personalized, interactive health, wellness and fitness programs that are made accessible through technology. inerTRAIN (inerTRAIN.com) is the first service offered by PMFC.
 
The Illinois Technology Association (ITA) is a driving force behind the growth of Illinois' vibrant technology ecosystem. We are relentless in championing the development and application of technology, from start-up companies to industry leaders, leveraging the transformative nature of technology to revolutionize industries. ITA uniquely capitalizes peer-to-peer collaboration, networking, and access to experts across the breadth of business to cultivate the Illinois technology industry. The unique and powerful integration of these valuable and experienced resources differentiates the ITA as the source of accelerated growth for the technology industry of Illinois.
 
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Kirsten Kamerman at 248/342-9152 or email her at kirsten@perpetualfit.com.
 

July 8, 2011

At Play sponsored by inerTRAIN

Please join us for Azimuth Projects' inaugural happy hour & social event, At Play!
 
From 6-9pm on Thursday July 14th, we'll be enjoying an open bar, appetizers, and the musical stylings of DJ LBK as well as artwork from Mara Baker, Scott Jarrett, Robin Juan and Brian McNearney.
 
So come on by after work… we're conveniently located in a spacious loft space in the West Loop at Randolph & I-90/94.
 
Reception 6-9p, July 14th, 2011
650 W. Randolph St., 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60661
$20 for cocktails, refreshments & music
Tickets available online at www.azimuthchicago.com & at the door
 
At Play will feature artists Mara Baker, Scott Jarrett, Robin Juan and Brian McNearney in a multi-media exhibition, which employs sculpture, photography, painting and installation, invoking childhood memories of summer time, lazy days, carefree attitudes and endless exploration. Through divergent visual strategies and combinations of color, texture and form, artists Baker, Jarrett, Juan and McNearney make apparent how one’s use of imagination and curiosity enables the endless re-invention of materials as well as their surroundings.
 
In the spring of 2010, Mia Billetdeaux, director of operations for Hungryman Gallery, and artist Helen Maurene Cooper began a conversation concerning the need for connection and dialogue between young professionals and young arts in Chicago. From common interest, conversation, and friendship, Azimuth Projects was born. Azimuth is defined as a horizontal direction expressed as the angular distance between the direction of a fixed point and the direction of the object. It is our intention through programming exhibitions and events that Azimuth Projects, will fill a need not currently met within either the creative or professional community of Chicago; making art events more accessible and providing opportunities of personal connections.
 

July 8, 2011

inerTRAIN Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kirsten Kamerman
Cell Phone: 248-342-9152
Email: kirsten@perpetualfit.com
 
COLLEGE STUDENTS JOIN inerTRAIN TEAM TO PROMOTE FITNESS
Personal Training Company Launches Its Campus Rep Program
 
Many college students have access to beautiful gyms on their campuses, but what they do not have is the time or the money to receive the proper instruction they need to achieve their fitness goals. inerTRAIN provides real personal trainers that will motivate college students to build the foundation for a healthy, happy lifestyle for an incredibly affordable cost anytime, anywhere.
 
After launching an innovative partnership with Kalamazoo College in January 2011, where students can fulfill part of their physical education requirement by completing workouts with its trainers, inerTRAIN is now expanding the accessibility of fitness and wellbeing to even more college students through its Campus Representative program.
 
“Now, more than ever, with reductions in funding to physical education programs at all levels, it is critical for college students, especially, to learn and adopt good habits for leading a healthy life. Through our Campus Rep program, we incentivize students to share the important fitness message with one another while providing them a way to earn extra money in a convenient and flexible way,” says Jeff Marinucci, inerTRAIN president.
 
Social and outgoing college students are encouraged to recruit their friends and students on their campus to sign up with inerTRAIN. These campus representatives are given a unique referral code and they receive compensation for each client that uses it to sign up. Interested students can sign up at http://campusrep.inerTRAIN.com.
 
Based in Chicago, IL with employees in Arizona and Florida, Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation (PMFC) was founded in 2009 and is dedicated to delivering personalized, interactive health, wellness and fitness programs that are made accessible through technology and the internet. inerTRAIN (inerTRAIN.com) is the first service offered by Perpetual Motion Fitness Corporation.
 
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If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please call Kirsten Kamerman at 248/342-9152 or email her at kirsten@perpetualfit.com.