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Fitness Business Owner Of The Month – March 2012

March 29, 2012 By AlexFortey Leave a Comment

A fitness business owner success story by Pat Rigsby

Each month here at FBI we recognize a Fitness Business Owner of the Month. We hope to not only recognize fitness entrepreneurs for their successes but also to inspire other fitness pros to move forward in their business endeavors.

The winner will not only get a public ‘pat on the back’ in the form of a post like this, but they’ll also receive a 1 hour coaching call, free admission to the live event of their choice and a product of their choice from what we offer here at FBI.

Our March Fitness Business Owner of the Month is Jeff McDaniel, Owner of Bootcamp: Bulletproof in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Fitness Business Owner Of The Month – February 2012

February 28, 2012 By admin 2 Comments

A fitness business owner success story by Pat Rigsby

The winner not only gets a public ‘pat on the back’ in the form of a post like this, but they’ll also receive a 1 hour coaching call, free admission to the live event of their choice and a product of their choice from what we offer here at FBI.

Our February Fitness Business Owners of the Month are Ron & Kimberly Smith, Owner of Spartan Fitness in Moberly, Missouri.

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Generating Instant Income For Your Fitness Business

February 22, 2012 By admin 6 Comments

A Post On Fitness Business Income Generation By Pat Rigsby

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Since I’ve been on the business coaching and franchising side of things for fitness business owners, nothing has surprised me more than the number of business owners who fail to maximize the value of their personal network and their client base.

This is amazing to me because those same fitness business owners will spend piles of money to market to people that they have no prior relationship with.

The truth is, the biggest opportunity for an influx of income into your fitness business is right in your own database. When you make an offer to members of your personal network or existing and past clients, it’s not only easier to sell them something (versus new prospects off the street), but your business actually become more profitable because you don’t have nearly the cost of client acquisition.

The other benefit to this is that it really is providing a better, more complete solution for your existing clients and it’s helping those people in your network achieve their health and fitness goals.

Fitness Business Owner Of The Month – January 2012

January 29, 2012 By admin 6 Comments

A fitness business owner success story by Pat Rigsby

greg Fitness Business Owner Of The Month – January 2012

Each month here at FBI we’re going to start recognizing a Fitness Business Owner of the Month. We hope to not only recognize fitness entrepreneurs for their successes but also to inspire other fitness pros to move forward in their business endeavors.

Making Deal of the Day Offers Work For Your Fitness Business

December 11, 2011 By admin 5 Comments

**At this point Deal of the Day offers are pretty commonplace among the fitness business pros that I talk with.**

But even with them being so common most trainers struggle to extract even half the value they can provide to a business.

With that in mind I’ve put together a little primer on how you can get value from Groupon, Living Social and the rest as the market has matured.

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My Road to Success!

November 17, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

My Road To Success

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by Joe Dowdell, CSCS

Sometimes, success can be a difficult thing to classify because it really depends on the perspective of the individual. Some people view success as purely a monetary achievement while others see it as a desired or favorable outcome. Some people become successful because they started out with lots of money; some because they worked really hard to obtain it; some because they were really smart; some because they got lucky and some because of a combination of these things. Frankly, I don’t think it really matters how one becomes successful (unless it was through unscrupulous behavior), rather what impresses me is when successful people are able to maintain their success, or even better, they continue to build upon it once it’s already been achieved it.

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Your Fitness Business Blueprint Questions Answered

August 9, 2011 By Pat Rigsby 5 Comments

Ever since Eric, Mike and I started telling people that we were working on Fitness Business Blueprint we’ve received a LOT of questions.

Since we launched yesterday this has only multiplied.

So we’ve put together answers to the most common questions we’ve received below:

Do I have to have an existing training business to benefit from Fitness Business Blueprint?

Fitness Business Mastermind Groups: Why They’re So Valuable

July 17, 2011 By Pat Rigsby 2 Comments

After our last meeting with one of our Elite Mastermind Groups I asked them to share their biggest takeaway that they were going apply to their fitness business. – and here’s what they offered:

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When you spend 15 hours in a good mastermind meeting, choosing just one thing that influences me the most is like trying to edit a 15,000 word article down to 1,500 words. I have at least 10 pages of notes to go through and make plans to implement. The biggest reason I continue to be a part of high-level masterminds, like the one I attended last week, is because every time I attend one, I walk away with solid plans to improve my business. I’m not talking about having mints out on the check-in desk either (which I do). I’m talking about proven methods that have been used by other people with similar businesses, proven methods that not only make my business better, but that increase the business of my business. No one can complain about increasing the bottom line. There is no doubt in my mind that the investments I make in building my business have paid off well above and beyond.

Professionals vs Pretenders

June 28, 2011 By Pat Rigsby 1 Comment

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A guest post by Joe Dowdell

Joe Dowdell is one of the top personal trainers in the fitness industry today. He runs one of the top gyms in the country, Peak Performance in New York – which has been recognized at a Men’s Health Top 10 Gym in America.

When I found out that Joe and Dr. Mike Roussell were holding a seminar to teach program design and diet – I knew I had to have Joe do a guest post so you could get to know him and what he’s about.

See, online it doesn’t take much to be an ‘expert.’ Just last week a guy revealed that he’d been posing as a college basketball recruiting expert, running a blog that was getting as many as 20,000 hits a day.

He’d never been to one game or one showcase.

He followed some of the people who did were actually running recruiting services on Twitter. He got on all the popular forums. He read a few other blogs.

Before you knew it – he was a ‘guru.’

And he just did it to see if it was as easy as he thought it might be to be perceived as an expert online.

It was even easier.

So when a guy like Joe – who runs an Ultra-Successful Gym and has consistently proven that he knows how to get results and isn’t just an online guru – wanted to run a workshop to help trainers get better, I knew that was something you needed to know more about.

So here’s Joe:

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The State Of The Fitness Industry

June 14, 2011 By admin 30 Comments

Why the Fitness Industry Is in Better Shape than You Thought

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There were a number of discussions at Ryan Lee’s Continuity Summit about the current state of the fitness industry. In fact, that’s been a hot topic on Facebook and blogs recently as well.

I’ve heard a number of people – many whom I respect greatly – say the fitness industry is in trouble.

I disagree. Strongly disagree.

Here’s my perspective, then you can decide for yourself.

The personal training segment of the fitness industry is very young. Compared to established professions like law or medicine – we’re in our infant stage.

How many retired personal trainers have you met? Not many… right?

Because of that, changes in the industry are frequent and rapid. That’s not a bad thing – just a fact.