Professional Development For Fitness Business Owners & Managers
John Bellamy has been a direct response marketer since 1999, he has helped thousands of customers in many industries including – Management Consulting, Finance, Sales, IT, Manufacturing, and many more – develop more conversations (and sales) with their ideal future customers.
As the Co-founder and CEO of Direct MSGing; John helps established time-poor business owners to monetize their existing database, increase their reach and have someone do the heavy lifting for them.
This weeks guest is Andrew Watson from the County Sports Partnership Network in the UK. The CSP Network is a nationwide group of 44 County Sports Partnerships (CSPs) which share a common goal of Improving Lives by Growing Grassroots Sport and Physical Activity.
Scott Rawcliffe is a trainer geek turned social media nerd who is an international presenter and the social media marketing mind behind some of the biggest names in the fitness industry.
He specializes in helping fitness professionals grow their business and influence, through the power of Facebook marketing.
Luke Carlson is the founder and CEO of Discover Strength whose personal training facilities are among the highest volume/revenue training facilities in the US.
Luke is a sought after speaker to businesses and leaders in a variety of industries. Luke is an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist and has a BS Bachelor of Science and MS Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota.
Monique Valcour is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and workshop leader. She believes that everyone has the right and the capacity to thrive at work and in their lives beyond work.
Monique’s coaching expertise is built on over 12 years of work as a management professor, combined with rigorous coach training, certification, and high-level coaching experience in multiple countries and industries.
She has served as a professor of management on the faculties of EDHEC Business School (France) and Boston College (US). She coaches and provides training in leadership development and career management for the United Nations and for several top business schools.
Group training is a topic we get lots of questions about. Last year on show 50, Adrian Antigua from Gainesville Health and Fitness answered a number of your questions, and this time we have invited Rick Mayo and Mike Gelfgot along to share their expertise on the subject.
About Rick
Rick Mayo
Rick Mayo is the founder and CEO of Alloy Personal Training Center, Alloy Personal Training Solutions and Alloy for Women.
He is a featured speaker at conferences domestically and internationally, speaking on how to best sell and service personal training, leadership and trends in the fitness industry. He presented over 31 times just last year as a subject matter expert in personal training. He has written numerous articles on the business of fitness for trade journals and contributes regularly to national publications such as Men’s Health.
About Mike
Mike Gelfgot
Michael Gelfgot’s drive to be a different kind of a health club started 12 years ago when he met his business partner John Spence. Between the two, they operate 23 Anytime Fitness locations in the United States. He and his team have won multiple awards including the 2007 Club Operators of the Year, 2013 Success Story and Personal Trainer of the Year, 2015 Community Outreach Award, plus Mike was the very first Personal Trainer of the year back in 2012 and the first franchisee to get the Anytime Fitness tattoo!
To start the show, we talk about great apps to help you get organised in your business.
In 2009, Coss Marte was sent to jail as the ringleader of a multi-million dollar cocaine operation. He was grossly overweight and warned by his physician that his current lifestyle, if left unchecked, would likely kill him. Today, Coss has turned his life around, and in the process, has built ConBody, a prison style bootcamp that has over 6,000 clients. During this show, you will hear how he went from a jail sentence to becoming a successful fitness business owner.
Mike Arce is the CEO and founder of Loud Rumor, a 7-figure fitness marketing agency that helps studios and independent gyms grow and get more members. He’s an entrepreneur, speakers, coach, and advertising pro. Mike also hosts a top fitness business podcast, The GSD Show which I was lucky enough to appear on just a few weeks ago, so this time it was my turn to interview Mike.
Matt Wright, is a fitness business leader, educator and innovator. He has a proven track record of increasing revenue at the individual and club level. Currently, he is the senior director of fitness for Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness, the president of NEHRSA and serves on the IDEA personal trainer committee. Matt holds a master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology. In addition he has taught college courses in kinesiology, anatomy and physiology and exercise technique and prescription.
During the interview, Matt talks to about leadership development for managers and teams, we discuss hiring new staff – and how far ahead you should plan, plus he tells us about the session he will be presenting at IHRSA 2017.
Later in the show, Lynne Nieto from Augies Quest talks about the foundation and their big fundraising event that is coming up in just a few months time.
To start the show, Emmett Williams from MyZone talks about the future of product development for the fitness industry.
Mike Bledsoe is the host and CEO of Barbell Shrugged and Barbell Business.
He has been coaching and honing his own health and performance for over 20 years. With the goal of creating the biggest possible impact, he uses video shows, podcasts, software and entrepreneurship to reach as many people as possible. As an athlete he has competed and coached many sports, including Weightlifting and CrossFit, and as an entrepreneur he has successfully co-founded Faction Strength and Conditioning (Home of CrossFit Memphis), Barbell Shrugged, and Barbell Business.
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