The Fitness Marketing Agency Podcast Fitness Entrepreneurs: “We Thought We Knew Everything” - Build Your Dream Business
Feb 2, 2024
01:11:43
Meet James Bramwell, FMA client since 2021 and a North London gym owner. Join us and James as we discuss the journey of growing a fitness business and the challenges that come with building it from scratch. James has 13 years of experience within the fitness industry specialising in small-group personal training and excels as a performance coach for other fitness business owners at FBDA. James talks about his experience working as a freelance PT and how he was inspired by those around him to find his own passion and direction within the fitness industry. We discuss how important it is to know your numbers and financial decisions so that you can benefit from it in the long run, as well as the importance of investing time in learning how to run your business effectively and successfully. Key Highlights:
- The mindset shift from being a freelance PT to becoming a business owner.
- Finding relationships between the skills gained in past passions and how to combine them to pursue new projects.
- The education within the fitness industry you need to know surrounding marketing, sales and health.
- Recognising when to move on from projects and the importance of fulfilment within your life and the fitness industry.
- When is the right time to get your own space for your fitness business.
- The impact that other experts and influences have had on his mindset about how to grow his fitness business.
- The importance of investing time and energy into building a team around you to be truly successful.