Best Hour of Their Day | Podcast

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott, in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You can buy the paperback and ebook versions of "Best Hour of Their Day" on amazon, here is the link. You can buy the audio book on audible, here is the link. If you love the book or this podcast, please leave us a review.

Drew Zaro is an avid CrossFitter as well as a coach.  Andrew began his career in the finance industry in 2018 after a very successful career in the Marine Corps intelligence sector. He spent more than 12 years in the Marine Corps working all over the world as an intelligence advisor to senior military personnel, as well as a military diplomat serving under multiple US Ambassadors. He has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, as well as his Series 7 and Series 66.

Sometimes things are just serendipitous!  Karl and Jason were chatting and realized it was actually two years to the day when he put his very first post up on Whiteboard Daily. This episode ranges from discussing how Karl comes up with his daily posts to his advice for anyone starting a business with lots of additional nuggets sprinkled in. 

MDV is the Chief Fitness Officer for NC Fit and has some great insights as to what makes a solid CrossFit coach.  In a recent IG post, his hot take was that if your coach is eating while coaching, it might be time to get rid of that coach.   Check out his IG Post here.

Websites are important.  social media and your website (where your brand lives digitally) are how you communicate and get people to consider opting in to your service.  Andy Bradbury runs Startup Active and created the Active Blueprint that is specifically designed for microgyms.  If you want to check out their product go check out crossfitrife.com and you can assess it for yourself.  Fern and Andy talk about blogs, website mistakes, SEO photos and videos and everything else you need to consider to create an optimal user experience on your website that looks and feel professional.  And it's more cost friendly than virtually anything else out there.

***Check out the Own Your Eating Certificate Course*** We are bringing you special episodes of Best Hour of Their Day every Friday. Jason Ackerman wrote, "Best Hour of Their Day" and for the audio book he took a deeper dive into each chapter.  Interviewed by James McDermott, in each chapter you'll get loads more information, stories, lessons, and more, not available in the original book. You can buy the paperback and ebook versions of "Best Hour of Their Day" on amazon, here is the link. You can buy the audio book on audible, here is the link. If you love the book or this podcast, please leave us a review.

In today's episode, Todd, Fern, and Ackerman, have a heated debate over the merits of Bring a Friend Week at your affiliate.

Every great invention is born out of a personal need that isn’t being met.  Today we get to hear from John Prescott and Nathan Head, 2 of the 3 owners of WheelPay, about how the platform began and the impact it is going to make in Crossfit and the Micro-gym space at large.  If you are interested in hearing more about WheelPay and how it can change the financial life and future of your gym, please reach out to them through their website, www.WheelPay.com, follow them on Instagram @GetWheelPay or email John@wheelpay.com or Nathan@wheelpay.com

If you have ever been frustrated with gym software this is a fantastic conversation.  Corey Coleman is one of the founders of The Gym Solution and The Gym Solution Suite.  He is also a long time affiliate owner, CrossFit LIttle Creek (about two miles from Fern's Gym CrossFit Rife).   Fern and Corey discuss gym owner frustrations, things to consider and how The Gym Solution could help you reduce all the other software programs you use for scheduling, texting, social media management, email campaigns and project management.   This conversation goes deep into the weeds and gets a little nerdy but its totally worth it if this has been a frustration for you at any point as a gym owner.

Todd, Ackerman, Fern, and guest Cassidy take a stab at creating CrossFit's version of Mount Rushmore.