Today's show is The Best of the Boys! It brings together the best bits of advice, information and entertainment from some of our amazing guests on the show over the past few months. Show 22 – JT from Active Management tells us what we need to know about our customers and creating your Avatar. Mike Michaelowitz from Show 24 tells us about the Profit First Formula and how we can work it out for our own businesses and Mike shares his top 3 pieces of advice for Fitness Business Owners. In show 25 Tim Keightly gives us his top tips for keeping Personal Trainers motivated and what we should look for when recruiting personal trainers. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Today's show brings together the best bits of advice, information and entertainment from some of the AMAZING Women in Fitness that we have had as guests on the show over the past few months. Show 21 – Robbie Kellman Baxter, the author of The Membership Economy talks about why the first 30 days is so critical in building behaviors. Show 27 - Christine Thalwitz from the ACAC with advice on how to go about planning a charity campaign. Show 31 - We have the incredible Casey Conrad who talks about what areas fitness business owners need to focus on to improve their business. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Lisa Maltman, recently launched a business called The Sleep Connection. With a professional background in Corporate and Sleep Health, as well as her personal experience, Lisa shares insights into the impact sleep has on all aspects of our lives, our business, our teams and our clients. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Justin Tamsett is the Managing Director of Active Management. He has managed and owned fitness clubs since 1990 and now travels the globe speaking on topics from business skills to work-life balance. During this show, JT updates us on some recent gym visits, customer experiences he has had and some great books he has read! Also during this week's show, we hear from Ryan Hogan, the CEO of Australian Fitness Network, who tells us all about FILEX 2016. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Will Phillips is the founder and CEO of REX Roundtables. Over the past 45 years, Will Phillips has consulted with about 800 organizations in 34 industries. He is an avid reader of management/business books, magazines and specialized journals, and as you will hear in today's interview, Will has a knack for extracting significant information and observations and translating and applying it in the fitness industry. During today's chat, Will updates us on his role with REX, talks about the latest changes in the fitness industry over the last 12 months, and shares some new strategies being introduced into REX, He also tells us about a heap of great business books to check out! Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Sean Bestor is an award-winning copywriter and marketer at LeadPages. He writes blog posts, emails, scripts, ads, webinars, landing pages ... the list goes on and on. He's one of the 69 Top List Building Experts in the nation, and he's written for prominent brands like Best Buy, Target and even the entire city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. During this week's show, Sean shares his tips on copywriting, steps from opt-in to content delivery and keys for asking for the Sale. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Sean Bestor is an award-winning copywriter and marketer at LeadPages. He writes blog posts, emails, scripts, ads, webinars, landing pages ... the list goes on and on. He's one of the 69 Top List Building Experts in the nation, and he's written for prominent brands like Best Buy, Target and even the entire city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. During this weeks show, Sean helps us define some common on-line jargon, 3 key steps for an online campaign, he gives us tips for engaging with our audience online, and we chat about the importance of blogging! Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Jim Worthington is the President and Owner of Newtown Athletic Club and Horsham Athletic Club. He has been in the fitness industry since 1978 and worked in all aspects of club management including sales, marketing, operations, programming and general management. Jim has overseen the growth and development of the Newtown Athletic Club from a 15,000 square foot racquet club on 3 acres to a 250,000 square foot health, wellness and recreation complex. Most recently, in 2015, Jim was inducted into the IHRSA Board of Directors. During today's interview, we discuss the wellness business model, keys to having a great team, how Newtown Athletic Club is contributing to the community and Jim shares his top three tips for career success. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Michelle Segar is a motivation scientist and author of "No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness.” She is Director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center at the University of Michigan, and Chair of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee. No Sweat was chosen as the #1 book in Diet/Exercise in 2015 by the USA Best Book Awards, and when released, it became the #1 Exercise & Fitness book on Amazon. During the interview, Michelle talks about how our interactions from physical activity constructs our meaning for exercise, what she means by the depletion of will power, the self-determination theory, framing behavior, tips for helping clients stick to exercise, and how gamification can help clients fuel their desire for more exercise. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/

Jodi Rumack is the President & CEO of Personal Training Mentors, and she is a guru when it comes to the power of people in your business. During her career, Jodi has been a trainer, club opening specialist, service manager and a senior manager for personal training. She spent 9 years opening clubs, from 10,000-150,000 square feet, as well as managing her own group of clubs. Since 2005, she has interviewed, hired, trained and managed over 1000 Personal Trainers and Managers – so you can understand why we focus the interview on where to find great people and how to hire them, systems for choosing the right person plus her top tips for training and goal setting. If you have a team, or intend on building a great one, then this is a must listen interview for you. Visit: fitnessbusinesspodcast.comEmail: info@activemgmt.com.auPhone: +61 2 9484 5501Twitter: @fitbizpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/fitnessbusinesspodcast/