The Fitness Business Podcast with Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger

If you were ecstatic to build your own business so you could finally have freedom only to build a prison for yourself where the warden (you) is an absolute dick, this episode is for you. We have both been there before and it took learning the hard way to finally find freedom. True freedom is found through systems, people, and removing yourself at different stages. We'll also talk about who to hire when and why brand is incredibly important for hiring as well.   Time Stamps:   (0:30) Creating A Business For Freedom (1:25) What We’ll Cover Today (3:09) Middle Class Mindset (3:40) Your Income Goal (7:00) Where To Find VA’s (8:00) “I Can Only Do This”* (9:48) Being Forced To Systemize (10:10) Understanding Brand (11:15) Hiring Roadmap (13:30) Don’t Create A Business To Become A Prisoner To It (14:10) Please Share This Episode ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

Our top sales closer for IFCA Samantha has talked to hundreds of online coaches and we thought it'd make for a great episode if we talked about some of the common patterns we see when it comes to those who are successful in the program and the ones who are still trying to make it work on their own or fizzled out. We'll talk about the common reasons coaches share for why they fear failure, why you need to believe in your value first, why you'll never go wrong betting on yourself, and more!   Time Stamps:   (1:20) Sam Has Seen It All Here (2:38) The Timing Reason (8:09) Fear of Failure (14:15) You Need To Believe Your Value First (23:35) Betting On Yourself (32:25) Our Podcast with Daryl Parr (37:45) Where To Find Sam ---------- Follow Sam on Instagram ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

If you're tired of constantly having to chase after new clients or feel like you can never take a break from the endless cycle of posting and praying for sales calls, today's episode is for you. I'm going to share why RETENTION is so important to a sustainable coaching business, the math behind it, and give you 9 strategies to improve retention in your business you can start using today.   Time Stamps:   (0:30) How I Used To Think About Sales and Marketing Vs Now (1:06) Why Retention Is Important (2:55) Churn Rate (6:33) Reaching 75k Months (8:36) Keeping Clients (10:22) Red, Yellow, and Green Clients (12:10) Results Over Money (15:21) Leverage Other People’s Time ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

Your engaged audience is a potential goldmine and most coaches don't understand the value of the audience they've built and how they can help their audience in a personalized way and build a great business. In today's episode, I'm going to breakdown how to get to 7 figures a year if you have a following of 10k or more (or even if you don't) and how to stay top of mind when your prospect is looking to make a purchase.    Time Stamps:   (0:35) You Know What’s Annoying? (3:03) Lead Management/Lead Nurture Issue (4:35) 3 Ways To Grow A Business (7:28) DM Me For The Client Calculator (9:30) 7 Figures A Year With Ease (11:55) SMS CRM ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

Wanna make your content creation uncomplicated and effective? We are always testing and seeing what is working and the system I'm going to share with you today is absolutely crushing for us and our IFCA students. We'll breakdown what types of posts to make, frequency, when and how to ask for direct sales in your content, and more!   Time Stamps:   (0:27) Our Content System That Made Us 750k This Month (1:15) Content Is Ever Evolving (1:47) When We Started Our Business (2:22) Value Content (3:10) Lists (4:55) Steps/Frameworks (6:45) Viral Posts (8:13) Humor/Polarization (9:12) Asking For The Sale/Direct Offers (10:54) Recap ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

If you can't take losing another sale to the spousal objection, today's episode is for you. Trust me, this used to be an issue for me too. As you'll hear in the episode, I once asked a prospect, "Do you also ask your husband for permission to eat too?" Not the best strategy. After thousands of calls, we've nailed a framework called the PAID framework to handle this objection with ease. I'll break it all down and give you examples along the way!   Time Stamps:   (1:11) Our PAID Framework (2:25) Quick Backstory (4:20) What Not To Do (5:30) The Objection As A Collaborative Discussion (6:56) Align With Their Values (7:41) Illuminate The Issue (9:15) Direct The Next Steps (11:58) Bonus Tip (16:00) Please Rate/Review ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

There are ways to get your DM's flooded with messages in a way that's not spammy and will build your know, like, and trust factor quicker. Using Instagram stories strategically can have a huge ROI on your lead generation efforts and in today's episode, I want to share 5 specific strategies that have been working really well for our clients in IFCA that you can steal and start using today!   Time Stamps:   (0:15) How I Used To Do DM’s (1:04) Our IFCA Client Wins Channel (1:27) Permission vs Interruption Based Marketing (2:20) The Lead Magnet Strategy (4:50) Turning These Into Content Pieces (5:41) The Bike Shed Effect (9:21) The Pole Powerhouse (11:24) Reaching Out To Poll Participants (12:01) The Free Training Story Strategy (15:12) Selling The Method (17:44) Double CTA’s (18:00) Don’t Be Afraid To Message People (18:38) Action Steps ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

An overlooked part of the sales process that is so important for your prospect to remain attentive and truly understand your offer is around your PITCH. If you don't know what a pitch is, that's okay. I'll cover everything you need to know about it in today's episode along with some advanced sales tactics around creating pillars, marketing linking, and what is called a "double tie down". If any of those peaked your curiosity, press play!   Time Stamps:   (0:45) Your Pitch (2:27) The SELLING Framework (5:21) 3-4 Main Pillars (6:31) Market Linking (8:20) A Double Tie Down (10:09) A Better Version of “Does That Make Sense?” (14:32) Our Offer Scorecard (15:21) IFCA’s Pitch ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

There's a better way to use DM's in your business and do it in a way that doesn't make you feel like a weirdo. I get it. They can be awkward but they don't have to be. In this episode, I am going to share how to craft great DM's, how to relate over common ground, how to shift to talking about their goals, and what happens after.   Time Stamps:   (0:18) Getting Chicks To Your Party (1:26) Crafting Great DM’s (1:56) Why You Should Listen To Me (2:36) DM’s Can Feel Awkward (4:17) Relate Over Common Ground (5:23) 8 Mile Reference (6:28) Shifting The Conversation To Their Goals (8:59) DM Example (11:39) My Favorite Part (14:20) Not Everyone Will Reply ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed

If you've been going through it lately as a business owner or you're thinking about starting one and wondering if you have what it takes, today's episode is for you. You have to be a little crazy to do this and do it for awhile and there are ways to train yourself to be more resilient and knowing how to push past the discomfort. I'll share my thoughts on what I believe it takes and why this game ultimately comes down to finding your flow and fulfillment in the process.   Time Stamps:   (0:10) Owning A Business is Brutal (0:30) Hearing My Dad Cry Early In Life (1:55) How To Become A Little Crazier (3:13) How To Know If Entrepreneurship Isn’t For You (4:07) You Can Train Critical Skills (7:40) Flow State and Fulfillment (10:06) Please Leave A Rating and Review ---------- Whenever You’re Ready, Here Are 4 Ways We Can Help You (For Free)   (Community) Join the Fitness Business Secrets FB  Community to Unlock Your Free 5 Clients in 5 Days Mini-Course   (Content) Grab our exact post templates that are responsible for more than 3,500 online clients in our business Automated Post Planner   (Instagram) 3-5x Your Engagement, Grow an Audience and Generate Dream Clients from Instagram IG Playbook For Health & Fitness Coaches   (Get Clarity) Schedule a FREE No-Obligation 15-minute Call to Explore How To Add 10,000/Mo to Your Business–Guaranteed