Labadie’s greatest hits
March 31, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
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Yup, it’s Monday.
Plenty to do here, so today I thought I would share with you nine of my very best articles on the biz of fitness.
They are found on FitCommerce.com
Check ‘em out here: http://tinyurl.com/2rz4jp
Who loves ya? 
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
PS- Have you checked out the http://CarbRotationDiet.com yet? We’ve got a killer affiliate program for it that pays a 75% commission.
Divided they fall
March 31, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
Pat Rigsby, Nick Berry and I were hosting an open Q and A call for our Trainer’s Inner Circle mentorship group on Friday when I got the idea for this one.
A woman came on who had an issue with some trouble makers in her boot camps.
Now it would take me 45 minutes to write about everything we spoke about.
But there’s only one real message I wanted to relay to you.
Your boot camps should be like a team. A championship team.
Everyone enrolled should be told from day one - just like a sports team - that they are all in it together.
Everyone needs to know that some people are in decent shape.
Some people are in awful shape.
And there all sorts of people in between.
Everyone needs to know that everyone supports everyone else.
Everyone cheers for everyone else.
Everyone there roots for everyone else.
Bring an US against THEM kind of attitude.
It’s your boot camp VS. the world.
Just like a championship team it needs to FEEL like something special. Like they are there for more than just exercise.
They are there for one another. They are there for something bigger than just themselves.
Create a special FEELING about your business and you will be shocked where it leads.
Who loves ya?
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
PS - Go to the next level. http://SixFigureBootCamps.com shows you how to build something special. It will teach you how to build teams. It will teach you how to build a community.
Donald Trump’s advice to you
March 31, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
I was watching the conclusion of the Celebrity Apprentice on Thursday night when I heard something I knew I needed to share with you.
Mr. Trump’s son, at the very beginning of the show, reminded his father of some advice he had given him.
“You never get what you don’t ask for.”
Are you starting to realize just how much simpler it is to build a business than you thought?
Is it easy?
No, there’s mucho work to be done.
But is it like trying to figure out if a politician is telling the truth?
Nope. It sure ain’t that hard.
If you need help incorporating, ask.
If you need media contacts, ask.
If you need speaking engagements, ask.
If you need a good accountant, ask.
If you need JV partners, ask.
If you need a virtual assistant, ask.
Please, please, please…
…open your mouth and ask.
Are you telling me there’s not a soul you know who can’t help you?
Listen to The Donald.
Who loves ya?
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
http://howtogetmoreclients.com/
PS - If you want your prospects to ask YOU if you are willing to take them on as a client you want our http://howtogetmoreclients.com/ kit.
Here is my kredit kard
March 28, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
Why do drug dealers sell drugs?
Because, unfortunately, lots of people want them.
Think ‘fitness’ infomercial marketers have an idea of what works and what doesn’t?
Ever see them promoting anything but abs, glutes and fat melting gimmicks?
Let’s take a look at what the typical personal training/boot camp prospect thinks about the benefits of exercise.
Lower your blood pressure.
That’s nice. Not interested.
Decrease your risk of heart disease.
That’s nice. Not interested.
Reduce the risk of dying prematurely.
That’s nice. Not interested.
Reduces the risk of developing diabetes.
That’s nice. Not interested.
Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
That’s nice. Not interested.
Helps you look better naked.
Here is my kredit kard.
I’ve written about this often.
We need to hide the medicine in their apple sauce, so to speak.
Has your marketing been changed to reflect this truth?
Who loves ya?
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
http://ProgradeBusiness.com
PS - Who else wants to know how to teach members of their boot camp to become instructors? Golly gee willikers, that would make your life much easier, wouldn’t it?
Find out how at http://SixFigureBootCamps.com
The glaring fitness spotlight
March 27, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
I was listening to my friend Pat Rigsby’s presentation during http://FitCommExpo.com when I came up with the topic of today’s newsletter.
Put your clients and campers in the glaring fitness spotlight.
And by that I mean you should interview your success stories for your e-newsletter.
Imagine your prospect reading the answers to questions like these:
Why they started
What they have learned
What’s next for them
SOOO powerful.
Your prospect desperately wants to connect with you on an emotional level.
They want to know there are other men and women who were in the same situation they were.
They want to know they won’t be embarrassed by their lack of fitness and excess weight.
They want to know others just like them have done the work and succeeded.
They want to know they will get their moolahs worth.
Interviewing your current clients and campers like a reporter would accomplish all of this.
I have been hearing from more and more and more trainers who are listening to me and my colleagues. The success stories are pouring in.
Please put these tips to use.
They will work.
You will succeed.
Who loves ya?
Yours in prosperity,
Jim “The Liberator” Labadie
http://HowToProfitWithBootCamps.com
PS - I was recently reading Fitness Management magazine and noticed ACE’s Top Ten Fitness Trends for 2008. Boot Camps are growing and growing and growing. In fact, it’s Trend numero uno.
See for yourself on their site:
The rumors are true
March 26, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
I’m literally sitting here right now talking face-to-face with my office mate - Ryan Lee.
It’s official. The price of http://FitCommExpo.com is going up from 125 to 199 bukcolas at 11:59pm EST tonight, March 26th.
Even at the new price it is the deal of the decade.
But why pay more.
Be smart.
If you haven’t already jumped…
…JUMP NOW
Get your keester over to http://FitCommExpo.com pronto.
I personally guarantee it will be worth your time and moolah.
- Jim Labadie
Bargain basement brain surgery
March 26, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
I like to think I’m a pretty sharp guy.
But I ain’t no brain surgeon.
I’ve learned from people who have been there and done that.
Why sit around when I can take action.
When good opportunities arise I grab them by the neck and take them down like a fat guy attacks a Double Whopper.
How many times do I have to harp on it…
There are some simple things you need to be, do, have:
You have to have a website
You need to have the proper moolah magnet mindset
You need to be writing an online newsletter at MINIMUM once per week
You should be focusing on semi-private training or boot camps so you are leveraging your time
You need to delegate tasks others can do so you have more time to GROW your biz
You have to do public speaking
It’s not like you have to figure out how to fly a Tonka Truck to Uranus.
I know you’re smart.
You read my newsletters. That’s how I know.
Now is the time for you to seize the moment.
Now is the time for you to attack opportunity like a Couch Potato mauls a bag of Funions.
Right now, http://FitCommExpo.com offers 100 ridonculous educational sessions for 125 smacks.
I don’t work for NASA but my basic math skills tells me that’s about a whopping buck twenty five per.
Grab it by the neck.
Take it down.
Kill it.
There’s never been a better opportunity to learn all the skills you need than now.
To quote the classic American movie “Cannonball Run”:
“If you’re going to be a bear, be a grizzly.”
Love ya more than ever.
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
PS - Fitness pros receive CEUs from the NSCA, ACE, ISSA, NFPT, and NESTA for this one.
Why my jaw is on the floor
March 25, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
I’m freakin’ shocked.
I spoke for 50 minutes today on referrals, retention and relationship marketing.
The information I shared - when put to use - is easily worth 100k or more to any fitness business over the course of a couple years.
More if they really work the system. And faster, too.
But I was just one of the speakers.
There was also:
-Mark Verstegen talking about “regeneration”
-Alex Poole teaching you the power of using “levers” for program design
-Steve Reilley showing you how to double your income with semi-private training
-Mike Boyle demonstrating the right way to incorporate interval training into your programs
-Dr.Clay Hyght going into detail about everything you need to know about biomechanics
-Vince Delmonte revealing his 1.8 millyun dollar proven sales system
-Dr. Chris Moore showing you how to solve the weight loss equation
-Jayson Hunter explaining the latest details on supplementation
-Scott Hines revealing the right way to train female clients
And this is just a fraction of the lineup.
Plus, this event gets you CEUs.
I’ll tell you this point blank:
If you don’t sign up for http://FitCommExpo.com you’re nuts.
You’d better have a signed note from your doctor confirming you are legally insane if you don’t spend a mere 125 bux for over 100 hours of amazing content.
There’s also Alwyn Cosgrove, Dr. John Berardi and a whole lot more - today.
Plus…
…there are also 2 more full days of sessions.
Don’t worry if you can’t make it. The recordings will be available for 3 full months.
AND…
You can burn the mp3 recordings of the sessions to a CD.
Or put them on your iPod.
It’s 125 of the best bux you’ll ever spend.
But the price is supposed to go up.
And that is the real reason my jaw is on the floor.
It’s ridiculous how cheap it is.
I love ya and that’s why I cannot stress enuff how important it is you take advantage of this.
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
PS - Again, if you’re a fitness pro, you’ll receive CEUs from the NSCA, ACE, ISSA, NFPT, and NESTA for this one.
PPS - The first day isn’t even over yet and the testimonials are already pouring in.
“I have heard so much awesome info today! And it’s only 2:26 EST.
I am so excited about the rest to come.
I am so glad we have access to these replays. I will be listening to some over and over. and of course there are the ones I missed because I was listening to another one.
The ideas are already flowing. Thanks.
Shawn, ACE certified group fitness instructor (soon to be in business for myself not for a club)
What my fortune cookie said
March 25, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
Ok, so they aren’t exactly chock full o’ nutrition, but I ate a Fortune Cookie yesterday.
This is EXACTLY what it said:
“The small steps you take will ultimately bring you a great fortune.”
Boy, that’s one smart cookie.
We live in an instant gratification society.
Many people try something to get rich overnight. And when it doesn’t work they quit.
Yes, like it or not, there are many quitters in this world.
There are many who would like success to be handed to them.
They are unwilling to take the small step after small step after small step that will lead them down the path to the pot of gold.
Now let me be clear: There is a difference between a quitter and someone who fails.
A quitter fails and gives up.
Someone who fails has two choices. They can:
a - quit
b- learn from their failure and press on by taking small step after small step after…
Something else to realize is that after many small steps you start to take HUGE steps.
Things get much easier.
You learn which steps to take.
You learn which steps to skip.
If you listen to my fortune cookie your dreams will come true.
Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not for a couple years.
But someday, for certain.
Who loves ya?
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
http://ProgradeBusiness.com
PS - If you run boot camps already there is a HUGE step you can take to advance them faster. http://SixFigureBootCamps.com
Entitled to what
March 24, 2008 by jim · Leave a Comment
A person has a dream.
They want to start their own health club.
They risk a great deal.
They make enormous sacrifices.
They deal with attorneys.
They deal with investors.
They deal with every aspect of the business.
They create great systems.
They expand.
They reap the rewards of all their blood, sweat and tears.
They have risked a great deal.
They have been rewarded for it.
A trainer trains clients.
They provide a good service and they are paid for it.
But they do not risk anything.
They do not create further value.
They can be replaced.
But they feel they are entitled to more from these “greedy” business owners.
They were not there to see the risks taken.
They have not put their butts on the line.
They train members.
They are entitled to a paycheck.
If they want more they can risk more.
Nothing is stopping them from doing so.
Yes, this is a simple story.
But that’s because the message is simple.
If you want more you need to risk more.
Educate yourself and you’ll know which CALCULATED risks to take and which to avoid.
Right now you are earning exactly what you deserve to be earning.
Don’t like it?
Well, what are you willing to do to get what you want?
Still love ya.
Yours in prosperity,
Jim Labadie
PS - http://FitCommExpo.com starts tomorrow. And yes, they are even offering CEUs.
There are over 80 presenters.
There are over 100 sessions.
They will be made available in MP3 format so you can download them and listen to them on your iPod while working out.
