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  • 283. Invest In Trends, Not Fads (and how to spot the difference)

    283. Invest In Trends, Not Fads (and how to spot the difference)
    2024/11/24

    For long term success and profit, invest in trends, not fads. In this episode, Jack Thomas explains why this is important, and how to spot the difference. He also looks at famous case studies in the industry such as Pilates, Crossfit and SoulCycle and gives his verdict - trend or fad?

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    15 分
  • 280. Tom Dowd, CEO of F45 Training - Engineering The Comeback & Plans For Asia

    280. Tom Dowd, CEO of F45 Training - Engineering The Comeback & Plans For Asia
    2024/11/17

    Tom Dowd is the president and CEO of F45 Training. We discuss the work Tom has have been doing to help F45 bounce back from a difficult start to 2023 and their plans for the future, as well as what to expect in Asia.

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    57 分
  • 281. Get this right before trying ANYTHING else

    281. Get this right before trying ANYTHING else
    2024/11/10

    After listening to a recent LIFTs podcast with Dr Paul Bedford, he outlined two essential rules for providing great sales and service. It resonated so deeply with our host Jack Thomas, he did a deep dive on today’s episode into what these crucial rules are, and how to win at them.

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    12 分
  • 280. The business of strength training - 25 years of industry evolution

    280. The business of strength training - 25 years of industry evolution
    2024/11/03

    We welcome returning guest Matthew Januszek to the show - founder and CEO of leading fitness equipment brand Escape and host of the Escape Your Limits podcast - to talk all things strength training in the fitness industry and how the space has developed from a business perspective since Escape was founded in 1998.

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  • 279. How and why you MUST increase your prices in 2025

    279. How and why you MUST increase your prices in 2025
    2024/10/27

    Gym owners and personal trainers aren’t good at increasing prices. They either don’t do it at all or often enough, or they communicate poorly. It needn’t be that way - this episode will talk you through how best to do it and why it’s so important to do it, and do it right.

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    18 分
  • 278. From Rock Bottom and Addicted to building a $100 million company: Dan Uyemura, founder and CEO of PushPress

    278. From Rock Bottom and Addicted to building a $100 million company: Dan Uyemura, founder and CEO of PushPress
    2024/10/20

    We welcome Dan Uyemura who shares his incredible story of being at rock bottom and facing jail to building one of the fitness industry’s most exciting and fast-growing gym software companies.

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    54 分
  • 277. How to end 2024 profitable and strong (act now)

    277. How to end 2024 profitable and strong (act now)
    2024/10/13

    Many gym owners write off December as a lost month. Here’s how you can make December strong and profitable, and set yourself up for a great 2025!

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    13 分
  • 276. Bringing the New York fitness franchise Physique 57 to Bangkok, Thailand

    276. Bringing the New York fitness franchise Physique 57 to Bangkok, Thailand
    2024/10/06

    Jack Thomas welcomes good friend Khemika ‘Lynn’ Chivapornthip to the show to discuss bringing a US fitness franchise successfully to Bangkok. Lynn operates multiple locations and has been in business for over 10 years, with other health and wellness businesses in the city.6

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    42 分