Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Adapt Your Gym to Hard Times
Hard times are here. Inflation is skyrocketing, petrol prices are through the roof and more and more economists are predicting a full-scale recession ahead. All of these financial pressures are bound to have an impact on gyms. With people being squeezed from every angle, they’re going to be looking at every non-essential expense with a…
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9 Martial Arts Promotions that Work
Most martial arts school owners are reactive when it comes to marketing. They wait until just before a season starts to design and execute a marketing campaign – or often, they can’t move fast enough, or can’t tweak it enough, and they miss the momentum they could have had during seasons of heightened interest in…
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How to Start a Bootcamp for Your Fitness Business w/ Bryce Henson
Our hero today is Bryce Henson, CEO of Fit Body Bootcamp. Today, he reveals why you should start a Bootcamp at your fitness business and how to do it. He also talks about what goes into successfully promoting them. Without further ado, Bryce Henson. Alright, welcome to the Gym Heroes Podcast. Bryce, please introduce yourself…
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Building a Positive Gymnastics Culture
Gymnastics is one of the most challenging sports on the planet. Each day, gymnasts face physical, psychological, and intellectual demands. This makes the sport an ideal breeding ground from which to develop the qualities that make a successful human being: self-discipline, humility, resilience, work ethic, self-belief, and many more. At the same time, the athlete…
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How to Find & Hire Staff for Your Yoga Studio
When it comes to service-based industries, and specifically the fitness industry, the staff make the business. Therefore, taking the time and effort to find and hire the best team for your yoga studio will do your business well in the long run. How do you find and hire staff for your yoga studio? To find…
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Onboarding New Gym Members for Long Term Retention
The onboarding process is one of the most valuable, and potentially scary, parts of the gym member experience. They’ve signed up and have become part of the team. It’s now up to you to, not only live up to, but exceed their expectations. Do it right, and you’ll have a happy member who’ll spread the…
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Build a Self-Managing Fitness Business w/ Pete Piranio
Intro: Welcome to the Gym Heroes Podcast guest. I am your host Josh Peacock. Today show is brought you by Gymdesk. The easiest gym management software you are every use. Take payments, create marketing automations, track attendance, and much more. To try the software out free, go to “Gymdesk.com”. No credit card or painful sales…
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Members Rosters, GoCardless and Kisi Integrations and more
After a hiatus, we’re back with a detailed update of what we’ve been working. It’s been a while, but we’ve been working on some substantial improvements that took a while to finalize.
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How to Survive a Recession as a Yoga Studio
Every day, news stories seem to debate whether we are headed into another recession. With house and gas prices soaring, it is understandable that people are watching the economy closely. Yoga studios are probably wondering how to survive a recession. Yoga rose to popularity in the United States in the 1960s and the industry has…
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Grow Your Martial Arts School Through Recession
Recessions are never easy for martial arts business owners, and sometimes they start at the worst times. Many schools cannot handle the financial burden of a tough market and are forced to close. But there’s hope: if you follow some savvy business strategies, you can not only survive a recession, you can even grow your…
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