Last week we started the tongue-in-cheek conversation of 31 ways to ruin your fitness business to celebrate 31 years of serving customers in the personal training space.

In today’s episode, we continue from number 15 to number 31.

As much as these are hilarious takes from Rick and Matt, important business lessons can be learned.

Running a business requires patience, effort, and great determination, yet many businesses are ruined by silly missteps by their owners. These are some of the things you’ll be hearing in this two-part series.

If you’ve not listened to part 1, make sure to check it out first!

Learn more at: http://bit.ly/alloy_franchise

Key Takeaways

- Get into politics and make it public (00:41)

- Go by feels, not data (02:12)

- Start arguments on social media (06:55)

- Sell braces, not the smile (10:49)

 - Make it all about you (13:19)

- Charge less (16:08)

- Say it once and never say it again (19:37)

- Have at least 3 business partners (23:24)

- Avoid hard things (27:12)

- Build an elaborate morning routine (31:07)

- Sleep with clients (38:26)

- Start a podcast (40:08)

Additional Resources:

- Alloy Personal Training

- Learn About The Alloy Franchise Opportunity

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