The Cheer Biz Podcast

These words always fire me up because they LIMIT you more than you can imagine.  In this episode we will dive into why you should stop saying "it doesn't work here" and what you should do instead!   Visit our Website to join the academy at  www.nextgenowners.com  

If you are a business owner you may have felt this way.  You work for the worst boss in the world.  Yet you are completely in control of this issue.  Join me as I break down how we are our own worst enemy and what we can do to fix the problem.  

Having a high priced item on your product options will INCREASE revenue and increase your close rate if used correctly.  In this episode we dive into why you should have a high priced item on your product offerings! Join the academy by visiting nextgenowners.com and booking a discovery call 

This is my response to "The Tumble Heard Round the World" published to ASGA by Matt Faherty    Read my chat GPT generated counter arguments here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T6Aei-Sli2kG87IxP7CxCwWK8r2cTn_zgsTkrVnFsTo/edit?usp=drive_link  

Apologies do not come easy to everyone.  In fact if you ask my kids apologizing is one of the worst things someone could make them do.  However there is enormous power in an apology.  In this episode we will dive into the power of an apology and why they are an important piece of being a great business owner.  

How many times have we heard the words, if we don't get more attendance we will have to cancel.  I am here to tell you to STOP doing that because it is costing you more and more money every time you do it.  

Team placements are a stressful time of year.  Athletes quit, parents get angry and overall you sometimes end up feeling like the bad guy when all you want is for athletes to be the best they can be.  In this episode we will dive into 3 ways to PREPARE your parents and athletes for placements and dramatically decrease the quitters and the crazy!  

Let's face it.  Tryouts/team placements are STRESSFUL!  You don't know if you will have enough registrations, unhappy people are vocal, the industry feels like it is on fire, and meanwhile the biggest gyms just seem to keep growing.  So how do you maintain your joy and happiness?  Follow these steps to give yourself the best shot of being happy ALL YEAR LONG.  

This episode is all about mindset.  Adjusting your mindset to take the power back in your gym and its competitive success.  

In this episode we are going to be talking about PRICING and how we have to make some serious changes in what we are charging for classes.  

Birthday parties are EASY money.  However, like with anything in the business there is legal exposure of hosting birthday parties.  In this episode Matthew Becker of Gym Lawyers joins us to discuss why you need these contracts.   Reach out to Matt at www.gymlawyers.com Matt@gymlawyers.com

The new scoresheet is a major discussion point at the moment.  In this episode I will share MY thoughts on the new scoresheet, the decisions made and how this can impact your business, or shouldn't.  

The end of season is a great opportunity to build your retention for the next season.  The right moves can increase the number of athletes who return and on the flip side it can crush your retention.  In this episode we will discuss how to build your plan to ensure you get the highest number of athletes returning.  

Ashley Kahn is a parent in my gym.  Her daughter is on one of my teams and an amazing kiddo.  Ashley is a Conscious Parenting coach and in our first of a series of episodes we discuss what Conscious parenting is, how you can apply it if you are a coach/owner and parent or how you can apply the lessons to being a better coach.  We also discuss how to partner with parents to encourage them to use mo...

If you have ever wondered what the academy is all about then this episode is for you.  I will break down what being a member of the academy means and the benefits of joining.   Book a call to join the academy www.nextgenowners.com/business-coaching/  

AI is something talked about A LOT right now.  In this episode we are going to discuss a couple AI's that may help you as a business owner.  Consider this a first installment.   Links to the AI's Discussed https://chat.openai.com/ https://10web.io/ https://quillbot.com/  

I hear this question a lot, what kind of marketing should gym owners be doing and what platform is better, Google or Facebook.  Or even worse, I tried that it sucks or it doesn't work.  I am here to tell you they both have benefits, and they BOTH work in different ways.  In this episode we will dive into the differences and what option is best for your gym.  

Often times people think to establish yourself as one of the big dog successful gyms they need to have a worlds program.  In this episode we will dive into if it is right for you to start a worlds program within your gym and some pitfalls to avoid.  

This was a recent discussion I found on facebook and I just had to weigh in on this.  Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should be doing it!  As an owner eventually you MUST hire people for things that you could do yourself.  

Now is the time that everyone is hiring.  In this episode we will dive into my top 4 things that make a coach GREAT!  

Feedback is an important part of developing your staff.  In this episode we will talk about how the our industry often times does not provide frequent feedback to our staff members, and how that may be creating problems.  

I just got back from presenting at a conference of fitness industry owners and was struck by the intelligence of the people in the room.  One of our superpowers is surrounding ourselves with SMART owners who can help us take our businesses to the next level.  In this episode we will discuss the three biggest reasons you need to surround yourself with SMART owners.  

Staff onboarding is the most crucial step in your process to finding good staff members.  Join us as we talk through the 3 must do steps to take to ensure you onboard your staff well EVERY TIME!  

The let's talk cheer podcast is one I always refer our listeners too.  Well in Episode 101 I had to get in on the conversation even though I wasn't a guest.  Join me as I give my responses to episode 101.   Be sure to check out the episode on the let's talk cheer podcast as well.   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-cheer/id1510402862

We often times find ourselves waiting for someone to provide us information to make decisions.  In this episode we will discuss how to avoid the paralysis of the tail wagging the dog in your business.