Hey there, hope you’re having a killer day and have been enjoying all the blog posts this week… this week has been some of my favorite posts of all time.. if you didn’t see the one about Google yet, check it out when you’re through with the contest… Get My Fitness Website to the Top of Google
As you probably know, I’m opening Market Annihilator 2.0 to 100 people Monday morning at 9am PST
Now check this out… I’m gonna run a little contest here and give the program to the two winners… I’ll announce the winners this weekend
Here’s your chance to win the Market Annihilator 2.0
Here’s all you gotta do… and it’s only gonna take you a few minutes…
In the comment section below, leave me a comment answering the following question…
“Why Market Annihilator 2.0 would be the perfect product to finally help you to get more clients so you can make more money in your fitness business”
I’d love to hear about any specific way you feel getting more clients from the internet would help you to live the life you truly deserve.
And I like specifics, so the more specific you can be the better.
And …
If you’re a current member of the original Market Annihilator, feel free to leave me a note about some of the results you’ve achieved, and if YOU win, I’ll upgrade your membership to a LIFETIME membership of Market Annihilator 2.0 at no additional cost as well as throw in a LIFETIME membership to the Kick Back Lifestyle Club and Auto-Delegation Tool Box
I’m gonna go through every single one of your responses by the weekend and award a winner early in the weekend sometime… most likely Saturday… so keep an eye out on your inbox this weekend
If you win, you’re gonna get…
1. Complete access to the Market Annihilator 2.0 Portal, where we cover everything you’ll need to get tons of clients from the internet
2. A copy of Market Annihilator Simple sent to your house … a simplified version of the program showing you exactly what to do, and in what order, so you can start getting new clients almost immediately
3. Access to the “Q and A” call-in days so you can call us with your most pressing internet marketing questions
I will award two winners
By the way, here’s an email I just got from ANOTHER member of the original Market Annihilator program who’s literally killing it online these days…
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Subject line: Thanks Chris!!!
Hey Chris, I just want you to know that because of the Market Annihilator strategies I now own six of the top ten spots on the first page of Google… including spots one, two and three, for my main keyword terms… just check it out…
Thanks!
Ron Khawar
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I’m really excited to read your entry and hear what you have to say… I appreciate you being a reader and subscriber to this blog and love the fact that I’m able to help you get people into shape
Good Luck!
P.S. – Remember, Market Annihilator 2.0 opens to the first 100 people this coming Monday the 28th at 9am PST , just go to the following page at that time – Market Annihilator 2.0
P.P.S – Also, I just added a post of FAQ’s about the program, you can read that here – Frequently Asked Questions About Market Annihilator 2.0
Hey Chris, thank you for this opportunity!
Market Annihilator 2.0 is exactly what I need. Most of my non-referral clients come from internet searches already. However, they have to sift through all the junk and wannabes out there.
I know that the internet is the best, most cost and time efficient way for me to drive traffic, leads and revenue to my business. But let's face it, I'm a trainer and have been for 22 years, not an internet guy.
I'm a big believer in getting the help from a pro, not trying to become that pro myself. You've got it figured out and dialed in. Market Annihilator 2.0 will help me to finally crush my competition once and for all!
More importantly, since I won't be spending so much time trying to reinvent your wheel, I'll be able to spend all my time recruiting trainers, counting money, and spending time with my family. Actually having a life!
1.
Because I am about to launch my 1st product next month,
I have O sales online over here in England, mine has been more of a physical biz. Had a crap year with a serious sporting injury and this comeback would be a good story for you.
Me & my American wife plan to move to USA next year to be near her family, but it is very remote with work/jobs being an issue. Internet income will give us the house on the beach/lake and a place to raise our kids (unborn) properly and make the move possible.
With my knee problems and just retiring (forced) from Polevault, i need to make changes/income not based on my physical skills.
I don't have a lot of reasons…But the one reason I do have is because I have been in the fitness industry for over 5 yrs and everyone seems to be an expert…from the franchise I bought. They said follow our proven systems and you will have nothing to worry about..WRONG ANSWER. I closed my business in March and am currently working on opening my FBBC location.
What I have found in my short time doing this…Most people are full of shit and don't know a damn thing about marketing…the guys I am learning to trust are you, Bedros and Steve…I want that life!!
Hi Chris, the Market Annihilator would be perfect for me because:
1, I'm just starting out in the bootcamp business and would give me the edge.
2, The gym I belong to in my town is starting their own bootcamp program (every Sat. in October) and it would help me gain a competitive advantage over them, right out of the gate!
3, It would simplify SEO marketing for me!
4, It would help me set up a system.
5, It would help me create a "scalable" business model.
6, I have so many ideas with my business, I'm thinking, it would probably help me keep on track and not get too lost in the details of it all.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
Rita
Hi Chris,
Just read your post and wanted to be the first to respond to why I should win Market Annilhilator 2.0.
1) I'm Canadian. Craig Ballantyne's Canadian. Look at all the success he's had. We Canucks can accomplish a lot with our good looks, intelligence, passion – and having the right tools (Market Annihilator 2.0).
2) I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba (that's due north of Minnesota). We have winter and arctic weather over half the year – so I'm going to be inside a lot and I need amazing and inspiring stuff to read during those long, cold days, so I can apply it to my business. Plus generating more clients through your lessons means a greater income, which means I can finally afford to go on a winter holiday somewhere warmer than Winnipeg.
3) Until I came across and purchased Bedros' 7-Figure Formula package over the summer, I was totally on the wrong path to achieving my goals, meaning I didn't want to work 40 hours a week, but 4, I wanted to work on not in my business; I didn't want a do-nothing crappy website but a high ranked SEO website that drove in tons of traffic and sales;I wanted to be the entrepreneur, not the technician; and I wanted a 7-figure income, not barely getting by. Bedros, Steve Hochman and you have opened my eyes to the amazing potential personal fitness trainers can have – as long as we stop merely being trainers and start being savvy marketers and connecting/learning from people who do and have achieved this.
4) I "have the balls" as you've said before in earlier posts, to take massive action and step outside that conventional trainer-think, to do what has to be done to achieve my dream list. Your Market Annihiliator 2.0 is another tool for me to continue that.
5) Trumping the Canadian card again, it costs me more to purchase your products thanks to the exchange – so I could really use a break.
There's my top 5 reasons Chris. Thanks for this opportunity.
-Sara Hutniak
Hey Chris,
First off, just wanted to thank you for such great info and emails that you send out.
I think Market Annihilator 2.0 would be perfect for me. I a few years back I was in the fitness industry for about 5 years before I really got discouraged and desperately needed a break. I've worked as a Certified PT for franchised gyms, privately owned gyms, fitness studios, and the like. However, as much as I loved getting people in shape and helping them achieve their goals, I was working around the clock just to make a half decent paycheck, and to top it all off I really didn't agree with how these corporate gyms were running their facilities. Some of you trainers out there know what I mean. This is what made me stop. I have a corporate job now, and yes the money is better, but I'm not happy in the shirt and tie atmosphere. I feel like fitness is my passion. Recently I have started to take baby steps to creating my own (part-time) fitness consulting business in addition to the hours I work at my current job. Eventually, I would like to turn it into a full-time spot where I can do something I love, and make a comfortable living at the same time. I am not asking to be filthy rich, I just want an honest paycheck doing something that I do not view as "a job" but more like a hobby. I live the lifestyle, which makes it that much easier for me to associate with my clients.
I am all about making changes when changes are needed, and I'm ready to jump back into the fitness world. This time I plan to do it the right way.
Thanks for your time!
CJ
Quite simply, I've had 1 top notch client for the past 8 years and have been perfectly content to be a full time collegiate strength & conditioning coach with a "side business" of personal training.
Well, now I've got a 2 year old at home and spending 14+ hours/day out of the house simply won't work for me anymore. It's downright unacceptable to be a father without the opportunity to be a dad.
I like training, I like being a strength & conditioning coach, I like running an internet business, but I've got to streamline my business to make the most effective & efficient use of my time so that I can spend more time doing what I LOVE to do – hanging out with my little guy.
It's time to stop being busy and start being productive. Get rid of the 5:30am-5:30pm job and start making real money in less time so that I can be the Dad/Husband/Provider that I am supposed to be.
That's all I got for ya cause that's all there is to it.
Dan
Chris,
Market Annihilator 2.0 is the perfect product for me to finally excel my business. I'm tired of running in circles feeling like I'm getting no where.
My website is somewhere on page one zillion in the search engine, which is funny because there are sites like my merchant circle profile that actually outrank my website. I feel like I work 24/7 which is a lot more work for what I get in return (a few clients here and there through my current networking, social media, and referral network methods). Actually I can't remember the last time I got a client from my website. Come to think of it have I ever?!?
I know this program would help me to obtain those extra clients looking online so I can finally reach my financial goals rather than just barely pay the bills. Which sucks…And if I can grow my income I really really want to hire a coach which would rock!!
I also know since this product is coming from you Chris, someone who knows what they are talking about rather than someone who just wants to sell you something, that it will be loaded with tons of valuable information that will actually have a huge impact on the growth of my business. There's no doubt I can be successful once I implement the information.
Thank you for the contest and the opportunity!
Becky Fox
Why Market Annihilator 2.0 would be the perfect product to finally help you to get more clients so you can make more money in your fitness business
Hi Chris, first of all thank you for this opportunity to win Market Annihilator.
I quit a nice paying job 4 months ago to live and follow my passion for health and fitness. It was a big jump for me and I had made so many mistakes already.
My very first big mistake was hiring a web designer who does not believe in the same internet marketing beliefs that I do. So, after firing him, I ended up hiring a second web designer who is just as bad if not worse.
I had my website analyzed a few days ago and the guy who analyzed it basically said that my site is "set up to fail" because all the pages are not optimized for the search engines and the sales pages just won't convert the visitors.
So, market annihilator will help my web site get found in the search engines and will save me a lot of money in the long run. Then, once the visitors come to my web site, Market Annihilator will make them excited and sign up for my bootcamp or the other services that I offer.
I have been battling with my unresponsive, incompetent, and expensive web designer for 3 months now and I honestly just want an end to this nightmare.
I am a big action taker and I market like crazy when I am offline so if I send my offline potential customers to my web site, it won't give me any benefit if the web site doesn't convert them into paying clients.
I really do believe that winning Market Annihilator is the break that I need. It will be the answer that I've been looking for from the last 3 months.
Hey Chris,
Market Annihilator 2.0 is EXACTLY what I need for my online pt program that's coming out. I know it's going to be the shit. The content will be killer. The only problem is I don't really know shit about online marketing, and since this whole program is going to be online that's a bit of a problem. Of course, I'll also greatly benefit from Market Annihilator 2.0 with my local boot camp program that I started 2 months ago. Long story short, I took a big chance leaving a six-figure job to go after my dream. That's a long story that I'll share with you over a cold one.
I've gotten so much great stuff from your site and other top guns as well, but having real access to you would be crazy good! Plus, you're a cool mofo
Not sucking up there. I just dig the no holds barred, Harley riding, do it my way approach. In fact, one of my personal material goals is to trade in the crotch rocket for a Harley next April for my 35th birthday – I want to pay CASH!
Let's do this thing together and then I'll come out and ride with you next spring!
Have Faith & Take Action!
Justin Yule
Chris,
I feel marketing is my weak link in my overall business model as we can usually convert those we get as prospects
but we simply need more prospects. Our training systems are awesome and get great results but we need a much better, results oriented web presence.
We have a website, YouTube channel, blog, we are on Facebook and Twitter, write articles for Ezine, etc. but obviously not getting the results we would like from all of that. We need the missing link which we feel is your program. We need someone/something to bring it all together and maximize it's potential in bringing us tons of new prospects ready to invest in our services.
In other words, we need to optimize our internet marketing model/presence because we feel the future of marketing lies in the internet. This system would put us over the top, I believe, and create a waiting list for our services, keep my training staff in clover, and allow us to expand to other locations as well. It all feeds off of the marketing.
Bruce Kelly
I started my own in home personal training business earlier this year (no funds, not enough clients and too much debt to open a studio) and even though I appreciate and care about my clients I’m frustrated because I'm not generating enough income.
I started my own personal training business because I love what I do but also because I want my family and I to live the life we always dreamed about.
I have dreams of growing my business into a very lucrative career and that will allow me to help make a difference in other peoples lives and also to help other struggling personal trainers become successful and live the life they deserve.
This business is our main source of income. My wife is struggling and miserable with her current job. She doesn't make very much, she had a second source of income that she recently lost. So, we depend so much on my income to support our family.
I'm in my late 30's, have a 2 year-old daughter who I don't get to spend enough time with because I'm either commuting to and from work or working tirelessly on my website but nothing is bringing in more clients. I've been stuck with the same number of clients for 8 months now and we haven't earned enough income to buy a home. It's beyond frustrating.
When clients have to cancel appointments I don’t make money and if I don’t make money I can’t support my family. On top of that, I have to work way too many hours each day just to make rent and cover our bills and trading that much of my time to make below average money isn’t my future vision.
If even one of my clients were to quit training with me my income would be seriously impacted in a bad way. I don't want to feel like I'm just barely hanging on.
I didn't get into this to struggle for the rest of my life. I know I can do much better than this if I knew what to do. I don't know where to begin or which steps to take to improve my situation but I'm determined to do so.
I’m seriously stuck and I’m so sick and tired of it but I just don’t know what to do.
This is why I’m writing to you. I read every e-mail you send, your blog posts and watch all your videos. I really believe you can help me. I’m motivated to do what it takes to succeed but I need a step by step system for online success that shows me exactly what to do. And, that’s what I believe your Market Annihilator program will do for me.
I don't know where else to turn and I don't think there's another program that can help me grow my business into the kind I dreamed about when I began this.
I'm tired of not having the time to spend with my wife and daughter that they deserve. I don't want to miss out on doing things during the weekends with them because I always have work that needs to get done to get my business moving forward. I'm desperate to find a way to pay off the huge amount of debt we owe.
This means everything to me and I have the drive to make this work if you'll please consider me for your Market Annihilator program. I know I can make this work but I need your help to make it possible. I hope and pray I'll get the opportunity to prove it to you.
Thanks Chris,
Kevin Yates
Hey Chris,
Here are my reasons:
1) I Googled "Fitness Marketing" and saw you're ranked #1. WTF?!? The successful learn from the successful and you're apparently successful and the expert at fitness marketing. Why learn from anyone else, right?
2) Billions of people create internet traffic and without the right know-how's & techniques, no one would know me or that my websites exist.
3) MA 2.0 would teach me how to create salescopywriting that would convert web visitors into paying clients.
4) MA 2.0 would teach me how to create the lifestyle that I want for me and my family without forking over huge sums of money towards other "marketing" efforts.
5) I've learned quite a bit from you already (along with Bedros & Steve), but can't seem to connect all the dots. MA 2.0 will help connect those dots to build a successful business.
6) I will use MA 2.0 to help build my first blog that catches on like wildfire. It will position me as the local expert, provide valuable info to my visitors, and help convert more people into paying clients.
Dude, I can relate to your background because I came from a circle of people who went about making money the wrong way and they ended up f*cked and in jail. I was fortunate enough to be the guy who watched on the sideline. I've been doing this fitness gig for 6 years now and refuse to be the guy on the sideline watching everyone else build great (legitimate) businesses. F*ck that!
Anyway, thanks for the blog and what you're doing for this industry!
Allan
Hello Chris,
Just Like I told you about a week ago when I signed up, "I want to be one of the best and most successful testimonials that you have for the Market Annihilator program!!" And Chris I am WELL on my way. I started tweaking my facebook and craigslist ads and within a week I have 5 new Clients. The tips you and Zack Hunt pointed out are so true!! I am So Thankful that I dropped my ego, and signed up for your program.
I will dominate my market, there is no doubt in my mind!!
Thanks Chris for putting this program!! I am Ecstatic about the 2.0!!!
Hey Chris,
I am already a member but here are some results of what being a member has done for my business here in Australia in a very short time.
1. recently watched one of your videos on giving away a FREE month of Boot Camp training to random people. SO i went got a heap of VIP FREE Boot Camp business cards done up and sent a heap of people out to give away to anyone they come in contact with.
Gave away 250 1 month passes
143 registered interest ( got all their email addresses for my database & newsletter of course)
56 people actually signed up and started
1 month later – i have since converted 46 people into paying members:
6 have signed 12 month contract = $8242
6 have signed 6 month contracts = $4212
34 signed to 12 week contracts = $14280
So the total made from watching this short video = $26734 ( not bad for $0 outlay)…..
One of the other tips on the MA program is to always build your database, which i made sure I did with this idea & since also getting all of the email addresses from the registrations of interest in the FREE month, I have had 4 people that didn't sign up to Boot Camp, but have come on board as Personal Training clients.. So far they have made $1600 (only been five weeks of sessions). I anticipate these people to turn into long term clients that will make me thousands in the coming years.
2. Referral Program – I also put together a referral reward system for any clients referred by current members. For each client they refer I give them $25 off there account. Since watching this on the MA website and implementing it, i have had over 17 referrals that have all converted into paying clients.
Income made so far – $17070
3. Watched a video re Posting a program on Facebook. Worked very well as a means to spread the web of my business in my area and gave me around 15 new unique clients to Succeed.
Income – $6750
4. Website SEO Optimisation for Google. Mate I am still only learning this one and have a long way to go, but already I am on the front page of FREE search for google in at least 2 or 3 spots. Doesn't seem like alot compared to some of your other fantastic trainers websites and SEO work, but being on the first page has made a 400% in google leads over the last 8 weeks.
I really can't put a price on this one yet but but we have gone from maybe 1 google leade a week to averaging 4 A DAY, which is HUGE!!! Also by watching your sales copy ideas this is helping raise our conversion rates to close to 80%….
The small fee I pay for the Market Annihlitor and advise that you give away for FREE on that site really doesn't do it justice for the amount of money it has made me over the last few months.
I already turn over 700k a year and my main goal is to keep working with Chris & the Market Annihilator Program, Auto Delegation Tool Box & Kickback Life Club to push through the 1 million a year mark. Can't wait for that day….
Many thanks for all the FREE advice and information you give out Chris. It is so valuable that some of the things I cannot even put a price on in regards to the amount of income I have made from some of your ideas.
Again thanks for all your help and support so far mate.
Scott Williams
CEO, Managing Director
Succeed Personal Development
http://www.succeed.com.au
I've been in the fitness industry for 10 years and recently left my upper management job to leave the corporate gym and go out on my own.I have been having problems with marketing on and offline. I feel like I've hit rock bottom since leaving my comfortable corporate job. I'm broke, maxed out credit cards, lost my house and I really don't know what to. I love the fitness industry, being a trainer for so many years I don't know what else to do. I feel training people is the only thing I'm good at. I'm great at selling and retaining clients,but don't know how to attract them to my services. I love what I do but I'm close to quitting all together so that I can just get a check. I believe that with your knowledge with search engines and marketing will help me stay in the industry
My wife and I just adopted our first child. Now that I'm pushing 40 and have a 2 year old, I just don't have the energy nor inclination to train clients for 10 hours a day. I'm shifting my training model to semiprivate / bootcamp, and need a method of client acquisition that I can work on after my son has gone to bed, that isn't high cost (international adoption isn't cheap
. The internet would fit the bill nicely. Having an expertly designed internet marketing plan to follow would shorten the learning curve tremendously while allowing me the chance to model success. I currently have 22 clients and need to double that in order to work less and spend more time with my son. If I hit 60+ clients my wife could stop working. While internet marketing might not be the only thing I have to do, I'm convinced it will be an important part. I believe Market Annihilator would be the best program for helping me put all the pieces (website, link building, social media, etc.) in place.
Thanks for the contest and for all the great information you give away on your blog!
Nathan
Time to teach an old dog some new tricks…
I’m a 37 year old dad of 2 who is working 10-6 at a “job” (just over broke) while hitting another 10 –15 hrs a week on pt sessions just to make that little bit extra and keep me involved in the fitness game…which I LOVE.
I have been in fitness going on 10 years now and I’m still as passionate about is as the 1st day I started…but the unexpected buyout of the gym I trained at by a local “health club” chain plus the arrival of my 3½ year little girl within a few weeks of each other left me scrambling to provide for the family.
Now I am ready – no scratch that – hungry to get back into the Fitness game full time. I know that I will be able to at least triple my income on as little as ½ the time spent at the “job” and actually get to spend more time with my daughter rather then just being ‘morning daddy’ and dropping her off at day home every morning.
BUT on the information superhighway I’m the guy driving at 45mph with my blinker on. I need help, mentorship and direction when it comes to developing this area of my fitness business. I’ve followed the ‘3-amigos’ (Bedros, Steve and yourself) for a while now and am constantly blown away at the resources and guidance you provide for us Fitness pros for FREE.
I feel that this one opportunity could be the first BIG STEP in an outstanding future for me and my family.
Regardless as to whether I win or not, sincerely, thank you.
Sean McCutcheon
P.S. to all you single (or at least childless) PT’s and boot-camp operators…build it Now. Learn from the best…burrow from the rest and create your future today. When the kids come tomorrow your time is no longer your own!
I have been working in the fitness industry the last 10 years. I left my management position with a well known corporate gym to become an independent trainer. I left because I wanted to get back to my first passion and that was helping people achieve their fitness goals. Since going on my own I have lost lot a lot of money on marketing that didn't work. I've been struggling with attracting leads on and offline. I am broke! I have maxed out credit cards,lost my house,and close to giving up. I feel I hit rock bottom and need a mentor or expert advise from someone.I've been a trainer for so long I don't know what else I'm good at. I don't want to quit but I need to feed my son somehow. I'm great at selling and retaining clients but I need help with online and offline marketing. I believe your product and expertise advice will save my career. At this point I need a system that will guarantee generating leads for me. Please help I've tried everything and ready to give up.
Hey Chris-
Hey Chris-
I believe the Market Annihilator 2.0 will be the best addition to my business. I have spent years trying to learn how to be the best at mechanics, and learning proper form and have completely missed the boat on Marketing and that has hurt me financially . I have taken you and Bedros advice just recently and it is turning my business around. I believe this tool will take me too the next level and I will be your human billboard for your future success. I have struggled to make an impact on the net and this would be an awesome tool. Thanks for your time and consideration.
Chris,
That's wicked of you to be giving away the free programs, I really appreciate the chance to learn from you. First off, I am not looking to just have a comfortable lifestyle. I want to blow my bootcamps up through the roof. I want to tap into every resource possible and make my stamp on this world by changing peoples lives and having fun while doing it. I am new to the fitness industry (less than a year), but have quickly learned that there has to be a more lucrative and effective way to doing it than the corporate gyms and the one on one training. I struggled a lot after university finding my place in the world, but feel that this is my niche – I am highly certified and qualified, but realize that these qualifications mean shit without INITIATIVE and ACTION. Second, I am a rookie with regards to building websites and optimization. But am quickly trying to gather as much intel as possible by watching all your posts and writing down everything you say especially with seo – because I can see how important that is to making a business successful. (afterall its how I first came upon your site when i typed in fitness marketing). I just watched you giving your presentation at the fitness summit and it was all great advice that was quickly transcribed to a note pad. I'm going to start writing notes for my future blog!!!!I
I am starting up a bootcamp business in January and its going to be freaking amazing!!!! I WILL NOT fail and will forever be your social proof for future market annihilator programs and ads!!!
Hello Chris,
I just signed up for the Market Annihilator program about a week ago… I've been locked in my basement office since, I do take bathroom breaks though
The amount of content is fantastic…especially all the videos, great for us visual learners. I have already setup my wordpress blog and I've created 40 or so craigslist ads that I'll be posting daily. (I'm totally pumped)
I've been in the health and fitness business for several years (barely scraping by) and last year opened my own studio, which went under after about 11 months, which was a bummer but it woke me up to the fact that I knew nothing about running a business, marketing or sales… so this last year was a great learning experience, it's actually how I came upon your blog.
Anyway, I'm strapping it back on and starting up an in-home training and health business with the hopes of opening another studio again.
This time I'm doing right! – I'm following you program as if it was the bible, as well as grabbing some of bedros' products… I really can't afford all these info products right now, but I know they'll pay 1000 fold in the long run.
I don't have any concrete results to report since I'm just starting to put your program into effect… but I'm supremely confident that it will work (even though some of my family and friends are doubtful).
I am truly dedicated to making this business work, so that I can have the freedom to enjoy my self and family without the constant worry of money. I feel your program is going to be a big part of my success.
It would be great to win the contest, but either way in the big scheme of things I know the Market Annihalator program is legit and produce enormous results along I stay dedicated and take massive action.
Thanks for the putting together the program, it makes my life a hell of a lot easier.
Thanks again!
Peter Cerrato
Hey Chris,
First, let me say thank you for all the great information and inspiration you post here. To be honest, I had no idea who you were until I found a link to this site via an article written by Zach Even-Esh titled "How to Be a Six-Figure Fitness Trainer WITHOUT Getting Your Head Kicked In."
I am a fire fighter/paramedic for the City of Houston, TX and work as a fitness instructor when I'm not at the station. I've been on the professional side for a little over 3yrs, but have an extensive history of over 10yrs in martial arts, fitness.
I have been working for a private gym for around two years training the owner's clients so that he could work on building the business. My boss liked having me around b/c I want your typical "trainer." I was more of an instructor or coach who really focuses on quality over quantity. I am also very old school using kettlebells, sandbags, fire hose, sledgehammers, etc, and the clients really enjoyed the experience.
Unfortunately, I haven't been asked to fill in at the gym in a good while due to "client drop offs." My boss stated that the new school year caused many clients to leave so he didn't need me as much. I told him that I wanted to help promote the gym and help get new, more committed clients, and he said he would take care of that, but not to give up on him. So I didn't, and I waited….and waited.
That's when I realized that HE fucking gave up on me! He used to tell me how much of an asset I was at the gym, he even used to beg me to quit the fire dept. so that I could manage his gym. He made it seem like the business would crumble if I needed to take a few days off due to working two 24 hr shifts a week plus close to 30 hrs a week training.
If I am such an asset, then why in the fuck am I not there helping people or trying to get more clients?
It was at that point when I read Coach Z' article and it ignited a flame inside me. Then, I came across this site and started absorbing as much info as I could.
I'm tired of living under someone else's roof and playing by their rules. From that, point on I decided that I was going to bust my ass building my own gym, training the clients that I want to train and that want to train with me. I even signed up for the RKC that day, which was something I had been wanting to do for a long time.
Every time that alarm goes off at the , I am plunged into the dark and depressing world of unhealthy life styles. By the time I get to the scene, I (along with my crew) am that person's last chance of survival. We do the best that we can, but that isn't enough for most. I always think; "If they would have just lost a bit of weight, eaten better, stopped smoking and drinking, maybe I wouldn't have to be sending 360 joules of electricity through their lifeless bodies."
I need to proactive instead of reactive. This is the reason I became a fitness instructor.
I want to keep people from falling into an early grave. I want to teach them how to develop strong minds as well as bodies. I want to help them love the skin they are in and not see ugliness every time they look into the mirror. Most of all I want to give them the best experience of their lives when they come to train.
I am very passionate about this. I haven't slept well in days because I've got a million ideas running through my head. I have already filled up a journal with notes and ideas. I will make it happen.
The only issue is that I've got as much business knowledge in my brain as I have hair on my head…I'm bald by the way. I'm not talking "Frasier Krane" bald, but "cue ball" bald. Bald!
I have zero clients right now, but anticipate a shit load once I get my program running. Before that happens, I need to educate myself and really plan it out. I will make mistakes, not doubt, and I will possibly piss off a few folks, but I could really give a rat's ass. I learn from the mistakes and realize that I can't please everyone.
Where does "Market Annihilator 2.0" fit in all this rambling? It will give me, a guy that doesn't know shit about marketing but has a passion to learn, a vital tool in helping me reach my goal of helping people change their lives for the better; teaching them how to really LIVE their lives.
Even if I don't win, I thank you for letting me spill my guts out here. It was really therapeutic for me. Thanks for all the help. You'll hear from me again very soon.
Hi Chris!
I already own the current Marketing Annihilator program. I have been a member since last November! I now currently get 90% of my clients from the internet. MA has been fantastic on getting me clients and leads since day one! I am not a computer savvy guy by any means and some of the information takes me a little more time for me to process than the average person I would assume. Last year I left the big Health Club chain to go out on my own without a lot of knowledge how to do it on my own. MA has made all the difference!
Here is just a few things that MA has helped me do:
1) Create a website that converts. Before MA I had no idea what I was doing I was just trying to create a pretty site that was like a business card that only talked about me and no benefits to my market. There is no one in my area that has my experience and testimonials and is marketing like I am. My site alone has changed my business completely!! Went from 4 paying clients to 15 in just a month from my high converting site alone.
2) Developed my niche and Market and say goodbye to training everyone!
3) Create and start a bootcamp by offering free bootcamp classes to others for referrals. Went from 2 members to 12 members in a month.
4) Dominate Craigslist my learning how to create killer ads that no one else is doing in my area. Learning how and where to post them to get the best leads and responses.
5) Got me delegating and outsourcing and bartering more getting others writing articles for me and posting them to increase my rank in higher google.
6) I am now on Google on the first page 4 times (local, organic etc) for my keys words. Not to mention I am paying half I was on Google Adwords now and converting more people!!
7)Just getting a chance to talk to you on the phone a few times Chris has been extremely helpful on taking the next step and getting moving! Not to mention your email coaching!!
I still have a long way to go until I'm satisfied but I am plugging along everyday and trying to follow everything you give out.
I know I am leaving a bunch of stuff out. But getting a chance to win a lifetime membership of Marketing Annihilator would blow my mind! Being busy with my business and a little slow processing this information sometimes I feel I need to get it all done at once. Money has been tight as of late because of some personal things that came up unexpectedly. Having a lifetime membership would definitely be great! But plan on continuing on with MA anyways! Chris thanks for creating MA and sharing your secrets with me. Thank for you for showing me things I would have never learned on my own. And lastly thank you for the opportunity to win a lifetime membership to this Program!
Your Fellow 6 foot 6'er!
David Modderman
I am the typical dreamer that doesn't take action. I have literally hundreds of pages of notes of online and offline business ideas, but when it comes to following through on them, my lack of a systematic approach leads to an early death.
My semi-private gym is going pretty good, because we deliver great coaching, but if I could be more systematic with marketing, referalls and retention, it would be even better.
My long term goal is to knock the biggest globo gym in my city off their arrogant lofty perch, and actually deliver to people a fitness program that works, but this requires greater exposure than I'm currently getting, and the Market Annihilator would give me the serious firepower to achieve that.
Hi Chris,
I'm currently entering the world of fitness by getting certified to be a Personal Trainer in Australia. I was in the UK for 5 years as a Sales Manager for a finance company and returned back to Oz early last year to pursue my dreams. Life in the UK was ok but I had no passion for what I was doing. To me, life without passion is pretty close to death (not physically but mentally).
The economic down-turn forced me to make some decision about who I am and what do I want to achieve in life. Finance wasn't in the mix anymore! I've set up a couple of websites Like Bedros' Hitech Trainer) but really I'm life a race car driver on a track looking through the revision mirror to drive.
I believe I've gained so much knowledge on fitness over the last 5 years but at this point I have no one to share it with as I'm not sure how to bring on clients.
To also throw another challenge into the mix, we just moved our young family to as small town on a lake that has about 10,000 people so it's not like being in a big city however the competition is limited with 2 gym operating.
My dream is to create a bootcmap/pt business that trully goes against the conventional grain by driving through the barriers of marketing to a small rural town and provide an amazing life for my family they deserve.
At this point I've checked out Market Annihilator 2.0 and I believe it may be the answer to plugging some gaps in my skill set that I need to take this business forward. I need to know how to get clients, drive traffic to my sites and maximise the opportunities that lie within us.
I don't want to be like most other people in the world who go to work every day because they have to, live somewhere they don't like, have no time for their family and have no money to do anything but just live an ordinary existence.
Chris, Thank you for the opportunity to let you know about me, my business and how MA can not only chnage my business, but chnage my life.
Regards
Tim
P.S> Thank you for posting such helpful information and we hope you can come down to Australia at some stage?
Why Market Annihilator 2.0 would be perfect for me:
PICK ME!! And I WILL be one of YOUR sucess stories. I have been a trainer for 1 1/2 years now and found you online a couple months back. I wish it would have been sooner. I went from feeling sorry for myself everyday working at a corporate gym and 2 others making zero money, (bitching constantly about it)– to getting off my ass and trying to create my own bootcamp and small group training, info product and online training buisinesses! I have put the word out about looking for human billboards and just need to secure a facility to hold classes. This all unfortunetly means I have to move back in with my parents (at 29 yrs old this is hard…) but figure that way I can put money (my shity paycheck from the corporate gym-) towards marketing and getting my website out of "glorified buisness card" and into DIRECT SALES MODE. So you see, I am a doer and I need this product to get my web marketing strategies organized and in place which is high on my to do list! I can't think of a better man to help me. I know your the king when it comes to internet marketing (which I need tons of help on) and I am willing to do whatever it takes to get on top in my area (which is highly competitve….details…-). Anyway, thanks for reading my post. You've already helped me so much so thanks again for all your information. Now I just need to put it all in place with Market Annihilator. -)… While my co-workers continue bitching at the corporate gym, I log into your site and read a post to keep me motivated.. Looking forward to the Fitness Info Summit..
Ok Chris
This is perfect timing. Here we go, I went to my first fitness business summit in May where I met you and bedros and the guys. I work in your typical big corporate health club working like a dog 50-60 hours a week just to pay the bills. Since attending the summit and meeting you guys I have been taking massive action to try and dump the gym. I needed the paycheck at the time because like you I tried to make money the easy way when I was young and did some time in prison. Well since the summit, I created a fitness website blog and fitness info product, however another jealous trainer caught wind of this and told management on me about my other projects. Well they then warned me that I would be fired on the spot if I didnt take everything down. Fire me? I'm there best trainer and generate on average 15k a month in trainer for this club!! Since then I have put together a business plan for my own fitness studio, found an investor, found space in a affluent populated area, and bought bedros's fitness studio formula with the little money I have. I could REALLY us the MARKET ANNIHALATOR to explode my new fitness studio so that corporate gym can kiss my ASS!
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE MAN!!
hells yea, we should be seeing looooooong freakin comments here. This is the way to get freedom.
Chris has given me maybe 15 of the info in market annhialator and it has boosted my biz big time.
show the love 4 this crazy bruddah
–z–
ps: thank U Chris 4 being a bruddah!
Simply stated – the key is duplication. I learned many years ago it is much easier to follow those with the "Fruit on their Tree" and use their tried and proven systems, then to continue to go it alone trying to reinvent the wheel, experiencing failure after failure.
I believe Market Annihilator 2.0 is the step by step guide to freeing up time and eliminating the 12-14 hour days, pay & pray advertising with minimum to no results and frustration of traditional marketing! This is exactly what my 20+ yr personal training business needs! My business is great and we are in an expansion mode, however the one thing lacking is a SYSTEM and I can't see a better system available! Thanks for making it available again.
Hey Chris,
What a crazy journey you have led me on – so let me start of by simply saying thank-you. Regardless of any prizes, I have wanted to tell you about the impact you have had on my life and now seems as good as time as any.
I am a little different than your normal target market. I am a personal trainer business coach from Byron Bay, Australia and I also sell information products to trainers to help them build their businesses. So you, Chris McCombs, are basically my fucking idol – I just love the way that you are a leader and not a follower. Big respect to that (ok, enough of the brown nosing).
So after reading your blog religiously and getting a small preview into your market annihilator program, I knew that it was time to take my business to the next level – so I joined MA in June this year.
Since them I have developed a new site with a blog on the home page, made a video to reward my opt-in subscribers, worked hard on the copy of my sales pages and are in the process of SEO'ing the site as best as I can. All of this has been done through the information I receive from my man Chris McCombs and the Market Annhiliator program.
My site now ranks in top three positions on page one of Google (in Australia) for 3 of my main keywords and the more posts I write the higher I get for my other keywords (climbing up page 1 also). My traffic is going through the roof and my list is growing by the day. All because of the reciprocity principles Chris has taught me.
Give great content and you will be rewarded. My missus loves you you man. I now get to stay home with her and my little 6 week old boy because of the success of this site.
Chris, I can unashamedly say that I have followed your path but man I couldn't find a better guy to walk behind. You and the Market Annihilator program have changed my life and consequently I get to change the lives of many other trainers.
Thank you doesn't quite square it but I think you hear me.
Rick Watson
Hey Chris,
I hear from you, Bedros and Steve so ofen I feel I know you personally. I seek out you guys when I want to try some new marketing tactic … such as the Craigslist idea for the human billboards… or need some marketing advice. You guys rock… you know your stuff.
I admire where you all have come in your lives and the fact that you are willing to share your knowledge! I know a person can't go wrong by following your leads. I always read my emails from you guys and I try to soak in all the information you so graciously share. Thank you and thank you for this opportunity.
I would be most honored to be one of the two people that you award the Market Annihilator 2.0. I know it would enhance my business like nothing else because I really have no idea how to use the internet to market a business.
I feel Market Annihilator 2.0 strategies would help me to full fill my dreams of owning a business instead of working in my business. It would get me the leads I need to expand my business, hire trainers to work for me and generate a huge successful income. It would allow me to finally experience a new level of success and freedom that I so desire … to take chicken sh!t and turn it into chicken salad … as Bedros says.
You amaze me with your wealth of knowledge and I appreciate all the valuable marketing ideas you share.
Get fit and have fun!!
Melinda Johnson
Hey Chris,
So here is the skinny: I'm a newbie or FNG to my area and boot camps. I live in a great city where people appear to be interested in healthy lifestyle and fitness. but… the clients aren't rolling in like I expected.
Don't get me wrong, I'm amped about boot camps and PT. My distribution list is growing with potential clients, I'm energetic in my boot camps and on the phone. The people who come, are totally in love with the training. What I need help with is getting people in the door. Marketing…
So if you're feeling generous, hook me up with the annihilator. I totally want to own the market I'm in. The sky is the limit here, and with the help of the annihilator, I will annihilate fat in my city.
Thanks for the space to speak and the opportunity. You Rock!!
Chris,
Your Market Annihilator 2.0 would teach me the skills that were never taught is school! I did great in all my exercise science classes but there were no business courses for trainers in sales & marketing.
Your expert guidance would not only change my life but my family's as well. My wife lost her job and is running out of unemployment, my training business is down 50-60% and I am clueless how to market to new clients. We are barely making our bills, I cannot finish graduate school and we cannot afford to start a family. On top of that my father needs help to pay his monthly medical expenses, which I can no longer do for him. He took early retirement due to health problems and then had a life threatening health emergency and had to sell his house to meet his medical expenses. The economy then tanked and he lost most of his retirement investments.
My wife & I both lost our jobs in 2006 and I took it as an omen to start my own training business and while many clients followed me and I did get new ones, the current economy is killing us!!! My wife and were not able to take a honeymoon and we had promised to take my dad back home to Great Britain for a visit with his family before he gets too old or his health declines. None of this has happened and we are running out of time for my dad and I feel terrible. He always broke his back to keep every promise he made to me growing up and his one request I can't make come true (without you help!)
I am constantly being contacted about late bills and payments. My wife's family had promised to lend us money and backed out because they helped too many other relatives. We are desperate and I am the only one with an income. I am currently working 60-70 hours a week but I need to learn to work "smarter" not harder!
I loved your presentation at Fast Track to Fitness Millions and I wanted to sign-up then but I couldn't afford it. I love training, teaching and helping people but if I don't learn marketing skills and sales techniques I will be forced to find another career. If you give me this opportunity I will work with 110% effort to make it a success. It would not only save my business but my family as well and most of all help me keep my promise to my dad.
I know there are many deserving people and I wish you could help everyone! But I feel there is no one more desperate, more dedicated to helping others with a greater love of training (except maybe Zach Even-esh) and learning to master the Market Annihilator 2.0 would allow me to reach so many people that need my help while saving my family.
Thanks for you time & understanding!
Gordon
Hey Chris,
Why Market Annihilator 2.0 is the perfect product to finally help me to get more clients so I can make more money in my fitness business?
Chris, I’ve been on your mailing list for a long time but I come back to your blog through Hochman, which shows I am obviously committed to feeling far more fulfilled in life… to truly achieving whatever I define as success while eliminating stress and worry… and to being and doing what I KNOW I am really meant to be and do.
To put it simply, I am ideal for – and I deserve to win from you – the #1 program that discloses “Little known strategies that almost NO FITNESS TRAINERS DO to dominate the search engines program” – Market Annihilator 2.0.
Your blog postings and information has helped me gain one or two more clients and a little more self-confidence over the past couple of days.
I know your stuff works because I’ve used bits and pieces here and there. For example, I put in the work to receive the secret video from Del. By using the methods described in the video my phone started ringing again and gaining 4 new clients. You see I am already immersing myself in your powerful marketing knowledge. I am not merely reading or hearing or thinking about it… whatever it is that got me to whatever results I am receiving from your information, I DID.
So, I KNOW beyond a shadow of any doubt that Market Annihilator 2.0 is the perfect product to finally help me to get more clients so I can make more real money in my fitness business.
Although using the tips and tricks from your blogs have helped me gain noticeable fitness business & personal benefits. I am severely deficient in the fitness marketing arena and feel much like a hamster-going-ever-faster-on-a-marketing-spinning-wheel.
Right now I feel trapped in a seemingly endless list of to-do’s that feel far removed from the ‘core’ of which I am and what I am truly meant to do and be in this life. It seems like my greatness, wholeness, success, and my deep satisfaction is being snuffed out by stress, worries, lack of energy, and feeling swallowed in an eternal pit of the mundane.
But I WON’T break out of this by continually struggling to get more personal training clients – struggling to make more money in my fitness business – without the help of Market Annihilator 2.0.
Struggling to make more money doing marketing the way I don’t love, and struggling to get what seems like an ever-increasing load of fruitless ‘stuff’ done at work, home and elsewhere, only leads to MORE STRUGGLE and dissatisfaction.
That is not how I should be spending my life. It produces more stress, more worry, greater angst, feeling down and depressed, and feeling unfulfilled…not to mention health problems and a shorter life.
I AM here on your blog today winning this contest so I can start thriving, nor merely surviving. And the changes that need to take place for that to occur is entirely INSIDE ME … waiting to burst out when I take the ‘right actions’ to free myself.
In a ‘captivating and enjoyable’ way unlike anything I’ve probably experienced before, I believe Market Annihilator 2.0 will provide me those ‘actions’ and will bring about those changes. It will be great to get clients while I sleep instead of losing contiguous nights of sleep trying to figure out ways to just get just one new personal training client that week.
I repeat: Market Annihilator 2.0 is the perfect product to finally help me to get more clients so I can make more money in my fitness business. Yes, it is. I’ll certainly become who I just KNOW I am supposed to be (for myself, my family, and my clients), achieve what I am supposed to achieve, and feel deep inner-peace and fulfillment. And so Chris, because you and your team are on this lifelong mission with Market Annihilator experiences—in it for the long-haul to help me make the world a happier (and therefore also healthier) place—Hopefully through reading this, Chris, you will prefer to be extremely honest and forthright and provide me an answer to the question of “Is Market Annihilator 2.0 truly for Allura?” to a degree that you will hands-down announce this weekend “Congratulations Allura, Get Ready for a Kick Back Life because I’m giving the Market Annihilator 2.0 Program to You – a Winner of This Contest. Now Dynamic Diva Go Out & Kick Ass and Have a Cult-like Following.”
Yeah!!! Thanks Chris. I accept your gift of Market Annihilator 2.0 and through the positive power of receiving, I am truly feeling more deeply fulfilled in life and full of more focus, energy and positive emotions to achieve your biggest goals!!!
I believe when I begin to immerse myself in Market Annihilator 2.0 program it will allow me to have real fitness marketing success EXPERIENCES – those that will bring about substantial to monumental positive changes in my fitness business and in me.
Chris, I am so happy to know you. Prior to knowing you and your associates I felt a LACK of intense marketing experiences that were leading to my feeling old at too young of an age… to my cloudy thinking, cognitive decline and the constant feelings of anxiety and depression. That’s gone now…thanks to you. Again, I use bits and pieces of your stuff which are bringing about some small change. Though they are minor, they do count, as over time they will cumulatively amount to a lot. But now that you are gifting me with Market Annihilator 2.0 I won’t need to wait on those ‘over time’ results. Yeah!
Thank you my brother from another mother.
I know Market Annihilator 2.0 will allow me to in multiple ways change my life for the better – my self-perception, my ongoing motivation, my ability to stay focused on what really matters in my life, my ability to get important things, and feeling far happier overall – like nothing else will.
To your continued marketpreneur success & way of being!!! ~ Allura
Chris,
I could really use Annihilator 2.0. I have been a slave to corporate gyms for too long. My previous gym promoted me to the
highest paying position. I was never late nor miss a session.
They hired five new trainers to replace me. I still have to pay rent, take care of the kids. I must build my own business, and your system looks great. HELP !!!!
FreddyG CPT
Hey Chris,
It’s Mitchell Lee here…
KBL member, Fitness Business Blueprint contributor, and student of Steve “who only feels like going out on a Saturday night if he gets his weekly manicure/pedicure” Hochman…inside joke lol – he’s gonna kill me
Why the MA Program would be the perfect product to get access to right NOW for me and my business:
1. My business plan has significantly changed over the last 6 months and I am dedicated to working on it and not in it anymore, or at least not in it anymore than I am right now.
My income has hit the 100k level while actually working less total hours than when I was making 65-70k.
With that said, I have decided to take some big leaps and the MA Program would be the perfect solution for getting clients from the internet pronto.
You see Chris, I have decided to stop taking on anymore clients PERIOD. I hit 100k with that, and I am moving on to another income stream…boot camps and semi-private personal training all taught by other trainers
I literally have turned down offers for my 1-on-1 training over the last several months and put them on the “special email notification” list for the boot camp and the semi-private training. They can’t wait and are all excited that my trainers will be “certified” by me as an awesome trainer at a discounted price
So it’s simple…without traffic, and conversions on the web I won’t be making anymore doe cuz that’s exactly what I want to do now…be the marketer…get the leads from the net, close and let others do the work for me…and the MA is the holy grail of this.
2. I am starting a boot camp the first week in November in a different area. Another trainer will be working for me for the first time ever.
I will of course do the off-line marketing stuff necessary to make it successful but the advantage of having MA (especially in an area where people do not know me) will seriously increase my chances of success as it will drive traffic to my sales site (where they can get to know me there) which is my next point…
3. I just got an email from Shingo like 10 minutes ago, and we have a phone call set up for 1pm est tomorrow. This convo will be about him creating a sales copy site for my boot camp (he also did my blog…thanks for recommending him to me).
It’s like you said buddy, what’s a sales copy site with no traffic?…and whats’ a lot of traffic with a crappy sales site? Well, I know Shingo does great work so with the combo of MA and him, I feel like landing clients will be like taking candy from a baby. (although that’s mean don’t you agree?)
4. Another reason besides the boot camp time-sensitive situation, is the small group or semi-private personal training venture that I will be starting like ASAP. I have the names of 6 trainers that are ready to be set free from corporate hand cuffs and come to work for me leading groups of 4-8 people and splitting the profit 50/50. I get the clients…they do the training…sound familiar? Lol
Only issue is I need the traffic so I can land clients to really show the value and power that the internet can give these desperate trainers who will need to “see it to believe” at first kinda thing.
If I can throw some quick clients to my trainers thru off line marketing…and then in a little bit (after I do what is necessary within the MA) have the power and force of MA bring in a ton of leads, these trainers will be with me for a long time and as happy as a pig in sh*t
I already have 1 location for the semi private and am in deep negotiations with another awesome facility 3 minutes from my house.
If I can flood the facility with a good number of clients relatively quickly, or at least show them in their office what is taking place on-line with my soon-to-be google domination, it will put the board, and the fitness manager at ease and confirm they made the right decision entering into a business agreement with a savvy marketer and one helluva nice guy lol! Gotta make this a fun read for you Chris – cuz I d believe you will read all of these
5. Chris, I know this product will work and just so you know…the free info you have given me in your blog alone has gotten me like 3 or 4 spots on the first page of google for the keyword phrase “riverdale personal trainer” in addition being ranked like #1 or 2 in google local
and that’s from a kid who did not turn on a computer until college – no lie. Not once in high school and I went to a school where you had to take a test to get in. Seriously, I was so computer dumb and scared that I would have my sister when I lived home, turn it on…get me to where I could write, then leave the room asking her to print it for me after she edited it – wow – what a memory! (I guess I liked to delegate even as a kid lol)
I will work hard to do what I have should I have the honor of being able to use the power of MA. I am a “DOER” MY BROTHER
To answer your sub – question – how would getting clients and extra money from the net help me live the life I deserve…
It’s not really complicated…I am a simple dude so I will be fast with this one
I value more than anything…my TIME…(waaay more than some dollar amount) my personal free time to do what I want, when I want.
One of the reasons I got into this biz other than the fact that I loved it, was good at it, earned good money, was that I had more free time than my peers
But when you move out of you house at 27 (I am 30 now), you soon realize that in order to live well with your new expenses, you have to work more and earn more
FU*K THAT!
Its all about working less and making more and your MA is going to play a major role in this
Look, your blog was the bridge that got me from where I was to where I am now when it comes to business…
The MA will be the bridge that will take from where I am now to where I want to be
One final point: Recently I have to admit, I have not been there mentally as much as I would like to for my girl, my parents, my sister, and my 2 best buds – I have really been distracted (in a good way) or should I say focused on my dreams.
I think that The MA Program will speed up the process of financial security and create a reliable auto-pilot business so I can get back to more of a balanced life that I value deeply and suits my personality better
I know some day really really soon, I will sit back, relax, have cold one and sing what Frank used to sing “I did it myyyyyyyyyyy waaaaaaaay!”
Thanks for the opportunity Chris and good luck to everyone – this is a special gift – don’t take it for granted!
Hey Chris,
This is a great opportunity and so I'd just like to start by saying thanks for making this great offer! THANKS!!!
I've been a trainer for 16 years and moved through different clubs, mostly because of being turfed out for not following their "trainer rules".
I finally found a place where I could develop my own methods for training my clients and I stayed there for the past 12 years. As my methods improved my clientele grew. From 2003-2008 my clientele really grew and towards the end I averaged 55+ hours per week and practically burned myself out.
Last year a fire was set in the building and it was destroyed. Although it was a terrible thing to happen it may just have saved my health and my marriage.
Thankfully I'd set up a private studio in my basement in just the months before the fire so I was able to bring my clients to my house for training. It forced me to give up the long hours, however, without the gym to find new clients, it's been a tough road in the last year. Thankfully we've got a creative banker who's found a way to let me keep going on my path. I'm pretty convincing when I need to be!
With my studio now at the house, my clients make the trek here, but the distance from the old location is making me lose clients.
I know the internet is the way to go, so I started trying to figure it all out. About four months ago I felt like giving up on the internet business thing as instead of training 12 hours of clients a day I was training 8 and spending the other 4 staring at my computer screen scratching my head. To my wife and 8 month old daughter, nothing had really changed. I was still the breadwinner, but not much else.
While I don't think I can go back to 12 hours a day, I think my wife would rather have me quit trying to figure this internet stuff out than keep on spinning my wheels. Of course not having a diversified income stream and just trading my time for money makes the future seem pretty limited.
Thankfully, I found out about your website a few months back and joined your newsletter. It's made me realize I needed to jump on the group training thing. Of course I'd put my last dollar into my private studio, so getting the bootcamp going on a shoestring budget was a must. I did it, but had to borrow money to pay for advertising in the local paper, which was very expensive. To my credit though, I have the most kickass bootcamp ever, but it has cost me nearly $2000 in newspaper ads to get the members in. Of course I realize now after reading your stuff about Craigslist that I was way off course with those decisions, so I'm working on the Craigslist thing now.
I had hired a good graphic designer and a good coder, but getting them to work together was ridiculous, so the website looks good, but doesn't convert anything. Just gives info. All things that need serious work
My wife suggested I look into hiring someone to do the websites for me. The four different proposals I received came in between $5K – $25K, so that ended that avenue.
Chris, I feel like I've been seriously spinning my wheels and that they're about to run bare. My motivation is unstoppable, but the cash flow isn't. I feel like I'm pulled all over by all the internet fitness "experts" on what to do. I've got fifty tabs open on my browser, and my damn A.D.D. brain keeps jumping all over the place trying to figure out what my first step needs to be. Each fitness marketing expert out there says the same thing, they all promise big, and it's a huge leap of faith to pick a direction and just go with it when I don't fully understand everything involved enough to evaluate and know who to believe. Especially when they all want money that doesn't really exist.
That all said, my beautiful wife and 8 month old deserve a husband and daddy, not just a breadwinner. We have family in New Zealand and we want to visit them so badly as we know they'll likely never make it here, and heck, through some of our friends, we've tasted the finer side, and if I don't sound too selfish to say so.. I kinda like it!
I'd like to be able to travel and be earning income from sales of recurring revenue products and downloadable products, and I'd love my bootcamps to find that autopilot that I know Market Annihilator 2.0 can show me. I know getting training clients and bootcamp members from the internet is the key, but how is what I'm lacking and Chris… that's where you and your Market Annihilator 2.0 product come in!
I think the biggest thing I need more than anything else, is the feeling of confidence that I can close all the other tabs, and focus on just one thing and really put it into action. Currently I feel far too pulled all over the place to feel confident in my own decisions. Hell, ask me training stuff.. that I know.. but not this marketing stuff.
Ok.. and yeah, I can blah blah blah way too much. That's my other problem. My copywriting sucks.. I can write but I go all over the place. Need direction on that one too.
Truth is, my passion is helping people, and one thing I really don't like right now is the feeling I have of desperation to get my online business going. Lately, when I'm with clients, I often find myself feeling distracted and uncertain about all the online stuff, and I just want that feeling to be gone. I know my clients can sense that something is bothering me, a few have even asked me. It's affecting my work—my passion—and it shouldn’t be. If anything, developing my online business should be helping to increase my ability to show my passion to more people, not make the few I am helping feel less of it.
Chris, if you pick me, I think I’d be a pretty sweet internet billboard for you. I mean, anyone who comes to my bootcamp will tell you how crazy it is, and if the whole damn world new about them, and you were the one who helped them all find out about it.. well, that would look pretty sweet on you!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Shane
Hmmm… just thought that maybe I should have put my bootcamp website at the URL instead of my blog… or maybe both! BTW, check out my last three links in my links section.
This would be perfect for me as I'm just starting to try to establish myself online. I just started a blog and am tryig to set up a sales page and start some e-books.
Basically, I'm trying to set myself up to be a presence on the Internet and I know that bein found online in searches is step one.
I work in Connecticut and have lots o people with lots of disposable income around here. Most of my clients come as word of mouth referrals and if I could just generate some more referrals online I KNOW I could jut be killing it!
I want so desperately to let my wife stop working to finish school, be able to take her on our first vacation, get her out of my parents old minivan, maybe even get a condo and I KNOW that the Market Annihilator program could help get me there.
I already work really hard, I jut need some help to start to work really smart.
Thanks for reading this Chris
Dave
Simply put I need Market annihilator in order to take my business to the next level. We are doing well even in this economy but I'm stuck at this one point and cant seem to get over that hump.
I have used numerous tactics and strategies that you, Bedros and Steve have imparted upon us with great success, and I have no doubt that this program would be another home run.
Im not gonna kiss your ass and tell you how great you are and blah blah (unless that will help!) Your information has been invaluable and I look forward to any advise that you have to offer.
DO I deserve to win? Damn right I do. I want to be the model of success that you refer to in your ads and blog. If I don't win I will have to take out my frustration by kicking puppies. You don't want that do you?
This would be perfect for me as I'm just starting to try to establish myself online. I just started a blog and am tryig to set up a sales page and start some e-books.
Basically, I'm trying to set myself up to be a presence on the Internet and I know that bein found online in searches is step one.
I work in Connecticut and have lots o people with lots of disposable income around here. Most of my clients come as word of mouth referrals and if I could just generate some more referrals online I KNOW I could jut be killing it!
I want so desperately to let my wife stop working to finish school, be able to take her on our first vacation, get her out of my parents old minivan, maybe even get a condo and I KNOW that the Market Annihilator program could help get me there.
I read all of your blogs (and bedros and Steve) and I realize that the web, marketing, seo and sem are just something you GET. With that addition into my game I know I can take things to the next level and really get to the earnings I am aiming for!
I'm not looking for a get rich quick ticket, just a gameplan and a means to work my ass off to acheive my goals. I already work really hard, I just need some help to start to work really smart.
I'm ready to be your next succes story, just give me the chance!
Thanks for reading this Chris
Dave
What's up Chris
I've been a trainer for going on 6 years now, and it wasn't until that I literally stumbled upon your website that I decided to take my fitness business to the next level. Through your website, I was also able to discover Steve Hochman and Bedros' fitness marketing websites. It's sick how the three of the best fitness marketers out there are fucking friends. It had me think about my friends, and how I wanted to move to sunny Cali so I can make you my new friends! Just kidding, my friends are awesome, just not as rich.
You guys literally pour out so much info, just on your free public websites that I can't even IMAGINE what would be included in your Market Annihilator 2.0.
I've already TRIPLED my bank account in a month by utilizing your advice on this very website. I've gathered my Human Billboards and my postcards look sexy as all hell(credits to Bedros and Steve as well). I don't usually beg, and I'm not going to beg now, but I could definitely make use of your tried and true program. Even just thinking about having that information in my arsenal makes me feel closer to my ultimate goal of financial freedom.
I just want to say that a lot of the methods you guys present, I've already thought of(maybe like 4 of them). Now, I don't say that to be cocky, but rather, I say it with great humility. The methods were set in place, and you actually went forth and accomplished your mission. I, on the other hand, am 5 steps behind you, seeking to accomplish my goal as well. But what's the first step? Teach me.
I'm speech less. I have been training for more than 5 years, and I thought I was doing something right by making $850 a week and working about 35hrs a month. I thought "this is not a bad job". The problem began when that's all I was making.
I didnt know what I was doing wrong. I spend a lot of money on flyers, business cards and even adds but I was still making very little. I have to get your program and start making more money with out working 60 hrs a week.
I got to tell you there is something about you Chris that is just genuine.
ATTN MCCOMB/BEDROS/HOCH FOLLOWERS:
Just wanted to say that it's f*cking awesome hearing everyone's story here. I'm stoked (and inspired) when I hear bout u guys tearing it up in ur respective areas, and I'm comforted to hear about you guys who are struggling still (like me) but refuse to quit!
Props to the mighty 3 (Bedros-Hoch-Chris) for the leadership you continue to show to all us in the industry who strive to attain success personally & in business. What other industry has people like that? Most don't! What they do have are cut-throat douches who care only about their own success.
Glad to be a part of this. Thx to Chris and thx to all you guys out there who I proudly identify & associate with.. Let's tear some shit up!!! And congrats in advance to the 2 winners of MA 2.0!!
Allan
Allan
I started working in fitness about 5 years ago and during that time I have worked for many of the major Health and Fitness Clubs in the UK, as well as local community gyms and setting up my own personal training and group fitness classes in the community. Recently I found myself working in a local community gym as Acting Manager – initially I only expected to be there for a couple of weeks to provide cover while the Manager was away. It snowballed, and I found that I was spending about 60 hours a week at the gym and more than 40 hours a week trying to maintain my community business. However, the reality was that I didn't know how I should be marketing my community business to recruit new clients. My work at the gym actually ended up subsidising my community work – but then the gym job came to a sudden end. I was absolutely shattered and approaching burn out, so for the first time in 5 years, I took a holiday, spending a week in the sun and the rest of the month catching up with folks around the UK. I decided to re-launch my community business, and 6 weeks in, I'm struggling. My classes are quiet, some members haven't returned after the summer break and I need to recruit some new PT clients. I learned over the summer that I didn't have any leverage. If I'm not training clients either with PT or in group exercise classes, then I have no income – and with the best will in the world, nobody can survive on fresh air. I love what I do. I love working with my clients, but I also love learning about marketing. Its been a fast wake-up call, and I only wish that I knew more about how to market a fitness business when I first opted to be self-employed a few years ago. Instead, I have thrown good money after bad on the wrong types of marketing (it wasn't targeted, I didn't test it, and I had a tendancy to try to copy what other gyms and fitness professionals were doing badly!) I have invested tens of thousands of pounds into my fitness training, yet didn't realise that I also needed to invest in learning how to market my business. Now I understand the importance of learning about how to market my fitness business, and I have started to invest in this area and change my strategies. I recently discovered your information online, and have become a keen reader of your email and blog. I have a lot to learn, but actually have very limited resouces at the moment because of the marketing mistakes I have made in the past due to my lack of knowledge. My business is currently at a critical stage, which is pretty much do or die. I need to develop my marketing strategy quickly and would really appreciate some expert guidance along the way. I am a willing student with a passion to succeed. I need to turn my business around before the end of the year, or I will have to leave the fitness industry forever and go back into a regular job with more security so that I know where the rent cheque is coming from and that thought terrifies me. I have invested more time and money into this industry than anything else I have ever done, and if I have to walk away, it will feel that my soul has been ripped out of me. At the same time, I truly believe that the success I have been striving for is literally just an arm's reach away and it would be devestating to have to give up when I am so close. I do understand that I need a tried and tested marketing strategy. I would love to have someone to run ideas by, and a simple system that I can follow. It is my dream to be a part of a marketing program where I can be one of the named successful students on the system's marketing material, because I too have learnt how to harness the power of the internet, going from almost broke and on the brink of quitting to earning a 6-figure income because my guardian angel stepped in to help just in time, allowing me to gain leverage in my business and teaching me how to develop and market my ideas beyond my client contact hours. I have projects spinning around in my head that will help to achieve this – but I have no idea how to proceed with them – where to start or how to market them effectively. To win this competition would be better than winning the lottery because the opportunities it presents are endless and the satisfaction I would get from building and maintaining my own successful business, and even to be able to help other struggling Personal Trainers by fielding work out to them … There simply are not enough words to express my gratitude, but I guarantee that my results will show this and more, and this in turn will also help struggling fitness professionals worldwide tune into your system and explode their business too.
Hey Chris
Hope Ur Good!!
I would absolutly love to win market anihilator 2.0!! It would allow me to create a Kick ass Personal Training Business and help loads more people while giving me some financial freedom.
Currently i do around 60 hrs a week (not all personal training) – I'm a full time student (studying a Masters of Chiropractic) with 20 hrs of lectures and i'm meant to do another 20hrs study time on top (i don't manage to fit all that in tho), i also work in a gym 20hrs over the weekend and 1 evening a week – taking that up to a 7 day work week!! i keep this job as it's guaranteed income to cover my rent and uni fees etc. On top of this i also do personal training in the evenings and before i go to uni in the morning, either in home personal training or working out of the gym.
I've been working as a personal trainer for the past few years with below par results. Last year i decided to go back to uni to allow me to add another income stream.
Since then over the last 3-4 months, i've found Kickback Life and it's allowed me to steadily improve my personal training business. I know that if i won Market annihilator and put all your proven strategies into action it would trully explode my personal training business.
- Market Annihilator would allow me to bring in enough clients so that i can cut the 20hrs in the gym and concentrate only on personal training with a guarantee that i would bring enough clients and money in each month.
- Market Annihilator would allow me to stand head and shoulders above the other 6 personal trainers currently working out of the same gym as me.
- Market Annihilator would allow me to finally take on a few of my own personal trainers so that i can reduce my hours and work more on my business rather than in my business.
- I would Love to attract a steady consistent stream of clients each and every month so that i could open up my own studio – allowing me to work by my rules rather than the gym's rules.
- I have also been looking to open a number of Bootcamps in my area/with other trainers running them, but i'm not sure how to attract enough clients to participate – it would be very embarrassing to start my first week of bootcamp when i've only managed to get a few sign-ups..Market annihilator would explode my bootcmaps with plenty of excited and eager members.
Thanks Chris for All The Great Posts!! I love your info and even if i don't Win i know if i follow the strategies you talk about in your blog i know i'll still be ahead of many of the other trainers out there
Have a Great Weekend
Alex
"Why Market Annihilator 2.0 would be the perfect product to finally help you to get more clients so you can make more money in your fitness business"
Hi Chris,
Here's the deal…my husband and went and looked at this amazing house in an area that we could never afford. We walked in that house and loved it. My daughter went crazy because it was decked out in pink, flowers and Hannah Montana Posters. We loved all the rooms and the big kitchen. We started visualizing our family spending holidays in that house…man in that moment we wanted to get out there and MAKE IT HAPPEN! So why should you give me Market Annihilator 2.0? Because I want to be able to send you pictures of my family in our new house and make it as a Chris McCombs blog post one day
It would be perfect for me because I am really having a hard time getting momentum in building my client base and everything I've heard about your product is that it is amazing.