Hope your week is off to a good start.

I’ve just returned from a nice holiday, and have that ‘refreshed and recharged’ feeling this morning.

Ready for an awesome week ahead.

You know we talk a lot about growing your business, and working hard.

But one of the other most important things you can do for yourself (and therefore your biz) is to schedule regular downtime to relax and recharge.

Over the years I’ve learned that if you’re going to ‘give it your all’ in growing your biz you’ve got to be at your best. And that means scheduling regular downtime in advance so that breaks don’t get missed…

…and you don’t get run down and feeling like your out of gas.

Last spring I scheduled out all my holidays for the remained of 2008. My goal was at least one good holiday a quarter. Might be a 3 or 4 day weekend, might be a week long trip, but it will be something great to get away and unwind.

So far I’ve stuck to that schedule, and it’s been working great.

We’ll be busy-as-all-heck over here, working long hours, but then before you know it, I look up, and it’s time for a break again.

Why am I sharing this with you?

Because I’m sure someone reading this needs to hear it.

Work hard, but then make sure you take time to play hard too.

Your business, and your family, will thank you for it.

I promise that when you’re old and grey, living out your last years you will NOT say “I wished I’d put in more hours at the office!”

Ok, on another note…

I want to share with you that tomorrow I’ll be conducting a very special webinar on “Understanding The Numbers In Your Fitness Business” to our Gold Plus members.

And having just ‘tuned up’ the powerpoint and tools for my presentation on the return flight last night, I’ll tell you this is gonna be a VERY good call.

We’re gonna cover key numbers every fitness business owner needs to know more about including:

- How to track key numbers around money, sales, marketing, people, and time in your fitness business

- What you need to know about reviewing and analyzing monthly reports to avoid “major problems” that can cost you thousands of dollars in wasted revenue and lost time each month

- How to update your marketing plan, based on reports and the review process each month… ensuring you ALWAYS have more leads than you need to ‘fill the pipeline’ every single month

- What numbers you need to review monthly, weekly, and daily in your business to stay sharp and hit your goals FASTER than ever before

- And much more..

- PLUS, I’ve got 7 done-for-you tools and templates that you can download and use right now to get control of your fit biz and kiss the ‘roller coaster’ months of uncertainty goodbye.

When you take control, you GET control.

It’s just that simple.

If you’re already a Gold Plus member (or higher), then get ready because this is gonna be one doozy of a call tomorrow.

We’ll be covering the hardcore management you MUST be following right now to take control of your fit biz.

If you’re NOT yet a Gold Plus member, then get on over to the website and sign up today so we can get you registered to join us on this webinar tomorrow at:

http://www.NPEGoldPlus.com

To your success,
Sean

P.S. It’s not as sexy as making big sales, or rolling out a new marketing campaign, but NOT knowing how to track, review, and analyze numbers in your biz is the single biggest reason we see good businesses go south. It’s your responsibility as the biz owner to get educated and stay on top of these things… no one is going to do it for you. If you want a crash course in how to do it right then register for NPE Gold Plus and join us on tomorrow’s webinar at:

http://www.NPEGoldPlus.com

P.P.S. After returning from vacation I’ve got a ton of e-mails sitting in my inbox to get through, but I can see one of them at the top of the inbox here is from our video guy who’s just edited all 5 presentations made in Boston last weekend for the “NPE Member of the Year” contest. We’ll start posting these up in the next couple days, and wait til you get a load of them. As anyone who was there to see it live will tell you, they’re unbelievable stories of personal triumph, success, and victory. Just the ’shot in the arm’ of inspiration anyone can use right now to stay focused and motivated on your goals ahead!

I guess it’s probably too late for you to cancel whatever it is that’s keeping you from attending the F.R.E.E. Duplicator fitness business management webinar today?

It’s not? Great! Then click below and register to attend right now, because Eric and I are going LIVE at 1PM EST (12PM CST, 11AM MST, 10AM PST):

www.DuplicationCode.com

After you click that link you’re sorted, I’ll rush you the login details so you can attend. If it’s absolutely impossible for you to attend because of a business responsibility then it’s ironic…

…Because that’s exactly what we’re going to teach you today - How to NEVER have to be a slave to your business again. Bummer!

Seriously though, do what you can to make this - it will be worth so much more to you than whatever else you have planned - I promise - hundreds of fit-pro’s have already registered to attend, do not be one of the
few who miss out.

Simply click below now, and you will be immediately registered to attend the F.R.E.E. webinar at 1PM EST (12PM CST, 11AM MST, 10AM PST) today:

www.DuplicationCode.com

To Your Success,
Sean Greeley

P.S. Again, if you’re busting your gut a few months down the line, and I start publishing the success stories of those fit-pro’s who attended; don’t say they’re lucky and you never had the same opportunity they did. I am giving that to you right now, click below so you can attend the Duplicator fitness business management webinar - it’s F.R.E.E.!

www.DuplicationCode.com

The one thing you can NEVER buy, borrow or steal more of is time…

…And every second of every day not spent living your dream or working to obtain it is time wasted, and  time you will never get back again.

The F.R.E.E. Duplicator webinar is TOMORROW at 1PM EST (12PM CST, 11AM MST, 10AM PST), I strongly urge you to register to attend right now, because I can gladly 100% guarantee that whatever else you have planned tomorrow does NOT constitute to living your dream or working to obtain it like this will.

In fact, you don’t even have to register anymore; just click the link below so I know you want to attend and then I’ll send you the details of how to log into the webinar tomorrow.

www.DuplicationCode.com

At the very least attend for 5 minutes so you can see for yourself exactly why hundreds of other fit-pro’s around the world will be attending, you have nothing to lose by doing so.

Registering is now super simple, just click the link below

www.DuplicationCode.com

In case you’ve not got it yet - what’s free and priceless - time… Oh yeah, and the webinar tomorrow too so register already:

www.DuplicationCode.com

To Your Success,
Sean Greeley

P.S. As a fit-pro myself you can trust I have no intention of feeding you B.S. at this F.R.E.E. webinar. Trust me when I say this is it, this is what you’ve been waiting for so don’t miss it out because you’ll regret it. Register now by clicking below:

www.DuplicationCode.com

If you are suffering from the “Monday Blues” or any workday blues for that matter it’s because your fitness business isn’t running like the well-oiled machine it ought to be. And that’s not your fault, running a business requires a lot of know how.

BUT, I am offering to share that know how with you this Wednesday and yet you’ve still not taken me up on that.

Click on the link below now and register to attend the F.R.E.E. Duplicator Fitness Business Management System today and I’ll put a sock in it…

www.DuplicationCode.com

If you don’t and you continue to toil in your business, struggling just to keep your head above water; you can no longer say you never got your “break” and you were never offered a way out.

I am telling you this is the way out; at least attend (it costs you nothing) and then you can decide whether or not I’m full of hot air or I’m the real deal. No forms to fill out, simply click the link below and you’ll be registered now:

www.DuplicationCode.com

To Your Success,
Sean Greeley

P.S. If you have NOT received the free report and CD on the Duplication Code, you can get that here too. It’s got some GREAT info you can use to start changing things for the better today.

www.DuplicationCode.com

I’m looking at my post-it free desk right now and thinking to myself - “Ahhh, organizational bliss!”

You see about 2 years ago my desk, computer screen and pockets would be filled with post-it notes and scrumpled up bits of paper with notes, ideas, and “urgent things to do” scribbled on them…

…Now at NPE we can be working on 15, 20 even up 30 different projects at a time so this random clutter wasn’t exactly the epitome of efficiency.

Tie that in with 6-12 employees and freelancers I’m meant to be delegating tasks to, chasing up for stuff and managing and well; things were getting slightly hectic to say the least.

And I’m meant to be the “systems guy”!

As you manage and grow your business, there’s no doubt you’re experience the exact same thing. You spend a lot of time working, but don’t seem to get much done - It’s like you’re stuck in a Hamster Wheel!

I’m happy to report that things are back on track at NPE; it’s still as busy as ever, but productivity is way up, there’s direction, I know exactly what’s going on and things get done. Which means we can continue to steadily grow and grow. And that sure beats running around in circles like headless chickens.

So what’s the big secret to this organizational bliss, that’s so essential for steady, structured business growth?

It’s Project Management - which is basically the art of maximizing your productivity. And if you’re being 100% honest with yourself, you’ll probably agree that you don’t do this too well at all.

Not to worry, because very few fitness professionals do; that’s because no-one is showing us how! The right coaches are few and far between. In fact the guy I got to sort ourselves out here at NPE lives over 3,000 miles away in England.

Seriously he’s the nearest project management coach I could find who was qualified enough to fill in NPE’s organizational cracks. It just so happens he’s one of the best in the world at what he does too.

His name is Nik Tipler and owns a software company called Gyronix; they specialize in creating project management tools and offer an executive coaching program for entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 executives.

AND, I’ve convinced him to reveal a few of his trade secrets on August’s NPE Gold Audio Success CD Of The Month.

Struggling to get things done on time?

Not sure what projects you need to prioritize?

Need clarity and focus… so you can be more productive?

Than this CD is especially for you, however no matter how organized you think you are; there’s always room for improvement and if Nik can’t help you with that then I’m not sure who can.

You can listen to the interview I did with Nick F.R.E.E. as part of your NPE Gold 30-Day Trial Run. Click the link below for more information now:

http://www.NPEGold.com

Okay, now go get stuff done!

Sean Greeley
NPE, LLC

P.S. The principal of effective project management was bought up long, long ago by an Italian Economist called Pareto - I’m sure you’ve heard of him - or at least his 80/20 principal?

80% of your success will be determined by just 20% of your actions. Nick helps you locate and pindown that crucial business building 20%.

P.P.S. Get Nik’s interview along with this month’s Fitness Marketing Letter F.R.E.E. when you become an NPE Gold member for your 30-day Trial Run at the link below:

http://www.NPEGold.com

Back in old Blighty (Britain), they’d say “that’s a cop an’ feel!” (steal).

Take a sec and let these words from Jim Rohn really sink in…

“Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”

You know what the most fundamental of all business practices is?

The creation and implementation of a business plan and marketing calendar.

But I’m willing to bet dollars to donuts…you don’t have either of these.

Or if you do, they are generic at best, mere shells of what they should be, and rarely used.

It’s been said thousands of times, but bears repeating…

Would you EVER attempt to drive to a new location across town without a map or directions?

Would you EVER tell a client to “just go dome cardio then lift some weights.”

Would a builder EVER tell his general contractor to “just start building.”

Do you think any athlete preparing to compete in the Olympics just goes out and swims or runs laps…just picks up a javelin and starts throwing it…just starts trying to jump as far as he can into a sand pit?

Nobody reaches a pre-determined destination or goal without a PLAN, a ROADMAP, a BLUEPRINT.

It just doesn’t happen. Regardless of how much they wish it so and hope it so.

It is, simply put, the most fundamental of fundamentals.

And it’s how to be successful in business and in life.

“Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.” - Jim Rohn

A squared away and successful fit-biz ALWAYS operates with a sound, well-conceived business plan and marketing calendar.

Period.

If you understand that, and you want that, then the NPE Mega Training Workshop is how to get the plan, the roadmap, the BLUEPRINT.

Find out more and get the 5-video Blueprint training series here:

http://www.FitBizBlueprint.com

To your success,
Eric Ruth

P.S. The deadline to get the Early Bird Discount for the Workshop is tomorrow, Thursday July 31. Grab your spot now, we’ll mail you out the package of grounding materials so you can get started preparing to make 2009 your best and most profitable year ever…because you’ll have the PLAN for doing it.

No wishful thinking, no ‘wing and a prayer’, no magic bullets…just hard core fitness business fundamentals that make ALL the difference between working IN versus working ON, between earning a living versus earning a what you want, and what you’re worth.  We look forward to seeing you and working with you at the Workshop in October.

http://www.FitBizBlueprint.com

Here’s an interesting bit of info for you about the NPE Freedom Sale…

The hottest selling product, by a factor of 2, is the AUTO-CLOSER Fitness Sales System.

Twice as many AUTO-CLOSERs have sold than the next best seller, which is DUPLICATOR Fitness Business Management System.

And the third best seller?

The AUTO-CLOSER + DUPLICATOR Bundle!

I swear I’m not making this stuff up.

http://www.NPEFreedomSale.com

I just talked to Christina and she said the phones and web chat in our online store are, in her words, “blowing up.”

“Brigett was running three live chats simultaneously at one point,” Christina said.

So, as usual, things heat up right near the end.

But we don’t want anyone to miss out on this last chance to get all individual NPE Products at 30% off, and bundled products up to 58% off. So we’re going to extend the sale until 5pm Eastern Time today.

Since the store is new, the chat is new and we’re all sort of scrambling to make sure everything works for you guys, it just makes sense to extend the sale for 2 more hours to make sure everybody is happy and gets what they want.

But 5pm eastern time is the drop dead deadline — the NPE Freedom sale will shut down at 5PM today.

So be sure to head on over and make your choices right now:

http://www.NPEFreedomSale.com

Have a great weekend,

Eric Ruth

P.S. Batman Dark Knight opens today!  Really looking forward to seeing that one. Christian Bale is the best Batman, in my opinion, and Heath Ledger’s Joker is supposed to be a sociopath of the highest order. Can’t wait to see the conflict…and the ass-kickin!

P.P.S. Sale ends at 5pm Eastern today:

http://www.NPEFreedomSale.com

Yesterday we unveiled our new online store and kicked off the FREEDOM SALE.

Today it continues… with over 42 products and special bundles… MANY of which you’ve never seen before.

Come on over and take a look, then pick up anything you’d like for an unheard of 30% discount.

We have NEVER discounted our products like this before.

And not sure if we will do it again at all this year.

So if you’ve had your eyes on one of our “Gold Standard” coaching programs on fitness marketing, sales, or management… now is the time to invest in yourself and your business growth.

Everything is posted (along with complete instructions and your discount code to use at checkout) at:

http://www.NPEFreedomSale.com

To your success,
Sean

P.S. Not only are we offering a unheard of 30% discount on everything to celebrate opening our new online store, but if your purchase totals over $350 you can request a 3-payment option on your investment. Sale ends this Friday at 3pm EST, so be sure to get over here before you miss out on this opportunity!

http://www.NPEFreedomSale.com

P.P.S. If you’re not having week’s like these fit biz owners, then get educated and get empowered:

“Hi Guys. Just wanted to let you know that we closed our first $10,000 package on Thursday.  No payment plan, no CC - straight CASH! Recession my a@*! Group training is @ $7K/month - every month and growing. Retention is @ 90% for clients staying over 1 year…with 75% staying multiple years! We now have a waiting list for private clients-  pretty cool!

We just wrapped up our best quarter EVER and are $125K (YTD) ahead of last year! I delegated all consults and sales to my two lead trainers and it’s worked great!

Also adding a 2nd CSR/admin. I work 25 hours a week (or less) and am “living the dream” Thanks again for all your programs. Don’t worry, I’m not done yet….the empire will continue to grow

Doug J. Krueger, Peak Performance Personal Training, Pewaukee, WI

“Hey guys. The attached picture is another example of me living the ‘Duplicator Dream’. It was taken on a Thursday afternoon at 2pm. Last week we signed 15 new clients and I only worked an hour and a half on Thursday. I spent the rest of the day doing things around the house. This week we have signed 8 new contracts. I am taking tomorrow off to take my family to St. Louis and go to the zoo. Once again, something that is possible thanks to Duplicator.”

Tony Maslan, Custom Fit Personal Training, Evansville IN

Hope you had a great 4th of July holiday.

Nice to get a few days off, isn’t it?

Christina and I were in Asheville, NC for a few days of R & R. And it was a great trip.

Got to tour the Biltmore, which if you haven’t heard of, is billed as America’s Largest Home.

It’s a 251 room ‘castle’ that was built by George Vanderbilt III in 1895.

And it’s impressive to say the least.

One of the most interesting things we saw was Vanderbilt’s library.

It’s 2 stories tall, which a great winding staircase that goes up to the ’second floor’ of the room. In total Vanderbilt’s collection was over 10,000 volumes.

A New York journalist one time hailed him as the ‘best read man in America’.

Vanderbilt kept a list of books he had read since the age of 12. And by the time he died that list totaled 3,159. Which was the equivalent of reading 2 books a week, for his entire life.

Pretty incredible, huh?

One thing I’ve always enjoyed is history. And in particular the biography’s and history of great men who have accomplished much in their lifetime.

Reading is something that every human being who wants to grow should do more of.

You know before we had X-Box, DVD, HD-TV, Blu-Ray, Apple TV, I-Phone, and all the like. That’s what people used to do- READ!

After this weekend I was inspired to rededicate myself to being an even better ’student’ of subjects that interest me like business and fitness.

Here’s a simple tip I heard from a mentor of mine that’ll I’ll share with you.

Go invest in 5 or 6 of the top books in your field.

Put them on your nightstand.

And then commit to reading a chapter a night.

That’s it. Just a chapter a night.

Do you know that if you did that, within 6 months you’ll have read 180 chapters?

How much more of an ‘expert’ do you think you’ll be once you’ve read that much more in your field?

Give it a shot.

To your success,
Sean

P.S. Another VERY important component of success is what I like to call setting “ambitiously realistic” goals - for both your personal and professional life. And that’s the subject of the first video in our new ‘BLUEPRINT’ training series. Check it out now at:

http://www.FitBizBlueprint.com

Hope you had a great weekend.

I just got back from a few (much needed) days off.

Christina and I went to the Outer Banks here in NC for a great beach mini-vacation.

With all that we’ve had going on the past few months (multiple launches, new programs, events, etc.) it’s been a bit too long since I took some personal time for R & R.

And I’ve been overdue for time to recharge the batteries.

Let me tell you that if YOU haven’t taken some time off in a while, take out your calendar this morning and start blocking out some days.

Maybe it’s just a day here and there in the next couple months, or if you’re fortunate enough to block a good stretch of time, then great.

It doesn’t have to be a blow-out trip that breaks your bank account.

But it SHOULD be something that gets you out of your normal routine, and gives you the freedom to just relax.

After this weekend, I’ve made sure to block out holiday time on my calendar for the rest of 2008 and I can’t tell you how good it feels.

Ok, onto the reason I’m writing you today.

Last week we had a launch for our next DUPLICATOR™ class (which sold out VERY quickly as expected). And during the webinar I had the pleasure of interviewing 4 fitness business owners who are absolutely KILLING it with the DUPLICATOR™ program.

Their stories are truly amazing and inspiring. If you missed the live webinar, hopefully you’ll get to hear it at some point.

Anyway, it was very interesting to me that every one of the folks we had on the DUPLICATOR™ webinar all talked about the impact our AUTO-CLOSER™ fitness sales system had on their businesses to ‘get them going’ in the first place.

They each said AUTO-CLOSER™ jumped them into high-gear with sales and revenue, then DUPLICATOR™ helped them get organized with staffing, systems, and management.

Kinda like a 1-2 punch!

And it got me thinking more about just how life-changing AUTO-CLOSER™ really is for everyone we get the pleasure of taking through the program.

If you don’t have any idea about what the AUTO-CLOSER™ fitness sales system is, then you can download a special report about what it is (and how it works) here:

http://www.AutoCloserSystem.com

We’re overdue for launching our next class of AUTO-CLOSER™, and I’m going to speak with Eric and Dick today about fitting it into our schedule.

I hope to have more details on when we’ll have the next round of live classes available soon.

In the meantime, check out the report (and request a copy of the ERUPTION CD too if you don’t have it already) at:

http://www.AutoCloserSystem.com

Have a great week,
Sean

P.S. One of the fun things I got to do at the beach this past weekend was finally dig into a big stack of reading material I’ve been itching to get to. And I finished going through a program all about adding video to your blog, which I’m pretty excited about. If I get to it today, I just might be able to record a video to post up for you tomorrow. Stay tuned…