{"podcast":{"title":"Fitness Business University Podcast","slug":"fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108","podcast_index_feed_id":4121108,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/fitness-business-university-podcast","website_url":"https://www.fbu-podcast.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6yAuDTS155OWbpg29ZajHas1Mt9cO9ksitmfuUSYoqM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MzQ5/MmM4MDIyN2QxNjMz/NTYwMzAxMzczMDJh/Y2UwYi5qcGVn.jpg","author":"Vince Gabriele","episode_count":494,"summary":"The Fitness Business University Podcast — The #1 Fitness Business Podcast — is the go-to educational show for gym owners, by gym owners. Hosted by Vince Gabriele, a seasoned pro with 18 years in the trenches of the fitness industry, this podcast pulls back the curtain on the real strategies, systems, and money-making wisdom that have helped gyms around the world grow and thrive. If you’re a Gym Owner or Fitness Entrepreneur ready to get more clients, make more money, and free up your time to do what you love, this is your playbook. Vince delivers a funny, straight-talking, no B.S. approach — no fluff, no theories, just the proven, real-world skills you need to win in business and in life.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T06:20:27.853940+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108"},"episode":{"title":"How to Fix Your Show Rate Issue Without Getting Better at Sales","slug":"how-to-fix-your-show-rate-issue-without-getting-better-at-sales","published_at":"2026-05-08T18:56:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108/how-to-fix-your-show-rate-issue-without-getting-better-at-sales","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa32f788","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/aa32f788/ffba57cd.mp3","summary":"If your show rate is broken, book a free 30 minute Gym Clarity Call and we'll find the fix: https://gymclaritycall.com/ If leads are opting in but never picking up the phone, or booking consults and ghosting you, this episode is for you. And the answer might not be what you think. Most gym owners assume it's a sales problem. Get better at follow up. Get better on the phone. And yeah, that stuff matters. But after sitting in mastermind rooms for the last several weeks hearing the same complaint over and over, I started noticing a pattern: the gym owners with the worst show rates all had one thing in common. They were putting all their eggs into one marketing basket. Tom and I break down a concept I picked up from a $4,300 phone call with Dan Kennedy called \"fertile soil.\" The idea is simple. When you first start marketing in a niche or platform, you're digging in soft, loose soil. Easy customers. But the longer you stay on one platform without diversifying, the deeper you dig. The soil gets harder. The leads get worse. And eventually you're hitting concrete. The fix isn't to get better at sales. The fix is to find new ponds. We walk through real examples that are working right now: The hyper local newspaper ad that's pulling a 50% show rate and generated $60K in lifetime value off a $4,600 spend. The reactivation play where you text 10 to 15 past members a month with a personal message (not a blanket campaign). The local sports media sponsorship that just opened up 10,000 new email subscribers we've never reached before. The joint venture strategy that filled our post rehab program so fast we had to turn people away. We also kick things off with a story about a hibachi restaurant that has 9,300 Google reviews across four locations and the dead simple system they use to…","meta_description":"If your show rate is broken, book a free 30 minute Gym Clarity Call and we'll find the fix: https://gymclaritycall.com/ If leads are opting in but never p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108/episodes/how-to-fix-your-show-rate-issue-without-getting-better-at-sales/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fitness-business-university-podcast-4121108/how-to-fix-your-show-rate-issue-without-getting-better-at-sales.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}