Posts by Craig Ballantyne
Step By Step Starter Kit
Here’s a great sales lesson for you. My friend Joel ran a 20%-off “Moving Sale” on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. This email promo resulted in their biggest day ever. You should have seen this email because I’ve told you many times to be on his email list. The promo email was simple and…
Read MorePumpup Email For You
Well it’s Friday the 13th and I’m stuck in tiny Independence, Ohio at a Dan Kennedy seminar on Wealth Attraction. Fortunately the content is fantastic and I’ve spent the last 36 hours identifying BIG ideas & opportunities for both my life and business. I’m pumped. And so I want to bring you one of my…
Read MoreFrom Frank Kern…
It’s rare that I read about a marketing idea that I haven’t heard of – in some shape or form – before. But this one from Frank Kern made me raise one of my busy eyebrows, nod, and think, “that’s a writer-downer“. Fortunately, it was already written down by my editorial assistant, and future superstar…
Read More15-Minute Cardio Workout for Fat Loss
Here’s a really sad question I get on Facebook all the time… “Is it better to do cardio first and get some of the extra weight off, then progress to other stuff?” – Morgan Taylor It’s not your fault if you have failed with cardio. That’s what the magazines tell you to do. But the…
Read MoreHow One Man Came Back From The Dead
In 2010 Bedros and I met a guy that was down and out, but he was trying to put on a strong face. It was at Frank Kern’s List Control event in San Diego where we became friends, and we even had a memorable dinner down at Roy’s Hawaiin Fusion restaurant on the water. But…
Read MoreThe Big Steps to Change Your Life
“Hey,” he said, stopping me in the hallway at the Fitness Business Summit where I had just presented, “I’ve got something just for you. Stay right here!” When my friend, the high-energy mixed martial artists warrior, Martin Rooney, tells you to stay put, you listen. As one of the world’s top performance coaches, Martin has…
Read MoreHow to Escape the Dead-End Middle Class
Escape the dead-end middle class by taking charge of your financial future by creating capital that compounds over time… here’s how.
Read MoreYour First Time (Mistakes)
Think back to your first time doing anything. It was awkward, you made a LOT of mistakes, wasted time (and money), and just wished there was an expert there to show you EXACTLY how to do it right. The biggest mistakes I see when hard working experts like you are trying to build an online…
Read More15-Minute “500 rep” challenge (NO-equipment needed)
This workout is worthy of such an honorable occasion as Memorial Day. It is a Challenge. A demand for you to Be The Best That You Can Be. And a chance to get a fast, NO-equipment workout so that you can spend the rest of the day with family or friends. I originally did this…
Read More7 Simple Steps to Personal Trainer and Leadership Success
If you’re a personal trainer with a big heart of gold but not enough clients, here’s the 7 Step Success plan to follow when you attend one of my events, like the TT Summit in June, our upcoming Info Summit in November, or FitnessBusinessSummit next March. This is the exact plan that I gave to…
Read More5 Ways To Get Affiliates And Write Better Copy
Back in early May we finished up an amazing Mastermind weekend in San Diego with my friends Shawna, Mikey, Kate, Dani, Bedros, and yes, Rick Kaselj. I’m really proud of what they all have accomplished, especially Rick. When I first started coaching him in 2009 he seemed skeptical of what was possible, but with a…
Read MoreExactly What to Eat to Start Your Day
“You have a unique accent,” I said to the maître d’ as he led me to my table at Café Boulud. “Where are you from?” “It’s French. I’m originally from Normandy, near the coast, but I’ve been working in London for the last several years. Monsieur Boulud recruited me from his restaurant there to join…
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