E167 Allison Jackson is taking her passion for fitness from a side hustle to a viable and successful business

So You Want to Start a Business with Ingrid Thompson

Allison Jackson Fitness originally started out as FitMomsofNJ.com in 2010 when she began to realize how many of her mom-friends were either struggling to lose weight, looking for ways to incorporate exercise into their busy lives or trying to figure out how to prioritize their health while caring for their family.

Fitness is absolutely her passion. When she was in her teens, she used to read her Dad’s Muscle & Fitness magazines and attempt to lift weights and work out in their unfinished basement with a weight bench and some dumbbells.

Her mom took Allison to Jazzercise classes with her. She struggled with her weight, but it was during those early years that she caught the fitness bug.

Re: starting your own business:

"Trust in yourself and rip off the band aid. You’ll be surprised just how successful you can be"

Some of my personal highlights from this conversation:

Allison felt like the business was real when locals started saying to her "I know you, you're Allison Jackson Fitness - I've been watching your videos"

She talks about how important it is to find the right business coach. "The right business coach is going to fast track you and get you through the rough points"

She says "No matter what your goal there is a coach who can help you – go find them"

Allison explains how she went from her early days where she gave sessions to family "for free" to charging what she is worth – she has 3 different ways she reached a dollar amount:

• bartering was an early method
• she looked at what her coaches were charging and what value are they giving me and started from there - and says "As I built out my clients and my schedule gets more full – up with my prices" AND
• Evaluate your time, your hours. How much time are you spending coaching a person and the things you have to do – and put a dollar price on your hours.

Allison believes in 3 pillars - fun, authenticity and healthy

This conversation is all 3 of these and much more

Where to find Allison Jackson?

website: www.allisonjacksonfitness.com

social media links https://www.instagram.com/allisonjacksonfitness/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonrjackson/ https://www.facebook.com/allisonrjackson

Allison's book:

From Flab to Fab

Allison's Podcast:

Fit to Lead

You can find me, Ingrid Thompson:

website: www.healthynumbers.com.au

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ingridthompson

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My guess is you are listening to these podcasts because .....

My guess is that you are here because you are a business owner and what you really want - is to build and grow a successful business - whatever that means to you.

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Having a successful business might mean making business decisions with reliable information - facts & data as well as your "gut feel."

… ultimately you want to do what you do best AND have a successful business AND make a difference.

I’m here to help you.

Everything I do in my business, every decision I make is based on this question:

Will this make a difference? Will this help you, my listener - will this help you to build your business? will this help you to create your successful, viable and robust business so you can achieve Financial Independence?

This is why I do what I do

There are 2 ways you can access all my best material:

I regularly run webinars on a range of money related topics:

• Managing Cash Flow so you never run out of money
• Understanding where your money goes - getting those expenses sorted out
• Understanding the Profit First book
• Pricing - getting it right for your studio
• The things you need to know before signing a commercial lease
• How to make more money
• ... and many other topics

If you’d like the replay of any of these recent webinars, please email me [e-mail] and put "Replay" in the subject and let me know which one you'd like to watch. I’ll send you the link to the replay

AND

Read my book! It is a Business 101 and can answer pretty much all your business questions.

This book is designed to help you build your business - whether you are starting from scratch and creating something new or you have been in business for a couple of years and want to build from your foundations.

The book is your step by step guide to building a business smarter and faster.

"So You Want to Start a Business"

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