Win VIP Access To Fitness Business Summit 2010

Hey Bedros,
Last year was my first year at FBS and it freaking rocked! I am definately in for this year and hopefully it will be fully paid for. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there!

I want to attend the fitness business summit because I am going to become the next Bedros Keulian of the fitness world. Thanks for choosing me!

Hi Bedros,

Recently I have launched a new fitness business program and I would love to come to the summit to get the info, motivation and the resources I need to make this big. I truly believe I have tapped into a huge and as yet barely tapped market.

I would like to distinguish myself as an expert and leader in this field.

You can visit my website to see my new program, but in some ways I would like to keep the idea hush to the fitness world until I perfect the model.

The results so far have been amazing and the community I am building is inspiring - but to getting the before and after results I want for marketing will take some time.

I recently started working with my first client who is close to 400lbs! This is, not pun intended a big deal! It’s my goal to create a program which not only creates big weight changes, but creates big lifestyle changes and also creates a community which supports these lifestyle changes once they happen.

Thank you for you time.

Liesbet Bickett

Just left corporate to start a fitness business. I would love to attend FBS10 to learn everything I don’t know and figure out how to make more money than I ever thought possible. I want the secrets! Meeting Bedros and friends would be pretty cool too!

Bedros,

I would truly appreciate the opportunity to join you at FBS 2010. I have recently opened up my own training studio (Feb 1, was the official open.) after 4 years of private, in-home training. I have invested in The Art of Selling Fitness and double my client base, then I invested in FitPro Newsletter and that has been continually producing 1 new client a month. I invested in your Closing Sales CD, and that drastically improved my closing rate. Actually I should pull that out and review it very soon. I am a subscriber to the Manifesto which has given me plenty of ways to attack marketing my new studio.

I’m not trying to impress you with the fact that I have purchased so many of your products, that is a testimony to the content in each and every piece I have purchased. I realize that all the information in the world means nothing without the action to follow that knowledge.

If I was able to attend the FBS 2010, I know I would be able to soak up even more knowledge to implement once I arrive home.

I thank you for your consideration.

Tim Detmer

Hey Bedros!

I want to attend FBS10 because last year was AWESOME. The information that was provided at last year’s event was worth much more than the cost of attendance. And I am STILL sorting through the content from last year and coming up with new ideas to help build my business! The speakers were friendly and personable and no question went unanswered. If they were unable to get to it during their particular presentation, they made themselves available afterwards! It was an honor to have the opportunity to meet Bedros, as well as Steve Hochman, Chris McCombs, Valerie Waters, Greg Justice and the rest during the event! Plus you are in attendance with some of the greatest business owners in the industry!

It changed my perspective of the fitness industry and helped me to set goals for my business that I had never previously dreamed of before.

It would help my family and I tremendously to win this opportunity, not only financially, but to allow me the opportunity to get re-charged and energized for what 2010 will bring as 2009 was a very difficult year for my family and truthfully I may not otherwise be able to attend this year.

Thanks for all you do, Bedros.

I have been following your growth for a few years now and am really impressed with all that you have done. I would like to meet you in person and learn what fitness business summit is all about.

Hi Bedros,

I’ve built my PT/Boot Camp biz from one day a week on the beach boot camp to opening the biggest PT studio in the town which has quickly grown to capacity to make my fitness biz not only the fastest growning in the area but its also the most dominant.

I will be expanding into a much larger location within the next month or so.

I’ve done this from all the free info you have given out and I would like the opertunity to attend FBS2010 to take it to the next level as I want to totally dominate the area and take on no only all the other PT’s but gyms as well

I’ve been wanting to go to Fitness Business Summit for such a long time now, this is a great oppurtunity for my wife and I to get better marketing ideas from you.

I have purchased art of selling, fit pro newsletter, fitness marketing manifesto , and close clients dvd. All your products helped me leave my coorperate gym job and open up my own facility.

With your blog and info products I want to take the next step and start selling fitness online. I know with your education and knowledge of all your presenters that I should be able to learn a lot from you guys and be able to apply it as soon as I get back home.

I’m an action taker and whatever I learned from you and your products I keep applying it until I perfect it. So I know that by hooking me up wouldn’t be a waste of your time or money.

Thanks for the oppurtunity to come to Fitness Business SUmmit, your the best person in the industry.

Without a doubt the best in the fitness industry when it comes to informstion and the complete breakdown on the how to succeed in our industry today. With minimal investment and guaranteed return on all the information with all the nuts and bolts in one place. Simply assemble the information and it is a turnkey system to blast you into the next level.. Defintely a must for everyone wanting to succeed..

Bedros,

Can’t wait to see you there! This will be my 3rd event and I just can’t get enough!. In 2008 I was skeptical and held back from implementing too many things because the methods you were promoting were just SOOO “out there” from the traditional model of marketing that I was used to. However, the methods I was using were costing me thousands and not working at all.

Still being skeptical, I slowly implemented some of the simple tips for the Summit and your PT Business Course and it blew me away how such a simple change could make dramatic changes in the response of my prospects and customers.

In Year 2, I started implementing more and have begun to completely overhaul my business from the marketing, sales, systems, administration, and expansion plans.

Over the past few years, I’ve gone from $50,000 in revenue as a single contract trainer to $500,000 last year and running 2 facilities.

What you have taught me has literally changed the foundation of how I think, how my business is run, and what my plans are for the future. I know that the information at this summit will once again propel my business forward and I’m excited to get out of the snowy Canadian Winter and back down to SoCal for a vacation!

So, to put it bluntly, I will be at the Summit anyway to soak up more of your great information, motivation, and inspiration. But hell, why wouldn’t I want to save some money and stay in a VIP suite for 3 days! That’s more money I can spend on marketing to grow my business! It’s almost like you are paying for my marketing…how cool is that!

Besides, I figure that with the VIP suite I would be able to convince my wife and 2 kids to finally join me for the Summit.

Looking forward to buying you a beer…or a dozen!

I’m already visualizing the relaxing environment of the VIP suite as I mastermind the next year of my fitness business success!

See you soon!

Tim

I want to attend FBS10 because I would love to learn how to have a 7-figure business. I am passionate about fitness and about training recreational athletes - so passionate that I left an industry I worked in for 10 years to pursue this. I have made some headway on my own in the past 1.5 years, but quickly discovered it’s the business side that makes you money, not necessarily how good a trainer you are.

I’m destined for great things and can get there more quickly with your help!!

Hey Bedros,
I would really like to attend this summit because I’m sick and tired of living from check to check ,working as a bouncer on the weekends when my beautiful girlfriend sits at home wishing i was there. I’ve been working my ass off to make my passion and dream come to life. I do see my business moving forward in the last 10 months and thats all due the help of you and crew. Your info, emails, products and services are awesome. I recently noticed another local trainers tactics etc and i said to myself “he’s getting his info from Bedros ,so i really need to get on the ball fast” and yes he gets it from you. I have purchased several of you product over the last few years but getting the bits and peices sometimes leaves me spinning in circles. I know this summit will lay things out for me nicely and give me that energy and spirit that sometimes seems to get dim at times. -

Hi Bedros
I just got your email about the fitness summit. I would love to win the admission and apply the rich information I know you and the other presenters will be sharing. I opened my studio last year and am already using the Fitpro newsletter and online training systems that you have to offer. I would love to learn and grow and get diffrent ideas to increase my business, it’s worth and value. I know you will deliver! Please consider Kim Vassar when picking your winner!
Thanks
Kim

EVER SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED YOUR CLOSE DVDS MY SALES OF DEFINALTY GONE UP BUT I KNOW I CAN BETTER. I MANAGE A LARGER FACILITY THAT SHOULD BE DOING ALOT MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE.I ALSO GET THE MANIFESTO AND I USE THOSE IDEAS EVERYDAY IT INCREASE PERSONAL TRAINING BUSINESS IN OUR GYM. I MANAGE THE GYM AT THE SAME TIME I AM HEAD TRAINER AND IM DOING TOO MUCH WORK. DAY IN DAY OUT I WORK AND IT EFFECTS MY FAMILY LIFE ALSO. I CAME INTO THE BUSINESS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING, JUST LEARNING ON MY OWN AND SLOWLY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. I THINK THE SUMMIT WOULD TEACH ME TO LEVERAGE MY JOB MORE AND ENJOT LIFE MORE. I LOVE WHAT I DO BUT I KNOW I NEED MORE HELP AND I THINK YOU ARE THE PERSON TO HELP ME BECOME SUCCESSFUL. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND ALL YOUR INFORMATION.

I need to win, there is 3 feet of snow here and the West Coast is lookin good!
Seriously, would love to gain the wealth of knowledge that you seem to possess when it comes to growing and thriving in the fitness arena!

and my computer skills suck so bad i somehow submitted it before i was done!!

In the last few months there have been a few times when i really thought about going back to 9-5.
I just keep moving forward because I’m gonna get there sooner or later .
So with your Summit10 i know it will be very soon.
Just trying to make the dream a reality so i can enjoy life for once and start a family.
Thanks for all your help so far and looking forward to meeting in Cali one day.

Hey Bedros,

Its been great getting to know you and the other member’s and coaches of the 100k group!

This world is all brand new to me and I am very excited about the end results and what it in store for 2010.

I will be attending this event regardless if I win or not because I am a complete ACTION TAKER!

A couple of months ago, I was undecided what my future would be. I was frustrated and really didn’t know where to turn.

Luckily, I had been following a guy called Vince Delmonte (you may have heard of him  ) who was kind enough to treat me to a trip to
The fitness info summit in exchange for some promotional material I did for him.

The trip at the time was still relatively expensive as I really didn’t know what to expect from this event! Sometimes chances pay off though because little did I know
An opportunity of a lifetime would present itself and allow me to venture into fitness information marketing (100k group sign up).

Later that night, after being presented with the ‘pitch’ for the group signup for the 100k group, and after signing up myself, I was scared to death!!!

After all, only a month before this event I was not even sure who the heck Bedro’s Keuilian was or any other presenter for that matter.

And then, after only 1 day with you guys, I signed up for a very costly group mastermind!

I paced my hotel room back and forth, pondering on the decision I had just made…if it was the right one…or the wrong one…where would I come up with the money…

I called my girlfriend and we both talked it over for an hour and in the end…I decided to stick with the group and stick with my gut instinct.

That was one of the hardest decisions I had made in my life…I basically put my trust into 5 strangers hands.

I didn’t have the money…but that didn’t stop me. I just knew I needed to find a way!

When I got home, I got an appointment with my bank and got my line of credit for the exact amount needed for the group.

Sent a wire the next day…and now the rest is history…

After only 4 months of being in the group, I know without a doubt it was the best decision I have ever made! It is guiding me in the right direction to where I want to be in life.

In a matter of 4 months I studied and passed my NSCA CPT exam, started my blog, decided on product directions, had a professional photo shoot for website design, filmed a ton of videos, did the editing myself (lack of funds means less outsourcing ) , developed my product copy, sales site, associated sites and created my final products and I am looking to launch in the beginning of March.

Right on time for the Vegas Mastermind as that was my main goal!

It’s been completely life changing. Filled with sleepless nights, tireless work ethic and an unstoppable driving force.

The only thing is it has taken a toll on my relationship with my girlfriend as I have spent SO much time working at this project every night just to get it going.

Bottom line is I am taking MASSIVE ACTION! Even for this contest!
(I would’ve been the first to respond if I hadn’t written a small book for a reply)

I know that going on this trip would mean even greater things to come. I have only been to two trips, and the results have been astronomical!

I want this suite to treat my girlfriend to a nice trip to California. Mainly for being so supportive toward the project and being patient with the hours I am away from her.

Either way, win or no win in this giveaway, I look forward to meeting everyone at the summit and in Vegas again in March.

Once again thank you for changing my life, setting me up on the right path and allowing me to pursue bigger goals in life!

Pick me please 

All the best,

Joey

Hey Bedros, Jason Adams here a Houston personal trainer. Well Bedros I am always reading all your strategies and resourse on PTPower(awesome) and have been following your direction and things have gotten so great over last 3 months. I am always researching for more professional strategies to get me to the top. I absolutly appreciate knowledge in the health and fitness business because I want to and will be successful. This is my profession and career for life and I’m only 24. I have my small business name Healthworks Functional Fitness & Weight-Loss and am trying my hardest to get it lifted and running in a system.I would love to meet you and all the other great trainers that will be attending to observe listen and learn how to be successful, not just for me but for my client base. I hope to be nominated and get the chance to build my self and business through your opportunity. Thanks Jason Adams

When it comes to learning quality information that you can quickly apply to your business, Bedros is the source I have chosen because of his no nonsense approach.

I’m very selective from whom I take advice from and I know when Bedros gives marketing advice, it works because it’s real world expeience.

I’ve been an avid member of Hitech Trainer for several years and have built a business around the online personal training model. It has provided a lifestyle of more time freedom and recurring income like Bedros often speaks about.

I know the Fitness Business Summit would provide even greater knowledge because of the quality speakers and content that would take my business to the next level. I’m sure the in-depth information and networking with leaders in the industry would be a tremendous boost to anyone in attendance.

Thanks,
Tony D’Alessandro
http://www.AmeriProFitness.com

Hello Bedros,

I want to attend FBS 2010 because it will be the only vacation I have had in years. I have invested in almost all your products and I am looking to learn more and grow more. Plus, after learning from you through DVD’s and virtually, I would like to learn from you in person and get a chance to meet you. It would be nice to be in the east coast also.

Thanks,

Ian

I want to attend Fitness Business Summit because I want a “Road Map to Success” and some structure to follow so that I can make the best use of my time and energy and have more time to do what REALLY matters…help people and change lives!!

Bedros…

I was fat all my life. As a kid I wore “husky” pants and by my junior year of high school I weighed 270 pounds. I lost 100 pounds my senior year of high school and gained it all back. Then I lost 100 pounds in college and gained it all back. Now I’ve lost 72 pounds, gained tons of never before seen muscle, and attained my personal trainer certification in order to help others that struggle with weight, and also to help myself keep the weight off. As a new personal trainer, I’ve been looking at all the resources available to me to get my business up and running. I think that attending the Fitness Business Summit will allow me to network with all the right people and get a head start in my new profession. If your System 9 materials that I purchased are any indication, I think I’m in for a treat at FBS10! Thank you Bedros for this opportunity!

I want to attend FBS10 and learn MORE from the best. My 750sq2 fitness studio is very successful and earning on average 50-60K/month. I want to take my business to 7 figures withing 12 months of attending FBS10. I also want you to re invite me back to FBS11 as 7 figures Allan from Canada. Sam can have the title in the USA:)

Ha! Allen, I like how you think

B

looks awesome & I want to be there big time! I’m running a big charity even here right now and I have used every single penny I have (and some I don’t have) to put this event on for the community and in support of Diabetes.

Due to the commitment of my time & resources here I had to cancel my planned trip to Yaniks UG 6 & I’m having a sook about it (to myself as I don’t whinge to anyone else - oh hang on - I just told you - doh!) Anyway, I have taken the risks and the steps in my business recently that B suggested and I’d like to learn more, more, more & thank him in person - I am growing (personally) at a rapid rate and soon the business will explode too.

Thanks! Mr.Inta-Fitness

I would LOVE the opportunity to come the FBS10 because I have so much to learn! After 6 years working in fitness facilities as a personal trainer, I recently launched my in-home training business. I would also like to start a boot camp this spring. I know I would learn everything I need to make my business grow and open so many doors if I could attend FBS10 this year.
Thanks for considering me!
Kami Meador

hey bedros,

first off le tme just say that video fired me up!!! its great to see such enthusiasm from other like minded fitness professionals and i definitely want to attend this years summit. before i tell you why i would like to give you some background info on myself:

i started personal training when i was 18 years and 5 days old. i worked in gyms at front desks, sales, PT sales before that until i was old enough to train myself. i was born and raised in San Diego and spent my first two years as a personal trainer their until i made up my mind that i was not going to work in gyms the res tof my life or have a boss tell me how much to charge and what to do with my clients. that’s when i decided to pack my things and move across the country to a town in Long Island, NY. that was a year and 2 months ago. since then i worked in a small gym in a doctors office where i trained anyone from post rehab patients looking to lose fat to the actual doctors who wanted to get better for a sport or lose weight. i even ahve been training the chief medical officer for the U.S. open for the past year. in december i started my own boot camp and since then have been “self employed” running my own camps of 31 members.

now here is why i want to attend FBS10…..

as of writing this i am only 20 years old and for my 2010 business goals i wanted to:
- hit six figures before i can legally drink
- hit 80 boot camp members….also before i can drink
- get featured for my boot camp on a local news and radio station…..also before i can drink
- lease my own studio space before 2011
- build a solid mastermind group of other fitness pro’s
- get one-on-one coaching with a high end fitness coach that cares about my success

i believe that FBS10 is the one conference this year that will help me get me to my goals and BEYOND!!! i believe in your coaching and i hope you believe in me…..but if you don’t pick me…no hard feelings….your still the best and i will still reach my goals.

sincerely,

mike salvietti

Hey Bedros, been following your emails for quite a while. Aside from fitness I’ve been in the entertainment industry for 25 years. Contract roles on soaps, prime time TV and Off Broadway. My second passion has always been fitness. While quite a few of my colleagues have discovered fitness and began to use their notoriety to hock their wares so to speak, I’ve kept my distance. There are so many different programs and I wanted my own better mouse trap. Well I believe I’ve found it in a great niche market and a great new concept. It’s just starting to take off bit by bit. I’d like to take this over the edge in the next year. You seem to be one of a select grouop in this industry who may help me to achieve that goal. Thanks for the time, Best Mark

Bedros,

This is an absolutely awesome opportunity! Simply put, I want to come learn from the best with the best. I know only the smartest trainers that can recognize and opportunity in front of them will be there and it would be a value I could not place a dollar amount on to come learn form you in person. Regardless if you choose me or not, thanks for this opportunity and hopefully I will be there one way or another.

I remember the surge of energy I felt after the first FBS in 2007. It was the realization it was all within my grasp and I was in charge of my destiny. I was able to double my income that first year and get to the point in which I no longer had to worry about getting new clients or retain the ones I had. My system was in auto-pilot.

In FBS08 and FBS09 I acquired new tools and resources for my new business partner and I to get our business venture going in the Pacific Northwest. Many were amazed at how such a humble 300 sq foot studio was doing so well and getting clientele so easily. Every year brought new gems and made it easier to guide our business where we wanted it to go. We expanded to 2,300 Sq. in October 2009.

I cannot wait for FBS10. I love what I do, I have the passion for it and the information at all the FBS has allowed me to show everyone how much I care, and in return, bring business to our door. I know the FBS10 will again inspire me and give me the resources I need to dominate the market and earn a good living while doing what I love. If that is not the American Dream, I do not know what is. Can’t wait.

Izzy

Hi Bedros,
my name is Sonya and I have been doing this fulltime on my own for about 3 years. The first year and a half I did all home training. Charged a lot for my services and drove sround constantly from house to house. I lived in my car , hauled equipment everywhere I went. Put a lot of miles on an expensive suv I can’t afford now. In the past 1 I have made it by dollar to dollar. I got a small space for cheap rent and brought my clients there. Mostly groups now. Had to switch do people could afford it. All the stay at home moms I trained had to go back to work everyone was having a hard time. Now I am because if it.
I try and take your advise and get myself out there but I am missing something. I can’t market myself. I came from the insurance business and now think I might have to go back. Please don’t make me go back to a cubicle where I feel suffocated and wasting my talents as a great trainer. I am truly passionate about what I do and have helped so many. I want to help more people succeed!! I’m at that fork in the road. I want to take the path less traveled I am going to be a successful trainer offering bootcamps with 60 plus members earning $12,000 or more a month. Show me the way I will follow. Please pick me I am a highly motivated and passionate person I just need direction. Thank you hear from you soon!!

I have run my personal training “business” for over 20 yrs & have know I didn’t have a real business, what I gad was a great paying JOB. I have started using more & more of you strategies & am moving towards working ON my business instead of working IN my business. I know that the summit will give me the final puzzle pieces I need to complete the transition.
Thanks for everything. Continued success.

Hi Bedros,
I attended FBS 07 and 08. I didn’t attend 09 for two reasons:
1. I had a conflict with the date
2. I learned so much and had so many ideas from the previous 2 summits that I didn’t think I could handle getting more ideas to add to my plate.
I am still working on some of those and refer back to my manuals constantly for advice.
One of the things I loved most about attending (aside from all the learning opportunities) was all the energy from the speakers and participants. I remember leaving both times feeling like a million bucks and ready to tackle the world!
My business has grown year over year and in November I’ll be celebrating 5 years! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you!
I haven’t had my Bedros fill for the last year (other than this blog which I love and get so much out of!)so you should pick me because I am your biggest fan!
Lisa ;o)

Bedros,

I’ve been a trainer for the last 6 years, and I’ve just recently realized how important the business side of this business is. I’m just finishing my masters degree in Rehab Science (1 year to go) and I know that if I can’t master the art of sales and the art of business then all the rest of my education is going to be worthless.

On top of all that it would be majorly sweet to kick it with you and everyone else at the summit. Every conference I go to is 10x more beneficial than reading it or online, but the catch is that all the fitness conventions and conferences are filled with people who are doing the same stuff over and over and I know that if I’m going to rock this world I’m going to need to surround myself with a group of badasses who I can emulate, be challenged by, and challenge.

I’ve yet to go it on my own in business, and I want to start NOW!

Thanks Bedros

-Kian

I would like to attend FBS10 because 1) I need. and want to surround myself with successful fitness business professionals 2) I find it a rewarding experience to share successes and faiures with like minded individuals 3) I just flat out need to up my game in a big way-I am capable of so much more. 4) My biz took a turn for the worse 2008 Q4 and I am still recovering. I recently bought Budros’s courses and am now taking action in the right areas - the FBS10 would raise me to another level and fast.

How this will benefit me personally:
1) I need to invest in myself through educational opportunies like this
2) I need to DO more than just learn. This will be a great catalyst for taking action in my life and on my business.
3) plus if there are no other CrossFit affiliates there I may serve as a source of entertainment for y’all

I find it ironic and funny that at CrossFit functions they rail on the PT industry and at other industry (non CrossFit) events I attend I always catch flak for being “that Crossfit guy” but I take it in good humor.

Hope to meet everyone there!

Hey Bedros,

Win or no win…I’m going regardless. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that but hey it’s the truth.

17 reasons why I’m going to FBS.

1. Bedros Keuilian and my coach Chris Mccombs are going to be there. That alone is worth the price of the flight, hotel and admission.

2. I get to network with hundreds of like minded fitness professionals from all over the world.

3. Every time I leave a Fitness business event like the FBS it seems my income literally jumps at least 25% from all the energy and ideas that are around.

4. I heard the mystery guest last year was Vince Delmonte. that was HYUUUUGE.

This time around I’m hearing rumours (that I won’t spread) about the next mystery guest. If it’s true….I will drop my pants and do the happy dance.

5. Just the information contained in the seminars alone will fill me up with 100′s of ideas to bring into my business. This is MASSIVE!

6. All the possible JV’s and affiliates you can ever find under one roof.

7. Where else will you find the fittest women in the world in one hotel?

8. All the relationships and possible mastermind groups that can be born out of this one event.

9. I get to see my mastermind members Leanne Ellington and Michael Duivus (Troy Blankenship too?) in person finally!

10. I will get the knowledge necessary to pump out my fitness info product by summertime.

11. I get to rub elbows with the fitness businesses elite (Bedros, Chris Mccombs, Steve Hochman, Valerie Waters, and much much more)

12. I get to have their business programs at a discount just for being there.

13. I know it will be the best, most service driven seminar I’ve ever been to ever. I will get literally 10x my money’s worth.

14. I want a “I’m with Bedros” T-Shirt.

15. It’s in Anaheim, California…and I’ve never been to Cali before.

16. Because of what I learned from Chris and Bedros I will have the ability to make money while I’m learning at this seminar. I will probably learn more at this seminar to cement this current lifestyle I lead.

17. I will be around Fitness Pro’s who are better than me at what I do. The only way to get better is to be around those who are better.

I feel that the only way that I will be able to grow in this fitness business is to go to FBS and soak up as much knowledge, meet as many people, and make as many friends as possible.

It is said that you can tell what your income will be by judging the people you surround yourself with.

I will be surrounding myself with hundreds of the best of the best in the fitness industry from April 30th to May 2nd.

Just knowing this fact alone….will literally make my business and income grow exponentially.

Thanks and I will definitely see you in Anaheim,

Dan Go

Ps.

Bonus…

18. The knowledge you get at these events is priceless. You can’t put a price on knowledge because it just doesn’t serve you once. It multiplies itself infinitely.

Idea’s are priceless. The cost of hotel, plane, food an the ticket are fixed but the idea’s…they are truly priceless. And they will serve you and your business forever.

Thanks for listening and PEACE OUT!!

Hey Bedros! I stumbled upon you on the web when searching for “fitness marketing strategies” on Google. I was an instat fan! It was about 4 months ago I started using just a little bit of your advice on my daily Personal Training business activities and my income has already grown about 50%.
I wanna come all the way from São Paulo to California and be on FBS10 to get to know you in person and be able to bring more of your revolutionary techniques to Brazil.
Thank you!
Carlos Klein, São Paulo - Brazil

I want to attend Fitness Business Summit so when I graduate I don’t have to get a - real job - working for the man. It would help me understand what I need to know to run the best fitness business possible.

Thanks,
Shawn

Hi Bedros,
I’m an italian raving fan that follow you every week. I’m a trainer in a gym but I would like to became an entrepreneur and I think you are the best teacher I could have. I know that formation require investments in terms of time and money. For the first it’s not a problem, but the second one it’s a relevant facto. Just the flight from Italy to USA it’s very expensive… so if you could be so generous with me I’ll appreciated a lot.
If I will not be the winner, I’ll keep to follow your precious tips.
Greetings from Italy and thanks for the opportunity,
Marco.

I need this conference! I quit my 8th grade teaching job in June 2009 to pursue my true passion, my calling, my bliss. Teach people how to feel healthy, positive, and happy in their lives. Teaching Yoga, training people how to exercise and eat right, is what I love to do.
I have been working hard trying to establish a clientele and making my business grow. I have put all my savings into this (which wasn’t much, remember, I was a school teacher!) I have been continuing my education hoping that it will help bring people to me, I have been doing everything I can think of and I have no more than 10 or so clients. I need help! I need to learn, I need to experience more, collaborate with people who are doing the same thing and learn from them. I need to learn new tools, skills, and ideas to help my business grom and expand my clientele base. I don’t want to go back to the world of public education, I want to live my dream, have my own yoga studio.
This “summit” would surely help me on the road to successful business ownership.
Thank you for considering me for this great opportunity.
All my best, peace and blessings!
Namaste,
Lacee Straw

I would like to attend FBS because over the last couple of years I have used several of the programs offered by past presenters. From Fitpro Newsletter and Market Annihilator to How To Close 9 Out of 10 Clients, all have helped me grow from a one man show in a 980 sq. ft. facility to having a private studio, 3000 sq. ft. membership facility and a staff of four trainers and a group of red hot investors. Attending FBS would allow me to really pick the brains of the industry’s best and learn how to integrate these products into one systematic process to EXPLODE my business in 2010

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ATTEND AND THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY

I need to go to FBS so that I can learn the trick and tactics that I need to make my business explode. Just thinking about being able to wake up and spend more time with my family keeps me motivated and ready to work.

Because being the best is a must for me. Because I want to gain the mindsight of a six and seven figure trainer. Last year’s summit just blew my mind with all the fitness professionals coming together just to help other fitness professionals. I learned so much last year and I know this year my business will take off because of the excitement your summit brings and thats what I need to really make my business rock! There’s a six figure trainer inside of me just dying to be unleashed Bedros. Help me let me out!

Hey Bedros,

I’m gonna keep this short and simple. Last year I attended fitness business summit on a whim by myself and was truly inspired. At the time I was working as a trainer in a big corporate gym working like a dog for little money. I listened and took notes and really identified with everyone on stage because they all started where I was. I have been in the fitness industry for 10 years and your summit gave me the confidence to finally start taking action. Well over the last year I did just that and have since quit my job and began my new business. So this year attending will be a different experience than last and could use some help getting there since my business is still getting off the ground.

Thanks for all your knowledge,
Greg from Jersey!

I’m not sure that even if I came I would be fully convinced. I think that a lot of the “tactics” used prey on the unfit and uneducated buyers. I want to see if it’s possible to take this system, make it my own, and put it into the educated buyers market. The market that has spent the big bucks and got tons of hype and zero results. I have never had an issue getting any client ANY result. I work my butt off to be the best trainer..
As a performance coach I always test the waters, look for success in whatever means it’s being measured and look to follow “stand on the shoulders of giants” but that never means cut and paste programming, or just straight imitation. It always means trial and error and making everything that works in my system of training my own! Innovation comes from experience.
Now the next step is affecting more and more people. I think you should choose me, because I’m a skeptic first, and an expert in my community of high performance strength coaches. If this works they will without a doubt follow my lead.
I have been moving up the entire time I have run my zero dollar start-up gym… but when I measure some of the non-training sides of the business I might not fully measure up. Show me how to turn my 6 figure income into 7…

PICK ME NOW!

hey bedros,

my biz had been steadily chugging forward the first few years but I’ve done more the last 5 months than the entire 3+ years, largely bc of your blogs. fbs would be huge for me and I really think it would take everything to the next level for me, my biz, my clients, and my family.
whether I win or not, what your doing is fantastic! keep up the awesome work and the giving hand:)

Hey bedros,
Thanks for all the advise you put out in all your emails. You’ve helped me out tons already! But to be able to come to your summit would be amazing. I’m opening my first studio in may and could use the help. The reason I could use help with the free ticket is because of my sight that I have lost over the last two years. It’s resulted in the loss of my work our house and everything that we could sell except our car. I need my studio to happen so I can get the surgery and get my family back on our feet. Thanks again for all you do you’ve done more than you know.

FBS..me you must choose (Yoda says so)

Thanks a Million

Hi Bedros,

Thanks for this great contest… I really hope that it’s my ticket to your summit. I want to, no, NEED TO go to this seminar.

But unless I win, I can’t go, because I’ve been unemployed for almost a year now.

Why do I feel like I need to go?

Well the answer is quite simple. I’m running out of money, but I’m sitting on a gold mine that I don’t know how to mine. We talked briefly before about my domain… Kettlebell.com.

Yes, I own Kettlebell.com. And I corner the market on a bunch of other kettlebell and fitness domains.

But I’m not making very much money at all on these sites. Kettlebell.com brings me some pocket change. And I’m frustrated… very frustrated. I know that I could probably make a living on this domain alone, but I’m not taking advantage of the potential. I need your help to do so.

I’m running out of living money. I’ve used up my pension (at a 40% penalty), most of my 401k (again, at a 40% penalty), and my unemployment runs out in about a month. HELP!!! I’m really sad, because my 15th year wedding anniversary is coming up and I can’t afford even a small gift unless I start making some money from my site.

I’m not one to beg… but with our 15th anniversary coming up and our running out of money, I really, truly could use the boost. So, PLEASE… can you help me? I’ll be a really good student at the Summit and surely I have the potential of being an incredible testimonial and success story for you.

Please let me win this contest and help me tap the incredible potential of my website, http://www.kettlebell.com

Thanks so much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Tom

Hello,

I am fairly new to the fitness industry after working half of my adult life in the human resources field. My ultimate goal is to work for myself but in the meantime am focusing on attaining as much experience as I can. I’ve read your emails religiously and believe the information I can gain at the Fitness Summit would give me the fuel needed to take my passion to the next level.

I appreciate the opportunity you are extending as I cannot afford to attend such an event myself.

Thanks and have an awesome day!

Michelle Turner

GOOD AFTERNOON BEDROS,

—THERE IS NO HOPE, ONLY GUARANTEE!—.
—COMFORT TRAINING, COMFORT RESULTS (NO CHANGE!!!!)—

!THIS! IS A GUARANTEE REASON WHY THIS SUMMIT WILL FURTHER BENEFIT MYSELF AS WELL AS OTHERS WITH THE ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MARKETING WORLD.

I STARTED MY “SPECIALIZED” TRAINING BUSINESS SINCE LAST APRIL 09′. AS A MUAY THAI INSTRUCTOR, STRENGTH AND METABOLIC CONDITIONING COACH, PERSONAL TRAINER, AND NUTRITION CONSULTANT I HAVE OPENED PEOPLE’S EYES ABOUT MY METHOD OF TRAINING. WHETHER SPORTS SPECIFIC OR AVERAGE JOE, ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN BENEFIT “THEIR” GOALS, NEEDS AND WANTS FROM MY PROGRAM. THE CATCH IS THAT THE AVERAGE JOE NEEDS TO STEP OUT OF THAT “COMFORT ZONE” THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USED TO AND ALSO THE “COMFORT ZONE” FROM TRAINERS WHO AREN’T DOING THEIR JOB….SOMETIMES TRAINERS ARE MORE OF A DR. PHIL THAN A TRAINER. COMFORT TRAINING, COMFORT RESULTS (NO CHANGE!!!!)

I BELIEVE I BRING A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF TRAINING BECAUSE I HAVE FOUGHT IN THE CAGE, RECEIVED MY MUAY THAI CERTIFICATION FROM THAILAND AND INCORPORATE MY CONDITIONING KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

IT BE A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU BEDROS!

SINCERELY,

CHRIS PEDROZA
(SUPREME ASSAILANT)

P.S. GOOD LUCK TO THE WINNER!

I would like to go to Fitness Business Summit because Bedros is a true legend! haha OBVIOUSLY! But seriously… I was brought up to go to school, go to university, get a good job (there are no jobs in England). I’ve been working my job for 6 months and now I’m totally depressed at 22 years of age! Then, I stumbled across Bedros on Facebook and he has totally inspired me to launch my own fitness business in my hometown. I will be up and running in a week. I would like to thank you for helping me believe in myself and reach my potential in person at the FBS!

Many thanks

Alex Fraser
Fraser Fitness
http://www.fraserfitness.co.uk (my website goes live in about 5 days)

Hey Bedros,
I’m not going to leave you some long winded story on why I should be the lucky winner other than the fact -I would really like the opportunity on how to get my business off the ground.

Thanks for the opportunity.
Here’s to continued success!!

Truly,
JR Hopkins

I left a career as a 20 year nurse in 2006 to pursue a business in the fitness industry.So yes, I would say that it is a passion. My boot camp does better than it ever has because of the information that I have recieved from you. So I know the summit will be powerful in pointing down the right path. Help wih the cost of a trip like that would put me closer to being there. You see while I may feel that the summit would be well worth it, I don’t hink I could afford it right now.
Jackie

Bedros
I have used your information to expand my business start my boot camps and just grow and prosper. I feel almost guilty because in this economy everyone asks how Im doing and I tell them great. I have had to work hard and execute what you have taught me but you have saved a lot of time, trial and error by giving me and others the lowdown. I want to learn more so attending the fitness summit would be the next step in taking my business to the next level. Getting the free invite would be the push I need to make the trip to the summit.

Hey Bedros…Thanks this rocks but….aint nobody a bigger VIP then you! WHO DAT!

Dear Mr. Keuilian,

This offer is great! This offer is smart! The more people you have that leave posts, comments or even blogs allows you to bring these potential suspects/prospects into your database. I have studied your material, and am very grateful for what you have done for me and my family, THANKYOU!

Also, there are many things, tactics, stratagies which I need and WANT TO LEARN. Im asking for your help.

Thanks for everything,

Trey Dunnam

Attending an FBS10 is without a doubt going to be worth every penny, whether or not I’d be so fortunate to win the “prize.”

The marketing, sales, and mental techniques sets Bedros & Co. apart from the rest. And like the saying goes: “If you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes.”

Since techniques and strategies are tested and change with you guys, your going to be the lead dog in the niched personal training marketing & sales industry. Without, there’d only be more copy cat trainers and owners making the same errors over and over.

I’ve got a FBBC right now. And no, I’m not on pace for 6-figures. That’s why attending such an event is going to help me get there, so long as I apply what’s learned.

Not just for the FBBC, but also for my dream to one day own a personal training studio, a dream that many personal trainers have but so few actually realize.

Most of all, it’s going to help me support a family. My girlfriend and I would love to get married and have kids afte being together for 6 years, but as of now…we know the money is very tight. Nothing hurts more than when I detect, in her face or voice, fear that we can’t make it together.

On top of that, there are people (some related to her, and even a former employer) that doubt that I can be succesful. What I do isn’t for them, but I’d lie if proving them wrong wouldn’t bring a smile to the soul.

So if I win V-I-P access, awesome. If not, that’s ok, too. I hope the lucky person that does takes the ball and runs with it and wins “one for the little guy.”

I’ll still try to find a way to pick your brains even with “regular access.”

Jonas, Who Dat!! haha…

I would like to attend FBS10 because I am still on the fence. I haven’t been converted to believe that your systems and marketing methods are going to transform my business from a basic living to a six figure income. It doesn’t mean I am not open minded and it doesn’t mean I am not motivated, I am just a little skeptical. So I challenge you to choose me. I will put your marketing tools to the test. If they prove to be successful, I will pay you back, buy you dinner, belly flop off the high dive or whatever creative legal idea you might have in mind. Thanks for your time and I do appreciate your emails.

I want to be there becouse iwant to make changes in my country Im from Puerto Rico and I know this seminar is gona change mi life my business and all my clients and the people around me for the rest of my life ! I wait for this seminar a complete year all the things did I read are magnificent ! Thats the reason becouse Iknow did Iknow in my hart in this weekend my life is gone a be difernt for ever and is the wisdom i was waiting all my life !

Thanks for the offer Bedros.

Within a year, I have managed to grow my business from one boot camp location to three. However, I am not satisfied. The system I have created needs to be fine tuned and I know that attending FBS will help me accomplish this.

Thanks

Hey Bedros,

I’ve been following you for years and there is always so much information that its difficult to always know which direction to head first. I have worked for corporate fitness and been an independent trainer for over 16 years and I believe 2010 is the year for me.

I work with several types of clients from post-rehab to athletic development. Weight loss and bootcamps but I need some more specific direction. I am recently divorced and am sharing financial responsibility with my ex wife. I am paying for my son to attend private school but I am barely making any strides toward getting out of debt.

Everything I worked for over the last 10 years of my life, the house, the car, the savings…I gave up all that to benefit my son, so that he could be raised in the his house and sleep in his bed. I am basically starting over from scratch. I don’t want to be worrying about when I will get paid again or if I will make rent on time. I’m determined to make 2010 a very successful year for me and attending the FBS10 would be the kick start that I would need.

I am considered the leading fitness expert in my are for helping injured athletes recover from ACL surgery and I have worked with some of our local athletic stars, yet its still a struggle to market my services to the right people and get the number of clients that I need to be financially stable. I see trainers in my area that are not as qualified or who do not pay attention to their clients, earn more money than me and get more clients than me and thats very frustrating. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME! I’M DROWNING!

Rob Viramontes

Because I’m innovative

Because I’m relentless

I Just started a training business on my own, and have had mediocre success thus far. I need to learn some industry secrets or not-so-secrets to get myself to where I need to be! FBS10 looks like the place to be.

Hey Bedros,

I have been following you for over 3 years and your information is tremendiously useful. I wish I knew you when I first bought my studio 6 years ago because there is no doubt that I would be in a much different place right now. I have done your mentoring program, fit pro newsletter, hi tech trainer and attended FBS 2 years ago. I totally get what you teach and have positioned myself to move forward. Right now, I am in a prime place to explode my business. I just need a spark like this years FBS. I would love to have the VIP access. I promise that I will “shout from the mountains” about your services to other personal trainers.

Wow- where to start! Looks like many great options to choose from so why me??
Hmm.. Well for starters I signed up and paid for last years event but was unable to make it due to the passing of my Grandpa. Now I am not trying to give you a sob story but the truth…. Check it out- I really did sign up and have continued to get great information from PT Power, the Manifesto, Fitness Newsletter and much more..
Although I sometimes think that you and Steve are CRAZY I really enjoy and trust the information you provide. Not only is it new and inventive but it puts a smile on my face and I find myself laughing at the two of you. You make “learning” fun and I am more willing to get out of my comfort zone because you are real and started from scratch like the rest of us!
Thanks for this great opportunity and I hope to see you soon! Seriously- who doesn’t have time to try to snag a swanky room for Free right??
Plus I want some of that money you were throwing around last year that I saw on the videos- the airplane ticket from Oregon isn’t Cheap if you know what i mean:)

Hi Bedros-
I attended FBS08 and the reason I should win the FBS10 giveaway is because I have gone totally on my own-no longer teaching health and p.e. and the market is virtually untapped in my area. I need to attend to learn every possible way that I can get health and fitness out to all the potential clients in my area. I totally want to help as many people get in the best shape of their lives and you all have the GREATEST ways of teaching people how to do this!
You rock!!

I will obviously up your “street cred”… here is proof!

I received this note yesterday

Hey!

-J

Hey bedros Aaron Anderson here..

My journey in the health and fitness industry started about 6 years and im going to give you a quick back story as to how it started… About 6 years ago I was very overweight unmotivated and a very unhappy negative person…Till one day I was hit with the news that my father had been diagnosed with a life threating disease…WOW!! this hit me like a ton of bricks right in the face..I was devastated to say the least..And the thing that was tough for me to deal with was that it was so easily preventable with just a healthy lifestyle…It was at this moment that would forever change my life….I began to think just how short and precious life really is…The way I saw it was that I was faced with 2 choices..1- keep doing what I was doing and get the same results of being fat and unhappy or get my ass in gear and stop making excuses as to why I was fat and unhappy…One year later I had lost around 80lbs and completely transformed my life…I had come to realize what my passion in life was, and that passion was health and fitness… Fueled with the passion and motivation to inspire my farther and others to lead a more healthy lifestyle so they can prevent these diseases.. fitness had become an OBSESSION of mine..So much so I went to college and got a degree in exercise science and got almost every training cert out there…Once I graduated college I said to myself this is it the degree is what I was lacking to be successful..Boy was I ever wrong..Then here comes bedros into my life and all I can is WOW!!! For the last several months I have been glued to the ptpower blog and soaking up all the info on there…And all the other world class people I have got to know through Bedros….Being able to attend the FBS this year would truly be a dream come true…Much like hearing about my fathers situation years ago that fueled me to get into fitness I truly believe that attending FBS will be the fuel for me to go from good to great and allow me to make an awesome living all while living my DREAM!!
Bedros you are a true inspiration and have told me that with some hard work, motivation and a plan of action(Which I dont have and FBS will give it to me) anything and I mean anything is possible… I want to go from good to great and FBS is the vehicle for me to do that..
Thanks for this amazing opportunity Bedros and see you soon

Aaron Anderson

Bedros,
I have purchased everything and read everything i can get my hands on and cant thank you enough. Unfortunately i have never had the pleasure of attending the summit due to costs, I like many others was forced out by being asked to accept a huge paycut and forced to train clients instead of trainers again. the rewards i cant even explain like a blessing in disquise. I have opened a bootcamp in a gymnastics school and taken over all operations at a country club and put in several group fitness classes and now have eight trainers running programs in my city thanks to you without a dollar in overhead and if you take a look my website is on track.
this oppurtunity would allow me to see things i dont get when i read your blogs and i and my 4 kids would be forever grateful to win something like this.

starting over has never been so much fun. whether i win or not thank you for bein the man

I would like to share with you why I would like to attend the fitness business summit.

For the longest while since I’ve been in fitness business (1997) I’ve pretty much just figured it out along the way. Took risks. Did what I thought was right.I read as much as I could. Doing my best to implement what I thought was the right way.

Well I’m still in the game but I’m not growing and feel unfulfilled. The thing is I want to make more for myself than I am currently doing to rekindle the passion that made me get into this business is the first place.

This is how I found out about you, Bedros. I was receiving your emails into my in-box over the past few months. First off I couldn’t pronounce your name. Then, categorically I would just delete you. I figured I did this for about 6-7 months.

Recently a personal trainer (Mike) whom I met a few years ago happened upon me to host his half hour “boot-camp”. I really paid no mind because I figured he was out there doing his thing. As we get to talking he mentions all these things he’s doing: facebook, yelp, craigslist, web site etc.

He seemed very knowledgeable so I asked him were he was getting his information. He mentions this name. Bedros Keuilian

I was like him? I’ve been deleting his emails for weeks figuring another email “selling crap” and Mike said “yeah man, check him out he knows his shit.

So I did.

No more deletions.

Bedros. You have your own file folder with all your blogs that are looked at almost daily. Almost.

I admire your efforts. You don’t grow unless you listen to people who have grown. I what to grow.

That’s why I would like the “opportunity”

Thanks.

Abu

Honestly I am new to you guys! My business partner told me about you guys and I really didn’t pay attention to this. I honestly was being a bit of a skeptic. I thought you guys were just really good sales people! So we opened our own FIT Camp in Burbank, Ca where I live and we have done OK! But not great, yet. It has been a 3 months and I am now running the camp on my own. So I took my stubborn ass and started doing searches. There you are; ALL OF YOU, Steve,Chris and you Bedros. So I have started watching videos this week of all of you! And to be honest with you I feel like I should of listned to my partner before. I actually used one of Steve Hochmans techniques for writing an email promotion. You guys seem to know your stuff. So I am very curious to learn more. I am into the video blogging and writing my owm ebooks and all of that.I am getting into the whole getting out of your comfort zone eventhough I have been on TV as an actor and I did a fitness segment also! I have a good brand and I want to blow it up. I am starting to believe that you guys are the right way to go! We’ll see!! Thanks for all the free videos!

Hey Bedros, I’ve been running a struggling personal training studio in an area where there is a lot of competition from basement trainers to big box gyms to countless outdoor boot camps. With thousands in overhead every month marketing dollars are limited. I’ve found your marketing information useful but have not had business changing success in terms of $$$. I think the energy and information gained attending the FBS10 would be what I need to really make a move in the right direction. Anyways I would love to win because there is definitely no way I could afford to go. Thanks a lot James

Why should I be your selection to attend FBS 2010?… I can think of a ton of reasons, but I’ll focus on just 2!

The first reason I think you should choose me is that I have aspirations on becoming as ginormous a figure in the fitness industry as yourself and Steve Hochman. I think that you guys are forward thinkers and that you’re always ahead of the curve when it comes to our industry. Working in a un-regulated industry like fitness, our jobs as fitness professionals and entrepreneurs is to not only help our clients get and stay fit, but to deliver a product that is so kick-ass that they feel they NEED it. We need to make them feel like they’d be dumping the hottest girlfriend they ever had or will ever have if they choose not to work with us again. The ideas that you and Steve provide via your blogs keep us all on our toes and keep our wheels turning. My aspiration is to not only emulate some of the things that you and Steve do, but to also take your ideas 10 steps further. I want to be a part of the revolution of our industry. The world changes daily, if not hourly, as new technology emerges. My ultimate goal is to change the way people get fit. My opinion is that the traditional “gym” is a waste of time and money for the typical client. My goal is to begin putting the traditional “gym” out of business.

The second reason that I want to attend FBS 2010 is that I love professional development, love learning, and love to have a great time. You and Steve sound like a great time and, if nothing else, I think I’d have a hell of a time kicking back with you guys, taking in all of the information, having a couple pops, and taking in the California rays. I’ve never been further west than Tennessee! Lol..

Bedros,

Bill Gates said one key to his success was surrounding himself with the best of the best in any given field. It’s a concept I’ve strived for in my career. I’ve always felt that great ideas, plans, and successes rarely come from one individual but from a group all working with the same vision. That’s what the summit will be for me and my company. Uniting the top minds in the industry in order to create something unusually great. As a current small business owner this summit is what it will take to rise above the norm and set new standards.

Oh, and I want an “I’m with Bedros t-shirt” baby!

Jesse Judd

I am excited to come to the Summit because I am about to open up a bigger facility and want to learn more information on how to fully optimize the space and the trainers working in there. I also have a really good friend Conway that will be joining me and would love to get him addicted to the Fitness Business Summit. I have been trying to get him to come for the past 3 years and this year he is going to finally commit.
I am ready to take it to the NEXT LEVEL!

Hi Bedros,
For the moment I work private, in home training, but I want to open my own studio and I think you’re the man who can show me the right way. Also I think I can meet lot of successful people, hopefully soon:)
Regards

I would love to be there! I’m looking for direction so funny that this would show up in my inbox today. Being a trainer I focus on training and being an independent trainer I could use a LOT more help in the area of marketing! I’m stuck not getting people in the door…..
Recently I’ve been branching out looking to get out of a rut and I’ve found I don’t have a real marketing strategy going and I really don’t know where to begin. I am lost!
I’m not sure the current marketing strategies work and I would love to learn more about your strategies. I want to focus on a direction that works and not fumble around guessing whether or not something is going to work. You know?! Seems like a lot of people benefit from your marketing and I want the benefits! I’m willing to do the work just need some direction!
I would be really grateful for this opportunity!

I have two goals this year. 1.) To be able to spend as much time as I want with my wife, son, and hopefully another baby by the end of the year God willing. 2.) Build my business into a self working quality machine that does not depend on me.

I know that you Bedros and your fitness business summit will take me there. I have been trained as a physical therapist and strength coach where I trade hours for dollars not as a businessman. Last year I doubled my income because my wife no longer worked to be with our son. I knew nothing about business but learned quickly that leveraging time and building systems are the key to a successful business.

This year with your help and by being chosen to attend the VIP Fitness Business Summit I will completely transform my job into my business where I can maximize the amount of people I can help and enjoy more time with my wife, son and his soon to be sibling.

In closing choose me and I won’t let you down. I am a true success story that will happen because there is no other option for me. Thank you for your consideration.

Cheers,
Armando

“My Top 10 Reasons For Wanting VIP Access to Fitness Business Summit 2010″

10. I want to see how the hell you’re going to one-up the crazy dancing drum-banging guys that you had at the 2009 Summit…

9. I need to try the other 8 flavors of frozen yogurt at the candy store in the mall across the street…

8. I’m curious to see if you have more weird pictures of donkeys doing odd things in your Powerpoint…

7. I need a chance to sit closer to the front of the room so I can sacrifice my body for those $100 bills you hand out…

6. California in May vs. Idaho in May -’nuff said…

5. I want an up-close opportunity to see if your hair is actually a small animal living on your head, or is, in fact, just hair…

4. Did I mention JV’s?

3. Although frequenting the candy store, I never actually made it over to the posh gym across the street, but I want a chance to show off my mad bench-pressing skills, not to mention my 185lb squat…

2. I want to see how much weight Chris lost with his new healthy liquid vegan vegetable juicing rabbit diet (or is that just a rumor)?…

1. I need to show you exactly what happened to the number of figures per month in my bank account after incorporating just a few of the insider tips I picked up at the 2009 Summit!

Hi Bedros,

I don’t want to go to Fitness Business Summit 2010.

Nope.

I REALLY, REALLY want to go to Fitness Business Summit 2010 and win that VIP access!

Why? Because all signs point to Bedros. Everything relevant I’ve ever learned about fitness marketing has come from you and Steve Hochman and Chris McCombs. Exercise Science degrees don’t teach you about marketing your fitness business. Personal training and conditioning certifications don’t either. No, all that I’ve soaked in and applied to my growing business has been because of your experiences, dvd products, fitness summits, blogs, and emails.

Why are all these trainers clamoring to get in to FBS10? Because of you and because proof positive you get results in the most unconventional of ways. By going to FBS10 I know the energy levels will be through the roof! The participants there are truly passionate about fitness, their businesses and the kickback lifestyle they want. Too often at conferences, energy vampires and crabs get in…sapping the life out of those around, sucking the optimism and enthusiasm, pulling everyone down. There aren’t going to be those people here. What better opportunity to meet and share with like-minded personal trainers.

I can’t wait to meet you.
-Sara Hutniak, Winnipeg, MB

P.S. There were a few stories from people who commented, who really pulled at my heartstrings. If I do happen to win, I would like to donate it to the gentleman named Tom (who was unemployed and had the kettlebell.com domain). I can afford to go and I will, but he sounds like he really needs this opportunity.

Bedros,
last year was my first year at FBS and it was amazing! I can honestly say that it was one of the best experiences I’ve had. I was overwhelmed by the information and I ended up implementing just some of the things I learned to push my fitness business to the next level.

I definitely need more help, information and advice and what better place to get it! I hope that I can make it to the FBS 2010 so that I can learn more strategies to take my business further and provide a better life for my family and myself.

This year I’m also going to submit my raffle tickets damn it! lol

Luka Hocevar

Bedros,

Well to be honest with you Bedros, when you did the summit in Orlando Fla and I asked you a question about it, I already knew this summit was mandatory that I’d need find a way to make it there.

Plain and simple I am moving to Mn June 15th, which means a couple of things. First, the business here needs to be stable, systemized and running even with me out of state. Second, I’d need to have a Fast plan of action of having a program there set up and ran there. As in a matter of 30-60 days.

There’s tons of pressure if this does NOT happen, I’ll be forced to take a second job and throw my daughter in daycare. And possibly lose what has taken me some time to build here. Which ultimately can mean more time taken away from my family and time away from operating the business. Even the thought of it makes me depressed. I understand fully of having to do what you gotta do to make things happen, but that is NOT the vision I have for myself or my family.

Whether I’m chosen or not, even without my wife’s approval (she has plans on buying a house & moving, I know I’ll have financial objections) I am still willing to risk attending the event. Why is that? Am I foolish? Maybe, but I am willing because I really do believe you’ve changed and impacted countless of people’s lives. It’s clear you understand the law of reciprocity by offering this amongst other things you’ve done in the past, you find ways to give back.

Thanks for this opportunity and if selected I’m proud to say I WILL NOT LET you down! It’s encouraging to know I even have a chance.

Hi Bedros,

I would love to be your next VIP at the Summit! I’m a new professional in this industry (with more than 20 years experience), with alot of passion, connections, and need all the momentum I can get.

I have three young kids and I am fortunate to be able to spend most of my time with them. However, my ability to do this without bringing in a secondary income for my family gets more challenging every month. I am all about working smarter, not harder, and I’m looking for the tools and resources to help get me there.

If I were selected I would be honored, soak everything in like a sponge, and be a major promoter for you once I get my business off the ground! Invest in me!
Regards, Helen

Hi Bedros

I am a south african living in Germany. I have been in the pt business for the past 10yrs and it feels as if I am moving in one tiny cirle with no direction. That is because I lacked the resources and the know how to really grow my business.
I stumbled on your website and man I realised there is a way, I could expand and not living from running after clients for payment.

What also kept me going is that I love being in this business. I want to grow and make it big! Not start over everytime I move or I have a baby. I need a serious make over for my business and to also take it to the next level.
An opportunity to attend the summit, would mean having access to the most indeed, powerful tools and information you will be sharing.

I am seriouly hungry for information & to make a difference in my life.
It would be an honour!

Thanx,
Patricia Stoll

Would love to attend,I have not attended since the very first summit,I am ready to learn more to further excel my buisnessHope to see you there!

Hey Bedros,
I’d give my left n** to attend FBS (on the house). I am a presenter at a bodybuilding camp here in Massachusetts every January. There is no better place to learn and be with like-minded, positive and enthusiastic people. I see many parallels with FBS….the best of the best….in one place….at one time!!! Thanks B
Bill Murphy

Hey Bedros,

Better you than Me. I dont know how you are going to pick this one

Before I wrote my post I read almost all of the other ones on here. Everyone has such great reasons for being the winner. I myself was thinking of my own when i realized that by the time you got to mine it would sound just like someone elses. I want to win for many of the same reasons everyone else listed. I will be there either way, but I am a action taker and have taken your advice and products and went from $0 to $10,000 a month in personal training sales. I am coming becasue thats just not good enough. I need to be at $15,000 a month to start to realize my dream. I need to go to the next level (The one were I am making more money and doing less training)

To the few skeptics that have left postings on here….I dont know how you can be skeptic and read all of these post. I mean who else has more testimonials about what Bedros brings to your business.

I will say thanks to you and your staff for all you guys have done in my quest of completely starting over at 35 years old.

By the way Bedros, I look good in a suite…You havent lived till you have seen that…. LOL

See you in April

Chad Northcutt

Sup Bedros,

Overdelivering as always. We wouldn’t have a recession in this country if Harvard taught your stuff.

Anyways, Andrew and I will definitely be there. Everything we have learned thus far from you and your crew has been spot on. It’s helping us touch more lives, change more paradigms, and ultimately build a healthier tomorrow for our community (local and global!).

Thank you for the inspiration and empowerment!

Best,

- Casey

Why I am attending FBS10 even if I don’t win VIP access…

1. I wasn’t even a personal trainer when I went last year- and because of the information I received from you and the other presenters- I opened my own personal training studio 90 days later.. right before my 21st birthday.

2. I think the reason I absorbed so much last year is because when everyone was getting crunk at Dave & Busters.. I was sitting in my hotel room studying what we went over that day, because I was not old enough to attend the grande extravaganza. Only to realize later that all I had to do was walk in D&B with someone 25 or older (Pshh…What the F..)

3. After seeing the value in all your products and services- The Art Of Selling Fitness, FitPronewsletter, Close Clients DVD, Fitness Studio Formula, Fitness Marketing Manifesto, and of course, PTPower.com- I also joined Fit Body Bootcamp in October 2009 and as of this month I am now on pace for $111,108 this year.

4. My goal now is by my 22nd birthday is to be making $222,222 per year. Basically just because I like the number 2. And because I’m turning 22, it just makes sense ; )

All of this is possible because of the mind shift I had at FBS09. I know that FBS10 will be even better and I will get much more out of it since I actually own a fitness business now. (Especially since it’s a FBBC)

On a side note, I feel I deserve the VIP treatment since I was left in my hotel room last year during the D&B festivities watching reruns of Gilmore Girls.

See you in May!

Xoxo,

John Thompson

Bakersfield Fit Body Bootcamp.

I have been climbing the Everest of my business and I haven’t died yet……It’s about time I reach the Summit and finally see what the universe has to offer!

Bedros and his sphere of influence will take my business and lifestyle to the peak!

If I don’t go the this seminar I will go in the guiness book for the longest climb to the “Summit” of Mt. Business….

I was there from the beginning….count me in like always, buddy!

Bedros,

If anyone deserves a chance to grow there business it is us. My name is Derek Wohlers VP of the KG Sports Foundation a 501(c)-3 non-profit organization. I have been following you for years during the development of my personal training business Life Performance Enhancement http://www.lpecoaching.com. I implemented every piece of advice you and Chris have given that was financially feasable. I have been a market anhilator member for over a year and a hitech trainer user for nearly 4 years. I’ve reached the 100k marker! Couldn’t have done it without your help!!

KG Sports Foundation will increase character development of all those who participate through sports, sport specific training, health services, mentoring programs, academic/athletic scholarships, and more. We are a christian based organization and would love to use your info to further God’s purpose for our organization.

Hope to hear from you,

Derek Wohlers

Bedros,

I’m a 56 year old female and I’ve worked for others all my life. I recently starting working my fitness and boot camp business and I want to learn more secrets on how to leave my part-time corp job and go fulltime into helping women 50 and over get healthy and lose that post menopause belly.

I have read all you post and listen your information for approximately a year and I have seen my business start to grow but I know their is so more I can do but I need you help.

I now use your Fitness Pro Newsletter and my clients love me even more. I’m finally realizing how to add value above price.

Thanks!

Pam Rumi

thebodymakeovercoach.com

Hi Bedros,
I’m 21 and live in Brisbane, Australia. I have been in the fitness industry for a little over 12 months now. I own and operate a small studio and co-own a bootcamp franchise (not yours, sorry). My businesses have been going great, the only problem is that I am my business. I consistently spend 14-15 hrs a day at my studio. The biggest thing I need to learn is how to run my business rather than being run by it. I think attending the FBS would be a really great opportunity to learn from the best and take my businesses to the next level. I’m not aware of anything in Australia which brings the best in the business together like you do at FBS. Obviously coming all the way from Aus to attend the summit is going to be a massive expense especially when I lose my 60 sessions I would usually take in the week. I’m more than prepared to fork out for the airfare and take the time off (plus I’ve never been overseas so that would be cool).

Anyway that’s it from me. Thanks for all the great products you put out and the awesome info that continually hits my inbox.

I want to attend FBS10 because I wanna help many people. I wanna make them fitter, healthier, happier. I wanna help them to be successfull as possible.

I am from overseas and we have a lot of things to do here. I wanna get as much knowledge I can get and use it for good.
And I wanna learn from the best.

It would friggin me out to win VIP access to Fitness Business Summit10

Daniel

Hey Bedros, how are you buddy?

First, let me just say thank you for this opportunity and thank you for being such a giving person!

I would “R-E-A-L-L-Y” like to be able to attend the fitness business summit this year. I would have gone last year but I was really struggling with my business and could not afford to go, let alone take time off to go. Truthfully, I am still struggling, but moving along better than before now that I have met you and been reading your blog and tips! Business is not great, but it’s better now than last year (because of your help) and I may actually be able to take time off to go this year…I could easily drive to the summit this year and I will….And I will sleep in my car if I have too!

I’ve been busting my ass at this now independently for almost three years as well as working on my degree all at the same time. I don’t get a chance to even take a day off in fact. I am ALWAYS working on something and taking action on some aspect of my business. I know that if I just keep pushing forward that eventually I will pull through and start making a decent living, but it’s been an uphill struggle all the way thus far. I know that with your expertise and guidance I can pull myself out of this horrible financial rut I am in.

I have all of your educational materials and have been studying them relentlessly, but still I seem to be missing some key element…. (uh, like enough paying clients!) I’d really like to attend the summit this year and learn from you in the flesh.

I am completely dedicated to this business and I love helping people with their fitness and fat loss goals and I’m pretty damn good at it (the helping part, just not so much the marketing and sales part) so I hope that you will choose me! I promise that when I’ve made my goals that I will pay this debt forward 100 fold! (even if you don’t choose me)

Thanks Bedros

Hope to see you at the Summit this year

JJ Brawley

I’ll keep it simple, Bedros!

I’m a MASSIVE ACTION taker. The only trouble is that my massive actions seem to produce pitiful results.

I blame no one but myself, and truly believe I need face time with the best and brightest in the industry.

Where better than Fitness Business Summit?

Thanks Bedros,

CC

Bedros,

I thank you for being so selfless in your services unto trainers of all levels. I have learned so much from just your weekly thoughts and blogs! PtPower, The Seven Habits, and everything else!

1. I am attending the conference because I know that being a true entrepreneur in the Fitness Industry involves focused open mindedness. I have both my certifications out of California (NASM CPT//SPINNING), and also many fitness advisors (including yourself). I will not stop learning and advancing my knowledge in this profession, and it will be worth every piece of energy hosting myself from Savannah, GA.

2. This conference will benefit my business and my mission. My Personal Training Business’ primary goal is to keep the customer (like many others on this page). Experience and wisdom has, and always will be worth more than what I $ make.

Semper Fi,

Jason Klein, USMCR SSU, CPT
Fitness Revolutions of Savannah, GA
FitRevolutions.com

I would love the opportunity to come and listen to different trainers and people that have a passion for fitness. I would be a true inspiration to become a part of the Fitness Business Summit of 2010..

B,

Your techniques are great, and produce real results. I will purchasing your “Close 9 out of 10″ CD and have already learned, and applied what I have taken from your emails and blogs.

And it all came at the right time. All my questions answered!! That’s the law of attraction working at its finest!!

Being able to learn from you firsthand would be a great experience, and The feedback that I would receive would be unparalleled. Plus, a VIP suite would be a nice touch…ok, I’m just saying..

Keep doing what you’re doing…So glad I found about you!

In Good Health Always

I would love to attend the FBS 2K10, because I am hungry to learn and apply the techniques that Bedros and his friends will offer, this will be my first FBS 2K10.

Hi Bedros:

I’ll keep this short & sweet. I’d love to attend FBS to:
1. meet you, Steve and the crew; and
2. meet like-minded people to network with & to keep the fires stoked & generate the results I want.

Of course, I’d love to hear the latest & greatest business strategies & tactics, but the psychology of Steve and connection are what I’m looking for.

Thanks for the opportunity!

Bedros Keuilian!

Greetings and salutations!

Being as though I am a novice to the health & fitness industry and yet I only have hours upon hours to truly become a master! They say, who ever the heck “they” may be…that it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at whatever ones passionate about. I think to myself, WOW!! Along my journey and passion to make a difference in the lives of many, run my business and yet continue to grow/develop/learn/teach as a confident female Personal Trainer/ Massage Therapist I really think about what
is needed to accomplish such status of that caliber??!!
Although MANY are eager to gain such VIP status for their own reasons which respectfully are a fully representation of what they thrive on my personal reasons stand as such-> Having the opportunity to be around future mentors, people who will inspire me and hopefully I can share my ways with as well, being as though I am a sponge to every piece of knowledge that one exhales, spits, spreads and unconditionally gives, knowing how many people I’ve linked up with has shared there experience at the summit and it being my first time attending, most importantly be given the opportunity to see, envelop knowledge, work with and meet YOU Bedros, feel connected, refreshed, inspired to completely take the next leap in my over all development as business & professional. I KNOW I need guidance and to me there’s nothing more exciting & humbling about being given this RIDICULOUS opportunity to excel. Listening to people that have the tools is profound and a wonderful opportunity.
I would kindly like to be given the opportunity to experience such event with arms and mind open to the fullest! =)

Sincerely,

Lisa Marie
*KBS*

Bedros,

I have recently opened a small fitness facility after completing a 27 year law enforcement career. I reviewed your internet sites and informative e-mails for a few years in preparation of openning my facility. I recently started with your Fit Pro Newsletter and have been very impressed with the quality of the product and service. I am very interested in taking the steps required in learning how to properly expand my business. I certainly have the passion for the fitness business however, I have so very much to learn about creative marketing and selling techniques. I would benefit immensely with the opportunity to attend the Fitness Busniness Summit and learn from the experts who have “been there and done that.”
I truely appreciate all that you do.
Thanks for the generous opportunity.

S.Hecksel

Just watching the video was great! I really felt the energy! I would love to be spending a weekend with people who share the same passion. Attending this summit would help me greatly with growing my buisness.Thanks for this opportunity and all the help you have given me already just with your e-mails and yes Bedros, I do like and trust you although I have never met you.
Monika

I’ve been a personal trainer for over 20 years and have always considered myself relatively successful. I was gym manager at my club with a large clientele and pulling in about $100,000/yr.

Then, the economy took a nosedive, my club told me they couldn’t pay my salary anymore, some of my clients lost their businesses and jobs, and others had to cut back on training. My income dropped in half. At the same time, my wife quit her job and we bought a gift shop. Since the economy tanked right after we bought the shop, sales went from over $700,000/yr. to $500,000/yr. and the shop doesn’t make enough to pay my wife’s salary. With all of the loans we’ve taken out, we are barely surviving on my income alone and struggle each month to pay bills, house payment and groceries.

I have since, built my training back up a little, but I’ve been doing mostly one-on-one sessions, and a loss of just one or two clients makes a big impact. My strengths are in marketing and promotion (including advertising, graphic design and web design), I’ve also have past success with several body transformation challenges, but I’ve been too busy to do what I need to do.

I know I need to delegate duties, get trainers working under me and concentrate on growing my business, offer boot camps and group sessions, stop selling packages and use EFT monthly billing, etc. It’s time I get serious and take charge my future. I can’t see myself continuing in the same fashion for another 20 years.

I’m hoping you can help me Bedros, and inspire me and give me the tools so I can stop being a slave to my business, and make my business really work for me. I don’t just want to get back a 6-figure business, I want a 7-figure business!

Please choose me for the VIP access to your Fitness Business Summitt, and I will be your best success story and testimonial.

Thank you,
Mitch Chase

Hey Bedros,
Regardless of winning we already bought our tickets last year for this year which brings me to why Troy and I should win. Last year before FBS 09 Troy starting showing me all this “stuff” from you and of course I was skeptical however, he went and bought it anyway.haha. Then the big whammy came he said “listen I really want to go to this fitness summitt, this is how much it costs, this is how long it is, this is what it is about and I really want you to go with me!” He proceeded to show me video’s online of you and Steve H. for hours until I gave in and said fine we’ll go. He asked one thing of me please keep and open mind and please try to really buy in to this it’s important.” So we bought everything you know hotels, flights,tickets the dvd that came with it after the summitt. You name we bought it. THEN YOU ARE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS He’says “oh this thing opened up in Austin and it would mean the world if you would support the fact that I want to go. Please find me a flight (so I did) And he went to your renegade tour. :’)Which by the way one of the best decisions he ever made! Well the end of April 09 rolls around and since I was a restaurant manager and we dont’ get much vacation I had to work 16 days in a row to get the time off to go. We got on a plane at 6am that thursday morning and I was exhausted all I wanted to do was sleep. But the whole way he talked this fitness summitt up. He was so excited!!!! Of course we were like the first ones to early check in on thursday night and the first people we met were Alison and Marilyn. And from that point on things were amazing. They were so awesome talked to us for a few minutes and then we went on our way. Not really sure what to expect we got up real early the next morning got right into the room and sat in the front. (Geez if I only knew I was allowed to sprint onto stage I could of made a couple of bucks that day!!!) The rest of the story goes like this I finally got to meet you and guess what it was that you said to me well I won’t tell but Troy, Steve and I were standing there and we talked about men’s urine:):) Freakin FUNNY! Right! I guess after that I really bought into everything and by mid summitt Troy was tackeling people so he could be the first person as a charter memeber of FitBody Bootcamp!! Which I believe he was successful with and by the last day I was actually buying our tickets for this year not him! CRAZY HUH! Needless to say going last year was more than worth it our lives have changed so much for the better because of it and we met some really great people!! Since then we also have been to the info summitt WHICH WAS AWESOME!!!!! Every event you have is more than worth it so no matter what we are there!

So if nothing else I hope someone who isn’t sure if they want to go reads this, it changes their mind and they join us in Cali! It’s a really great time!!!!

PS THE OTHER REASON YOU SHOULD PICK US IS WE ARE GETTING MARRIED THE WEEKEND BEFORE THE SUMMITT!!! Just kidding that’s not a good reason. :’)
See ya soon but the suite would be nice.

But I am serious our wedding date is 4/23/2010!

Bedros,

One way or another, there will be a time where I will be at a fitness summit surrounded by you guys. I believe in myself so hard that if I win this opportunity to attend the fitness summit for free, it will only speed up the inevitable.

I want to attend the fitness summit to have the opportunity to surround myself with successful fitness enthusiasts to help me, and with my growing experience, to have an ability to share anything I can give as well.

I am entrepreneur minded, dedicated, persistent, and follow all the habits of a highly successful individual. If you choose me as the winner to attend the fitness summit, consider it an investment in the future.

Thank you for the opportunity! The Art of Selling Fitness, Close 9 Out of 10 Clients, and your website have shown me so much that it has added to my passion significantly!

BK,

Well there are a lot of great stories above and I am sure its gonna be tough to choose. A year ago at this time, my biz was putting around, had steady clients, enjoyed what I did, however had no clue how to run a business. I lacked direction and business skills.

I always knew I had potential to grow the business but needed a mentor and a coach. ‘When the Student is ready, a teacher appears’! You stepped up to the plate and I bought ‘The Art of Seeling Fitness’ and ‘How to Close 9 out of 10 Clients’ Info Products. I believed in your system and took MASSIVE ACTION!

One year later, I have a Vblog that is rocking, TV Segment of Local TV Station, and finally running a successfull business with direction. I now am the ‘Local Fitness Expert’ and currently am running a FREE Community Outreach Program ‘Bigger Loser 8 Week Competition’. This 8 Week Boot Camp is FREE of charge and is a way for me to give back to my community and make it healthier.

BK you made it HAPPEN BABY! You ignited a fire within me, and I am ever so grateful for your coaching. I would like to go the SUMMIT so I can give you the best TESTIMONIAL for you and your products.

Stick with Bedros, he’s the BOMB!

I am Ron Mourra and I approve this message!

Without BK help

Bedros, I have a private studio which has been open just over three years now. Following the worst summer EVER this year I began implementing a lot of your marketing strategies that I learned through System 9 and other areas. We followed up the wrorst summer ever with the best January EVER! I know your strategies work and I also know that if I attended the SUMMIT I could take this studio to a whole new level. Plus…you ROCK BK!! That’s really why you should pick me!

Hey Bedros,
This will be my fourth Fitness Summit this year and I certainly wouldn’t miss it. You’d think that I’d have had enough of these things by now, after all, what more can Bedros provide? I’ve taken his advice to re-invent my career and more than tripled my teacher’s salary by going ‘fitness’ full time. I’ve hired him for a year as my mentor and I’m currently in his 100K Mastermind group.
Bedros continues to deliver time after time. I’m always inspired to push myself and business to the next level when I’m around him and the amazing guests he brings to the Summit. I’d love the VIP suite Bedros, but seriously, I’d stay in a cardboard box if I had to in order to attend. (Probably not a strong case to choose me, but, oh well!)
Thanks to you and all your hard work to support us.
Your biggest fan,
Shawna Kaminski

Im writing this on my iPhone after training a client I have obtained after discovering ptpower. I began training people @the start of college back in 2004. I had aspirations of going to med school and becoming a doctor who cured people back to health. But after I got a taste of being a trainer, I now feel like Im the one who prevents people from having to goto the doctor. I made just enough to get by at the time, but watching your videos as well as steve hochmans, it really just lit a fire under my ass. It allowed me to move forward, move into a better place, and just overall mental health has improved.
This sounds more like a success story, but it is! If I can do so much from your blog, I can’t imagine the possibilities of attending the fitness summit. People often ask “isn’t it hard to make a living off of just training?”
My response has never had so much conviction than now. Thanks Bedros and company.

Bedros, I have implimented many of your fitness business ideas since I became a trainer three years ago. I am always working to be a full time Trainer. Like many Trainers I hold down a full time job as well to support my family. Most of my trainer money goes to online college and the rest goes into my business as a Trainer. Business would improve with attendance at the Fitness Summit. I work really hard at changeing my clients lives forever. There is never enough money to go around though. I would love to be under your wing for three days. I believe it would be life altering for me personally and my business and clients would benefit. Fitness is my passion, teach me how to fish so I can eat for a lifetime.

Thanks for the motivation
Trainer Paul

I attended the Summit last year and loved it so much I want to go every year now! Bedros, I have learned more from you and your emails this past year than I have from other business coaching programs…you have been so gracious with your information and I appreciate how you always want to give back! I believe that’s how success comes to us when we give, so thank you for that. Recently I used the Billboard program and within 2 hours of sending out the email (before Craig’s List) I had 11 people signed up! I also used the lead boxes this year which worked well, although not everyone wants to have them in there business, so I’d like to learn more about the marketing of them. I want to come this year to learn more from you and your keynote speakers so that one day, I too may be successful enough to be one of your speakers! Again, thank you for everything and for offering this wonderful opportunity to us.

Hi Bedros,

Thank you for doing what you do.

I stumbled upon ptpower.com about three months ago, and have never been more motivated to continue a career in fitness. A little about myself…In the last year, I graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology as well as became an ACE Certified Trainer. While degrees and certifications are great, I was lost on how to market and grow a business. So lost, I was questioning why I even went into the field. I live in central Iowa, and fitness isn’t quite as “happening” as it is in other parts of the country. I know I’m going to have to work hard at convincing my fellow Iowans that training with me will be one of the best decisions of their life. However, I’m confident it can happen with your help.

I hope to meet you someday soon! Thanks, Bedros.

Jeff

Hi Bedros,

I am a self employed trainer working in a small northern California town in an even smaller gym. I welcome the opportunity to attend your Fitness Business Summit, so that I can turn this little unfit town around into a place where fitness is a happening thing. In doing my tax return for 2009 last week, I found I made less than $10,000 for THE ENTIRE YEAR, pathetic. I don’t want to tell you the real figure because it is just too embarrassing.

I want to help people live longer and healthier lives and be able to make a comfortable living for myself and family as well.

Thank you for the oppuritunity,

In good health,
Roq

I have been praying to find help and an education on how to make my fitness business grow and enable me to serve people in my community, as well as friends, family,and ministry members be fit, and lean and strong. As well as work with younger athletes who want to improve their ability to compete as a high school athlete, or earn a college scholarship to get an education as well as compete on the collegiate level. I used to work in the gym, but have been trying to build this on my own…And I have found I need help, and guidance and a mentor..unfortunately in the past I had some difficulties that debts that have made it difficult to invest in my business they way I know I need to. Eventually I know I will be able to be successful with this, but at the moment I have been searching for help and praying that god enables me to serve the people who need my abilities and knowledge…and that it empowers me to do more for the Lord in ministry and bringing people to a life with christ. One of my prayers is to bring 1 million people to christ through fitness, ministry, film, music and whatever mediums I can use, especially with the help of my core ministry group under singles for christ and couples for christ, as well as pro life, theology of the body from pope john paul 2, and gawad kalinga. Taking care of the body and honoring the gift of our bodies for each other in marriage or vocation as a temple of the holy spirit is a core part of the message in theology of the body.

From what I’ve heard, read and seen, FBS10 is pretty much guaranteed to skyrocket the success of any individual or business that applies the proven methods all the speakers will share with us. I missed the train last year, I’m not missing it this year. I’d be doing myself and my business a disservice by not attending this summit. As a frequent visitor to PTPOWER and Steve hochmans blog and Chris blog, I know you all rock it, and I’ve already taken so much of what you’ve given me and turned it into great stuff. Thank you for all of your contributions, I really appreciate all you do. I’ll definitely take away with me a load of ideas, plans and fuel to drive my fitness business towards success… Whether I win this VIP package or not, you can be sure I’ll be there at FBS10 soaking it all up like a sponge, and transmuting it all into massive action…Thanks again and keep it up! Your hard work is much appreciated!

Bedros,
I would like to attend the fitness summit. Simply becuase I have missed out on all the major events because of finances and timming. I havent been able to capatalize on your information and great programs because, either I didnt have the cash in time for the deal line or I couldnt get to the event because of having to work.I currently use Fit Pro Newsletter and have bought a few of your cds. This would be a great oppourtunity for me to take advantage of your systems. Also I will be a walking billboard for you and your company (not that its needed.) Get me set up and I will make the money to purchase more of your stuff. I have been using your techniques for the last 4 months and my business is starting to pick up. Thanks for considering I will try to go either way. I love you man!!! Where where you 20 years ago when I started? Keep up the work brother. BTW go back to the bald head its Gangsta LOL

WHAT’S UP BEDROS?!! My name is BLAKE and I live in Laguna Niguel CA with my wife Martha. I’m 23 years young and work as an independent contractor for Snap Fitness. I am really ambitious and I really enjoy spreading the love of fitness to my clients. It doesn’t feel like I ever have to go to work except when I have to go to my second job which sucks because it doesn’t even compare to training. I am trying to succeed in personal training, but I don’t have a mentor and I don’t have much money to invest because I living pay check-pay check. BUT I THINK I SHOULD GET VIP because I have the willingness to do what it takes, tenacity to help others, but I can’t do that without knowing exactly what to do. I have been doing this for 3 years and I love it more than my wife!! Whether I get VIP or not you will see me this year, because now I can afford it (your in my neck of the woods now!! =) I wish I knew about you a long time ago. Well BE GOOD BRO!!! Pick me and I will be your best success story and you will make a difference for me to do the same for others.

Hi Bedros,
I have heard great things about the summit. I am a Personal Trainer with a lot of potential. I am hard working, proactive and open minded. I want to be the best I can be and absorb what I can. With the help of brilliant minds of the Fitnsess business summit I am confident I can rock 2010!
Thanks,
Paul

OH!!! AND IF YOU NEED REFERENCES FROM ANYONE I KNOW OR ANY OF MY CLIENTS TO FIGURE OUT IF I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO, I WILL GLADLY GIVE YOU #’S TO CALL SO YOU KNOW THAT I AM SERIOUS ABOUT SUCCEEDING.

Bedros,
Dynamic New bootcamp of 5 months! Projected sales are staggering….. Never purchased any of your systems yet. Why??? Your blogs and emails have inspired me enough to be one of your Top next testimonials. Love to share my success at the Fitness Business Summit 2010 and win that VIP access. Hook me up and I will inspire thousands!

Hey Bedros,
I don’t know what else I could say that the hundreds of other of your followers have already said, but Ill just lay it out there for you. I am a 25 year old father of two boys. I work full time as gas attendant and work my training clients around that wild schedule. I dream of the day when I can call myself a personal trainer and thats it. No day job or other job, just training. Which would lead to gym owner one day then after that end up like you, chris and steve were my business runs itself and I can do whatever I want. My family lives in a ONE bedroom house that is smaller than 1000 square feet(theres 4 of us!) and we have a pretty good chunk of debt. Going to the FBS 10 would mean the world to me because there I can learn the tools from the masters to completely smash the competition in Portland and reach all my goals for my business and family. Meeting you and all the other masters would give me the confidence and drive to go after it. Plus the weather sucks in Portland and I wanna see some sun! Good luck in making this tough decision and thanks for all your great free content and info. Ive learned so much already, hope to meet you someday so I can thank you in person.
Thanks B!
Josh Henri
Solid Ground Personal Training
Gresham Oregon

Hey bedros ive been working at a personal training studio for the past 2 years. And I’m looking to start my own business and really would like to the knowledge and tools that I, need to open on my own to start my business and have it running on all systems GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope to hear back from you ASAP

Bedros,

Here’s whats up.

I want to help A LOT of people and make boat loads of cash. In order to do that I’ve realized I need to develop awesome marketing/sales skills and systems.

You are a marketing genius and you make it fun and easy to learn mind blowing marketing/sales skills and systems.

Being with high energy, focused, motivated, massive action takers who are killing it with their fitness businesses is priceless. Meeting, networking and building relationships with these like minded professionals will help me reach bigger and better goals waaaay faster than I ever could on my own.

I will likely earn hundred of thousands of dollars if/when I apply the things that you and the other presenters will teach.

FBS will be so valuable, so effective, and so much fun someone would have to pay me A LOT of money not to go.

Thanks for everything Bedros,

see you at FBS 2010

I live here in sunny california,I live only 30mins away!So I hope someone from far far away wins…I’ll be there this year for the first time! and I can’t wait. just to see and hear Bedros K. is worth it for me! and next year I can tell my story in 2011. at the FBS….Good Luck everyone see ya there!
“MK”

Why I’d like to attend:
It’s simple, I have always know since I was 15 I wanted to be in the health world, regardless of what it was to help people take better care of themselves throught mind, body and spirit. Everyday when not teaching or training, I am CONSTANTLY studying or reading to gain knowledge of health topics to better serve those I train and teach.I may still be young (30) but my passion and drive to take on more clients and learn sales in this field are HUGE!To learn from elite individuals in this field would be an honor to attend.
In life we can be teachers but we will never stop being students!We learn from those who teach us but we also learn from those we teach! I want to NEVER stop learning or teaching in this field for many,many, many years to come.
Good luck to everyone!
May 2010 of the Fitness Business Summit be a BLAST!!

Bedros -

You’re calling is obviously helping people. It’s why I ultimately entered the fitness industry as well. The reason you should choose me for the VIP access to your Fitness Business Summit is the exponential potential I possess to help others, thereby maximizing the return on your investment in me.

You see, I am a manager of a corporate fitness center with 13 trainers currently reporting to me. Our client is a $14 billion biotechnology firm, but despite this we are not reaching our earning potential at the site nor the expectations of our corporate office in N.Y.

The information I gain at the Summit I can take immediately to my trainers in order to make then successful. When they are successful, the clients become successful. When the clients are successful, the Director of Personal Training becomes successful; when he becomes successful, I become successful. When I become successful, the entire site becomes successful, because I am their representative.

But this is not where the fun stops. You see my company is one of the major players in the corporate fitness business with 117 Fortune 500 clients in 17 states and ~1,500 employees. The potential doesn’t stop there, as we have been named to Inc. magazines “Fastest Growing Private Companies” in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with a 73% growth rate since 2005. When my company takes note of the success of one of its’ flagship operations (namely mine), I will take what you teach me at the Summit company-wide and ultimately help the 1,499 other employees clients they reach. This is where we get the exponential “mushroom effect,” and I am not really sure of the number of lives we will ultimately touch here. Let’s just say it will make a lot more people than just me successful - and healthy.

Thanks for the opportunity Bedros!
Jim

I want to be there, just because I want to learn with the best of the bussines and bring back to my country cutting edge strategies to kick fitness market butts.

Regards from Yucatán México

Hey Bedros! It’s Surayyah from Cleveland, OH. Sure I could come up with one million reasons why I’d like my partner, Juan Toney and I to attend the Summit, but the number one reason is simple. You have been such a critical component to our fitness business! I view Juan as the most intelligent man I’ve ever known. His knowledge on health and fitness is undeniable. He’s always been a heavy hitter business man too, but when you couple that with the information, resources and tools that YOU bring to the forefront…its a WIN-WIN situation. You have played a tremendous role in our success and our “thank you” is heartfelt. The idea of engaging you and yours in a live forum could quite possibly be the missing link to putting us over the top. We thank you for all of your insight, inspiration, and willingness to teach others.

-Always Learning,
Surayyah

i want to attend because I have already bought your PT business course and your 9 of 10 sales pt and I love the way its presented in simplicity.

Im gonna own my own pt centers across the country and its just a matter of time. All I have to do is study your stuff to perfection and copy the genious!

It will help me to take one step closer to my dream and I want to make 6 figures before 2011

Bedros,

This is my second post I would love to attend this ! THis is just the jump start I need. Please pick me. I ll pay for your dinner when I get there. LOL I am a true believer in the system. Im coming no matter what but only having to pay Air fare is a good deal.
C

Hi Bedros.

I am a struggling fitness professional in a small Indiana town. My wife doesn’t have the biggest support for what I do as I have had a tough time trying to do the right things to build an income for us through my business. I started via word of mouth, boot camps in two different towns nearby but only have just a few clients. My classmates love my classes and want to help as much as they can but I know if I am not able to make it work, it will be impossible for them. I just don’t have any money at all to invest in my business! We are very much in debt and every little dime I make goes right back into these debts. I need this Summit to help me jump start my business and life - networking with the best in our industries and learning how I can do it in the environment I find myself in.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Brian

B. I have been a huge fan and follower for just a year after one day I typed in to google personal training marketing. I am now going to open up my first One Hundred Percent Fitness because in the healthclubs I work at they charge so much in rent I finally found a client that own a biulding and is allowing me to open up a studio. Now I am getting the hell away from these healthclub owners that no noithing about marketing or sales I finally can goto work using you and Cris and Steves tools. I am opening in march and would love to learn mpore I got one chance to make this work because I am dumping everything into this. I need this to work or I am f%@#ed! No joke if this studio does not make me money the other healthclubs won’t take me back. I need this B. I am 34 years old and finally get a chance to use your marketing tools and entroduce myself as Pittsburghs #1 Fitness Expert. One chance please help me stay alive. Jason Ferraro Trainer J P.S. I want to start the boot camps and group training when I open no more one on ones. Thanks and have a healthy day B. http://www.trainerj1.com 412-408-3335 GOD help Bedros in his disicion to choose me and my wife. We need this bad. Amen.

I would love to win this! I’ve been building my new business over the past 4 months, and the more successful I am with my business the more crossroads of Rhode Island receives from me each month.I give a portion of my training sessions each month to the homeless, It’s my way of giving back. I was homeless 8 1/2 yers ago, read my story http://www.crossroadsri.org look up “marathon man” so you get a feel of where I came from. Bedros,you have been my mentor over the past few years. In so many ways I’ve gotten alot of advice from you and you don’t even know it. I would love to have this great opportunity, so you could give me some more great suggestions on how to make my bussiness successful. If i’m succesful then I can give back even more than what I’m giving now!!!We could hopefully keep one more mother,father and child off the streets

Thank You for everything you do!

Chris Geagon
check out my website I think you’ll like it! http://www.mainstreetfitnessri.com

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Bedros!
I want to go to the Fitness Business Summit in Anaheim, California April 30th – May 2nd! I would love to apply for the VIP suite.

We are doing WAY better in February buddy! Thanks for all your help!

Have a great President’s weekend. Oh, if you are in Big Bear, make sure to got to Sandy’s restaurant and bar. I use to be a Girl Scout Camp Counselor for Rock Climbing & Ropes Course in 2005 for a summer. My nick name was sunshine. Too funny…

Until we meet again,
Your buddy,
Irma

Bedros,

I am new to the fitne ss business A near fatal heart attack and the subsequent cardiac rehab (I am now 56 yo) brought me to the fitness business. This probably sounds hokey if tou’ve never been there (but I find it is a common feeling) but I feel that I was keft here for a reason and that is to make a difference in peoples lives through fitness and nutrition. Obviously the more successful I am the more people that I can help. By the way, I have lost over 40 pounds and 8 inches off of my waist. My cardiologist says that I have the lipid profile of a 30 year old and the fitness to match. So my perspective comes from a “been there done that” type of experience.

Thanks for the opportunity!!!!!

My vote goes to Joey Vaillancourt!

Reading Joey’s email reminded me when I made a $7K investment into a strangers hands to coach me to a 5 figure business.

That decision over the last 4 has lead me to a 5 figure, 6 figure and now 7 figure business… i should be at a 8 figure business by the age of 35.

Bedros throws on a world class event and all the speakers OVER DELIVER (it’s not a watered down content pitch fest like most events) and the networking is INCREDIBLE.

If you miss out and your biz does not continue to grow then you’ll have no one to blame but yourself!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ME! Wow! I’M SO EXCITED TO BE YOUR WINNER!
(hows that for confidance?!) I’ve obviously got tons, & there’s more where that came from! Now all I have to do is to convince you that I’m the right choice?! How fun!
Ok, for starters, I got my training certification 2 years ago, and have grown my business to something I can be proud of. But it’s never enough! I think that when a person has reached a personal level of satisfaction, well, then they must be dead! There’s no such thing for me! If you’re not growing and learning and inspiring to be better, not only as a person, but in all aspects of life, then you’re not really living!
I’m a 45 year old mom of identical twin, 5 year old boys…. (that alone should be reason enough for me to win! …)
I need a “me” break!! Also, I’m a Deputy Sheriff..(for 24 years)and have always had a love of helping others. I guess that’s one of the reasons why being a trainer was so appealing to me,.. essentially, they’re very similar careers! Counseling, training and working with people who are dissatisfied with their lives, sometimes to the point of making some very bad decisions, can be corrected! With hard work and determination, we can achieve remarkable results! Life is a work in progress and nothing worth having comes easy! I’m great at guiding people in the right direction to make positive changes, but I CAN BE BETTER!
That’s where you come in!! GUIDE ME! TEACH ME! TRAIN ME!
The better I am as a business person, the better I am as a trainer, a teacher, a deputy, and a MOM!
You’ve impressed me, Boudros, now let me impress you!
I guarantee, you wont be dissappointed!

Hi Bedros!

I own my own personal training studio in Folsom, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. I have been in business for over 5 years now and I want to take my studio to the next level. By viewing your podcasts and reading your blogs I feel that I can benefit from your overall experience. Please invite me to the Fitness Business Summit 2010. I feel I have a lot to offer my community and I just need a boost in the right direction.
Thanks and I appreciate the chance for this great opportunity!

Bedros,
The reason I would like to win is for my family. I’m 23, am currently sitting inside of St. Joseph’s Hospital after having my second daughter, and plotting a million and one ways to be the biggest, baddest personal trainer (personal training business owner) ever. I blog about success like I’ve got a million in the bank already, and motivate my clients and people around me every day to try and live their dreams. But it seems to fall on deaf ears. Why? Because really I still work at a bar 3 nights a week to pay the bills and put food in my family’s mouth. Any money I make from personal training for $11/hr goes into investing in more knowledge. I have about $100/month going to Facebook Ads, have spent over $300 in the last few months on your products alone, as well as about $100/month between IYCA membership, personaltraineru, ptonthenet, and strengthcoach.com memberships. After that, I’m completely tapped out. Any clients I’m picking up from your advice goes to really just catching up on other financial areas. This of course will change once your “Close 9 out of 10 clients” dvd arrives at my door and I set up EFT on my website. But nonetheless, I’m FAR behind the level of some of these guys posting, but plan to succeed FAR beyond them.

I just had my 2nd daughter yesterday, and really my 2nd Princess. I heard a line on the radio on Valentine’s Day where the host asked the caller what he would get his girl, and he said “a down payment on the world, because they deserve it.” Well you know what? I want to pay for the world in cash for my 2 girls (and beautiful loving wife). And I know that through the FBS I can do so, because the wealth of knowledge I’ve gained from you’re $20 products has blown my mind. So I KNOW the FBS is worth 10-fold what its price will be. I’m currently watching the IYCA summit streaming online which I missed for my daughter, and a huge fear of mine (one of my few) is missing the FBS because I financially can’t handle to do so and have to wait an entire year while everyone else with the same goals as me are armed with the tools to accomplish them and I’m left in the dust.

Dedicated to my success,
Mark Lopez

The reason I went last year and will go again this year is the same reason my clients hire me. “MOTIVATION & INFORMATION”.

I need the push, the accountability, the knowledge, the access to resources . . . again the same reasons my clients come to our fitness studio. Results.

I came last year, I’ll come this year and I’ll go next year because repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action and the architect of accomplishment.

Thanks Bedros for being there!
Rick

Hi Bedros
I’ll be straight with you and say there are just 2 reasons I would be grateful to attend the Summit.

I need 1) the support and 2)the education. I have become the sole-income provider for my family after my husband was laid off over a year ago. I’ve been in business for myself for several years and I KNOW I can be better and smarter at what I do and I BELIEVE the Summit would move me forward by leaps and bounds!

What was once an enjoyable part-time job has become a vital necessity of survival. I not only NEED to be successful, I WANT to be the “Best of the Best”!

Every program you have out has me nothing short of spectacular and I’ve bought into them with absolute certainty that it will my business and indeed it has. I’m still in business because of you and I wiould love the opportunity to meet the man behind the brand and Thank him personally. Enough about my rantings but simply put…You are awesome!!!! Thank you for picking me.

Committed to your brand,

Joe

Bedros, I have been a trainer nutritionist, in San Fernando Valley, since 1985. I could drop some old gym names from that time but thats not the point. I love helping people. The money comes and goes, with that saying, I have traveled to India, Bollywod, South Africa, and Thailand 2007 thru 2009, teaching PT, seminars, and working with Bollywood stars. In 2003, I invented a high end luxury gym chair. It’s the best no doubt. I have funded the build out, prototype, till now. I built it, and now seek a team to help with my ideal market and distribute to my ideal market plan. I will endorse it along with that team. A inventor, simply learns from failure. My marketing strategy is aimed at the luxury goods, market’s in America to India and around the world. I have developed a name brand in India, as well. Lawrence Of America… I am the pharang trainer, who saved Sanjay Dutts, life a legend Bollywood star, from exercise and simple basic foods, right under his nose in that land. Basically, we all no how good we feel after we exercise for the scientific reasons. But food in is as important. Now, in America again, I have done one thing is to find high energy, people in the business to help, promote and learn mind full ways to continue my dream. I dont no how I found you, but I have witnessed a very alike person in you. You simply are using your lessons, in the business for others to learn from. Thats what I want. All tho, its not in personal trainer methods, its about helping others feel good. My product does that. It may not pertain to what you seek, but in any case if we don’t try, we don’t get. Simple law of nature. All the best. Lawrence Of America. That url, is a link to my success. I trained one man, worked the surrounding area’s in Bollywood, such as Golds Gym International and made lots of money doing it. But its not the money that makes me smile its the passion, and my core dream, touch people around the world with my health product. I cant do it alone. I seek help, and thought maybe an event like this may be a key to open some doors. In Good Health, Lawrence Of America.

Hey Bedros and crew,

I would love to come to Fitness Business Summit 2010! I think it will help me make 2010 my best year ever.

I am just getting back on my feet from a brutal battle with Lyme disease. I became sick shortly after investing everything I had into my gym. I lost everything but the knowledge in my head and I had to start over. I was unable to get out of bed for 11 months but the whole time I was studying your tips, and plotting my comeback. I have literally read every single blog post from yourself, McCombs, and Steve.

I have been healthy enough to work again for 8-9 weeks. My boot camp is already making six-figures and I am getting 5-12 new referrals per week because I took massive action and I had a pre-determined plan. After attending Fitness Info Summit, and ordering most of your products from your “Grow Your Fitness Business” page, I feel like nothing can stop me!

Now I easily get clients from Facebook, Craigslist, Google, I will be featured on the local news this month, I finished an info product that sells for $97 per copy, and I have a team of top trainers working for me thanks to the tips you share.

I did just invest most of my earnings back into a new webpage, and boot camp equipment so the FBS is just bad timing for my budget.

If you choose me, I promise to add multiple six-figures to my business this year. Your tips have boosted my income dramatically and re-inspired me to do it all over. Making it to FBS this year may not be possible given my come-back challenge. The chance to win a seat is very exciting.

I would love the opportunity to make this event possible! Either way, I’m going to do my best to make it out somehow.

The good news is that I have friends in Orange County to stay with, and I have pretty much mastered the art of sneaking on a plane dressed as a back up pilot’s assistant.

Thanks for your generous offer! See you soon.

I expect to getmore up-to-date information in the fitness field and could meet other fitness professionals and exchange their knowledge experinces with me .

I have just one good reason why I should attend.I’m a up and coming trainer.I have a diploma in Fit& Nutrition¤tly. working on my p/t certification as we speak..That why i think i’m a good canidate….

Close Clients and FitPro are so amazing I can’t wait to see what other awesome techniques, services and info are at FBS10. Lest you think I’m kissing up let me say that my last dozen + new clients in the last 2 months came from those 2 products!

I get so high seeing people get healthy and shed body fat that I often work up ’til 10pm nights, weekends too…attending the show would give me and my clients a huge leg up. Perhaps even help me get to the point where I could provide new jobs to local trainers at multiple locations…changing bodies, changing lives. Win or not I feel blessed.

Hi Bedros,
The main reason I would like to attend is because I need help to figure out why I haven’t filled my FBBC classes yet as well as my personal training schedule. I’m 60 years old and have attended FBS08, Renegade Marketing, and have 325 on my Fit Pro Newsletter, feel like I’m throwing out lumberyards and getting back matchsticks. I put all you showed me in renegade in a local news ad and got no calls or clients. With several fewer years left to earn a good income than many others I would like to come back from FBS10 knowing that I finally got it. By the way, we raised $1500 for the Monument Crisis Center with about 40 people attending BFFH and most of them already were with me or the vounteer trainers. The VIP stuff is nice but I’m more set on earning enough to buy my wife a nice convertible and help more with her son’s college tuition$$$. Then a few weeks a year to travel would be nice.

August 2009 - I am a personal trainer fresh out of college struggling to find clients so I search for personal trainer marketing on the web and find Chris Mccombs Kickback Life blog and find Steve Hochman’s How to become a bootcamp dominator videos, and your website Pt Power.
Sept 2009 - With no bootcamp experience I decide to start a company based entirely on the business information you guys generously provide on your blogs.
Oct 2009 - I am a man of action now, I decide to get some practice at teaching bootcamps and start teaching them at the local rec center as well as holding a testimonial bootcamp group to get my social proof.
Dec 2009 - To keep costs low I find an affordable facility, build the website myself, and constantly refine my personal training knowledge.
Jan 2009 - My Bootcamp company has arrived and I have about 20 clients.
Feb 2009 - Bedros, I am committed to building my company and providing the long term solution for fat loss to people who are lost in the sea of infomercials and misinformation . I spend 7 days a week on building my company and any lessons I would love to learn how to take this company to the next level and come to Anaheim and shake your hand and thank you for the knowledge and the mindset that has made me embark on the journey of a fitness business entrepreneur.

Obviously choosing me is the clear and sound choice to make not only for the huge benefit of my fitness businesses (and other) but as a jump-start towards future endeavors both in around and outside the fitness world. When making your decision, be sure to hold-on-to an Alternative to not only Fitness but all Solutions Because that IS what you want, isn’t it?

Reminds me of a story:
There once was a man who discovered a magical fruit that when eaten, cured the destitute, healed the broke and inspired the poor..but no matter how hard he tried, nobody would hear his claims about the magical fruit. He wanted the world to know about the life-long benefits of the fruit but couldn’t seem to gain entry into the fruit market. Until one day while making canoes, he met a high-ranking official of the fruit market whom he immediately told about the fruit. Now his motivation to sell the fruit increased simply by meeting the official.
(fast-forward) Now the man has a nice fruit stand in the market and not just the fruit market, other markets as well! Now EVERYONE buys the fruit because of the benefits, because now more people know about the fruit..all because of that one meeting.
-True story

Choosing who goes to the FBS isn’t really a matter of who “wants” it more..but rather, who can “use” it more. (After all, I can afford a room but probably wouldn’t buy one, I’d just drive)

Attending Fitness Business Summit ’10 will help solidify my future in the fitness world AND the other areas of business that I specialize in. I’ll certainly be successful eventually but this would certainly speed things along nicely.

I don’t follow the path of least resistance..I make my own path. I’ll see you there!

CaneKatTraining.com

KettleBellFitPro.com

TommyJLundy.com

Bedros, thanks…absolutely for sure it’s gonna be awesome and pretty hard “hooking up” with just one person at the Fitness Business Summit, but for all it’s worth, one FBS VIP pass means I’ll be able to chat with you…yeah that’s priceless!

Wow… so many people here, so little time and one winner? Heeeey, you got a tough job sweetheart ~ how do you decide????? I guess, I would absolutely feel stupid if I didn’t go for it. If you don’t play the lotto ~ can’t win, right? It’d be nice to see what it’s all about.

and the winner IS???????

p.s. sorry, but when I win, can I bring my husband along?

I want to attend FBS 10 because I N-E-E-D to take my fitness business to the next level in order to provide for my family. Fitness is what I do; it’s my passion but I haven’t done fitness in a way that allows me to provide a good life for my family. I know that I can thrive in this industry and I will and FBS 10 will be my launching pad.

I would be very greatful if instead of me you would choose my new business partner.I have been so impressed with this mans work ethic and comittment to my small training business that last night I signed to him over 45% of the company. The future value to my business made this an easy decision. We are not worth alot now but our potential is incredible.I have been following you for about 8 months now and I want my partner to get “caught up” with “selling fitness”.Thank You for the consideration and I will see you there.
Matt

Yo Bedros I can really use the help man! I’m 25 and just moved back home from San Diego to Az after things didn’t work out. I’m living in my parents basement trying to get my fitness business off the ground. Love your stuff just discovered all you have to offer about 2 months ago and I’m trying to apply it to get to where you say I can be someday. Would really appreciate the opportunity!

I am a highly productive personal trainer whom has been out of the biz for about 5 years and have just begun rebuilding his clientelle.
I appreciate all of your free info and think the summit would help launch myself and your business to the next level.

peace out
Mikey K

Hi Bedros,

I would like to attend the Fitness Business Summit 2010 because it looks like the perfect way for me to regain my enthusiasm for the industry.

I feel like most, if not everyone, around me are “crabs” and are making me question my goals to run succesful boot camps in my area. Including my girlfriend, who i have lost, in part to my dream of making this work. I feel the chance to be surrounded and learn from so many like minded people will inspire me and help me regain the drive to make the life i want for myself.

I work as an independent personal trainer. Things havnt gone great for my business lately and i have had to take on a 9-5 as well.

I dont wanna seem like i’m playing the sympathy angle at all, i’m sure there are 50 others posts on this page who are in worse circumstances than me, i am just simply telling you how it is and what this summit would do for me.

Regards
Dan
Hampshire, England

The world needs change, it’s time to make a shift in humanity toward longer healther lives for every person. We must put all our heads together and make fitness as vital as oxygen. It’s time to take it to the next level. Peace.
Ken-
evolution personal training Australia

Hey Bedros,

It is simple. I have developed two proven fat loss systems. One is a boot camp that has now allowed me to open 4 locations within a years time. The other is a “traditional” workout program that is unlike anything seen before. I want to take this country by storm but need some guidance so I don’t waste time trying to figure out the best way to do this. The way I see it, FBS 2010 is a way to maximize each step I take to success. I would appreciate the opportunity to win the VIP package.

Russ

Hey Bedros,

I love your blog, there is so much info I get out of that. I should have to pay for it.
I love fitness summit because you can meet so many other fitness professionals and network. Every time I go to these my head starts spinning because of all the business ideas that I get.
Right now I am trying to make my business blow up. I’m in the process of delegating tasks to other people, hiring and admin so I can do public speaking and big stuff that brings in the moolah. I’m learning and getting better and better but I can always learn quicker from people who have already been in my shoes. Please select me to go to the fitness summit I know that it would be a great experience for me and I know I would be a benefit fro other fitness pros there as well.
I have a passion for changing people mentally and physically and feel that I am one of the best in the world. Yes the entire world-without a doubt. I am extremely ambitious and not afraid to get out of my comfort zone and work hard. Besides that WHAT WE TEACH RIGHT—TO GET OUR CLIENTS, MEMEBERS ETC TO GET OUT OF THERE COMFORTS ZONES. Anyway my goals are to change my lifestyle since I am a slave to my work I work about 18hrs a day and have 2 , 3 day vacations a year. Don’t think I need to tell you that sucks for someone that wants to view the world and travel.
In 2 years I have a dream about teaching seminars and showing other professionals how to do what I do.

Thanks for all you do Bedros

Romen McDonald
Fitness Professional

Hey Bedros

Let me start by telling you how last years FBS helped me out. I used to work at a big corporate gym. I was 20 when I went out on my own and started my bootcamp business. While it was way better than working for the big gyms I was still stuck living paycheck to paycheck. It wasnt till I stumbled upon your blog and scrounged up my savings to go to FBS09.

I’ll be honest that left me broke without knowing how I was gonna be able to pay bills when I got back. It was awesome! I learned so much and met so many important people. unfortunately I still was only 20 so I couldnt hang out with the big boys at the bar. So me and my girlfriend just hung out and brainstormed what we were gonna do when we got back.

Needless to say when we got back I used all the things I learned and quickly turned what was basically a hobby into a full fledged business.

I can only imagine what my competition was thinking when they found out they were getting blasted by a 20 yr old kid.

Now things are running smoothly and im ready to take my business to the next level!!!!

Now im 21, am a fitness writer for the newspaper here in San antonio and their website (massive publicity) thanks to valerie waters presentation. I opened my second bootcamp location. And im helping out at a local school teaching high school students how to be euntrepenuers.

Im not sure if you remember when I talked to you last year but i told you one day im gonna be one of your guest speakers at your summit. Just watch

hopefully I win so this time I can finally buy you a beer and everyone else.

Thanks again for all the info you have provided. You have no idea how much it means.

See ya at the summit

Jonathan Acosta

P.S. Prrrrrrrttttttttt!!!!!!!! (fart noise)

Bedros
I have following your info sent through emails for about 6 months now. I have been involved in the fitness industry sense 1983. I have competed in Bodybuilding and powerlifting through the years. I have had several careers in my life in which the one I am being drawn back to is personal fitness training. I have owned and operated a tanning salon and am currently the owner and operator of a home inspetion business. There was a point in my life that I was a personal fitness trainer full time but some other things got in the way so I had to turn in another direction which led me to home inspections.
So for eight years I have been performing home inspections and began a journey back to personal fitness when the real estate market started to “crash”. I felt I needed to keep food on the table and a roof over my families head. So I contacted a good friend who had a training studio and a few old clients and the response was overwhelmingly, “Its about time”.
I am ready to retire, am I’m ready to live life(not working) helping others realize their resolutions. I have called it “My Sweet Spot”.
You can’t ask for a better atmosphere to “work” nor a better feeling to have when you truly help someone feel their best. So as you can see, I could use your help in fulfilling my passion.
Thanks a bunch for all you do!!!

Hey Bedros! You’ve helped me expand my business to new levels already and thats just the blog. I’ve been a Personal Trainer for around a year. I dedicate huge amounts of time towards continuing education and business strategy planning. Using the concepts you give out(which I sometimes can’t believe are actually free) I’ve pretty much taken over my town. I have a large Biggest Loser program starting this coming month. I also have got certifications in almost every niche training area i enjoy. I think winning this trip would make my business explode more than it already is and help me expand(which i’m currently working on planning) to take over the rest of the Valley. Lets do this!

Cheers,

Gareth Bryson
Syndicate Training Systems
BCRPA Fitness Leader & Personal Trainer

Hey Bedros,

WOW! Why do I want to attend FBS 10?? Let me count the ways….

First of all, I have all of your fitness marketing products and the information is FANTASTIC! However, I’m sure, like me, there are a lot of others out there who buy the products go through the material and put it on the shelf without taking ACTION. Simply a character flaw I suppose, where I suffer from paralysis by analysis and to be honest….the fear of getting out of my comfort zone. My wife and I have a small fitness club that used to be quite successful and has been very good to us overall. It allowed us to secure the credit to open a private coaching facility as well. We then began to notice the effects of the economy and began losing a large amount of revenue and saw profits disappear at the club and the private coaching facility wasn’t generating nearly enough to pay the bills and make up the losses. We had over $800,000.00 in debt including our mortgage, business loans, personal and business lines of credit and $40,000.00 dollars in credit card debt at 19% interest and the debt was growing quickly as we were living on credit cards and paying minimum payments on one by taking advances on the others.

Then, we got your e-mail regarding Fitness Info Summit in Orlando. We decided we didn’t want to miss it and we did the unthinkable….We took money from our registered retirement savings and bought the tickets to go. I figured that I was in need of inspiration and to surround ourselves with not just information but the energy of people who are making things happen. Besides, we happen to be huge fans of Disney and figured if we were going to go under and start from scratch, we would bring the kids along and have a great last vacation!

I can’t tell you how powerful that decision and leap of faith has been. Of course the information was fantastic and we took a lot of notes, got some great ideas and experienced some real ‘light bulb moments’ but none of that was the real gift. Hearing your story in person as well as the other presenters that were there. Seeing what kind of people you are and your incredible passion for helping others help others. The authenticity of your stories, your family values, your sense of fun and playfulness, your vulnerability and willingness to share your perceived weaknesses which you turned into strengths. The painful challenges the you all overcame that gave you the opportunity to be extremely successful. It was POWERFUL!!!

We returned from that trip with a renewed sense that we were on the right track…3 feet from Gold, so to speak and things slowly began to turn around. Our debt is still the same but it is no longer increasing. This is the first month we began to live off revenue and not off credit. Our schedules are full and we have a waiting list!

However, we have come to the realization that even though we love what we are doing, we have bought ourselves jobs. We are the head instructors, club managers, front desk people, cleaners, marketers, etc. etc. We have the 95% / 5% rule backwards. Most of what we currently do is not within our 5%.

So, we would like to come to the Fitness Business Summit to learn techniques for becoming a true and replicable business, for inspiration from like-minded successful people and to be inspired by your personal stories, character and values. We have depleted all of our financial resources and winning this contest will ensure we can be there. The upside of all of the credit card debt is that we have more than enough air miles to secure our airfare. We would be forever grateful to be chosen and if we are not we are still forever grateful for what we have already received…

THANK YOU BEDROS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

With great gratitude,
Pat & Jackie Cross

Bedros,

Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since FBS09!! My how time flies when you’re bustin your ass!

It’s almost a cliche now to say there are so many folk on here that deserve such a gift.

Thanks to a few posts and a good ole flip cam (which I got a few days after FBS09) my story is no great secret.

2009 was a huge mountain to climb with at times not much of an end in sight. With an obstacle at every turn it would have been easy to throw in the towel at any point. Whether it was diving head first into my own fitness biz, being stuffed around by Insurance companies and facility owners, or getting up at 230am and walking an hour through a snowstorm to get to my facility, 2009 was both a test and a blessing.

A test because at times I would be walking that hour on all but one leg due to some injury I am yet to fully determine (the MRI scans over here for an Aussie with no Medical coverage are obsurd) and at the same time a blessing bcuz it would really test my resolve and help me to appreciate the much smaller things in life in 2010 that so many people (including me) either do or have otherwise taken for granted.

Come to 2010 and already I have been blessed with a Drivers License, a Car (which i LOVE) and a Fiancee (which of course I love even more) .. not to mention the ongoing support and effort from my family, friends and so many folks out there that have been through their own trials and tribulations.

The fitness community is a very rare one in that so many are willing to help others get to promised land. For that I am very grateful.

It’s no secret that by attending FBS10. every Fitness Pro or otherwise will benefit. From the speakers, the content and simply by hanging with some of the best in the business.

2010 is set to be the polar opposite of 2009 (a vision I held strongly last year) and I know there are some Fit Pros out there that are staring at similar mountains as I was last year and my purpose for attending FBS10 will be to give the gift of my experiences to as many of those folk as I can so that it may help them in business and in life. It’s my purpose every time I have the privilege in guest posting here and being able to do it in person will be awesome.

Thanks again for making this possible for all Fit Pros Bedros, we appreciate you man and I look forward to hangin with you and the rest of the crew in LA whether I be a VIP or not.

Cheers mate

AT

My name is Chuck and this is my book. My wife and I decided to ditch the bosses and typical workday to make a go of it on our own. We started with in-home personal training (wow is that a major time waster), transitioned to group classes by partnering up with local rec centers who practically stole our profits, and now we have taken a leap and found some space to open up a studio. We’ve helped create some great success stories with our clients and now we want the same!

We read the blogs from Bedros, Chris, and Steve and work to put that information into action. I also had the privilege to take part in Greg Justice’s Corporate Boot Camp System which was awesome! I’ve found value in all these things and then some. But here’s the dilemma that comes up for me each and every time a new and exciting service or product is introduced by these fitness marketing guys:

Which one do I invest in? I don’t have the six figure income that a lot of these people have created for themselves. I have a mortgage, credit card debt, and the cutest little 14 month old girl that a Dad could ever want. I still work my 9-5 job for the benefits package but constantly find myself thinking about my business and even working on it at this other job!

All these things pop into my head when I’m attempting to grow my business and what the best investment opportunity is going to be of the plethora that seem to pop up on a weekly basis! Talk about late nights!

My determination to succeed as a business owner and entrepreneur is strong and unyielding. I spend many hours working on projects, designing/creating marketing schemes, updating my website, pounding the pavement to meet new people, and getting in front of any group I can to speak. I do my best to outsource what I can and focus on the most important aspects of my business. But I just keep struggling to formulate that “perfect” plan that will keep me on the right tasks and my business on the right track.

Bedros, I feel like I’m at the cusp of greatness and being able to join that elite group of 6- and 7-figure fitness professionals that I hear about from all of you. I know that my dedication and drive is second to none! I take the info I get and put it into action but I struggle to get all cylinders firing in concert! Uggh, it’s there Bedros! It’s all right there waiting to be pieced together to spell out success! I want to get into the mastermind programs, I want to be a part of the manifesto, I want to attend every workshop that comes up from you guys, I want to get your products and watch my business sore as I take that information and put it into play! I want all of this but it always comes back to the financial aspect. I know it’s “the fear” you have mentioned in the past. I’ve conquered that fear in the past but it does cost money and that’s what it boils down to this time around.

I know if I had a business making six figures or more I would invest in these opportunities I hear about and not think twice. If I could get myself over that hurdle, get the income rolling in consistently, and leave that dead-end job behind, I would be one of those AWESOME success stories you hear about on your blogs and in your videos.

Being at FBS10 will put me in front of the industry’s best minds. I’ll absorb that knowledge, engage these people with my notebook full of questions ( website questions, advertising/marketing questions, product development questions, time management questions, etc), and start fine-tuning my business into a well-oiled and precisioned system!

I’m totally ready to buy that plane ticket and head out to FBS10! I’m ready to work on my business and not in it! I’m ready for SUCCESS!

I would LOVE to go… and will most likely still go even if I don’t win this contest! I am nowhere near at the kind of success I want be at, but going to FBS08 and 09 has made a significant impact on 2010! I have finally attained a level of success that keeps me training 8-15 people per day! And I’m finally at a place where I am a very much sought-after trainer and can even charge more for my expertise! I owe this in large part to you Bedros and the motivational speakers at your summit!

With all the training I’ve been doing lately that cushy bed in that VIP suite sounds REALLY GOOD!!!

I could really use the information at the summit to make my part time personal training business become full time. My current full time position is hopeless and I want to be able to help people meet their fitness goals.

Hi Bedros,
I want to come to FBS ’10 to gain insight from the top professionals in the industry. Last year at FBS ’09, I was able to put together a vision for my business and how I wanted to grow it in the future. Knowing you Bedros, I’m sure this year will be even more amazing. I’m excited to see the stellar lineup and to learn how to become the next biggest star in the fitness industry!

Bedros is a blessing to the fitness industry. A truly gifted individual. I’m actually writing this from my living room and thinking about living my life by the principles of success…doing what you have a passion for.

Ten years ago even though I miss the PT exam by a few points.I started training and struggling to pay student loans, car payment, etc. but I love it. At the same I made one of the best decision of my life by marrying my girl in 2000. I grew up in a Haitian culture that when you get married you have to fulfill your responsiblity to your family and that dream- stuff was not a real base to raise your family. I was sold on that idea because the bills started to come in and I did not want my wife to feel the weight on her own. I was still struggling to have the true faith in myself.

Over a period of one year I left the industry and went into the Financial Services to take care of my family but in reality it was fear of how I would make enough income as a trainer. I did not know my diamonds at that time and about selling or closing sales etc. all foreign to me.

I am now happily married, have three beautiful children and have a career helping individuals with their finance but I still think about training. I follow Bedros through his email and am amazed by the kind of information to help trainers.

I still keep my self in shape but would love to get back in training others with a better game plan. Ten years ago FBS was not around and attending FBS10 would be an amazing opportunity to get back to understanding how to run a studio and marketing. Guys like Bedros and Chris McComb provide so much great insight that I never thougt about tens years ago or even today.

I plan on taking the personal training exam again and this time will pass it. 2010 will be the year of amazing growth and FBS10 will be the begining of it.

Thanks

Well for me no long blah blah blah story! I just want to go because this summit rocks!

Cheers

Bedros,

I’m a general manager of a large , full service health club in California. My club is part of a 4 club chain with the smallest membership base of the 4 at 3800 members.

Last year after experiencing a slow down in personal training revenue , I purchased your selling PT program. I watched the cd and shared it with my PT manager. We both found genius in the selling process and shorly implemented the system.

My club’s PT revenue increased 100% using your system. We experienced on our first attempt at “body diagnostics” a $2800 sale. We went from 15-17k per month in PT revenue to over 35k per month. The best thing is we are now the highest grossing club of the 4 with the smallest member base. No joke, I think you are genius and the system brilliant.

I have several reasons to attend the summitt this year.
First, is to THANK YOU for sharing your brilliant concepts with me- in person.Second is to learn more from you and your people. #3 - I want to network with professionals and share my story about your concepts. #4 - I want to take what I learn from you and teach the other PT managers at my company this year.

#5 - I spoke at IHRSA 2 years ago and will not attend IHRSA this year for your summit ! I feel that your summit will really help my staff and more importantly keep pushing up sales and profits.

I hope you consider me Bedros, would like to talk shop and drink a beer with you …..but sincerely, Thanks Mark

Hi Bedros,

My husband and I own a fitness center and he is truly a big fan of yours. I like your hype, but I am still skeptical if you are the real deal or not. If you are, it would be great to meet you. If you’re not, then maybe he can let me get back to getting some work done.

Keep on Truckin’ Dude!

Candi

Bedros-
This post has me fired up for the FBS 2010. Watching this mini-video from FBS 2009 demonstrates how valuable the information is that is distributed from the stage. I have followed you on PTPower.com and have been observing some of your other ventures. I have not previously attended the FBS, however, reading some of these posts it amazes me how long it took some of the attendees to initiate change. I believe that when you really want to change the direction of you life and business- immediate action is required. It would be a tremendous honor to be invited by you personally and to win this give-away. I will be the one that is invited back next year to share my adventure and rapid growth while giving others a few new distinctions along the way.

Thanks for the consideration.

@Candi, far be it from me to be arrogant, but come on girl… after reading the comments on this post if you’re still skeptical… wow!

You know what, you’re probably not going to win the hook up - but I suggest that you and your husband (who clearly knows I’m good for your business) come to FBS 10 and take away a bunch of REAL actionable systems and strategies that will get more clients into your business and afford you more time off to enjoy life. And you know what? Bring along your skepticism, it’s only fair.

And if you still want to know if my stuff helps fitness trainers get more clients, grow their business, and enjoy more time off then check out this post:
http://ptpower.com/2009/09/07/i-need-your-opinion/

Rock on, Candi

B

I can’t wait to see what the new level of fitness has to offer to all the personal trainers in the world.

Hi Bedros!
First, thank you for the opportunity to attend such a great event. Last year was my first time, but surely no the last. I was unsure what I was getting into last year, but I walked away with a headache lol. There were soooo many great presenters giving away more than enough information and step by step instruction to put together a successful fitness business. I tried to take it all in and my head nearly exploded!

Since then, I opened my first semi-private fitness training studio and within 6 months, Im now able to work less hours and make more money than i ever thought possible!

I still have work to do however, and this year I will come home with the tools, motivation, excitement and direction to take my studio to the next level and secure the next level of desired living that I’ve always dreamed of!

Having a suite and VIP this year would just be icing on the cake, but it’s a pretty damn important cake!

Thanks again for the opportunity!

Chris Meredith, Owner
http://hardcorefitstudio.com

And just for kicks, here are some specifics:
After FBS10, I will double my client base from 50 to 100 full-time clients (3 sessions a week), hire another part time instructor, cut my own instructing hours in half, and begin working on the next location.

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Well Bedros I am from Edmonton,Alberta, Canada. And well lets face it its far. lol. But about two weeks ago i had know clue who you were. I have bought some of your stuff and i am a beleiver. You really have inspired me. I worked with a company for 10years then it went corp and well the rules the wages and the one on one turned into group training. It all changed, i was number. I am no longer working with that corp company, i have partnered up with someone and we have applied your ideas and it is working. SO you have made me a believer and helping our bootcamp turn into a business. I would appreciate the opportunity to meet you in person and also meet all the other fitness experts to improve my business. Also I had all these idea’s but the company would never apply them, they cared about taking the members money not “caring”. With the opportunity i would like to prove that having a personal connection or actually caring about your client makes money, NOT the OLD CORP WAY. I want them to think wow 10 years and we did not offer a position for her. Kicking themselves in the ass and losing money at the same time becasue i offer “personal connection”. Thanks for the opportunity. Best to luck to who is picked.