Fitposium

Host James Patrick starts the episode sharing a few new exciting details from FITposium including that attendees can now get CEU’s from ISSA, NASM and AFAA. Also the podcast will soon launch on Spotify. From there James gets into a common mistake many entrepreneurs make in trying to do too many things at once which […]

Host James Patrick talks about an offer he received from a Phoenix TV Show who requested he pay them $1500 to get featured on their lifestyle show. This raised the question of should talents and entrepreneurs pay to be featured in magazines? The episodes goes into the nuances of native advertising, why people want editorial […]

Host James Patrick jumps on for a shorter episode to discuss the latest FITposium news and announcements as well as recapping his constant traveling over the last few weeks. From there he starts discussing the greatest lie we have been told over the course of our lives until this very day, who was lying to […]

Host James Patrick brings on social media strategist Mindy Harley to discuss what fitness entrepreneurs need to know about growing an engaging social media following. The two discuss how communication strategies have shifted, the importance of developing unique content, why relationships trump everything, how to increase engagement and how to invite followers to take the […]

Host James Patrick brings on business architect Michael Zeller to discuss why it is important for entrepreneurs to create and open space for themselves to think and strategize. The question the two discuss is do entrepreneurs want to be an operator in their business, trying to control all the day-to-day tasks; or do they want […]

Host James Patrick brings on FITposium PRO Megan Rigby who is the founder of Macro Mini to discuss what it took for her to turn a hobby into a successful brand after attending FITposium. To remove the hobby mentality, Megan asked herself “why should I be in business” and then began to remove the barriers […]

Host James Patrick connects with award-winning entrepreneur, coach, podcast host and storyteller Danny-J. During this episode, James and Danny-J discuss the difference between the perception and reality of the fitness industry and how she evolved her own brand and all the lessons she learned along the way of shifting from a talent to an entrepreneur. […]

Hosts James Patrick and Kelly Spartonos connect with visibility strategist and PR specialist Lisa Simone Richards to discuss how fitness talents and entrepreneurs can enhance their visibility. This very detailed episodes discusses the steps people need to take to get features in various media outlets as well as what they must do in order to […]

Hosts James Patrick and Kelly Spartonos connect with the founder of ABS Protein Pancakes and Shark Tank success story Ashley Drummonds. The three start by stalking about Ashley’s early entry into the fitness industry as a personal trainer and the limits she faced with trading time for money. Knowing she wanted something more she began […]

Hosts James Patrick sits down with Kelly Spartonos to dive into the biggest challenges fitness professionals feel they are facing right now in growing their brands. These obstacles come directly from our past attendees who shared with the hosts their biggest struggles currently. As you listen you will find that they are the same exact […]

Hosts James Patrick interviews motivational speaker and performance coach James Silvas. The conversation begins with a bit of James Silvas’ backstory on how he got into motivational speaking in an interesting way at the very early age of 16 years old. It was then in college that James Silvas was able to move forward with […]

Important Update: Passes for the FITposium 2018 International Conference + Expo happening October 5-7 in Scottsdale, Arizona are now on sale and available at www.FITposium.com – don’t miss out on this three day event that will teach you everything on how to build a brand, market a brand and profit from your brand in the […]

Hosts James Patrick is joined by Kelly Spartonos to discuss the Five Things entrepreneurs all do before they level up. These are things they have seen from the hundreds of FITposium attendees, the individual coaching they do as well as from graduates of their launch program. The show starts with the duo discussing what people […]

Hosts James Patrick delivers an intensely emotional presentation on how he was able to find his reasoning behind his work and how that changed everything for him and his mission. Many of us know what we do. We know what we are drawn to work on and what we want to achieve. But few of […]

Hosts James Patrick sits down serial-preneur and FITposium presenter Jon Boles, owner of Avintiv Media and founder of Modus Apparel. The episode starts out with Jon discussing the importance of being vulnerable and transparent and how he has lived most of his life being scared of his past and of people not accepting him. As […]

Hosts James Patrick and Jason Black sit down on an early morning recording the night after the 37th Annual AAFT ADDY Awards where the James Patrick Photography team brought home 10 ADDY Awards for work in photography and self promotion as well as the 2018 Judge’s Choice Award. In this episode Jason and James get […]

In this episode of the FITposium Podcast, host James Patrick sits down with team member Kelly Spartonos to discuss the difference between staying in the known, which is the area that we know and are comfortable with, and the unknown which is the area of success we want to go to but don’t know how. […]

We have reached our 40th EPISODE of the FITposium podcast! For this episode, host James Patrick jumps on the mic to answer all the submitted questions from our FITposium community. Topics he covers on this episode include: How to set up an e-mail list How to create lead magnets to grow your e-mail list How […]

Hosts James Patrick sits down with FITposium PRO and the new owner of Good Faith Casting, Bella Hibbs. In this episode they begin by discussing the difference between a casting director and a modeling or actor agency, how to avoid scam conferences, why clients choose to film in Arizona, what the status of the filming […]

Hosts James Patrick sits down with FITposium team member Kelly Spartonos to discuss the recent mastermind group he attended and participated in. This episode covers why masterminds are important and how they can help you level up your professional goals, the fears we can face when we participate in such an endeavor, the lessons learned […]