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Grant Cardone Is The Turnaround King On National Geographic Channel
The first of the 2 main Turnaround King episodes takes us to a Whippany, NJ Gold's Gym franchise that's on the verge of closing. Gym owners, the Puleos family, are faced not just with losing their business, but they are also in danger of losing the family home which had been mortgaged to keep this business afloat.
Grant begins the show simply by entering the fitness center incognito - furnished with a concealed camera disguised as a button on his suit. He starts noticing problems at once. As a prospective customer, Grant isn't handled effectively, and finds it difficult to find anyone to take care of him. Youngest son Jon sits behind the counter and isn't very attentive. Grant asks questions. "Where is the pool?" Jon points toward an Olympic sized pool off in the distance. Grant notices an empty refrigerator. Asking about the price he's told $10 per month.
Jon explains this is due to of the competition. There have been several gyms opening in the vicinity and the Puleos feel the need to offer the lowest price. Grant leaves the Gym with nothing but a free 7 day pass. There was not ever any real attempt to sell him on Gym membership or another product.
The Puleos family thought it might simple to run a gym after they first bought the place. They saw other gyms profiting. Now, two and a half years later, they are struggling to remain open.
Grant sits down with the Puleos family to talk about what's going wrong. Why are they struggling, and exactly what do they do to correct things, to turn things around and save their business along with their home? The family mentions the tough competition along with the high franchising fees they need to pay for the Gold's name. Their answer to the challenge of completion has to date been to try and offer the lowest prices around.
Grant doesn't agree. Why are they looking to have the lowest price when they have one of the nicest gyms in the area?
Staff Debriefing
Grant gathers owners and staff together for a meeting on the gym floor. This is where he reveals his visit with the hidden camera. Grant plays the tape for everyone to see. It is not a flattering portrait of how to treat a client and the owners appear uncomfortable watching this video.
Grant makes some initial observations: The empty fridge - just looks bad. They don't seem to be doing business for the Twenty-first century - they're not using email, cell phone, and other technology advances that's all so crucial to run a successful business here in 2011.And possibly most importantly, they need a step by step process for enrolling a new customer. They didn't even talk about the gym to a prospective customer, they didn't show him around. They didn't even try to sell their product.
Grant asks the owners to leave the room. He would like to talk to the employees alone - they'll be more open. Immediately, various employees did open up. They had definite opinions of what the problems were. Gross mismanagement. The right hand doesn't really know what the left hand has been doing. They need to have a leader - someone that will step up and take charge.
Right now, for these few days anyway, Grant Cardone must be that leader.
Grant knows already one thing that needs to change immediately. They have the most outstanding facility in the region but are charging $10 per month. The numbers won't work with that. It ought to be a lot more.
"The staff has more pride in the gym than the owners."
Dinner at the Puleos - The family is frightened about losing the home. Grant tells his personal story of losing his father at a young age and his mother being unable to maintain the bills alone. Grant now feels invested in the family.
Grant Cardone leads the owners and staff on a tour of their gym. They had avoided showing him the pool before, he believes, simply because they're embarrassed about some repair issues such as mold and ripped up flooring. Still, he can't believe it took that long for them to show him the pool - the showcase of the business. Grant is extremely impressed with the facilities and comments about how someone is going to come in and make it a profitable business. It's definitely something which can be successful.
"No one here is selling anything"
Grant emphasizes the importance of selling. As author of the book "Sell To Survive" his philosophy is that selling is critical for the success of any organization. "Nothing happens without sales. No Dream comes true without someone selling that dream. "He talks with all the staff trainers about having regular sales meetings and one of them mentions how they'd like to have a weekly sales meeting. Grant asks him if folks are coming in to work out on a daily basis, why would they merely have a sales meeting once a week.
"They are so overwhelmed by what can happen they're no longer hunting for solutions anymore."
Grant will supply a business plan. The members of the family, Jo Jr. especially, have been slightly skeptical so far. They haven't bought in to what Grant has been offering at that point. It's the very thought of raising prices that has them particularly hesitant. Grant wants them to boost the cost of memberships to $59 per month to get a yearly contract, and offer a onetime payment of $690. He arranges a mail out to get people in the door. He stresses that everybody needs to be focused on selling memberships.
Grant has everyone join every class the trainers put on at the gym. "Every company has to have firsthand experience with what you're selling" each person has to understand just what the others are doing. Tammy mentions that this is the first time anyone within the staff has had one of her classes.
Grant is turning this company back over to the Puleos the following day. He is confident the staff is prepared and pumped but is not so sure about the owners. Jon Jr. is the one who's' not on board and Grant is afraid he may back out. He can see the enthusiasm from the employees the next day as potential customers, introduced by way of the mail out, start to arrive.
Now, even Jo Jr. begins to understand the potential and resolves to give it his all. Grant sits and watches as the gym personnel attempt to sign up new members They sign up one, then another, all for the higher prices Grant has suggested. They even sell two people on year long memberships at $690 apiece.
Jo Jr. is completely sold - he now has confidence.
Says Grant, "Anyone can sell"
Grant saw them sell together with his help, but could they actually do it themselves? If confidence level is any indication they should do just fine. Grant is hoping they go from red ink to black in 30 days.
2 months after the show was filmed, revenue increased by 30%.
Grant Cardone has a new tv program on National Geographic called "Turnaround King". Check out turnaround king Grant Cardone while he tries to turnaround businesses while he travels to Whippany, NJ to assist the local Gold's Gym franchise on The National Geographic Channel with his brand new show - Turnaround King.
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Hatching Ruin, Or, Mark Twain's Road to Bankruptcy $25.63 Used - In "Hatching Ruin, " Charles H. Gold provides a complete description of Samuel Clemens's business relationships with Charles L. Webster and James W. Paige during the 1880s. Gold analyzes how these relationships affected Clemens and the development of his Mark Twain persona, most notably in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The 1880s were a time when Samuel Clemens was more businessman than author. Clemens wanted to be rich. From an early age, he had been brought up on get-rich- |
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Hatching Ruin, or Mark Twain's Road to Bankruptcy $22.3 New - In ""Hatching Ruin,"" Charles H. Gold provides a complete description of Samuel L. Clemens's business relationships with Charles L. Webster and James W. Paige during the 1880s. Gold analyzes how these relationships affected Clemens as a person and an artist, most notably in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. "The 1880s were a time when Samuel Clemens was more businessman than author. Clemens wanted to be rich. From an early age, he had dreamed of wealth. Suspicious of his previ |