Jess Glazer Derose, an ex-celebrity trainer & owner of the multi-million online business The Digital Business Evolution, is no longer in the fitness industry but has always loved the world of fitness. She was a gymnast in college and a fitness trainer for 18 years, starting with the day care room then getting promoted to the front desk, and moving her way up through the years. She took all the tests to become a trainer before she was even 17, went to school for physical therapy, and even competed in bodybuilding competitions. In 2012, she had a full-time job as an elementary school teacher, however as a side hustled, she started emailing friends & writing workout programs for them through email & they would mail her checks as payment. She was able to scale her fitness business online to 6-figures in just over a year. Her friends would then keep asking her about how to take their businesses online and the first friend she helped had an $80,000 launch following the program that she gave her. More and more people started asking for her help so in 2017, she made the full-time jump to entrepreneurship, coaching people on how to take their businesses online. For a couple of years, she kept her health & fitness online training business + doing business coaching, but in 2020, she decided to concentrate solely on the latter.
In this episode, she talks to us about tips on developing content online when you’re just getting started, tips for those who’ve been in the online world but are not succeeding, hacks on how to do things for your business when you don’t want to do them, and more!
John Egan, a Content Marketing Expert & Author, started his career with a journalism degree in college. Soon after, he became a newspaper reporter & editor. However, he left this job in 2006, which was timely because things were starting to shift online. He then started doing freelance writing, freelance editing, and content marketing & strategy for various brands.
In this episode, he talks to us about how to figure out the best platforms to develop your brand, tips for someone just starting out, how to develop high quality content with a low budget, and more!
Kevin Lowe, the podcast host of Grit, Grace & Inspiration, is also a Transformational Life & Business Coach. He lost his ability to see during junior year of high school, at the age of 17. He had a non-cancerous brain tumor which had to be removed immediately, which then led to him losing his eyesight, temporarily losing his sense of smell & getting short-term memory loss, on top of other medical issues - some of which he still deals with today, 19 years later. However, this roadblock fueled a strong desire in him to use his life experiences to ignite a sense of hope & optimism into the world. He created his own online travel agency, Better Days Travel, which operated from 2013-2020. During the pandemic, he sold off his website for the travel agency, and knowing that deep down it wasn't what he was meant to be doing, went on to figure out just what that was.
In this episode, he talks to us about his journey and how he got to where he is today, finding what it is you’re supposed to be doing in life, how he turned his biggest challenge to his biggest blessing, and more!