How Greg Morrone Converts 90% of Leads With a $400 Onboarding Offer

🌎 Greg Morrone , owner of The FIT Lab in Hoboken, NJ, joins Mateo to break down the "PT-first" onboarding model that converts 90-95% of leads, and the hospitality lessons from his years in nightlife that shaped a gym with a stellar community.

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🔥Show Notes

• 0:00 — Intro & meet Greg Morrone of The FIT Lab
• 2:29 — Greg's backstory: nightlife, culinary school, and Danny Meyer's hospitality playbook
• 3:55 — Why hospitality lessons are hard to systemize in a gym setting
• 5:53 — Inside The FIT Lab's "PT-first" model
• 5:59 — Run a successful gym with Kilo
• 7:48 — The new fast-track offer: 6 one-on-one sessions for $400
• 8:17 — Results so far: 28 signups, 25 conversions, capacity by October
• 9:44 — Why pricing PT and small group dollar-for-dollar kills sales friction
• 10:13 — Meet coach Jason, and why Greg's staff sticks around for a decade-plus
• 11:12 — The trade-off: 6% rent factor, higher payroll, investing in people over space
• 13:36 — Greg's tagline: "high value personal training"
• 14:29 — The FIT Lab's 13-year anniversary and why community isn't a sales pitch
• 15:25 — Run clubs, Hyrox, and the rise of IRL connection as a selling point
• 16:20 — Designing around busy parents with limited time
• 17:16 — Fitting 180 members into a 2,300 sq ft (1,600-1,700 usable) odd-shaped space
• 17:45 — How members find The FIT Lab: paid ads, Google search, ~250 testimonials
• 20:03 — Advice for gym owners stuck in the same spot for years
• 23:38 — Outro