The Business Upstairs: Recent Episodes
Benjamin Owens
Join Ben and Ania as they discuss marketing, business, the fitness industry and everything in between.
Another episode and more updates on our FS8 journey folks. Take 20mins out of your day and put us in your head.
See you soon,
Ania & Ben
The new business flooded, we talking HJ's and Lo'Real (is that how you spell it?) and a bunch of other things. FS8 Essendon is coming along, it's not long now!!
See you soon,
Ania & Ben
Oh Hello!!
It's been a while but we're back with a new shorter format and some wonderful updates from the upcoming launch of FS8 Essendon. Also Ben has decided he's going to swear from now on and we cover off on some Oat Milk love.
Listen or you're dead to us.
Ania & Ben
Oh hello,
Today we take a break from FS8 to talk about the huge event that was F45 listing on the New York Stock Exchange. See you there.
Ania & Ben
We got kidnapped by our landlords but it might just turn out to be worth it.
Peace and love.
Ania & Ben
Hi guys,
This episode is all about Commercial Property but we've got to be honest. We get a little distracted along the way.
See you soon.
Ania & Ben
Due diligence, it's not the sexiest concept but it's necessary. In this episode we discuss how we assessed the business opportunity that is FS8 and why we ultimately decided to move forward. We also talk about some other stuff.
See you soon,
Ania & Ben
Oh Hello!!
It's been a while but we are back stronger than ever and we have some very exciting news. Tune in to hear all about our new business venture and the huge things we have planned for an entire new studio concept.
See you soon
Ania & Ben
Hi Folks,
It's bloody late.
We take a look at Step 1, Lebron advertising for Sprite and a bunch of motivation and small business realities for you all.
Lots of Love.
Ania & Ben
We're back folks!
In this episode we talk competition, eHarmony ads and the Big Jack.
We miss you guys and we hope this brings a smile to your faces.
Ania & Ben
Hi folks,
Let's talk about some mistakes we've made. As always we've got some tasty media discussion and plenty of fun.
Oh and we've made some improvements to the audio - thank you to everyone who is listening in.
Ania & Ben
Hi Folks,
Today we're talking jingles and why we want an amazing product for a small amount of people rather than an average product for a large amount of people.
We also explore the teachings of renowned marketing expert Seth Godin as it relates to small business.
Enjoy
Oh Hello!
In this episode we discuss our grand reopening and reshutdowning....(close enough) as things in Melbourne go from good to bad.
As always plenty of current media/ad discussions as well.
Settle in and have a listen - we're in lock down there's nothing else to do!!
Peace out,
Ania & Ben
Please join us as we welcome our wonderful studio managers Alexandra and Esther.
Listen in as they share their training philosophies and how they approach managing our wonderful community of members.
Thanks for dropping by!
Ania & Ben
Hi Folks!!
In this episode we talk about our 6 pillars of service. If you're in business, interested in getting into business or just want to have a peak under the hood of our operations then this is the episode for you.
Thank you for everyone who has listened so far, we are so excited to be sharing our passion and drive with you all.
Talk soon!
Ben & Ania
Oh Hello!!
In this episode we talk about how we pivoted our bricks and mortar gym to an online space in the face of unprecedented government shut downs. We also, as always, talk quite a lot of gibberish in between. In fact the gibberish in this episode is grade A quality :)
We are having way to much fun on these Podcasts, thank you to all of our wonderful listeners.
Peace out!!
Ania & Ben
Oh Hello!!
In this weeks episode we talk about the effect of COVID-19 on our business and the eventual shut down as a result of Government intervention. We discuss the steps we took leading up to the shut down and how it effected the business, our staff and of course our wonderful clients.
Enjoy.
Hi Folks!! Ok so this episode is a bit of a mish mash of how we approached our first year in business. Here we talk about our philosophies on building client trust and community through transparency, marketing and a range of other factors. We also cover off on dealing with bad phishing emails and job applications.
We hope you enjoy.
Ania & Ben
Hi Folks! Here's a little unplanned special episode to talk about the crazy impacts of COVID-19 and our studio's. We hope it can bring a smile to your face and a bit of insight. Good luck out there and keep in touch!!
So we've got the keys, now what? In this episode we talk about going through the studio fit out and setting up the business for open day. If you get to the end we'll even tell you how well it all went. What a journey!! Enjoy :)
In this episode we discuss the process of searching for a commercial property to open our business. Needless to say it was a little more complicated than we first thought it would be. Enjoy!
In this episode we discuss the process for getting a permit from the local council in order to open our business. Sound exciting!? Well thus begins the battle between administration and those that hate it (Ben). Enjoy!
In this episode we talk about the start of our journey from employees to business owners. We discuss our search for a business and how we ended up deciding on the fitness industry after some other crazy ideas!! Enjoy.
Hello!
Welcome to our first ever podcast where we get to introduce ourselves and explain our motivation and goals for future episodes. We hope you enjoy.