I Didn't Start With a Roadmap.
So I Learned How to Build One.
I was raised by a single mom who worked hard but didn't have a roadmap for building financial freedom.
Watching her shaped the way I think about business today.
I became obsessed with systems figuring out how all the pieces work together, how to simplify what's complicated, and how to create a clear path from where you are to where you want to go.
That obsession eventually became my career.
I worked as a Product Manager inside a CRM company, learning the technology behind how businesses capture leads, automate follow-up and manage customers.
I later served as COO at Robbins-Madanes Training, where I learned what it takes to operate and grow inside the coaching industry.
Over the years, I've worked across marketing, technology, operations, funnels, CRM systems and teams.
And eventually, I realized something:
The people I wanted to help most were coaches.
And specifically, online fitness and health coaches.

You're Already Great at Coaching.
It's the Business Behind the Coaching That Gets Complicated.
I've worked hands-on with online fitness and health coaches at different stages of their businesses from coaches starting with little more than their expertise and an idea, to established brands with hundreds of paying members.
And I kept seeing the same problem.
They knew how to change people's lives.
They knew fitness.
They knew nutrition.
They knew how to coach.
But suddenly they were also expected to understand lead generation, funnels, email marketing, CRMs, automation, websites, sales, content, analytics and technology.
That's where things started breaking down.
I've helped fitness and health coaches build the infrastructure behind their businesses from creating offers, building lead magnets, launching funnels, setting up CRMs, automating follow-up, creating memberships and putting systems in place that turn attention into leads and leads into clients.

I've helped grow an online women's fitness membership from 20 founding members to more than 500 members.
I've helped an experienced fitness coach turn years of expertise into a complete online system with a lead magnet, interactive assessment, tripwire, funnel and growing YouTube presence.
And I've helped take a health coaching brand from no website, no offer and no system to a complete online business with a website, lead generation, funnels, challenges and paying clients.
The biggest lesson I've learned isn't about funnels or technology.
Great coaches usually don't need more information.
They need help getting it DONE.
That's why I created Coach Marketing Academy and the Build & Scale Intensive.
You Focus on Changing Lives.
We'll Help You Build the Business That Makes It Possible.
If you're an online fitness or health coach who's tired of trying to piece everything together yourself, you're exactly who we built Coach Marketing Academy for.
You don't need to become a marketer.
You don't need to become a funnel builder.
And you definitely don't need to become a technology expert.
You need the right system, the right support and someone willing to build alongside you.
That's what we do.
— Melinda Schug
Founder, Coach Marketing Academy
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