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5 min readAlec Cheplak describes how he scaled two companies from zero to one million dollars in revenue within roughly eighteen months each, first in wellness coaching and then in marketing services. His account centers on repeatable decisions around audience selection, message construction, and consistent outreach rather than on personal backstory or market timing.
Audience sourcing and growth through association
Cheplak treats list-building as the primary daily activity. For real-estate professionals he recommends pulling public license data for every agent in a target market and then contacting those individuals daily across email, text, calls, and social platforms. When direct list access is unavailable, he shifts to collaboration: he identifies people or organizations that already hold the desired audience and offers either payment or tangible value in exchange for access. One documented result was moving from 600 leads over eighteen months of solo effort to 4,000 leads in fifteen months once joint webinars, podcast appearances, and event sponsorships were introduced. The operating rule is to stop attempting to create an audience alone and instead pay or perform to reach audiences already assembled by others.
Message construction process
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:14) **From Smoothie Maker to Sustainable Training Career** - Alec recounts 11 years grinding as a personal trainer, including periods on food stamps and building an independent client base
- 2 (05:23) **Christmas Eve Call Launches Wellness Company** - Father proposes joint wellness venture for agents and leaders; company starts in living room with zero revenue
- 3 (07:52) **Zero to $1M in Under 20 Months** - Wellness business scales rapidly through live events and high-touch coaching; transitions into marketing company
- 4 (09:03) **Physical Fitness as Business Operating System** - Brandon and Alec discuss how consistent training improves mental clarity, credibility, and results for high performers
- 5 (10:38) **Client Transformation Stories** - Examples of agents like Ryan Brown and Parker Pemberton linking fitness consistency to record production and team culture shifts
- 6 (13:05) **Core Marketing Principle: Message-to-Market Match** - Alec breaks down sourcing the right audience list then delivering relevant messaging across channels
- 7 (14:22) **Fastest Growth Lever: Borrow Existing Audiences** - Shift from solo list-building to strategic collaborations with people who already have your target audience
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Show Notes
In episode 61 of Wake Up to Wealth, Brandon Brittingham interviews Alec Cheplak, founder of CheplakLive Wellness, as he shares his inspiring story, from his humble beginnings as a smoothie maker and personal trainer to launching a million-dollar wellness company alongside his father.
Tune in for an inspiring conversation about wealth and the importance of staying true to your vision in the podcasting space.
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Brandon Brittingham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mailboxmoneyb/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.brittingham.1/
Alec Cheplak
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cheplak/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/alec.cheplak/
WEBSITES
Brandon Brittingham: https://www.brandonsbrain.org/home
Alec Cheplak: https://cheplaklivecoaching.com/coaching/alec-cheplak/
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