Breaching the Barriers of the Fitness Business Gyms should always be about positivity and overcoming obstacles. So, it's worth taking a look at a few of the hurdles you're likely to encounter in fitness entrepreneurship. I'm not saying you should forge ahead recklessly. You need a plan and contingencies. However, don't let the inevitable difficulties and the nay-sayers turn you away from your dream of becoming a fitness club owner. Big Box Brands Take All the Business False! You don't have to invest a fortune in a primo location, lease one-hundred tons of the latest Internet-connected equipment, and then compete [...]
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Powering Your Way Out of The Twilight Zone Picture yourself on a treadmill and the faster you walk or run, the more new clients you add to your gym membership base. At the same time clients are dropping out and, to stay in business, you have to keep adding new ones to replace them by running faster. The metaphor of the treadmill could become a nightmare if your client acquisition doesn't keep up with your cancellations. This picture shows the paradox of retention, and if you're struggling, it's like watching yourself in an episode of the TV classic series, the [...]
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In fitness, client programming is the key to operational success. There are several reasons for that. Let's explore them and look at why it is that gym business operators can't ignore this organizing principle. The best way to consolidate new gym membership sales is to draw your new members into a series of instructions to get them moving ahead and focused on fitness, not buyer's remorse. Of course, client programming is much more than that, it is the professional basis for any organized fitness activities. Gym Members Need Structure It's the people who need a structure the most who can [...]
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Planning For Client Acquisition Success After my last post about starting your own business, the logical follow-up is a blog about client acquisition. Yes, that post did go into details about how important it is to understand your customers. Also, there is no doubt that finding your niche is the key to success too. You need a practical, step-by-step plan to acquire new members. What that means is a plan to get them in the front door, signed up, and working out. While you should build a funnel for membership sales, you don't want to get caught in a formula [...]
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When you set up the client acquisition process your club membership marketing, you will be able to manage everything you measure. The fitness marketing insights that you'll find in the numbers will empower you to improve your sales results and bring new members into your business more efficiently. It's much like the way a well-planned training program helps a club member get into the best possible shape. Over time, you gather data and reflect on your performance, improving it from the insights you learn. Finding The Answers In The Data Starting out, you're just glad that you have enough new [...]
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A Pro Tip For Small Gym Business Client Acquisition If you look at your small gym business from the broadest perspective possible, client acquisition is the one central function that drives your operation. Arguably, everything else is a detail. Of course, some of the details are critical, but they address the members you pick up as part of the acquisition process. However, the cost to acquire new members isn't as useful a measurement for you as the lifetime value of those new memberships. Everything other than that drive for client acquisition is a refinement or facilitated by it. Your income [...]
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