FITNESS INDUSTRY BLOG
FITNESS INDUSTRY BLOG
The Strong Roots of a Technology Company Culture
Joining a new team naturally comes with its curiosities. Will the technology be solid enough to build upon? Does the team have world-class makings? In truth, there’s not a day that passes that I am not blown away by the culture of Zen Planner.
The Mission of Oasis Martial Arts: Giving Life Back to Those Without Hope
As a company who supports businesses that transform lives every day, we are always proud and humbled by our customer’s achievements. For that reason, we are going to devote a few of our upcoming blogs to customers who make our world a better place by serving populations that otherwise would not be exposed to fitness and the countless benefits it provides.
New and Improved Zen Planner
Everything we do at Zen Planner is for you, our Customer. Last winter you told us that you loved the richness and features of Zen Planner, but you wanted a clean and easy-to-use interface.
What 5 Things You Must Know Before Hiring a Yoga Instructor For Your School or Box
As a certified yoga instructor, I’m incredibly pleased to see yoga used as a way for serious athletes to stay healthy, while training harder and longer than ever before.
How to Host a Parent’s Night Out at Your Dojo or Martial Arts Gym
Today’s blog outlines the simple steps to take to host an event that will not only bring in new students, but also save a few that would otherwise leave to the myriad of other sports and recreational offerings on display for kids during the back to school season.
Working at Zen Planner: We’re a Family Friendly and Supportive Team
It inevitably happens. Sometimes our work life bleeds into our personal life. I love writing code for our software, and sometimes I get so excited about a new feature I am working on I do some work in between office hours. But, on the other hand, I also often bring my girls to work with me when they are not in school.
Support Tip: Create and Send a New Email to Your Gym Members
Lately I’ve gotten a few calls asking how to go about creating and sending a new email to a gym member. Let’s put this into an example and then walk through how it’s accomplished.
3 Key Metrics for Measuring the Health of Your Fitness Business
A solid understanding of each of these three points will enable you to manage your business rather than continually reacting to a business that is dictating actions to you.
How You Can Train for the CrossFit® Games
With the CrossFit® Games beginning this week, I’d like to recommend a book to stoke your excitement. Training for the CrossFit® Games, is the actual yearlong training plan used by CrossFit® Games competitor Julie Foucher.
Free Executive Assistant for Your Gym
We use Zen Planner to sell Zen Planner because it is a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) tool and we drive our entire day out of the task list.
10 Survival Tips for the CrossFit® Games
As our team prepares to travel to the CrossFit® Games, we put together our Top 10 Tips for Surviving the Games With Your Health and Spirit Intact. Read through them and let us know if any resonate with you.
New Pricing Structure for Retention in Your MMA Program
I’ve been doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 7 years and I’ve seen that student attrition in BJJ and other Martial Arts programs usually occurs between the white belt and a student’s second or third belts.
Increase Revenue for Your Martial Arts School with Events
Enhancing your martial arts business marketing plan by hosting regular events can be key to your martial arts school’s success, especially when it comes to selling upgrade packages, recruiting new students and retaining those you have.
How to do a Paleo Challenge the Right Way
As a Health Coach, I’ve been a part of these kinds of challenges a few times and I can tell you from experience how to do it for optimal effectiveness and how not to do it. The more communication and community you have, the better it will go.
Fitness Business Marketing: How to Harness Social Media
The key to social media-driven business growth for fitness business owners is to create a social media strategy in a disciplined and strategic way.
The Power of Community: CrossFit® and The Force of Human Connection (Book Review)
By leveraging the power of a great community, CrossFit® gives us the tools to overcome challenges we face outside of the box.
The CrossFit Games Are Coming. We’d Love to Give You 2 Gold All-Access Passes.
We share our CrossFit clients’ enthusiasm for the upcoming CrossFit Games that will start on July 25th. In fact, we are so excited about this event, we’d love to take a couple of friends with us. That’s why we are going to give out 2 all-access Gold passes. Yes, the same Gold passes that sold out in 28 minutes.
Why Music Choice Matters in Your Fitness Business
Music sets the tone for your class. I’d recommend that you try to keep the beat relatively similar or arrange your music to follow the energy of your class.
Zen Planner Membership Options – Support Tip
This week, I’ve answered a few calls from our customers who are questioning why some or all of their membership options are displaying as “Full” on their Member Connect site. If you’re having a similar issue, here’s what you can do.
Why Fitness Business Software is Like the World Cup
The World Cup has to be one of the greatest world celebrations, largely because soccer is a great metaphor for life in general. There are highs, there are lows and then there’s the unexpected. For example, say you’re thinking canceling a particular class because attendance has been low. You’re questioning why you decided to open your gym or box and thinking “why bother?” as you head out to coach the class. But, when you arrive, you find your most loyal gym member has brought a few friends and everyone is super excited about doing that day’s WOD. From low to high in all of 10 seconds!
New Member Retention Tips for Martial Arts Schools from the Martial Arts SuperShow
It was another great day at the Martial Arts SuperShow. The Zen Planner team and I have enjoyed visiting with new friends and some of our amazing customers. I also took the time to sit in on a couple business seminars, so I’ll share a few new member retention tips with you. Even though they may seem intuitive, reminding yourself of their importance can strengthen the foundation of your studio or school through member retention.
Success Tips for Martial Arts Schools from the MA SuperShow
I’m blogging today from the Martial Arts SuperShow 2014 in sunny Las Vegas. The team and Zen Planner and I are meeting and learning from some of the industry’s best and brightest. Today was the first full morning of the show and event participants were invited to attend an engaging MAIA Business Success Seminar. During this session, MAIA’s consultants took us through the key revenue sources for any Martial Arts school.
Grow Your Martial Arts Business
What does it take to run, operate and grow a martial arts studio? We know that many folks heading to the MA SuperShow this coming weekend will have these types of questions top of mind as depart for Las Vegas. As I reflect on this question and after speaking to some of Zen Planner’s martial arts’ customers, a few things come to mind.
Socialize Your Fitness Business
Expand your fitness business marketing expertise and socialize your fitness business by learning how to embed social posts and Facebook reviews into your website.
How Forte Fitness accelerated boot camp training growth with Zen Planner
Meet Alicia Streger, owner of Forte Fitness located in Central Florida.
