As a self-employed personal trainer and group fitness instructor, I don’t have the luxury of using the flow of gym members to easily market to, like someone who is stationed at a fitness center or big box gym. I left that style and have pursued my dream outside of the gym. I found a local church with a big fellowship hall in their basement. It works wonderful! The space comes with a big sound system and a huge open area that I can accommodate 30 to 40 people!
The next step was figuring out how to get 30 or 40 people to come to my class! It’s easy to find the room, but to fill that space is where your marketing strategy needs to be on point! So it took about 3 years for me to figure out the secret! Don’t worry, what I’m about to share with you, should only take you 2 or 3 weeks to grow your numbers! If your classes are lacking in consistency, and you are able to fit more people, than you will want to pay attention to how I was able to grow my group class from 5 or 10 people, to over 20 every single class! Here are the steps I took to reach those numbers!
1. Use SlickText Marketing To Promote Your Group Fitness Class
With Slicktext, you will be able to grow a target list of people you can re-market to who are already interested in joining your group class. I will explain later on how to actually grow that list. Once you have your Slicktext plan, and your keyword, (the word people will text in to join your list) you can begin to build a list and sending out promotions for your class. (PS: Use my promo code: GROWBIG at checkout to save 15%)
2. Promote your class and Text Service On Facebook
Once you have your Slicktext account set up, you can now start to run Facebook ads to promote your class and start having people sign up for your text reminders and promotions. I would suggest writing a post on your Facebook PAGE specific to your business and then using ads manager to BOOST that post. Choose your target market and make sure to list instructions for how to sign up to receive text message notifications. You can also share a link to your website where potential members can input their number into a widget, this makes it a little easier for the customer.
Text-To-Win Screenshot
3. Run Text To Win Contests
I personally have my class members text to join, for the chance to win a FREE class every class. The system automatically chooses a winner at the specified time. This helps with class participation and retention. People love to win free stuff! You can also use it for product giveaways or use it to give a discount for your personal training. Watch the video to see how simple it is to use SlickText and don’t forget to use my promo code: GROWBIG and save 15% Visit: www.slicktext.com and get started!
