If you are working as a solo personal trainer, you should focus on spending more time with clients in the gym. There is an increasing demand for personal trainers to perform one to one and group classes.
Running a personal trainer/fitness business is a lot more than just helping clients put together a fitness plan, lift some dumbbells and run on a treadmill.
You have to devise key questions to capture details such as customers life style, their food intake and if they have any medical condition. You also need to schedule appointments, send out invoices, receive payments and engage with clients on regular basis.
Performing all above tasks manually can be time consuming and can also lead to overlap of bookings, late payments, clients not showing up for lessons which means business losing out money. There is also a chance you will forget to perform these tasks.
Personal Trainer Software like Grow in Cloud can make their life easier by automating processes and reducing manual workload. It streamlines booking process and makes scheduling a lesson with personal trainer a breeze. You can also take payments online and send reminder for due invoices. Business using Grow in cloud have seen 80% reduction in no show ups due to emai/sms reminder feature.
It can also be used as a task management software. You can set daily and weekly reminders. This can be setting social media posts, writing a blog post or sending VAT receipts to your accountant. The task management feature will ensure you never miss a deadline by notifying you to do the required task before the deadline. Some other benefits of using Grow in cloud personal trainer software are:
- Accessibility
A cloud based online appointment software can be accessed anywhere any time and from any device such as laptop, tablet and smart phone. This results in making your business available 24/7 for customers to book an appointment.
- Clients can self-schedule appointments.
Most clients, in particular those that are known as Generation X and Millennials, prefer to use digital methods to book a service.
- Reduced no-shows/cancellations
An online appointment booking systems reduce no show ups by up to 50%. You can also send SMS/Email reminders to clients prior to the appointment.
- Staff scheduling
If you are running a busy gym or fitness studio, you would have assigned a set personal trainer for your clients. An online appointment system enables you to manage your staff members calendars.
You can customise times for each service and the hours and days around the availability of different staff members.
- Marketing and Social media
An online booking system can become a great asset in your marking campaign. If you are sending out a promotional Email or SMS campaign, you can add “Book Buttons” to it. This can help in converting interests to leads by enabling a client to book an appointment with you.
