Delighting with Data: Automation for Seamless Gym Operations

When it comes to integrating AI-driven solutions for personalized member experiences and lead engagement, embracing digital transformation is a smart strategic move. Moreover, this transformation should be viewed as your greatest ally in navigating the hyper-competitive fitness industry.
Sumeet Mann
Sumeet Mann
March 28th, 2024
Delighting with Data: Automation for Seamless Gym Operations

Attracting and retaining members amidst a crowded market, where consumers are spoilt for choice is a challenge we all know only too well. For some, the need for technological advancements and continuous adaptation to remain relevant is seen as an additional challenge. But let's look at it through a different lens. When it comes to integrating AI-driven solutions for personalized member experiences and lead engagement, embracing digital transformation is a smart strategic move. Moreover, this transformation should be viewed as your greatest ally in navigating the hyper-competitive fitness industry.

Through the seamless integration of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, advanced operational tools, and a sophisticated automation engine, Keepme empowers and elevates your team's proficiency in the tasks of attracting, retaining, and re-engaging members. This comprehensive solution not only streamlines operational processes but also ensures a personalized and efficient approach, fostering long-lasting connections with your membership base. 

Get Personal(ized)

Personalized communication plays a pivotal role in reducing churn and driving revenue by fostering a sense of connection, engagement, and loyalty. With so many other aspects of your members’ lives competing for their attention on a daily basis, personalized messages tailored to individual preferences, goals, and behaviors can make all the difference. 

Consider how personalized communications around each of the following can help create a supportive ecosystem where members feel valued and understood. 

  • Milestones - these might be as simple as reaching a number of total workouts logged, or as specific as graduating from a beginner to advanced-level workout - either way, that encouraging message solidifies your involvement in that significant moment, and recognises its importance for the individual member.

  • Achievements - similarly, an achievement might be more general like recognising participation or a win in a gym challenge, or as specific as achieving a PB - the win for you and your facility is that from the member's point of view, you not only noticed, but cared enough to celebrate it with them.

  • Tailored recommendations - personalized workout plans based on individual fitness goals, preferences, and abilities can be drawn from banked content saved for different levels and abilities, but will feel like a bespoke solution and a one-on-one interaction when the communication is treated the right way. The same approach can work for nutritional guidance, class recommendations, recovery strategies - you name it!

This personalized approach not only increases member satisfaction but also cultivates a sense of belonging and commitment to the fitness journey. As a result, members are more likely to renew their memberships, refer others, and even invest in additional services or products, thus driving revenue. 

You can leverage the power of Keepme's personalized messaging capabilities to deploy intricately crafted message sequences tailored to individual members, effectively mitigating churn and catalyzing increased non-dues revenue. By harnessing the nuanced insights to member behavior derived from artificial intelligence and data analytics, our platform enables your organization to communicate with members in a highly targeted manner, fostering this precious sense of connection and loyalty. This connection goes beyond the conventional gym experience, creating a sense of camaraderie and shared purpose among members. 

Through these personalized communication strategies, Keepme not only assists in creating a supportive ecosystem where individuals feel empowered and motivated to pursue their fitness goals, it helps contribute to the reduction of churn. The platform also supports you in strategically stimulating additional revenue streams beyond membership dues, thereby enhancing the overall financial sustainability of your organization. 

Streamlining Operations with Automation

With automation, you can truly unleash the full potential of your team. By incorporating Keepme's advanced capabilities, you allow them to devote more time and energy to engaging with a broader spectrum of members. With our cutting-edge automation technology seamlessly integrated into your operational framework, routine and time-consuming tasks are automated, freeing your team from administrative burdens. 

This newfound efficiency empowers them to focus on the cultivation of meaningful connections with members, devising personalized strategies for engagement, and addressing individual needs. As a result you will enhance the productivity of your retention efforts all while elevating the quality and depth of member interactions, and again fostering a more robust and enduring sense of community within your organization.

Automate the Sales Process!

Keepme can also elevate your sales strategy and ensure all leads receive the appropriate level of attention and effort, at the right time. Our advanced automation tools are designed to seamlessly integrate into your sales pipelines, streamlining processes and enhancing overall efficiency. By automating routine tasks, such as lead prioritization, nurturing, and follow-ups, Keepme allows your sales team to focus on high-value, relationship-building activities. 

"Before the team had access to Keepme, we faced several challenges. One of the main issues is that leads were arriving into multiple systems and inboxes, making it very difficult to manage and keep track of leads. This was time-consuming and challenging in terms of maintaining an efficient workflow and responding to enquiries/potential opportunities effectively."

Darryl Dewar - Group Sales & Customer Experience Manager, BH Live Active
Darryl Dewar
Group Sales & Customer Experience Manager, BH Live Active

Beyond merely keeping your sales pipelines organized, Keepme's automation empowers your team to cultivate strong, lasting relationships with leads the same way it does with members. By automating repetitive tasks, your sales professionals can invest more time in understanding client needs, tailoring solutions, and providing a level of service that sets your organization apart in a competitive market. 

Incorporating Keepme's strategic automation into your sales processes not only ensures your team is focused on the opportunities most likely to convert, but also positions your team to thrive in a dynamic and evolving business landscape, where, as mentioned before, personalized, timely, and effective engagement is paramount!

What does great look like?

I checked in with my colleagues across the Customer Success Team to ask about some of their favorite automation examples.

In my role as the Client Success Manager, I’ve seen many examples of clients benefiting from being able to personalize and automate their member engagement. They have redirected their emphasis from simply tracking member attendance and activities to putting in effort to cultivate a culture where every member feels valued. This involved recognizing achievements, acknowledging milestones, and creating avenues for members to contribute to the community's vibrancy. By using their member data to properly understand what drove and motivated their members, they were able to create a very tangible sense of community where members felt included, encouraged, and recognised - that’s what really keeps people coming back.

Keepme Customer Success Team

“On the sales side of things, I've had the privilege of assisting numerous clients in streamlining their complex sales processes. By doing so, I have assisted our clients to harness the capabilities of our sophisticated platform, and they have been able to synchronize every aspect of customer engagement, from initial touchpoints to post-purchase interactions, creating a unified and immersive experience."

Keepme Customer Success Team

One noteworthy aspect of my work involves the breaking down of their intricate procedures into simplified, efficient, and automated actions. This not only allows our clients to enjoy the fruits of their labor with minimal effort, but also empowers them to redirect their energy towards addressing more critical internal matters. By implementing these strategic and automated solutions, our clients have not only achieved a remarkable level of success but have also found the freedom to double down on their core business objectives and navigate the challenges of their internal operations with enhanced focus and effectiveness.

Keepme Customer Success Team

“By assisting our clients to harness the capabilities of our sophisticated platform, they have been able to synchronize every aspect of customer engagement, from initial touchpoints to post-purchase interactions, creating a unified and immersive experience.”

Keepme Customer Success Team

The Keepme Difference

Keepme offers a comprehensive solution to help businesses stand out in an often crowded and competitive landscape, through the integration of advanced artificial intelligence, operational tools, and automation.

Keepme enhances member engagement by attracting, retaining, and re-engaging members. It can allow your organization to go beyond the conventional gym management functions by incorporating an atmosphere where members don’t just attend workouts but actively participate in a community that understands and supports their individual fitness journeys. Personalized messaging capabilities enable tailored communication, reducing churn, and driving non-dues revenue. The platform automates routine tasks, freeing up the retention team to focus on those all important face to face meaningful member connections.

Meanwhile in the sales end of your operation, Keepme's AI-powered automation tools streamline processes, ensuring a consistent flow of hot leads are at your team's finger tips. By automating lead generation, nurturing, and follow-ups, sales teams can focus on relationship-building activities, setting the organization apart in a dynamic market. Keepme customers have been able to streamline sales processes, synchronize customer engagement, and redirect efforts to critical internal matters, achieving remarkable success.

If Keepme sounds like your logical next step, you can schedule a quick discovery call at a time that suits you with one of our team, or if you find yourself asking 'Is Keepme right for me?' then take our two minute quiz to help you work out if Keepme is right for your business.

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