Episode 180: Creating a True Sense of Community in Your Studio

What We Cover In This Episode: The key role that creating a sense of community plays in member retention for your business [4:04] A look at the "buddy system program" and how it can help build community in your studio [7:14] The importance of having an actual space dedicated to the building of community at your physical location [10:39] The real magic that happens when members, and studio staff, root for each other [17:13]  Quotes:  "It's just so important to make things personalized and to make sure people have friends. Cliques will naturally form, [but] make sure they're not exclusive cliques, because at the end of the day, we only remember how we feel about things." [Nick, 5:22] "You really need to know your audience individually in order to foster connections with your studio, and make reasons for people to come back." [Megan, 9:28]  "That is a huge sense of community, when you have no horse in the running, no skin in the game, and you are just rooting for someone else to achieve something. I mean, what better feeling is there than that, when people are genuinely happy for others to do something?" [Nick, 17:13]  LINKS:   fitDEGREE's Business Portal https://calendly.com/fitdegree/support  [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/fitdegree/ ​​https://www.instagram.com/fitspot_guru/  https://www.fitdegree.com/blog  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJ5rK6zWPXjbxtUQx3ys9Q