Episode 204: Enhancing Member Engagement with Community Building Tools

What We Cover In This Episode:  Some big news regarding F45's financials [1:00] The tools in fitDEGREE you can use to help maintain a successful community at your studio [3:53] How to personalize the frequency and targeting of your announcements [7:53] A few ways the friends feature can be leveraged to created engagement in your studio space [12:24] What you can do to boost engagement through the chat feature [16:58] Why it's so important to have a community inside of your fitness studio [19:55] Quick wins of the week using the chat feature to connect 24:33] Another challenge we have for you to tackle this week [25:55]  Quotes: "Because of the option of a push notification with the announcements, you can be doing an announcement every day. There's really no reason not to do some kind of announcement every day, and do a push notification once or twice a week." [Nick, 6:26]  "Be intentional. As a studio owner or head instructor, you should probably be attending class anyway. You should be a part of your own community. Book your own classes via the app, let them see your face as a friend and kind of use that as a training opportunity." [Megan, 14:43] "That's why people start going to boutique fitness studios, because they have an issue with self-accountability. So now none of their friends are checking in on them, no one else is holding them accountable, and they just start to slowly fall off and move away from your studio. That's what I think of when I think of community; people are going to care when you're not there." [Nick, 20:42] LINKS:   Episodes 153, 155, 157 & 159 with Niki Riga Visit the fitDEGREE Knowledge Base Send Megan Your Playlist or Discuss the Podcast Here! 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