Digital fitness club & gym marketing results; the numbers
Posted on 26-09-2016
"Okay, nowadays about every fitness club, gym, health club, cross box, personal trainer, and yoga studio has its own website. Great! That is step 1 of 2. Because now it's time to get your website to do what it is meant to do; producing leads and members, like a true gym member funnel! On average, the websites of Hidden Profits Marketing clients around the world generate approximately 110+ leads a month, every month. How satisfied are you with the number of leads your own studio website generates??
If you think there's room for improvement, keep reading...
"Internet marketing is free, so first we'll try it for ourselves"
Wouter Cornelissen, co-owner of Hidden Profits Marketing: "Have you ever spoken to people that needed your professional help to get fit again, but that said they would try it on their own first? Well, that is exactly what we hear quite often from entrepreneurs and managers in fitness, stating that digital marketing on social media is free. So they first try it out themselves. "
This is the worst ever marketing decision for gyms!
Cornelissen states: "Well, technically they may be right; a lot of marketing tools are free online. But it may be their worst marketing decision they ever make! Yes, that is correct, I said their worst marketing decision ever. When you are running a professional fitness business, you don't want amateur marketing. Period."
Your local marketing agency or expert?
"We really support any decision towards professional fitness marketing", Cornelissen continues. "Whether it's your 18-year-old cousin that has so many friends on Facebook or Instagram, the receptionist's sister that is great at logo design or a local general marketing agency. As long as they are professionals, it is a good first step forward. Just a first step, you want real experts. Why? Because online fitness marketing is the lifeblood of your fitness business. And you don't want amateurs to control your lifeblood."
Online marketing is the lifeblood of any gym or fitness club nowadays
"Nonetheless, the number one challenge for any fitness business is the emotion involved in marketing fitness. You see, when buying a bread, for example, there is no or hardly any emotion involved. If any, not as powerful as the emotion involved when people think of themselves being overweight or out of shape. Because that is what people feel when looking for or open to learning more about your gym. The 'Join now and get 2 months for free' ads don't solve any emotional problem. That solution to the emotional problem, that is what people are looking for. An instant solution, preferably.", Wouter explains.
Case: these are the online marketing numbers of just one of our fitness clients
The numbers you see here are from one of our now 270+ clients in UK, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands (date: August 2016). The results are not typical, and no guarantee at all for any club in any situation. But they are a very good example. Please, check them out and read our breakdown of them after that:
What do these numbers mean?
We break them down into 3 categories Google, Facebook, and website (numbers in Euros):
- We generate between 25 and 61 leads (we call them digital walk-ins) for this gym through Google Adwords ads
- These leads are what we call 'hot leads' because they are actively searching for a solution to their (obesity/shape) problem
- Per lead, we spent between € 2.94 en € 5.84 on advertising, that's a great average, the variation is a matter of supply and demand
- The creation of ads in Google is free, but even if you manage to get the ads visible at all prices are rising (due to heavy competition by the big fitness chains), our strategy proves to be very cost effective at just 11 cents per ad click.
- Nowadays Facebook ads generate most leads, on average between 52 and 295 per month
- These leads are warm but pre-qualified
- Ad cost per lead is dependent on competition, in this case, € 2.07 to € 7.66 per lead
- Creating ads on Facebook is not free, you pay by the number of views. That's why securely targeting specific audiences combined with the right strategy is crucial to success
Website
- You can clearly see that the website attracts multiple thousands of visitors and that there is nó summer holiday dip!
- Between 3.80% and 10.17% of all site visitors respond on the website, this conversion rate is a little lower than the average for all Hidden Profits Marketing clients
- The total number of website leads per month is more than our average, between 201 and 448(!) leads
- Example: in August during the school holidays, an astonishing 393 leads, of which 256 through Facebook and Google Adwords ads
- The remaining 137 'natural and direct' leads are more than 500% higher than the 25 monthly leads this website generated before working with Hidden Profits Marketing!
Case: A whopping 30% of leads joins as a regular 12-month member, without giving away any discount at all!
Wouter Cornelissen concludes: "Please realize that 30% of the online leads enroll as a member. That is without any discount what so ever. Even better, new members pay extra for a.o. personal training during the introduction period. But maybe the most interesting part of this all is, that our clients have no worry at all about our campaigns, that's what we take care of."
Conclusion:
"Our conclusion is simple but extremely effective. As a professional gym or fitness club owner / manager, you owe it to yourself and family, to your team and to your clients to truly get the most out of the internet. We call that uncovering the hidden profits in marketing. You can trust us, to do the job of generating a steady stream of online fitness leads for you."
How satisfied are you with the website performance of your fitness club or gym?
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Author: Aernout Leezenberg
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"Hidden Profits Marketing is the only company that delivered true lead to revenues"
Benjamin Peker, Retro Fitness Brooklyn, New York -
"December is usually a tough month but this time the member registrations just continue."
Sanne Rooijmans, Crossfit 075 (the Netherlands) -
"With the opening of Fitness35 in Galway, Hidden Profits Marketing generated way more leads than I've ever expected!"
Joe Cosgrove, Fitness 35 in Galway (Ireland) -
"For both my 30 EasyFit Premium clubs as well as most of our Milon Fitness Circuit clubs, this program delivers good numbers!"
Raf Swerts, EasyFit Premium Clubs (chain Belgium) -
"Month after month, a consistent number of leads!"
Jason Westlake, Oxygen Yoga & Fitness in Chilliwack (Canada) -
"In just 1.5 year time, my boutique fitness club is completely fully booked! Thank you Hidden Profits Marketing!"
Erwin Korst, SX Sportsclub in Eindhoven (the Netherlands) -
"My 2 Health clubs in London and in Horsham are generating more leads and clients then ever before! "
Stuart Davis, My35 in Horsham & Life3 in London -
"A true sustainable stream of leads, guaranteeing our month over month growth! All with your great care!"
Klaus Heusel, Palestra Fitness in Eberbach (Germany) -
"Amazing results! These guys just know how to generate hundreds and hundreds of leads on Facebook, Instagram, Google etc."
Jesse-Bo Leenders, OosterGym in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) -
"Stop the campaigns please! We are completely full!"
Gert Bongers, GetFit35 Doetinchem (the Netherlands) -
"We found an optimal process of generating and converting the leads "
Daniel Buth, LifeCity Chain of Fitness Clubs (The Netherlands) -
"I can be very clear: you guys at Hidden Profits Marketing can do with my studios marketing whatever you feel is right."
Martin Kupfer, Fitnessstudio Zorneding in Zorneding (Germany) -
"Both our sales appointment calendar and our studio are way fuller now!"
Sebastian Ladner, Exercito Fitness Club, Wilhelmshaven (Germany) -
"Within 21 days, we signed up 36 new long-term members for our Personal Training & Small Group Studio. All classes are ..."
Roy Liefting, Liefting Fit Personal Training & Small Group (The Neth -
"The best solution for club owners and managers, that do not have all this digital marketing knowledge and ..."
Martijn van der Pijl, Slim Bezig Milon Micro Studio (The Netherlands -
"We have been growing now for 55 months in a row! "
Romano Morais, Healthy Fit Gym (The Netherlands) -
"I tried some other marketing agencies, but returned here as a client. The number and the quality of the leads are great, so .."
Frank Reijn, Aerofit in The Hague - Wassenaar (the Netherlands) -
"Members-stop! A full studio within 9 months, partly thanks to Hidden Profits."
Iris van Westering Stokkink, BodyTec Veenendaal (the Netherlands)
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