Why your Data makes you Different

There are tons of data available about how to retain gym members. Data tells us facts such as:

• Women are slightly more at risk of quitting than men.

• Younger people tend to pose greater retention risks.

• Staff interactions make it more likely members will attend your gym.

Whilst these kinds of generalised insights are really important, the truth is that no two gyms are the same when it comes to member retention risks, just as no two people are truly the same.

Whilst it’s really useful to understand the causes of customer retention risks and how to create retention campaigns, at the end of the day you need to use your gym data to gain specific insights that can help improve retention for your gym.

KeepMe

What KeepMe essentially does is use your gym data to create a model of the retention health of your gym. It does this by analyzing your data and providing insights that only apply to your gym.

Your gym data is unique, and so are your member retention challenges. This is precisely what KeepMe zooms in on.

Here’s why it’s important to use this kind of unique look at your data:

Research has shown that if you want to improve customer engagement and loyalty you need to understand their experience. If you want to understand your members’ experiences you need to look at the specific data you hold about them. 

Evidence shows that members are more likely to continue giving you their business if they have a positive customer experience with you. One way to monitor the kind of experience your members are having is with Net Promoter Surveys that work out if your members are likely to promote your brand (promoters) or are likely to talk it down (detractors).

The only way to work out the NPS scores of your members is to ask them using surveys. The data that you collect on this can be very powerful. It means you can reach out to individuals with messages that resonate with the specific kind of relationship they have with your gym.

So this is another way your data makes you different. And, of course, if you run multiple facilities you will find that the retention levels of each site are different. 

For example, one gym may be easily accessible by public transport, be in a highly populated area, and have a well-established reputation. But perhaps you’ve recently opened another venue and you’re struggling to keep members coming back. Using AI membership retention software like KeepMe you might discover that your members are travelling a long way to your gym. If this is the case, you can do two things.

One, target your ads within a 5km radius of your gym. The distance people travel makes an impact on gym retention so it makes sense to generate customers from your local area. 

Two, you can make a bigger focus on improving the retention of those who have to travel a little further. This insight might not apply to any other gym, but it’s exactly these unique insights that can be make or break when it comes to improving gym retention.

Another way that your data makes you different is that retention is not just about taking a snapshot of retention health at a single point in time. Using KeepMe you can track retention levels over time. This can tell you if the last month was an improvement on the previous, and whether your future months are predicted to see overall member retention rise or fall.

This kind of time-based insight also means you can relate to your members in real-time.

With KeepMe, you can see exactly who’s working out in your gym right now.

The right interaction at the right time can increase the likelihood of a member sticking around by 50%. If an individual is at risk of attrition the truth is they may not even realise this themselves. But you can use KeepMe to trigger staff interactions when at-risk members come into your gym.

This can be organised using KeepMe’s On-Site mobile app, meaning your staff have never been more informed and empowered to help improve member retention than they are now with this kind of data-based technology.

This is helpful because it’s not always possible, or even desirable, to interact with every member that comes to your gym. Instead, you can use the unique data Keepme captures about your members to make sure the right people get the attention they need to keep them coming back for more.

If you want to know how Keepme can be tailored to solve your unique member retention challenges you can book a free demo of our software that will walk you through it.

Your data makes you different, so make sure you are making the most of it using KeepMe’s AI retention software.