During the last couple of years, COVID-19 has invaded the world and brought with it several changes in how our world operates in the majority of its sectors. A virtual shift has consequently occurred and has been inevitable for the world activities to resume. 48% of sports and fitness app users plan on bringing virtual fitness into their routines even after the pandemic.
Due to the demand for customized and increasingly niche fitness class offerings, the live streaming fitness market is expected to grow 35% per year till 2026, and change will happen including:
- -Eliminating location and distance barriers. Virtual fitness classes enable you to learn and deliver courses whenever, wherever; allowing you to reach an international audience;
- -Being affordable thanks to the lower amount of equipment required;
- -Widening your digital skill set and being more acquainted with the online world.
- -Keeping track of attendees: As they can’t physically monitor presence in a virtual class, virtual classes’ providers could face the problem of tracking attendance;
- -Keeping up with cancellations: Virtual classes’ providers could face the hurdle of keeping up with reservations and courses/sessions cancellations, due to the fact that everything is agreed upon online, and all bookings/reservations are made virtually;
- -Lower marketing efforts: Some people started being aware of the effectiveness of virtual classes and the utmost convenience it provides, although many other people would still prefer attending fitness and gym courses physically. Being the case, marketing virtual classes, if not advertised and spread cleverly, would not benefit the classes and would not mobilize people to take action and be part of these classes, resulting in the classes’ failure.
- -Members can check-in and book sessions with a single click;
- -Members can interact and communicate with instructors via the app, thus, feeling like one team in a physical environment;
- -Access your data and analyze it to help you choose better and successful strategic growth decisions;
- -Manage the entire flow of operations, branches, and departments, all while getting real-time facts and financial reports, schedules, and more, for you to effectively manage your revenues, costs, and profitability percentages;
- -Leverage your virtual classes, and keep the workflow running properly and accurately.