HALO Talks Fast Break: Add More Classes!
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๐จ Calling all boutique fitness studio operators! ๐จ
Integrity Square Managing Partner & Founder Pete Moore is back as "Dr. HALO", and this is a must-hear for anyone running a boutique fitness studio. He's not mincing words either: If you're only running a few classes a day and wondering why you're struggling, it's time for you to look in the mirror. A few things:
Increase Class Frequency
Most boutique fitness studios simply aren't offering enough classes. If you're only open for a few hours or offering just 2-3 classes a day, you're shooting yourself in the foot. More classes equal more revenue opportunitiesโdon't sell yourself short by playing it safe.
Maximize Revenue per Hour, Not Just per Class
Look at Southwest! This is also an hourly business. Every hour you don't run a class is a lost opportunity for revenue. Running a business on "airline logic" means utilizing your space as much as possible throughout the day.
Go Beyond Your Core Demographic
Stop telling yourself there aren't enough people in your area who want to work out! From soccer moms to assisted living residents, triathletes to brunch-goers, Get creative and dig into who else could fill seats in those classes at different hours. There are always more opportunities than you thinkโif you're willing to do the work.
Think Like a Multi-Use Arena
Look at yourself as Madison Square Garden, not just a single-purpose facility. That means filling your space with a variety of offeringsโdifferent types of classes, events, even partnershipsโto maximize usage, build community, and drive revenue.
You're Responsible for Creating Value
Tough Love Time: If your studio isn't open enough, not generating revenue, and feeling like a victimโchange it. Create true value by filling time slots, building community, and serving new demographics. Buyers only want valuable, profitable businesses, not ones that are break-even or losing money. Value is builtโso get to work!
Stop playing small, fill your calendar, and serve your community. Start thinking bigger. Go HALO!
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This is Pete Moore, host of Halo Talks, coming at you
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again today. Unfortunately not as Captain Halo,
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as Dr. Halo. And I'm talking directly to
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studio boutique operators. This is sponsored by promotion,
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vault, reward, Intelligence. Here's the issue, and
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it's the 800 pound gorilla or the elephant in the room. Okay?
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And I'm not going to mince words today, but. But I'm first going to tell
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you a story that when I was in ninth grade, I was a captain of
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my basketball team. You'll see. Coach Kowalski used to yell at me
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for the first four days. And I said, coach, why you keep yelling at me?
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I'm doing everything you want me to do. He's like, you want me to yell
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at you? Because when I yell at you, that means I'm pushing you.
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That means I think you have potential. And when I don't yell at you is
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the day I give up on you. And I don't think you could be better.
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So everything I'm about to tell you right now is in the crux
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of making you the best entrepreneur, the best business athlete
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that you could be. All right? I think you have potential. So
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you want me to yell at you now? Right now. Unfortunately, I have to come
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to you and I have to tell you that you're not putting enough classes on
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the calendar. All right? You as a studio operator cannot be open for
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three hours a day or three classes, pay full rent,
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and think that you are going to have a successful business. Stop acting like
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you're a victim and stop acting like there's not enough people in your
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demographic that potentially want to work out at your location.
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Let's take a look at Southwest Airlines for a second. It's the same
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exact business model as a fitness studio. They are in the
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hourly transportation business. You are in the hourly
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live entertainment business. Every day there are 10
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flights that go from LAX to Phoenix, Arizona in
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Phoenix, Arizona to LAX. Each one of those
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737800 Max has
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175 seats on that plane. They have two
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awesome pilots and they have staff that make you feel good.
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They lease that plane, they paint it, they put their
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seats in, and then they put it up online and they get reservations.
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Not very dissimilar to what you have to do is get a lease,
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I paint it, I put my fitness equipment in, I get some awesome fitness instructors,
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and then I run it. Now, Southwest Airlines runs 10 flights a day,
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okay? At 175 seats,
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1750. Opportunities to make money. All
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right, and you run 40 to 60
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seats a day. And think that you're going to make money. If you're not making
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$2,000 a day in this industry, then it's not worth having
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it open. Unless you're doing some kind of Ozark money laundering thing,
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then let me know about it. We do a podcast about it, or maybe even
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a Netflix series. But the reality is you have to run your
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operation on an hourly basis. And you have to stop telling me
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that there's not enough people in your demographic, okay? There's people
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that are. That are soccer moms and they're waiting around in gymnastics
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classes. And there's people in assisted living that Silver Sneakers will pay
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you. There's people at the brunch place around the corner, and those
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people want to do something before and after brunch with their friends.
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There's people that are training for triathlons that could be in your
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location. There are people that have jobs at night
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that like to work out in the middle of the day, okay? So you got
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to do the research. You got to go and figure out where those people are.
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And then you got to fill up your calendar, because every single one of the
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co tenants in your shopping plaza are open 15
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to 18 hours a day. And you're the only one that's open for three hours.
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So you have no chance. And you're not a victim, okay?
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So I want to call on a number of different things, and I want you
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to take the time to realize that every hour that goes by
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that you do not run a live class, you have given up in a revenue
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opportunity, okay? Find a demographic, go after it, and
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make it happen. Look at Solid core, they're running 14 classes a
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day. Soul Cycle, they're running 10 classes a day. Don't tell
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me that you only can run two or three classes a day. That's where the
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opportunity is, and that's where you have to go. And you have to do outreach.
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You have to educate. You have to actually do the work and put in the
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work. So when you think about what your studio is, think about yourself
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as an arena. You are Madison Square Garden, okay? And you're going to
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fill that place up not just with hockey, not just with hockey
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and basketball, but also rock concerts. I'm going to bring
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in the circus, I'm going to bring in the rodeo. I'm going to bring in
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dirt bikes, okay? And start thinking about all the different things that
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go on in your community where you have a place that is safe,
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that is exciting to go to, that creates an experience, and then
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go after the opportunity. Okay? You have to be open 8 to
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10 hours a day or don't run this business because it's not going to work
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for you. I want to see successful businesses. Don't call me and
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say, hey, can you sell my business? It's break even or it's losing money.
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Because the answer is it's not worth anything unless you create value. So
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create value. Someone will pay you for the value that you create, and
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you'll actually be a happy studio owner instead of a studio owner that
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feels like a victim. So now is the time to get our act together
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and let's do it together and figure out a way to move this industry
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forward and to fill up your studio, serve your community.
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And if there's a 15 minute drive time and there's 100,000
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people in that drive time, I'm pretty sure you get 200 people
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a day to hang out in your studio for 15 to $20 a day.
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Go get it. Make it happen. I believe in you. Go, Halo.
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Thank you, Matthew Spielman, for having me wear the stethoscope today.
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The doctor is.