Would you like to know what the iGo Figure Software is all about?
Check out Kyle’s interview on Health and Fitness TV!

Would you like to see for yourself? Contact us today!

Cheers,

Matt Z

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• Save $199 on payment processing (no obligation)
• Enjoy 2 months no license fee.
• FREE Retention Management for 60 days

Lock in your discount at (866) 532-9588 or sales@igofigure.com.

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Cheers,

Matt Z

Booth #125 at Club Industry East 2010 in New York, NY from May 5 – 7, 2010

Receive your FREE admission to the Club Industry East trade show by clicking here
and experience the iGo Figure Member & Business Management Software on site.

Find out why more than 8,000 facility owners like you trust the iGo Figure Software to run their facility:

• Incredibly easy-to-use software that does it all.
• Integrated, low-cost payment processing, including $.10 EFT transactions.
• Efficiently manage all of your memberships.
• Handle all your scheduling needs.
• Control facility access.
• Track employee compensation.
• Advanced POS and inventory system.
• Local install or web-based/hosted available.
• Available in multiple languages.
• World-class free support and training included.

Visit our booth #125 during the trade show!

See you there!

Kyle Z

Back in 1995 there were approximately 12,500 commercial fitness centers in the United States. Since 2008, there are more than 29,000! One recent authority suggests the following ten ways to recharge your club and set it apart from the competition:

1. Get Fresh. “Store Blindness” is an affliction that besets everyone who lives or works in the same space. After a while, we don’t notice the worn carpets, the tired colors, the clutter behind the front desk, etc. A first-time visitor will notice any of those immediately. Whenever a strong competitor enters the market, it is imperative that clubs undergo a 360-degree examination. Get Fresh with a club makeover!

2. Get Connected. “Connectivity” may be the #1 advantage that existing clubs enjoy over powerful, new entrants into the market. So get started! Connect through the iGo Figure Software by sending a message to a member through your welcome screen, create a Facebook page for your club and/or sign-up for Go Figure’s free Retention Management trial. You will love the results! “Connectivity” is the basic reason why some neighborhood restaurants and coffee shops that may have flawed operations succeed year after year. Get connected with iGo Connect!

3. Get United. Being faced with an imminent threat from a new club allows your club to accelerate in the pursuit of better performance. Whenever a new competitor announces its entry into your market, you have an opportunity to unite your staff in the pursuit of a higher level of performance and excellence across the board.  A motivated and mobilized staff becomes the ultimate asset, the ultimate weapon with which you can win the battle. Get United and show off your team!

For the rest of the list, visit:

http://cms.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=17977&nodeID=15

Let’s beat your competition together!

Always happy to help,

Matt Z

Source: http://cms.ihrsa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=17977&nodeID=15

For years credit card companies have been cracking down on merchants that do not sufficiently protect credit card data from evil-doers.  To help merchants minimize the risk of compromised credit card data, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) set standards to protect such data.

One such standard is that credit card data stored in a software program should only be stored in a program that meets Payment Application Best Practices (PABP).

GOOD NEWS:  The iGo Figure health club maangement software has been certified PABP compliant!

Check out this link to see who is and is not certified:

http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/validated_payment_applications.pdf?it=c|/merchants/risk_management/cisp_payment_applications.html|Validated%20Payment%20Applications

Go Figure is on page 19.

Surprisingly, many companies that claim to be certified are absent from the list.  In fact, most other fitness club management software companies have yet to meet PABP standards.

Scary.

Cheers,

Matt

Tomorrow morning I am off to Toronto to attend the CanFitPro trade show. Last year was our first year to attend, and while the show was over all, smaller than what we were used to, it was time well spent. The Canadian market has been good for Go Figure, and we like being a part of it. This year I will be speaking health club professionals in the tradeshow about the three most deadly forms of member attrition. It will be a clinic on how to inoculate against them as they affect all health clubs to some degree.

Kyle Zagrodzky

I know old habits die hard, but if you’re still using a non-integrated online billing company, here’s another good reason to switch to Go Figure’s integrated pay processors.

Recently I was talking to a customer who used to use an online billing company to process their EFT and credit card payments. He wanted to avoid the hassle of entering data an updates into the web system, so he decided to make the switch to the EFT and credit card processors integrated with the iGo Figure software, thinking that was the main benefit he would realize. After completing the switch, he was floored at how many members he had not billed because of mistakes he (or his staff) had made entering data in the online billing system.

In addition to the time you’ll save with the integration, it will help you avoid costly errors too.

Cheers,

Matt Z