Get creative and expand your business by offering outdoor fitness classes!

According to recent studies, outdoor running, walking, boot camp, yoga and martial arts classes can take your club to a new level and increase membership sales. Add any type of outdoor classes to your schedule and watch your business grow. You can even introduce it as a membership upgrade package (iGo Figure Software Feature: Multiple Memberships).

Not only are you offering an exciting new way to exercise, you are also exposing your members to the natural environment which can be a great stress reliever. During outdoor exercise, endorphins and adrenalin are produced, which boost circulation, act as a mood elevator, and normalize the stress hormone, cortisol, in the brain.

A growing number of clubs are taking advantage of a formerly underutilized asset – the great outdoors. By offering training sessions, classes and other activities outside their walls, you are providing your members with fresh benefits that do wonders for your business.

Get some fresh air and add outdoor classes!

Kind regards,

Kyle Z

Come Meet Us – Booth #731 at IHRSA 2010 in San Diego, CA from March 10 – 13, 2010

Have you registered for your FREE VIP Pass, yet?
Follow these steps below and experience the iGo Figure Member & Business Management Software on site:

1. Visit ihrsa.org/go2010 and look up your name, or register for the first time.
2. At the line asking “Were you referred to the Convention & Trade Show by an Exhibitor?”,
   click ‘yes‘ and select “Go Figure, Inc.” from the drop down.
3. Enter the promotional code VIPPASS.
4. Complete the profile, review the registrant information.
5. You will then receive a confirmation (with barcode) via email.

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

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We are very excited about the release of our web-hosted iGo Figure system. Now users can access iGo Figure from anywhere! With this system, data is more secure from hackers and data backups are stored in remote, secure data centers. Back-ups of each business’ data are made every 15 minutes!

Better customer support options and upgrades are just two of the benefits our customers will receive.  Support issues caused by viruses, corrupted MS Windows operating systems, and data corrupted by power outages will be a thing of the past.

Already we have both existing and new customers flocking to this solution. The industries we serve have waited a long time for Go Figure to come out with something they can use online and now it’s finally here. Users that have been using our installed client application will be able to easily migrate their data to the web-hosted version without any issues. Because the web-hosted version uses the same user interface as our installed version, the learning curve is minimal. There will be more to come on this topic very soon!

The iGo Figure team returned from the Curves convention in Orlando, Florida this past weekend. I will have to say it was our best event with Curves ever. We received more positive accolades about our latest version 3.6 and our excellent customer support than ever before. It is always uplifting to hear face to face feedback that supports our efforts and hard work. Users really liked the improved security, session based memberships, and we had many inquiries about expanding hours with our new door access feature. Par for the course were enthusiastic customers interested in adding electronic funds transfer (EFT), credit card processing and the email Retention Managment system which are integrated to the iGo Figure software. Thank you, Curves! We are looking forward to seeing you all again at the regional events this Spring.

Kyle Z.

I just received an email from one of our users in the United Kingdom, Daryl Chapman. He wrote it after having an onsite install and training of the new version by Go Figure’s very own, Angela Clinton. Angela is a technical support lead and customer advocate at Go Figure. Here’s what Daryl said:

“Angela was fantastic. She really knows her onions and gave total confidence… She is a total credit to your company. Both myself and my staff are delighted with v3.6.22 It’s a great piece of software and will undoubtedly save us time and money and also help with retention and gaining new members. Well done to all your development team. I also love the way it has been ‘Brianized’. Good to look at and logical to navigate around. The online support and training systems are also first class.”

Incidentally, Brian is our graphic artist who plays a significant role in the user interface design of the software. After he has designed something that looks great, we call it, “Brianized”!

Those were some very kind words from one of our overseas users that I just felt like sharing with everyone.

Kind regards,

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The iGo Figure, member and customer management software, version 3.6 is available to users that speak the following languages:

1. English
2. Français – French
3. Deutsch – German
4. Español -Spanish
5. nederlands – Dutch
6. Türkçe – Turkish
7. עברית – Hebrew
8. الْعَرَبيّة – Arabic
9. Русский язык – Russian
10. Italiano – Italian

There are no separate modules to purchase. All languages are professionally translated and we work to have each verified by one of our current users that speak that language to help ensure the quality. More languages are on the way, but we did not forget that our users may have members or customers of their business who speak a different language than they do! Users of the iGo Figure software will be able to select language preferences for members as well. This means that when a member scans a key tag for attendance, views a receipt from an item they purchased, or views a weight and measure report, they will see each of these areas in their language! There are currently 18 languages to choose from.

We feel that our software architecture is unique in that it enables us to make quick changes to our code and update languages in a short period of time. We think that we have the most robust and dynamic set of features in the industries we serve: Health Clubs, Fitness Centres, Gymnastic Centers, Yoga Studios, Day Spas, Chiropractors, Gyms, Massage Centers, and Physical therapy businesses.

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The Session Based membership feature is now available in iGo Figure, version 3.6 and higher. Many fitness club software users have expressed a real need for this feature in recent months. Whether our users own a Health or fitness Club, Yoga Center, emphasis on personal training, have a need for child care or day care management, or martial arts or karate center, this can be an invaluable feature. In essence, any type of membership management business will now be able to sell and track memberships based on sessions. In addition, users will have the option to require that a specific membership use both scanning-in and out for attendance on the sessions used. This can be very helpful for managing a full-service day care center or simply the child care area of a health club or similar business. To learn more about how the Session Based Membership feature work in iGo Figure and how it can be used to help increase revenue in your Health Club or related membership driven business, contact us by clicking Here!

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We are very excited to offer the addition of the new door access feature in iGo Figure. Not only does this new feature come at NO extra charge to both new and existing users, we think we have the most competitive offering for door access equipment on the market. iGo Figure users will be able to manage multiple door access points in order to access interior and exterior doors for their members and employees. The system will either grant or restrict access depending on the member’s status. Whether you have a 24 hour access gym or simply want to give special members extended hours through secured door access, you now have complete control within the iGo Figure software. We have certainly seen a rise in 24 hour access fitness clubs, gymnastic centers, and an increase in the adoption of higher security measures for facilities that you would not expect to be interested in door access such as Yoga centers, day spas, and massage centers. In short, our users requested it, we delivered it, and they didn’t have to pay extra for it.

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