Hi Everyone,
If you want to save over $300 for your business each month, please continue to read…...
Billing is an important part of any business and all companies should strive for two things:
Processing transactions INEXPENSIVELY and EFFECIENTLY.
All businesses can improve their billing process. Let’s first discuss keeping your expenses down.
The biggest charge to your company, in the billing process, will be from your merchant. To process credit cards you need one. Most Merchants charge between 2-4 percent for each credit card transaction, plus about $.20. If you try and process a $100 credit card, the merchant will take $3.20 (3% plus $.20). You should strive to get merchant fees as low as possible. If you can get your rate down to 2.5% your fees will be $2.70. If you process 100 transactions per month at 2.5%, you can save your business $50 per month. Shape.Net can offer merchant rates as low as 2.19%. Not bad.
Let’s take this process one step further. A better way to process payments would be via eCheck (bank debit). Shape.Net can process eChecks for only $.25. If you process 100 transactions for $100 each,
Credit card fees from your merchant (3%) will be $320. If you process these same 100 transactions as eChecks, your charges will be $25, a savings of $295 !!!
This is not a misprint !!!! To process an eCheck all you need from your client is their checking account number and their bank routing number. The key is to offer this payment method to clients. You can also offer something simple and free if they do this. To process eChecks with Shape.net, you need to setup a gateway that integrates with your merchant. The bottom line is that you will be processing all payments
Thru your Shape.Net system.
Even if you are locked into another merchant account while using Shape.Net, we can still integrate the system where you keep your merchant. Most importantly, you will have the opportunity to process eChecks that can easily save your business hundreds of dollars per month.
What are you waiting for? Contact me now to get this started: larryking@getshape.net.
The next newsletter will discuss how to process billing efficiently, saving you time and money.
At your service,
Larry King
Owner
www.getshape.net
212-826-9502
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
How to Make Money: November 2008 Newsletter
Hi Everyone,
If you don't want to make more money, stop reading this email.
As you all know, we are a web-based management software company that provides software that can help facilities more effectively manage their business along with providing tools to generate revenue.
By observing all of our clients, we've been able to see what the successful ones are doing on a daily basis with our system. I will describe one easy process to implement into your business that will put more money in your pocket.
Additionally, you will help your members achieve their goals. Please keep in mind that the Shape.Net system will help you manage this entire process effectively.
Here it is.....
Offer a 12 week training program to your clients or prospects
Call it the Feel Great Package (or any name you want)
2 training sessions per week
Price (24 sessions * $50 = $1200) (or whatever you charge)
Include 3 monthly fitness assessments (body fat %, weight, waist, ...)
Provide 2 weekly sessions from virtual workout area they do on their own
Record Cardio workouts
Make sure you clearly define the goals before you start. For example, member wants to lose 3 pounds and 1 inch from waist.
All of the items mentioned above can be tracked and monitored by the trainer and the member with Shape.Net. The payments are charged monthly using our EFT process making it easier for the member to pay you and for you to collect the money.
Contact Teri Portello. She will show you how to set this up in your Shape.Net system. tportello@getshape.net 732-982-1624
Guarantee results to your clients or your money back !!!!
What are you waiting for !!!!
Make some money !!!
At your service,
Larry King
Owner
212-826-9502
www.getshape.net
If you don't want to make more money, stop reading this email.
As you all know, we are a web-based management software company that provides software that can help facilities more effectively manage their business along with providing tools to generate revenue.
By observing all of our clients, we've been able to see what the successful ones are doing on a daily basis with our system. I will describe one easy process to implement into your business that will put more money in your pocket.
Additionally, you will help your members achieve their goals. Please keep in mind that the Shape.Net system will help you manage this entire process effectively.
Here it is.....
Offer a 12 week training program to your clients or prospects
Call it the Feel Great Package (or any name you want)
2 training sessions per week
Price (24 sessions * $50 = $1200) (or whatever you charge)
Include 3 monthly fitness assessments (body fat %, weight, waist, ...)
Provide 2 weekly sessions from virtual workout area they do on their own
Record Cardio workouts
Make sure you clearly define the goals before you start. For example, member wants to lose 3 pounds and 1 inch from waist.
All of the items mentioned above can be tracked and monitored by the trainer and the member with Shape.Net. The payments are charged monthly using our EFT process making it easier for the member to pay you and for you to collect the money.
Contact Teri Portello. She will show you how to set this up in your Shape.Net system. tportello@getshape.net 732-982-1624
Guarantee results to your clients or your money back !!!!
What are you waiting for !!!!
Make some money !!!
At your service,
Larry King
Owner
212-826-9502
www.getshape.net
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Education: October 2008 Newsletter
Hi Everyone,
We just finished our First Educational Business Seminar this past weekend in the historical city of Philadelphia. At this event, we provided to attending clients more detailed training on our management software coupled with business practices in this industry that are being used by successful facilities.
Overall, we felt the event was a success. We hope all attendees are enjoying the 135 page system and business manual. The bottom line is that you can have the best software at your business (and we feel we provide the best software in this industry), but if you are not utilizing it properly AND you are not applying good business practices, you will have a tougher time being successful.
So, to be successful at your business, 2 things are very important. First of all, get good software.
But you also need to learn how to effectively use the software to benefit from all of the great features that are available. Secondly, independent of the software, apply good business practices on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule. Learn what successful businesses are doing.
How do you do this? By reading articles about your industry. By reading books about how to operate a successful business. Read books on how to market your business better. Ask your clients what they are looking for. Attending trade shows in your industry. And, by attending business seminars, such as the one we provided for Shape.Net.
Our next seminar will be in March 2009 in the San Francisco area.
All in all, you need to reach out and learn and continue to educate yourself. We will be providing 3 business seminars every year and the intent is to educate all who attend.
We will also be providing webinars throughout the year. Please check emails in the upcoming months regarding these educational opportunities. Just to be clear, they will be focusing on the Shape.Net system AND business practices that successful gym owners are using.
Best Regards,
Larry King
Owner
www.getshape.net
We just finished our First Educational Business Seminar this past weekend in the historical city of Philadelphia. At this event, we provided to attending clients more detailed training on our management software coupled with business practices in this industry that are being used by successful facilities.
Overall, we felt the event was a success. We hope all attendees are enjoying the 135 page system and business manual. The bottom line is that you can have the best software at your business (and we feel we provide the best software in this industry), but if you are not utilizing it properly AND you are not applying good business practices, you will have a tougher time being successful.
So, to be successful at your business, 2 things are very important. First of all, get good software.
But you also need to learn how to effectively use the software to benefit from all of the great features that are available. Secondly, independent of the software, apply good business practices on a daily, weekly and monthly schedule. Learn what successful businesses are doing.
How do you do this? By reading articles about your industry. By reading books about how to operate a successful business. Read books on how to market your business better. Ask your clients what they are looking for. Attending trade shows in your industry. And, by attending business seminars, such as the one we provided for Shape.Net.
Our next seminar will be in March 2009 in the San Francisco area.
All in all, you need to reach out and learn and continue to educate yourself. We will be providing 3 business seminars every year and the intent is to educate all who attend.
We will also be providing webinars throughout the year. Please check emails in the upcoming months regarding these educational opportunities. Just to be clear, they will be focusing on the Shape.Net system AND business practices that successful gym owners are using.
Best Regards,
Larry King
Owner
www.getshape.net
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Shape.Net Newsletter #002
Member Web Access
Hi Everyone,
The Shape.Net system is a powerful web-based management tool. One of the best tools of the system is the Member Web Access Features. This newsletter will focus on this function.
Any member added to the Shape.Net system will automatically get a login ID and a password to access their personal account. Please view the HELP function to see how to login as a member (Miscellaneous/Web access for members).
All members can view and/or use the following:
1. Track, record and view cardio workouts.
2. View Fitness Assessments and track the progress
3. View their upcoming scheduled appointments for personal training and classes
4. View advertisements that your facility can promote to generate revenue.
5. Schedule personal training appointments based on trainer availability
6. Purchase services such as personal training or massages.
7. Read health and fitness articles dynamically changing everyday.
8. View over 35 workout videos
9. View prescribed weekly workouts created by trainer
10. Member can view receipts of purchases. Go Green !!!
11. Register for classes
12. View personal training history
13. View membership information
All of the features detailed above are great services to offer your members. You can offer some of the features as part of a GOLD membership that the member will pay an additional $5 per month. You can generate monthly revenue using the advertisements. You can save time letting members schedule their own appointments.
All in all, the member web access features you can offer your clients will make your business better.
Thanks for your time,
Larry King
Owner
Hi Everyone,
The Shape.Net system is a powerful web-based management tool. One of the best tools of the system is the Member Web Access Features. This newsletter will focus on this function.
Any member added to the Shape.Net system will automatically get a login ID and a password to access their personal account. Please view the HELP function to see how to login as a member (Miscellaneous/Web access for members).
All members can view and/or use the following:
1. Track, record and view cardio workouts.
2. View Fitness Assessments and track the progress
3. View their upcoming scheduled appointments for personal training and classes
4. View advertisements that your facility can promote to generate revenue.
5. Schedule personal training appointments based on trainer availability
6. Purchase services such as personal training or massages.
7. Read health and fitness articles dynamically changing everyday.
8. View over 35 workout videos
9. View prescribed weekly workouts created by trainer
10. Member can view receipts of purchases. Go Green !!!
11. Register for classes
12. View personal training history
13. View membership information
All of the features detailed above are great services to offer your members. You can offer some of the features as part of a GOLD membership that the member will pay an additional $5 per month. You can generate monthly revenue using the advertisements. You can save time letting members schedule their own appointments.
All in all, the member web access features you can offer your clients will make your business better.
Thanks for your time,
Larry King
Owner
Friday, August 1, 2008
Shape.Net Newsletter #001
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the start of a monthly Newsletter from Larry King, the owner and founder of Shape.Net. I'm hoping to provide useful information in each newsletter that will contribute to the success of your business.
First, a brief background about how the company started. I was working a block from the World Trade Center in New York, where I was a computer programmer/analyst in the Stock Lending Business. I had spent the past 10 years developing software solutions for banks and brokerage firms. The tragic event of 9/11/2001 caused the lives of many people to change, including myself. The small software company I was consulting for released me based on completing my last assignment and a weaker business environment one month after 9/11. I spent the next 6 months deciding where I should apply my skills and decided to start a software business. The next problem to solve would be what type of software. To make a long newsletter short, I decided on developing a web-based management system for the fitness industry. Shape.Net started with a simple scheduling system for tracking training sessions. Additional functionality emerged as prospects and clients made requests. Now here we are 7 years later with a powerful software system that continues to evolve.
The purpose of this newsletter is to remind everyone that software is only effective if used properly. Educational Seminars are always great to attend for any topic that can help your business. That is the purpose of our First Annual Shape.Net Seminar. Please view our website for more details: http://www.getshape.net/.
There are many features in Shape.Net that are not being used by many of our clients. By attending the seminar you will be taking the steps to make your business better. You will learn how to most effectively sell training packages. You will learn how to sell additional services that can be offered through the system such as perscribed workouts, educational videos, and health and fitness automatically generated articles. You will learn how to more effectively operate your business. You will learn how to promote services to your members that will put more money in your pocket. You will learn how to effectively process retention and prospecting tools. When was the last time you ran a retention or prospect report in Shape.Net or offered a service from the member login function?
The Seminar is in Philadelphia for two days starting October 4th. Be proactive and take the steps to make your business better. Give me a call directly(212-826-9502) if you have any questions. Education is one of the keys to success. If you keep on doing what you're doing, you'll keep on getting what you're getting.
Thanks for your time,
Larry King
Owner
Education Seminar
Please view our website, http://www.getshape.net/, to learn more about our Education Seminar October 4th and 5th.
Aristotle was asked, "What is the difference between an educated and an uneducated man?" He repled, "The same difference as between being alive and being dead."
Shape.Net Software 212-826-9502
Welcome to the start of a monthly Newsletter from Larry King, the owner and founder of Shape.Net. I'm hoping to provide useful information in each newsletter that will contribute to the success of your business.
First, a brief background about how the company started. I was working a block from the World Trade Center in New York, where I was a computer programmer/analyst in the Stock Lending Business. I had spent the past 10 years developing software solutions for banks and brokerage firms. The tragic event of 9/11/2001 caused the lives of many people to change, including myself. The small software company I was consulting for released me based on completing my last assignment and a weaker business environment one month after 9/11. I spent the next 6 months deciding where I should apply my skills and decided to start a software business. The next problem to solve would be what type of software. To make a long newsletter short, I decided on developing a web-based management system for the fitness industry. Shape.Net started with a simple scheduling system for tracking training sessions. Additional functionality emerged as prospects and clients made requests. Now here we are 7 years later with a powerful software system that continues to evolve.
The purpose of this newsletter is to remind everyone that software is only effective if used properly. Educational Seminars are always great to attend for any topic that can help your business. That is the purpose of our First Annual Shape.Net Seminar. Please view our website for more details: http://www.getshape.net/.
There are many features in Shape.Net that are not being used by many of our clients. By attending the seminar you will be taking the steps to make your business better. You will learn how to most effectively sell training packages. You will learn how to sell additional services that can be offered through the system such as perscribed workouts, educational videos, and health and fitness automatically generated articles. You will learn how to more effectively operate your business. You will learn how to promote services to your members that will put more money in your pocket. You will learn how to effectively process retention and prospecting tools. When was the last time you ran a retention or prospect report in Shape.Net or offered a service from the member login function?
The Seminar is in Philadelphia for two days starting October 4th. Be proactive and take the steps to make your business better. Give me a call directly(212-826-9502) if you have any questions. Education is one of the keys to success. If you keep on doing what you're doing, you'll keep on getting what you're getting.
Thanks for your time,
Larry King
Owner
Education Seminar
Please view our website, http://www.getshape.net/, to learn more about our Education Seminar October 4th and 5th.
Aristotle was asked, "What is the difference between an educated and an uneducated man?" He repled, "The same difference as between being alive and being dead."
Shape.Net Software 212-826-9502
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