What We Cover In This Episode:
A disclaimer we want to share about any upcoming features we talk about on the podcast [1:12]
The inside scoop on where we are at with direct messaging for our app users [2:13]
Why Nick is so excited about direct messaging, and why he thinks the adoption by users will be so quick [3:31]
The main reasons that we decided to introduce competitions as our newest feature [6:57]
A sneak peek at what features will follow the rollout of competitions on the app [8:21]
Some of the different types of competitions we may see featured on the app [10:20]
The ways that this new feature will allow people to integrate competitions in a simple way in order to leverage them even more [15:02]
Our thoughts on bingo in the studio and how you can help us develop this type of competition in the fitDEGREE app [16:42]
Quotes:
“Maybe if the studio does two monthly competitions throughout the year, it’s a big deal for the studio and there’s big prizes and all that stuff. We thought, why can’t the clients themselves create competitions among each other throughout the entire year? [Nick, 7:46]
“If they’re already using direct messaging, they’ll immediately start using competitions. If they see competitions, it’ll also get them to start using direct messaging, and our goal is for them to use the entirety of the app.” [Nick, 8:06]
“Right now I’m facilitating a competition and it is such a pain. Printing out calendars, having to start a group chat, and then tracking everything manually, it’s horrible. It’s fun for the clients, but it’s horrible for the amount of hours I have to put in on the backend to make sure all the points are actually accurate, so I can’t wait to have a system that does it for me.” [Megan, 9:20]
“If you think it could be helpful for competitions, we want to know it, because we want to bring this to you all as the greatest thing your clients have ever seen.” [Megan, 10:10]
“It can be leveraged more, and it should be. I think competitions are fun and they bring a little liveliness. A competitive edge is always good for everyone, whether there’s one winner or there’s 10 winners.” [Megan, 15:02]
“Hopefully this helps people do more. Maybe [competitions] is something they do want to do, and they can’t get to it because they feel like they’re spread too thin. Now we can make it as easy as a 5 to 10-minute set-up and then it’s automated, and we just tell you the winner and give you the live updates and things like that.” [Nick, 16:17]
LINKS:
Episode 82: Industry Tea with the fitDEGREE Team (featuring our CTO Daniel)
fitDEGREE’s Business Portal
https://calendly.com/fitdegree/support
https://www.instagram.com/fitdegree/
https://www.instagram.com/fitspot_guru/
