Hi Mandy
I'll do my best to point you in the right direction regarding the questions/requests you have made. Also I hope that our CREW will pipe in with some added ideas/input into this.
I was hoping to purchase one or more templates in order for me to have some shirts made up
>>Here is the Bellyfit Logo to use: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlcxnvrlvg8kqw6/BF-Logo.eps?dl=0
>>Here is the new 'wild and awake' graphics we used for our most recent run of shirts at this year's summit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqu5tp419h91rao/wild%20and%20awake%20vectors.ai?dl=0
looks like:
I would love to get the graphics for a pull up banner of "bellyfit" and "Real is the new sexy".
>> Here is a PDF of a banner layout we made a couple years ago. One of the panes has the 'Real is the new Sexy' on it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6wfkdxjq89tjau/bellyfit%20real%20is%20new_vertical-01.jpg?dl=0
The whole layout PDF file is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ss322spk8lykhpc/bellyfit%20cfp%20banner%20flat.pdf?dl=0
looks like:
>> Here is another vertical banner you can use: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kedsdr30jw9xnsn/you%20are%20beautiful%20x-frame%20banner.ai?dl=0
looks like:
I need to organize a photo shoot of my few ladies in bellyfit clothing and post them on our FB, I have not done a webpage yet, what are your thoughts on that? Is the facebook business page enough
>> A photo shoot might be a good idea, but I might suggest that you get great photos of yourself before you worry about getting great photos of 'your' ladies. We can supply you with photos to use for marketing which should do the trick, but good quality and professional photos of yourself are invaluable.
>> I'd suggest creating a Facebook Group rather than a Facebook Business page at this point. We've had a number of 'satellite' FB pages created and we find that generally they are 'overkill' for most people's needs. Groups are much better for reaching your people and creating/interacting with a community. Call it 'Bellyfit with Mandy' or 'Bellyfit with Mandy (Cape Town)' or something like that.
>> I'm not sure its necessary/worth the effort to create a website for your offerings, yet. Unless you're savy with that process and have a very clear idea of the purpose of it and how you will get people visiting the site, I'd suggest against it in the early stages. Creating a website on its own is not going to help you tremendously more than a facebook group at this point I think. Please could you share any other marketing ideas that others have done in order to really get the Bellyfit name out there.
Please could you share any other marketing ideas that others have done in order to really get the Bellyfit name out there.
>> I'll leave this to the CREW community to help brainstorm around some other ideas for marketing!
Hi Mandy!
Thanks for your sharing and trying to get the Bellyfit going for the women of your community in South Africa.
Thanks Rowan for posting all the great marketing info - I just schedule my professional Bellyfit photo shoot for next week so I have some good pics to promote my classes through my Facebook group etc. Stoked!
One thing that has helped me build participation in my classes in my small rural community in Christina Lake, BC is the personal invitation.
A personal invitation is when you verbally invite someone to your class. I find verbal invites have more pull than email or facebook messages. You don't need the person to answer yes or no in the moment, just put it out there that you are teaching Bellyfit classes and you are stoked because it's a great workout for women, improves posture, increases self acceptance (or say here why you love Bellyfit) and you think this person would love it because you know they like exercise, or they are improving their health, because the music and the moves are so good (or say here why you feel it would benefit this person).
Here are some more example I say to people when extending a personal invite:
Bellyfit is accessible to many women, no matter their fitness level or experience. This is because the moves can be low or high impact, there is a good warm up, and after the cardio a very good core strength and stretch.
Bellyfit is not about getting a flat belly, it's about learning how to love yourself.
Bellyfit is great for improving posture, core strength, and cardio endurance.
Studies show that dancing together with other people in choreography helps to improve your mood more than just dancing or working out by yourself.
In Bellyfit there is great music that will get even your grandma dancing!
I hope this helps :)
Let me know if you have any questions about my post.
Stephanie Stenya LeClair
I love the banner links, great way to promote at trade shows and fairs. etc. I too like the idea of having access to templates so we can source out our own printing options (if it is a better price point) As for marketing your classes, I have found offering in more than one location has been helpful to me in my small town. Eg.Community rec, local college, yoga studios)
Thank you so much Stephanie,
I love your approach on personal invite.
I live in a big complex which has lots of people so my thought was to reach out to the ladies here and invite them. Do you think it would be invasive to knock on their door and ask if there are perhaps any ladies that stay there as I would like to share with them about a beautiful exercise program in the community and see if they would be interested in coming to give it a try out. Would I then hand them a flyer.
I know that things are winding down as we heading closer to December and I want to really market it for the new year so any suggestions on how I build up the hype towards the new year and new beginnings. I know there is a small window period for one to get in when everyone has set new goals for the new year.
Thanks again for your time and sharing your valuable information with. Much appreciated.
Mandy
Amanda Beth Ivey