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IHRSA 2015 Recap and Interview with Paul Schaller

  IHRSA 2015 was a great success and ABC Financial would like to thank everyone who visited our booth.  If you did not get a chance to visit our booth or attend IHRSA, please allow us the opportunity to show you our latest enhancements which include Biometric Fingerprint Check-in and Membership Upgrade. Click here to… Continue reading IHRSA 2015 Recap and Interview with Paul Schaller

ABC Financial Names Chief Technology Officer

  LITTLE ROCK, AR., (March 17, 2015) – Today, ABC Financial (ABC), the leading software and payment processing provider to the health and fitness industry, announced the addition of Richard Smith as Chief Technology Officer. As Chief Technology Officer, Richard Smith is responsible for generating and coordinating the technology roadmap and for the creation and… Continue reading ABC Financial Names Chief Technology Officer

March Mayhem at ABC Financial

  March Mayhem is here and Club Marketing has gone mad with this one!  We are offering our best ROI retention management program: Friends are Free with a FREE email campaign to compliment it.   Help welcome your new club members with a top-of-the-line mailer delivered right to their mailbox!  It includes 6 coupons that… Continue reading March Mayhem at ABC Financial

Do you have Sales Discipline in Your Gym?

  By: Jim Thomas I see this frequently.  This business will fool us.  We only sign up the interested “hot” prospects that don’t always require us to be disciplined (and we think we’re doing a good job), it’s a matter of “don’t talk them out of it,” but that won’t grow your gym.  It’s not… Continue reading Do you have Sales Discipline in Your Gym?

Five Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in 2015

  By: Jonathan M. Hill, Esq. New Years is a time for honest reflection and (hopefully) decisive action.  As a health club owner, it’s easy to look at what you can and should be doing in 2015 to boost your profitability.  What you’re probably less proactive about is what you can and should be doing… Continue reading Five Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in 2015

What Are Beacons And How Could They Impact Marketing For Health Clubs ?

  By Bryan K. O’Rourke, MBA You might have read the latest Wall Street Journal article  “Facebook Tests Bluetooth ‘Beacons’ to Feed Users Local Content”. This technology, termed “place tips”, is another example of the emerging digital presence concept, created by the ubiquity of smartphones continuously broadcasting user locations. Beacons so far have been tested… Continue reading What Are Beacons And How Could They Impact Marketing For Health Clubs ?

Talent: Hire from Outside or Look Within

  By: Melissa Knowles Gym HQ This month SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) touched on a question that is continuously being asked by ownership across all industries: Is it better to build from within or “buy” from the external job market? The answer is not absolute. To be successful, an owner will have to… Continue reading Talent: Hire from Outside or Look Within