Meet the SweatGuru!

I am so excited for my friends Alyse and Jamie who many of you know as the founders of Fit Approach, today they are launching their newest project SweatGuru in SF, NYC and LA {world domination to follow shortly 😉 }!

As their San Francisco based Boot Camp classes started to rise in popularity, Jamie and Alyse discovered that there was no easy, affordable technology solution to manage reservations, promote classes, communicate easily with clients or collect payments online.  And on the other side of the coin, as fitness lovers themselves they wished for a place they could go to find out where their favorite yoga instructor was teaching, or where to find a great new studio or class to check out.

So they did what any entrepreneurs finding a need to be filled would do – they decided to make it themselves!

Meet the SweatGuru:

SweatGuru is the first marketplace that brings people together around fitness classes and experiences.  By allowing anyone to organize, discover, book, and share fitness classes online, SweatGuru takes the work out of working out.

The company also helps small and medium-sized fitness businesses be more successful online.  By offering the first easy to use, affordable tools for tasks like online marketing, scheduling classes, collecting payments, and staying in touch with clients, SweatGuru allows fitness professionals to spend more of their time teaching, and less time behind a desk.

So what does that mean for you?  Well, as a consumer you’ll be able to easily find new fitness classes,

sign up for classes online,

create community groups (like walking groups, running clubs, etc), search and view profiles and classes of fitness professionals in your area, share classes with friends and invite them to join you, get notifications when your favorite classes are about to begin, “favorite” instructors, classes and studios for quick class access and have your entire fitness profile in one place!

If you are a fitness professional like moi, then you can use SweatGuru can help you attract new clients and grow your business immediately when you add your business to the site!

Trainers, yoga instructors, and fitness studios can list their class schedules and services online and gain access to a full suite of tools, including payment processing, online reservations, customer management, and marketing analytics.

As a fitness professional you can:

• List your classes (for free!) and get discovered by new clients
• Build a profile for yourself and your business
• Easily move your business online (reservations, scheduling and payments)
• Social integration with Facebook and Twitter
• Affordable and easy-to-use even for tech novices
• Web-based, accessible from any computer, tablet or smart phone
• Unlimited support access

SweatGuru is prefect for everyone who loves being active!  It helps you find new classes and fitness routines, is perfect for travelers looking to catch a class while out of town, and is a great resource for fitness professionals who need an place to grow an manage their business online.

To make life just that much easier, you don’t even need to create an account to browse for classes.  When you sign up for a class you can sign in using your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Google accounts and keep track of your purchase history and upcoming classes.  And those of you concerned about privacy, you can make your profile as public or as private as you like – your information is safe in their hands!

But wait – as if SweatGuru wasn’t already awesome enough, there are also SweatGuru rewards!  You get points for checking into classes, sharing your workouts, and more.  And then you can redeem your points for great prizes like healthy food and fitness gear.  How awesome is that!?

Personally I’m super excited about SweatGuru!  Anything that will make my job as a fitness instructor/business owner easier makes me happy, and when I get to make my life easier while supporting my friends – well then that’s even better!

As I mentioned about SweatGuru is launching today in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, but you can be sure when SweatGuru goes global that this little Nova Scotia girl will be all over it!

So why not hop over to SweatGuru and check it out?  If you live in SF, LA or NYC (or  if you’ll be visiting) be sure to set up your account and start checking out classes in the area.  You never know what new fitness gem you’ll find right around the corner!

Disclaimer: I was compensated for this post, however I would gladly sing the praises of Jamie and Alyse and SweatGuru for free.  All thoughts and opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own.