Fitness Center Marketing Gets Sophisticated

With online rewards programs, new fitness center owners getting a leg-up on new customer acquisition by asking for referrals.

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) May 17, 2007 -- ReferNow.com (www.refernow.com), the leading web-based customer and referral rewards program, today announced a new program that helps fitness centers improve membership acquisition and loyalty.

ReferNow.com gives fitness centers, personal trainers, spas and other related businesses the ability to create and manage customer referral reward programs. Similar to customer rewards program offered by much larger organizations, ReferNow.com helps small business track and manage referrals and any related referral rewards that are being offered.

Health clubs who sign-up for ReferNow.com in the month of May receive free telephone referral marketing program set-up assistance.

"Like many businesses, successful fitness centers live and die by referrals," said Nicole Wicks, ReferNow's president. "ReferNow.com offers a proven system that speeds up the natural referral process and turns your membership base into a great source of new business."

"Generating customer loyalty is the most important aspect of building a successful business," said Julie Cerone, personal trainer and owner of Get The Edge Fitness (http://gettheedgefitness.com/) in Naperville, IL. "Asking for referrals is easy and the most cost effective marketing we can do to get more members. ReferNow.com is a great idea!"

Wicks guarantees that fitness centers that use ReferNow.com and actively conduct a referral marketing campaign will lower advertising costs and increase the number of referrals they receive.

"Whether you are a sole proprietor or franchise owner, ReferNow.com can be the driving force behind generating new customers," said Wicks. "At $19.99 a month, it quickly pays for itself, too."

About ReferNow

ReferNow.com offers a web-based referral marketing tool that motivates your customers to talk about and recommend your business from day one! ReferNow.com has helped business owners and sales people increase their referral business by as much as 500 percent. ReferNow.com is available for a no-risk 30 day trial from the company's website at http://www.refernow.com.

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