As a gym software vendor in the active lifestyle industry, Motionsoft comes across hundreds of start ups and well-established companies with innovative products and services designed to help enhance members’ fitness club and gym experience. Our executive team has compiled a Top 10 list of technologies in the fitness industry you may want to consider […]
Petition to End Payment Processing Abuse
Motionsoft seeks your support to petition The Obama Administration to protect consumers and end payment processing and collection abuses in the health and fitness industry. The petition was published on The White House’s We the People platform. The petition reads: In signing this petition, I am urging the President to protect consumers and end payment processing […]
How Do Gyms and Fitness Centers Nurture Customer Satisfaction?
Last year, I made a trip across the pond to the UK and had an interesting experience I want to share with my friends in the fitness industry. My trip was last minute. I was scrambling to get a clean, well-reviewed, affordable hotel that was convenient to where I needed to be. As I searched […]
Gym Analytics: Why Gyms Need to Start Using Web Analytics Tools
This month marks the start of the New Year’s resolution rush to go to the gym. It’s the time when your front desk staff welcomes eager and awkward new members, while your sales team whips up new contracts and membership cards. Everything points toward an exciting new year full of new opportunities for your facility. […]
Happy Holidays from Motionsoft
Just a quick note to say thank you from our staff to you and your teams for your continued support. Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season and a prosperous 2015! We’ll return to publishing on January 5, 2015.
Motionsoft Corporate Milestones
Motionsoft company milestones spanning funding sources and success stories going back to 1985 when Karch International (KI) was founded to the first Technology Summit in 2014.
Battle of the Bulge In Low Cost Club Business Models
In the latest consolidation of the fitness industry, 24 Hour Fitness acquired most of the remaining Bally Total Fitness (BTF) clubs. It’s been a long and winding road for BTF; acquisitions, public filings, de-listing’s, multiple bankruptcies and countless CEO’s. The BTF story was tailor made for a B-School text book case on how NOT to […]
Greed, Scams & Scoundrels Fleecing Fitness Centers
As a software provider to fitness clubs, our company has seen its fair share of tricks that are initiated by unscrupulous employees trying to make an extra buck at their facility when no one is looking. As part of our goal to educate the health and fitness industry about the many ways that gyms and […]
Is Your Fitness Center Ready to Switch to Chip Cards?
Nearly 10 years ago there was an acronym that became a buzzword that completely consumed the fitness industry … PCI or Payment Card Industry referencing standards that were introduced in September of 2006 concerning credit and debit card transactions. PCI was everywhere and gyms and fitness centers were utterly immersed in identifying whether or not […]
