About this episode

Jade Winter shares his insights on building a successful Pilates studio without memberships or free trials.

Not sure where your studio's leaking time or money? Book a free discovery call with my team here: https://bit.ly/p-your-studio-check-up Follow the show: Spotify Apple Geronimo Unfiltered YouTube Instagram: @thegeronimoacademy Follow our guest, Jade Winter here: https://www.instagram.com/jadewinter/ He built a global reformer Pilates franchise with 130+ studios. No memberships. No free trials. Just one simple model run with relentless consistency. I sat down with Jade Winter to pull apart how he did it, and to get the operating principles any studio owner can steal, whether you do Pilates, strength, or anything in between. We covered the contrarian stuff most people are scared to touch. Why free trials train people not to value you. Why he ditched memberships for prepaid packs and never looked back. And the exact revenue ceiling, what we call the "40K fuckery," where owners hit a wall, dip about 20% for three months, and either learn to lead or burn out. If you've ever felt like you ARE the business instead of owning one, this one's for you. In this episode you'll hear: Why Jade kills the free trial and what he runs instead The prepaid pack model and the 80 to 90% repurchase rate…

People in this episode

Host: TBC Studios

Guest: Jade Winter

Topics covered

• Pilates instruction
• business model
• studio management
• revenue strategies
• training consistency
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Pilates
• studio management
• business model
• revenue ceiling
• training
• instructor consistency
• prepaid packs
• free trials
• entrepreneurship

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Organizations: Geronimo Unfiltered, TBC Studios, Instagram, Spotify, Apple, thegeronimoacademy

Places: global

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