This launch guide provides a quick overview of LearnDesk for Fitness Instructors/Personal Trainers and how it can benefit you. If you are not a Fitness Instructor or a Personal Trainer, please pick a different option on this page.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- How do Fitness Instructors use LearnDesk?
- LearnDesk Software
- LearnDesk Marketplace
- LearnDesk Pricing
- Support
- Frequently asked questions
- Next Steps
- Why use LearnDesk?
- Reviews
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in using LearnDesk. If you are a fitness instructor or a personal trainer, if you want to schedule clients easily and improve their outcomes, if you want to want to stop wasting time doing messy admin work like chasing payments, if you want to run groups effectively and get paid easily, if you want to your share knowledge and information with the world, if you want to find more clients globally, if you want to grow a following or monetize your expertise, you have come to the right place today.
LearnDesk started in 2016. We are based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. LearnDesk enables fitness instructors and personal trainers all over the world. Over 20,000 customers use LearnDesk to teach. We provide a couple of different things:
- Software: We provide an extensive software infrastructure for personal training and fitness instructors. What we have found is that fitness training happens in many different ways. We provide systems that enable fitness instruction use cases and personal training workflows. For example, we provide scheduling systems for 1-1 and group sessions for a single instructor or a team of personal trainers, a material-sharing system to share program materials, payment processing systems with specific use cases, a text reminder system for upcoming sessions, an email marketing system is included, etc. If you want to provide recorded classes or lessons, we provide a learning management system (LMS). You can deliver videos, ebooks, documents, and digital products, and even build quizzes or assessments through the software.
- Marketplace: We provide a marketplace. Several million people use LearnDesk every month on a global basis. We can help you gain visibility. We market coaching programs, live classes, workshops, recorded classes, videos, ebooks, and memberships in over 1,000 different topics and in more than 50 languages. If your audience consists of companies and organizations, your work can be added to our enterprise catalog which is focused on up-skilling programs, including wellness programs.
Through this launch guide, we will provide details on both the infrastructure we provide and the marketplace. We will help you better understand why so many fitness instructors and personal trainers use LearnDesk. As a quick note, if you have not yet scheduled a 1-1 meeting with our team please book a slot using this link. Also, please attend a demo of LearnDesk by picking a time at this link. Our team does daily demos where we can show you the solution and answer your questions.
How do Fitness Instructors and Personal Trainers use LearnDesk?
Personal Trainers and Fitness Instructors use LearnDesk to:
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- Organize group workout sessions, coaching, bootcamps and workshops that are held live online or in-person/on-premise/physically one-on-one or in groups.
- Deliver pre-recorded fitness programs with video, audio, documents, and text lessons.
- Deliver digital learning fitness content including ebooks, documents, presentations, quizzes, and assessments.
- Simplify and automate scheduling of sessions.
- Process payments including monthly subscriptions.
- Deliver a personalized digital learning experience for clients.
- Simplify scheduling across a team of coaches and trainers.
- Sell bundles and memberships including subscriptions.
- Reach out to a wider audience, globally.
LearnDesk Software
This section provides an overview of the software that LearnDesk offers.
What we have found is that fitness training and coaching happen in many different ways. So LearnDesk built an extensive software infrastructure within our marketplace to cover hundreds of use cases of personal training for a coach or a team of coaches. LearnDesk is easy to set up with no coding or design experience needed. You don't need an IT person to set it up for you. We will train you and help you set up your LearnDesk.
Live Instruction
Live instruction features enable you to organize workout programs where you meet with your clients on a recurring basis (e.g. weekly, twice a week, monthly, etc.), and organize workshops or boot camps. The system includes scheduling, payment processing, reminders via email/text, and material sharing. Capabilities include:
- Sales pages: Building beautiful sales pages for the various programs that you offer and include include multiple pricing options.
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Scheduling: Customers can select recurring program schedules that work for them. You can use this function to organize weekly classes or programs that meet multiple times in a week.
- Workshop/Bootcamp scheduling: You can organize in-person as well as online workshops/Bootcamps.
- Material sharing: A secure material-sharing system is included for you to share documents, videos, and lessons of various kinds to supplement your live programs.
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Quizzes: Functionality is included to build and deliver quizzes.
Please attend a demo of LearnDesk to see its capabilities and ask questions.
Coaching
Coaching features enable you to organize 1-1 coaching sessions across a single instructor or a team of personal trainers. The system includes features for scheduling, payment processing, reminders via email/text, and material sharing. Capabilities include:
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Single sessions: Students can book 1-1 time on your calendar for coaching sessions, single-session programs, or meetings.
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Group Coaching: Group coaching sessions can be organized as per a calendar schedule based on the availability of multiple trainers.
Recorded Programs
Recorded class features include a learning management system (LMS) that enables you to deliver video, audio, text, documents, quizzes, and flashcard lessons through the system. Capabilities include:
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Build recorded curriculum: Hierarchically organize video, audio, and content into modules.
- Videos: Sell individual video lessons.
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Bundles: Ability to bundle multiple programs together and launch a membership.
Sign up for a live demo of LearnDesk using this link to view the system and get answers to your questions: LearnDesk Demo.
Digital Products
- E-books: Sell e-books.
- Guidebooks: Provide supplementary digital materials such as guidebooks or summaries for your academy.
- Digital Tools: Provide electronic tools such as spreadsheets, templates, and files for your programs.
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Handouts and worksheets: Provide extra handouts and worksheets for your classes.
Payment Processing
LearnDesk provides extensive support for payment processing. You can link a bank account through Stripe and receive payments directly in 24-48 hours for each transaction. Your customers can pay you through various means including:
- Card payments: All major card types and issuers are supported.
- Bank transfers: Customers can pay through bank transfer.
- Subscriptions: You can set up subscriptions and automatic billing at various intervals.
- Sales Tax and VAT: Sales Tax and VAT can be automatically collected.
- Trial Periods: Trials can be set up for customers.
Support is also provided for payment plans. Klarna, Afterpay, and local payment gateway integrations are available in select locations. Over 70 currencies are supported. Your customers can also pay you through Apple Pay, Google Pay, WeChat Pay, etc.
Other Software Features
A variety of other tools are integrated to enable you to launch your own school or online academy. They include:
- Discounting: Coupons and discounts for your programs.
- Integrate with your website: A widget that enables you to integrate your programs through your website.
- Multi-lingual: Multi-lingual support within the website embed widget with more than 50 languages supported.
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Onboard your team: Team support is provided. You can add multiple members to your team. Team members can collaborate on programs.
- Email and Text Marketing: Email and text marketing software is provided that can integrate within your LearnDesk.
- Responsive Design: LearnDesk's responsive web design works on all devices and for all screen sizes. For example, this is the mobile phone view for a program.
To summarize, LearnDesk provides an end-to-end system for Academies to manage their programs. It is easy to set up with no coding or design experience needed. You don't need an IT person to set it up for you. We will train you and help you set up your LearnDesk. Sign up for a demo of LearnDesk here: LearnDesk Demo.
LearnDesk Marketplace
This section provides an overview of the LearnDesk Marketplace.
Along with extensive software, LearnDesk offers a marketplace that enables you to reach out to more people and grow your business. Several million people use LearnDesk and we can help you gain visibility for what you do.
The following are the main features of the LearnDesk Marketplace:
Organization
- Store-front: The front end of the marketplace enables users to browse through live programs, recorded classes, products, and bundles. Programs are organized into seven top-level categories covering a wide range of topics from Academics to Software.
- Categorization: Each of the top-level categories is further segregated into sub-categories and topics. For example, the Personal Development category has a Learning and Personal Development sub-category with several coaching sub-categories. Overall there are about 1,000 topics to coach in. LearnDesk is adding between 10-20 new topics every month so we can add new categories for you.
- Profiles: Profiles can be built for the coach to portray your expertise and brand.
- Multi-lingual: LearnDesk Marketplace operates in over 50 different languages. You can put together programs in any major language in the world. The complete customer experience can be customized to be multi-lingual.
Demographics
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The following are the key marketplace demographics:
- Age groups: 24-40 (40%), 40-65 (25%), 18-24 (15%), and others (20%)
- Gender: Women (60%), Men (40%)
- Location: North America (25%), Europe (30%), Asia (25%), and the Rest of the world (20%)
- The average transaction value for paid products on LearnDesk is around $98.
- Successful models include monthly subscriptions for weekly group coaching in the $200-$300 range, one-to-one coaching sessions in the $100-$300 per session range or higher, multi-day workshops in the $1,000 range per participant, video-only programs in the $50 range, and digital products in the $10 range.
LearnDesk Pricing
LearnDesk is priced so that any Fitness or Personal Instructor can afford it. Both monthly and yearly options are available. If you are in the US, the price for the Essential plan is $99 a month or $79/month when paid for the year. Country-specific pricing information is available here: LearnDesk Pricing.
LearnDesk also provides advanced plans with more features for individuals and teams. They include additional tools such as email marketing software, text marketing software, storage/streaming systems with larger capacity, compliance software, branding controls, and assignment software. Please check the pricing information available here: LearnDesk Pricing.
Support
Extensive support is included with your LearnDesk plan:
Onboarding and Training
Our team is available 6 days a week to meet with you 1-1 over Zoom to help you get started using LearnDesk and answer questions.
Every Thursday, twice a day, LearnDesk provides live training on all aspects of our software. We will train you and your team on using LearnDesk through the LearnDesk Bootcamp. We can also train you in a 1-1 if you are unable to attend the Bootcamp. A recorded version is also made available.
Migration Support
We can help you migrate your program and clients over from any existing software system or LMS that you may be using.
Technical Support
Scheduled Zoom and online chat support are available 24 hours a day 6 days a week. Our product experts are available during your schedule to help you resolve technical issues.
Marketing Training
Along with driving traffic to your programs through the marketplace, LearnDesk offers extensive insights into buying behavior of clients. A 1-hour overview (Marketing Fundamentals), a 4-week program (Marketing Success), and a 3-month program (Marketing Incubator) focussed on B2B selling are included.
Frequently asked questions
We address the most frequent questions related to LearnDesk.
Who owns my programs?
By using LearnDesk you are not transferring us your intellectual property rights. You retain ownership and all rights. We enable you to deliver knowledge through the software we provide and the marketplace.
How can I price my programs?
You set prices. For example, you can provide access for free, sell for a dollar, or sell for a thousand dollars. You choose the price and how you want your clients to pay. Options include free, one-time payments for each session, recurring subscriptions for regular coaching sessions, and payment plans. Clients can pay you through credit or debit card, bank transfer, Apple Pay or Google Pay, etc. Over 70 currencies are supported. You can set country-specific prices. For example, you can set different prices for your coaching clients in the US, Europe, and Asia. LearnDesk enables you to easily process payments and generate predictable revenue.
How do I receive payments?
You receive 100% of the revenue. LearnDesk does not charge a per-customer fee. You can link a bank account and get paid within 24-72 hours of all sales. You can also get paid via PayPal. Additional information is available here.
A lot of coaches make anywhere from high hundreds to thousands of dollars a month using LearnDesk. LearnDesk provides the necessary tooling to deliver programs and provides exposure through our marketplace.
Can I use LearnDesk in different languages?
LearnDesk is multi-lingual. You can use LearnDesk in over 50 different languages. All major languages of the world are supported. The complete interface can be configured to be in different languages.
How does LearnDesk promote programs?
LearnDesk promotes programs to several million people a month. We market and promote in the following ways:
- Ads: We run targeted ads for the website, categories, and individual programs.
- Search: Our content layout is designed to be SEO-friendly and LearnDesk programs show up when people search on Google, Bing, etc.
- Enterprise Catalog: We work with the learning and development (L & D) centers of large organizations to license programs.
Additional information is available here.
How does LearnDesk generate revenue?
Coaches and coaching companies pay yearly or lifetime fees to use LearnDesk. LearnDesk also provides other software e.g. team support, email marketing, text marketing, storage/streaming systems, compliance tooling for professional education, etc. Pricing information is available here.
Can I market to companies through LearnDesk?
LearnDesk promotes programs to companies, organizations, and institutions to help with their Learning and Development (L & D) needs through the Enterprise Catalog Sales Program. Read more here.
LearnDesk does daily demos where we can show you the solution in a live setting and answer your questions. Book a demo meeting using this link.
Next Steps
- If you have not yet scheduled a 1-1 meeting with our team, please book a slot using this link.
- Sign up for a live demo of LearnDesk using this link: LearnDesk Demo.
- Prepare a list of questions for your 1-1 meeting. You can email questions in advance to vp@learndesk.us.
- Buy LearnDesk using this link. Email support@learndesk.us to set up your training meetings.
- Explore LearnDesk: https://www.learndesk.us
Why use LearnDesk?
The following are the top 5 reasons to use LearnDesk:
- The Best Coaching Software: It's simply the best software system out there for coaches and coaching companies. You will save time, easily process payments and generate predictable revenue by using LearnDesk.
- Marketing Support: Tap into the millions of people who visit LearnDesk and become a part of a collective of teachers, trainers, and coaches to gain visibility. Each view that you receive is worth $2 - $3 as that's how much it costs to do promotions on your own through Ads or SEO.
- Build a Real Business: Get a 100% revenue share for everything that you sell. Set your own prices. Get paid instantly. LearnDesk is better than selling on your own website, without the need to maintain it, and you get help with marketing.
- Easy to Use: A single integrated system that provides end-to-end support from software to marketing without the need to hire an IT person, admin staff, or perform complex technical integrations. Support is available 24 hours a day.
- Affordable: Every coach in the world can afford to buy LearnDesk. Both yearly and lifetime options are available. See pricing information here: LearnDesk Pricing.
See the solution in action yourself: Book a Demo
Testimonials
Listen to what coaches, trainers, and book authors say about LearnDesk.
Steve Seidel
Steve is the founder of the Seidel Agency and MorePayingPatients.com.
"We were working with other platforms like Kajabi, Thinkific, and it just wasn't a good fit. LearnDesk has been super supportive. The customer service is great. They helped us migrate content, bringing it from another platform to their platform. We have gotten great feedback from our clients. I highly suggest you use LearnDesk." - Steve Seidel
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Steve Ward
Steve is the founder and executive director of a non-profit called STEPS Ministries. STEPS Ministries works to help people improve their lives and prevent addiction.
"If you are building courses, I will recommend that you check out LearnDesk. LearnDesk has been very valuable to us along our journey of sharing our knowledge with others. LearnDesk is distinctly different. They are there to help you be successful and not just sell you products and services." - Steve Ward
Elizabeth Power
Elizabeth is a professional instructional systems designer for the last 30 years currently teaching trauma-informed care and instructional design.
"Of all the platforms I have ever tinkered with across the internet for putting up my courses and hosting them, LearnDesk, and their training is the best, most robust, and grounded in the field of education, which is huge because there is a better chance of it being effective learning." - Elizabeth Power
Dr. Richard Blonna
Dr. Blonna is a retired college professor who sells self-help books, training, and online coaching.
"My only regret is that I didn't start working with LearnDesk sooner. LearnDesk provides much more than hosting, marketing, and selling courses. LearnDesk makes setting up subscriptions a snap. I can build a true sales funnel on one platform with LearnDesk. Please checkout LearnDesk." - Dr. Richard Blonna
Our users have consistently rated us very highly over years. There are a ton of other video testimonials and reviews from NY-time best-selling authors, Emmy-award winners, CEOs, college professors, teachers, coaches, and non-profits, and available at this link.
Conclusion
LearnDesk provides an end-to-end solution from software to marketing for coaches and coaching companies. If you have not yet scheduled a 1-1 meeting with our team please book a slot using this link or attend a demo of LearnDesk by picking a time at this link.