Marketing & Promotion

A fitness enthusiast is using a laptop with a Facebook page on it.

Launching an effective Facebook ad for your brick-and-mortar business might feel like a steep climb, but the process can be made straightforward and efficient. This guide breaks down the foundational steps to ensure that your ad not only reaches the...

A laptop with a phone on it next to a wooden table in a women's-only gym.

The digital era has opened doors to diverse advertising avenues, with Facebook advertising standing out as a powerful tool. Crafting an effective Facebook ad might seem daunting at first, but with strategic insights, you can elevate your gym’s presence exponentially....

A pink mat and earphones are neatly placed on a pink wooden table, alongside a phone.

Rethinking Stereotypes and Embracing Inclusivity through Design Pink. It’s the color often synonymous with femininity, innocence, and softness. But when it comes to designing a women’s gym, is dousing the walls, floors, and equipment in this stereotypical hue really the...

A note with the word marketing strategy for a women's-only gym sits on a wooden table.

If you’ve researched what “marketing” is, you’ve likely run across the 4 P’s of marketing. You’ll see a lot of new variations of 6 or 8, but the original four were Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Marketing your body-neutral business...

A pair of dumbbells on a fitness-neutral background.

Fitness for women looks like skinny and toned bodies in revealing outfits. This marketing image has prevented women from simply exercising for joy and other intrinsic benefits, but how did we get here? We are at the end of decades...

A body-neutral photo of a fitness woman posing in the dark.

When I started teaching fitness kickboxing, my goal was to give women an opportunity to enjoy some of the benefits I was getting from martial arts — without the intimidation of sparring. I knew the decision to limit the class...

A group of women sitting around a table talking about fitness.

The number one reason women don’t work out or go to the gym is their fear of being judged. Would a woman feel comfortable joining your gym? Before we can learn how to make women more comfortable in our gyms,...

A young woman, possibly the owner of a women's-only gym, covering her ears with her hands.

And how KUMA is doing things differently The women’s fitness industry is broken and it’s causing damage to our relationship with fitness and nutrition. We are throwing away the standards of fitness. We are rejecting the standards of beauty. We...