Yoga and pilates studios · WhatsApp marketing
The batch is cancelled at 5.30am, and WhatsApp is how the students find out.
WhatsApp marketing for a studio is the schedule change sent before students leave home, the waitlist that fills a released bed, and the broadcast list students agreed to be on. GullySales sets up the business account, the consent at sign-up and the rule for what is broadcast and what is not.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
What WhatsApp marketing means
WhatsApp marketing is sending updates, offers and reminders to customers on the app most Indian buyers already check daily. GullySales sets up business WhatsApp, writes the message templates and keeps the list consented and current.
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Sales and marketing for yoga and pilates studios, the overview.
Last updated 5 Oct 2026.
For yoga and pilates studios
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Consent is collected on the trial form, not assumed from the enquiry”
A student who messaged about the 7am batch has not agreed to hear about the workshop, the retreat and the Diwali offer. Ask on the trial form whether she wants schedule messages, offers or both, and record the answer against her name.
“The batch group and the broadcast list are different tools”
A group for the 6.30 reformer batch is where a cancelled bed goes to the first person who replies. The broadcast list is where the new workshop goes. Put a workshop in the batch group and members mute it before the next schedule change.
“The catalogue is the pack list”
The business account's catalogue holds the packs, the batch times and the trial price, so a student asking how much ten classes cost gets a card, not a typed reply that differs by whoever is on the desk. A UPI link closes it in the same chat.
What we do
What we deliver for yoga and pilates studios.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A business account with the packs as the catalogue
A verified studio number with hours, address, the pack list and the batch schedule set up as catalogue items a student can be sent in one tap.
Result: A pack price is quoted the same way by everyone on the desk.
Consent recorded at sign-up
A line on the trial and membership form asking what the student wants to receive, with the answer stored on her record and honoured.
Result: The broadcast list only holds people who asked to be on it.
Batch groups run by a rule
One group per batch, used for the schedule, the substitute teacher and the released bed, with offers kept out of it in writing.
Result: Members keep the group unmuted.
Waitlist by reply
A released reformer bed offered to the batch group and the waitlist, first reply takes it, booked into the register by the desk.
Result: A bed nobody would have known about is filled before class.
Broadcasts with a reason and a way out
Workshops, retreats and new batches sent to those who opted in, with a plain way to leave the list and the list actually pruned.
Result: The studio's number is not blocked by its own members.
Trial enquiries answered from a saved reply
Quick replies for the class-type question, the beginner question and the pack question, each ending in a trial booking link.
Result: An enquiry at 10pm gets the answer and the booking, not a promise to call back.
How the result is measured
- Messages delivered
- Reply rate
- Enquiries from WhatsApp
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
What must be in place first
What a studio sets up before it adds members to any list or batch group.
- A studio number, not the teacher's
- Register WhatsApp Business on a number the studio owns, with class types, timings, address and trial policy on the profile. A teacher's personal number takes students with her when she moves to another studio.
- Consent on the trial form
- Add a line to the trial and enrolment form: 'Send me schedule changes and studio news on WhatsApp'. Record the number and the date. A person who asked a price in a message has not agreed to a broadcast list.
- Catalogue of packs and classes
- List the trial class, the monthly and quarterly packs, reformer sessions and teacher training enquiries, with what each includes. Show no health claims, and say who a beginner or prenatal batch suits.
- Groups for batches, with rules
- A batch group is for that batch's schedule only. Set the rule in the first message: no selling, no personal chat, one admin. A group shows every member's number, so make joining optional.
- Templates for changes and waitlists
- A schedule change or a waitlist offer you start yourself needs an approved template. Check WhatsApp's current business policy and pricing before planning how many go out. Replies inside an open chat do not.
- Broadcast list and the exit
- Use a separate broadcast list, for members who agreed, for packs and events. Give each message a reason and a reply word to stop. Keep injuries and health details out of every message.
Who it is for
This is written for these yoga and pilates studios.
- Hatha and traditional yoga studios
- Power yoga and fitness-focused studios
- Reformer and mat pilates studios
- Prenatal and postnatal yoga specialists
- Corporate wellness and workplace yoga providers
- Yoga teacher training institutes
- Hybrid online and in-studio yoga platforms
- Multi-branch yoga and pilates chains
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
How the whatsapp marketing work runs
- 1
Understand current WhatsApp use
We review how customers currently message you and how consistently, if at all, it is answered.
- 2
Audit common questions
We identify the questions that come up repeatedly, which decide what should be automated first.
- 3
Set up automation and templates
An automated first response and quick reply templates are built for the most common needs.
- 4
Connect to the CRM
Conversations are linked to customer records so context carries over between team members.
- 5
Measure and optimise
We track response time and conversion, refining automated responses based on what customers actually ask.
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
Can we just add every new member to one big group?
What should we never send on the broadcast list?
A member tells us on WhatsApp she is pregnant and asks if she can continue her class. What do we say?
Should the studio send class photographs to the broadcast list?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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