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.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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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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Last updated 5 Oct 2026.

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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 they want schedule messages, offers or both, and record the answer against their 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 the student's 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.

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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.

Read the full WhatsApp marketing and automation page

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 along when the teacher 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

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

The studio runs on one personal phone shared with the teacher, so messages would arrive mid-class and go unanswered.
No list records who agreed to hear from the studio, so a broadcast would go to everyone in the contact list.

How it works

How the whatsapp marketing work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

1
Read the chats you already have
We read how customers write to you, which questions repeat and where a chat goes quiet. The repeated questions decide what gets automated first.
2
Sort the list and the permission
Contacts who asked to hear from you are separated from numbers that only sit in a phone book. We agree the wording new contacts will see before they say yes.
3
Choose the app or the API
One phone and a small team can stay on the ordinary app. Several people on one number, templates or a CRM link need the API through a provider, which is its own piece of setup work.
4
Write the replies and the plan
The greeting, away message, saved replies and handover rule are written in your words and approved by you. The message plan and its templates follow.
5
Connect the record and test
Each link carries its source line and each chat lands in the CRM. We test on real phones, including a customer who asks for a person.
6
Read the unanswered questions
A question the first reply could not answer becomes a new saved reply or a fixed handover. Stop requests are watched too, with the number's quality rating where the API is used, since both show a message plan that has gone too far.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Tell us what you need

Can we just add every new member to one big group?

No. In one group of everyone, students see each other's numbers and the schedule for batches they never attend. Keep one group per batch for schedule matters, and an opt-in broadcast list for everything else. A student who asked about a trial has not agreed to either.

What should we never send on the broadcast list?

Anything a student did not opt in to, and anything about their own pack. A message about their expiry or missed classes is personal and goes one to one from the teacher. The broadcast is for the workshop, the new batch and the holiday schedule, and a member who asks to leave the list is removed straight away.

A member tells us on WhatsApp about a pregnancy and asks whether to continue the class. What do we say?

Do not give clearance in chat. Ask the member to check with their doctor, and offer a call with the teacher about suitable batches such as prenatal ones. Note the conversation on the member's record, and keep any health detail out of group chats.

Should the studio send class photographs to the broadcast list?

Only photographs of people who agreed to appear, and never on a list of members who may not wish to be seen. Ask on the enrolment form whether the studio may use class photographs. Prefer pictures of the room and the mats to pictures of faces.

How much does it cost?

There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.

How long is the contract?

The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.

How soon will we see results?

It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.

Who will actually do the work?

The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

What do you need from us?

Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

What if we are not happy with the work?

Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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