Context
3-club gym chain with €1,800/month Google Ads, but underperforming: €13 CPL, only 18 new sign-ups/month. Site had a single 'contact us' form with 8% trial-conversion rate.
+244% new sign-ups per month
3-club gym chain with €1,800/month Google Ads, but underperforming: €13 CPL, only 18 new sign-ups/month. Site had a single 'contact us' form with 8% trial-conversion rate.
Per-club segmentation + CRO audit of the free-trial form + targeted Google review campaign with satisfied members.
The exact stack used to deliver these results — no secrets, everything documented.
| Metric | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| New memberships / month | 18 | 62 | +244% |
| CPL | 13€ | 5.2€ | -60% |
| Cost per signup | 47€ | 21€ | -55% |
| Free trial CVR | 8% | 27% | +238% |
4 transferable lessons, applicable to your business regardless of sector.
For fitness, WhatsApp beats email on response rate by a wide margin — don't fight it.
Geo-segmenting by club rather than running a single global campaign is the local trick most miss.
7 fields → 3 fields on a free-trial form = 3× more sign-ups with zero other changes.
Meta retargeting on unconverted trials yields 3–5× higher ROI than cold Search in fitness.
Every case combines multiple systems. Here are the ones that made the difference here:
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