Virtuagym vs Google Calendar: Which is a better fit?

Naomi T.: Hi, I'm Naomi. I am a group fitness instructor in the fitness instruction industry, and I rate Virtuagym a five out of five. Well, I was looking for an app that would benefit myself and my clients in the industry. And I was looking around, I didn't find any other apps in particular, but once I set up an actual session with Virtuagym, I realized they had all of the necessary components that I needed for my program to be successful. So rather than me having to search other places, I was able to start with them and end with them. I chose Virtuagym because when I was looking for an app that I could use with my clients, I wanted it to be able to schedule appointments with them, I wanted to be able to submit and post messages that were inspirational, motivational messages, I wanted for them to have notifications about any of the messages that I was putting out. I wanted to basically build like a community for my fitness program and when I spoke with the representatives of Virtuagym, they hit the nail on the head, it was everything and more that I needed for my program to be successful. Being that I just started the business a couple of months ago, I wanted to hit the ground running and everything that they had within their program was very beneficial for myself and my clients. I could log in and see the activity that my participants were submitting, they can also link their iPhones and as well as their watches, Fitbit's to the app. So any activity that they performed, it sync with the app and they didn't have to manually enter the information. Also, it's almost like a system where the person has their own platform to set up their information with a photo and progress pictures of how they've progressed along the program with me. It also gives them points and badges to reward them for all of their hard work, which is what I wanted for my program, I want it to be something where it was uplifting and motivational for them. The onboarding process was very easy. The way Virtuagym does their setup is that you get five sessions before your app is actually pushed out for participants to sign in, but they allow you the opportunity to go in and kind of maneuver and play with the app, just to see exactly what it's about, but they make sure you have sessions with them logging in to the Zoom session, where they're walking through your app as well as the platform with you, which made it very easy. Because before I had the meeting, I had an opportunity to go in, change my logo, and that was easy to do as well because it wasn't hard, it was just a simple upload. And then once I went in, they logged in on their end on my specific app and we went through the little things I had questions about. So every session, at the end of it they would discuss with me any areas of concern or questions for the next time that we met. And then even when I came up with things in the middle before we met, we would discuss it in the next session. So that was very beneficial to have the five sessions of the onboarding to make sure that the app was working properly and that I had any questions answered. So that way, when I'm working with my clients I knew how to answer any of the questions that they had. So it was very easy in the process. A recommendation that I would have for you, if you were to look into using Virtuagym as your choice of apps for your fitness program, just make sure you know exactly what it is that you want for your app and what you want your clients to be able to get out of the app. They are very good at answering the questions that you have, so in order for them to help you better, you would have to know upfront kind of what it is that you're looking for and what it is that you need guidance with. I know there were a few things where I had questions for them, as long as I had those questions ready and ready to go when we met, it was easy for them to maneuver and help me out. So I would just say, be prepared with playing around with the app beforehand. So that way your questions can be answered easier and quickly.

Laura: Hi, I'm Laura, and I'm the owner. I'm giving Google Calendar a five out of five for my review. And if you'd like to see more reviews, click below. Before I was using Google Calendar, just because I'm ancient, I was using paper. I carried around a little notebook that had a planner days, weeks, months, and I had a huge calendar in my office and I had to match the planner with the calendar on the wall. And if I wanted to work with other people, I had to print a copy of the calendar and go to a physical meeting with them, with all of their planner books so that we could make our calendars the same. This was really not efficient. Moving away from paper into digital. And I picked Google Calendar first because I had Gmail account and it was attached to Gmail. So super easy. And then it's online. So wherever I was that I had my computer or my smartphone, I could access my calendar and I was able to stop double booking, provided I looked at my calendar first. Then it was easy to add people to the calendar. Whether they had Gmail or not, I could invite them, and so we could all have a shared calendar and that worked really well. It was kind of first come, first serve too. It was one of the first online calendars I saw, and it was so easy to use that I've just never changed. Bringing Google Calendar into your business and having it work successfully for your team. This depends on your team. If your team are kind of fun, geeky, love new things people, it's just easy because it's easy to put on appointments. It's easy to make a Zoom meeting in the Zoom calendar, I mean, in the Google calendar. It's super easy. It's easy to invite people to a meeting, easy to accept. All of that's cool. If you have apps. I have one client I work with, and they have Trello, and we are connecting Trello to Google Calendar so that for the people who need to see it printed on a calendar, we can do that. That interaction is super helpful. The documentation is good. You can find what you need, and if you follow the steps, it works perfectly. So the first thing I would say if you're thinking about getting Google Calendar is get it. And why? It's easy to use. It's accessible all over the place, on your phone, on your laptop, on your desktop. Even if you're with somebody else, and you're borrowing their internet, you can get to your calendar. It's easily shareable, and that's a wonderful function for families, for working teams. You can share a calendar so that you all have your deadlines and everything together in one place. And that connectivity is excellent. If you happen to use a different program for booking and receiving payments, then you can connect that to your Google Calendar with about two clicks. And anybody who purchases a slot on your calendar and pays for it, shows right up on your Google Calendar. And if you have something else booked on your Google Calendar, that spot's not available for them to book in your scheduling and payment place. For me, this just simplified everything I was doing in my business. So again, if you're thinking about getting Google Calendar, go ahead and do it.