Your youth activity center is growing–fast. Much can change from day to day. Throughout the course of a week, your program will face new challenges and opportunities, which requires time and focus from the entire team at your gymnastics gym, swim school or dance studio. That’s why now is the perfect time to ensure that you’re using Jackrabbit Class effectively. 

As your program continues to bounce back, it’s important to have the right class management software that supports the needs of your business. You need an application that allows you to do more in less time.  

That’s where Jackrabbit Class comes in. 

What is Jackrabbit Class?

Jackrabbit Class is the industry’s leading business management software for swim schools, gymnastics and cheer gyms, dance studios, and other youth activity programs. 

The cloud-based application helps you save time and money, increase revenue, grow student enrollment and improve parent and staff communication. Through easy-to-learn features, such as online registration, staff and parent portals, automated tuition posting, and so much more, Jackrabbit helps you tackle the now, while planning for the future.

Benefits of having class management software

If someone told you you could spend less time running your business and more time connecting with students, would you believe them? News flash: you should. Getting time back in your day is one of the biggest benefits of using class management software!

No two youth activity centers are the same, so we know that not everyone values time equally. The truth is, there are many benefits associated with having class management software, including: 

• Saving money on admin costs, 
• Creating a positive customer experience with students and parents, 
• Retaining staff and coaches, 
• Getting insight into which classes and instructors are in high-demand at your program,
• Eliminating human error by automating tasks, and so much more! 

Thanks to class management software, you can turn manual to module and find the win-win in a majority of business use cases. (–> Discover the software features that are most beneficial to youth activity centers)

Tips for using Jackrabbit Class effectively for your business 

When it comes to using Jackrabbit Class effectively, our team has identified a few ways to help you get the most out of the application. These six tips will not only lead to a deeper understanding of Jackrabbit’s platform, following them will help ensure your business is set-up for success. 

Follow the implementation process 

When using any kind of class management software, the best way to get started is on the right foot. That’s why our first tip for using Jackrabbit Class effectively is by following the implementation process. 

Whether you’ve never tried Jackrabbit or you just started your 30-day free trial, it’s important that you work with a Product Coach to help customize the application to meet the needs of your program. Your coach can help you through the process of getting started with Jackrabbit to ensure you have the best experience possible when you become a client. 

Here’s our recommended implementation process. Because I know you were all wondering. [wink, wink]

Keep up to date with product enhancements and new releases 

When you join the Jackrabbit family as a client, you’ll notice that we make a lot of enhancements and release new features monthly. Every three weeks, to be exact. 

Over the course of a year, that’s a lot of enhancements! 

To help you keep track, our Education and Marketing teams produce Help Center articles, webinars and step-by-step tutorial videos to ensure you are using the application appropriately. 

Continue learning 

‘Learn continually – there’s always ‘one more thing’ to learn.’ – Steve Jobs 

The tech titan said it best, and that’s why we’ve included learning as one of our top tips for using Jackrabbit Class effectively. 

As if help articles and tutorials weren’t enough, the Jackrabbit team provides product-specific training opportunities tailored to meet you where you are on your Jackrabbit journey, as well as business-boosting seminars to help you create and implement new strategies to grow your program. (–>Discover more about Jackrabbit training and conference opportunities) 

Use Jackrabbit’s Idea Portal 

True or False: Jackrabbit was built for the youth activities industry by the people in the youth activities industry? 

Truer words have never been spoken. 

Not only do a lot of Jackrabbit team members hail from swim schools, gymnastics gyms and dance studios, our Product team takes guidance from current clients via the Idea Portal to influence Jackrabbit’s annual roadmap. 

The moral of the story is to put recommended enhancements and features that would make running your business easier in the Idea Portal so they can get evaluated and potentially prioritized and implemented!

Access help and support 

Sometimes we all need somebody to lean on. When you need a hand with understanding how to use Jackrabbit, our dedicated Support team is just a chat away. 

Having issues getting a new staff member logged in? Check. 

Want a second set of eyes on how you set up automated tuition posting? Check. 

Need help getting started with online payment processing? Check. 

Nothing’s off limits when it comes to accessing help and support. Because, at the end of the day, when your program utilizes Jackrabbit effectively, we all win! 

Take advantage of annual check-up calls 

A lot can change over the course of a year. Especially when it comes to business goals. Do you want to open a second or third location? Expand what programs you offer at your facility? Create a mobile app to connect with more customers? 

Taking time each year to review your goals with a member of the Jackrabbit team will help you plan a course of action so that you can meet your goals through proper usage of application. 

Discover how to use Jackrabbit Class effectively by starting your 30-day free trial today!