Gold’s Gym

The gold standard in brand management software

Gold’s Gym is an international chain of gyms that were founded in Venice Beach California in 1965 and gained legendary status in the fitness world when it became the setting for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film Pumping Iron. Operating in over 700 locations on six continents, Gold’s Gym is ranked as the number one full-service fitness franchise in the world.

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Gold’s Gym Hub Stats

27,000

Asset views per year

6,700

Total number of assets

8,600

Active users per year

13,000

Downloads per Year

Challenge

In 2012, the full-service advertising agency McKinney created a new brand positioning and communications campaign entitled ‘Strong’ that was designed to build the Gold’s Gym brand even further. Gold’s wanted to roll-out the new campaign to their entire chain of franchises to ensure brand consistency but was worried about the cost of localising the marketing materials for over 700 gyms.

Solution

McKinney suggested Brandworkz brand management platform as a self-service portal for all of their franchisees. We created the Gold’s Gym Brand Center which is now the home where all franchisees access campaign materials, templates, brand materials and social media support. Gym managers can now easily create localised marketing materials that are consistent with the overall Gold’s Gym brand positioning in a matter of minutes.

Results

  • New campaigns have been deployed consistently across the Gold’s Gym network
  • Production costs, time to market and wastage have been greatly reduced with Web-to-Publish
  • Maximised ROI from campaign investment
  • Improved brand consistency across the Gold’s Gym franchise network
  • Better support system for franchisees
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Client quote

“Our people have been blown away by this system. They’re very impressed by the way Brand Center is changing the way franchisees interact with the brand and use the marketing materials. We can’t praise it highly enough.”
David Reismann, Marketing Director, Gold’s Gym

Brandworkz features Gold’s Gym enjoy using

DAM

Everything in one place so everyone can find the stuff they need when they need it

W2P

Stop spending valuable time, money and resources on manual, low-level artwork changes

Showcase

Show people what good looks like and stop them reinventing the wheel by promoting best practice

Guidelines

Educate all employees and partners on what makes you different from the competition

Logo Finder

Let everybody find the right logo, every time – cutting out endless, tedious logo requests

Reporting

Make better decisions from insights into your brand assets, people and processes

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