What needed to work better?
New inquiries arrive while the gym is running. I wanted each person to get a personal welcome and useful follow-up, without relying on someone being available to write the first message.
SHYFT / Gym communications / My own business · Automation & AI
A personal welcome. A conversation that continues.
Website and Instagram inquiries become personalized WhatsApp conversations, with AI that understands the reply and responds in text or voice.
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Website / Instagram
Name localizationYossi יוסי
SHYFTIt starts with a conversation
Hi Yossi, Razi from SHYFT here. Thanks for getting in touch! What would you like to improve in your training?
First, where are you located?
We’re at the gym in the NYX hotel, Herzliya Pituach. Where would you be coming from?
Workflow illustration · Sample name and messages · No audio
Understand the reply. Keep the conversation going.
I connected website and Instagram inquiries to WhatsApp through automation. Each lead receives a welcome with their name, with AI adapting English-written names into Hebrew where appropriate. When they reply, AI reasons about the message and sends a personalized response in text or voice. The wider setup also handles WhatsApp reminders and updates for existing gym members.
Even the name deserves care.
A name submitted as “Yossi” can become “יוסי” in the Hebrew welcome. A small detail that makes the introduction fit the person and the language of the conversation.
The answer follows the question.
The AI interprets what the lead says and creates a relevant response. Depending on the conversation, that response may be a text message or a voice message.
Keep members in the loop.
The same communication channel continues into membership, with automated reminders and updates about what is happening at the gym.
What this made possible.
- An automatic, personalized welcome for incoming leads.
- AI responses that take the lead’s message into account.
- Ongoing member communication through WhatsApp.
In my experience, this has improved conversions and customer service. I have been running the WhatsApp automation for around five years, developing it along the way. This is my observed experience, rather than a measured conversion percentage or a claim that every AI feature existed from day one.