REVL
Funnel concept  ·  Two pages, one machine
C.01 · The idea

Give enough to want it.
Hold enough to earn the lead.

Meta leads arrive pre-sorted by the ad they clicked. Website visitors arrive unknown: they want studio information before they will hand over their details. So the funnel needs three moves: a public page that entices without emptying the tank, a form that quietly sorts who they are, and a post-enquiry page that pays the form off instantly, goes deeper, and books the call.

Every piece of content gets a rung: public builds belief, post-form makes it real, the call closes with the numbers. Nothing is repeated, nothing is given away early, and every step teaches the CRM something true.

Rung 1 · Public page

Believe it

The brand, the proof of scale, real founders, the path. Enough to make owning a REVL feel real and within reach: never the mechanics of how.

Job: create an information gap only the form unlocks. Exit: the enquiry form.
Rung 2 · Post-form experience

See yourself in it

The three formats, what building one includes, territory, the partnership, the objection deck. Framed by what they told us on the form.

Job: deepen the read and book the call. Exit: a discovery-call slot on the calendar.
Rung 3 · The call + disclosure

Prove it

Real unit economics, break-even ranges, territory specifics, the disclosure document. Human, matched to their category, nothing left generic.

Job: qualify hard and move to application. Exit: the 5-step ownership process.
Why hold the detail back The withheld content is not hidden, it is promised. The public page says exactly what the enquiry unlocks: the three formats compared, what building a REVL includes, territory availability in your state, and the numbers walked through. A named reward converts better than a vague "enquire now", and it makes the form feel like a fair trade instead of a gate.
C.02 · The machine

What the system knows, and when.

One funnel serves both traffic types. Paid leads skip ahead with the category already known from the ad. Organic visitors get sorted by the form. Both land on the same post-enquiry experience, and every touch feeds the one central record.

Arrive
Organic / paid traffic

Google, socials, a member telling a mate, or a Meta ad. No avatar split needed in the ads.

System knowsNothing. Anonymous visitor.
Believe
Public: Own a REVL

Brand, proof, founders like them, the path, the promise of what enquiring unlocks.

System knowsPages viewed, dwell, scroll. Still anonymous.
Sort
The enquiry form

Their existing fields, one reworded question. Friction repositioned as personalisation.

System knowsIdentity · category · capital band · timeline · state · warmth. The workflows fork here.
Deepen
Post-form experience

The built page: formats, numbers context, partnership, objection deck, calendar booking.

System knowsSubcategory when tapped · engagement score seed · the call slot.
Close
CRM · nurture · call

Category picks the email track. The score sets cadence and surfaces hot leads to sales.

System knowsEvery click, visit and replay, cooling with silence. Who they are + how hot.
Locked upstream The category model (Operator / Escapee / Investor), the one-question form rework, subcategory pinning by declaration only, and the central cooling score are already locked in the funnel architecture spec (2026-06-30). This concept adds the public front door and the reveal ladder; it changes nothing behind the form.
C.03 · Page one: public

Own a REVL: the front door.

Seven beats. Everything on this page is already public: their own site or the deck's headline numbers. The craft is in the order, and in beat six, where the page names what the form unlocks.

Beat 1
HERO: A new era of functional fitness
Full-bleed real studio photo · one CTA
Beat 2
PROOF BAND: 70+ · 7 countries · 10,000+ · +84%
Counter animation, same as the built page
Beat 3
THE REVL DIFFERENCE: 3 pillars
Brand · fit-outs · franchising smarter
Beat 4
FOUNDERS LIKE YOU: 3 archetype cards
Coach · career changer · investor, real testimonials
Beat 5
THE PATH: 5 steps + support snapshot
Enquire → apply → secure → sign → launch
Beat 6 · the gate
WHAT ENQUIRING UNLOCKS + THE FORM
Named reward · the sorter question · submit
Beat 7
FAQ: the five public answers
Cost range stays: it qualifies capital honestly

Hero: sell the era, not the deal

"A new era of functional fitness. Own what you love." Their existing positioning, their real photography. One CTA scrolling to the form. No numbers in the hero: belief first.

their sitekeep

Proof band: the four numbers that are already public

70+ territories, 7 countries, 10,000+ members, +84% average studio revenue growth YoY. Scale proof costs nothing to give away and does the heavy lifting for credibility.

their site + deck p.11 Withheld: capex detail, per-format economics, anything from the disclosure document.

The difference: tease the model, never explain the system

Their three pillars stay: global brand recognition, state-of-the-art fit-outs, franchising smarter (quality over quantity). Each gets two sentences. The full training system, programming IP and ops detail stay behind the form.

their site This is the beat that makes a visitor think "there is a real machine here", without handing the machine over.

Founders like you: the pre-frame for the sorter

Three cards, three real owners: the coach who went out on her own, the career changer who left the desk, the investor building a portfolio. Their real testimonials (Tom, Bec, Tyler) mapped one per archetype.

their testimonialsnew arrangement This is the quiet setup for the form. A visitor who has just seen themselves in one of three founders answers "which best describes you" without friction, because the page taught them the three answers exist.

The path: show the journey is managed

The five steps (enquire, apply, secure, sign, launch) plus a one-line support snapshot: "a team behind every studio: expansion, training, marketing, finance." Timeline stays public: 9 to 14 months from signing, it is already on their FAQ.

their sitedeck Depth on the four pillars and the Academy is post-form content.

The gate: name the reward, then ask

"Enquire and we will build your briefing: the three studio formats compared, what building a REVL includes, territory availability in your state, and the numbers walked through." Then the form, right there, not on another page.

new The named reward reframes the form from gate to trade. The next section designs the form itself.

FAQ: answer what would otherwise block the form

Their five public FAQs stay, including the investment range. Publishing the range qualifies capital before the call and matches what they already do. Unit economics and break-even remain call-only, disclosure-document territory.

their site Final CTA repeats the named reward under the FAQ.
C.04 · The form: the sorter

Every field earns its place twice.

No ads split by avatar means the form carries the sorting. The trick is that the lead must never feel sorted: every question is framed as tailoring their briefing, and every answer quietly sets a workflow. Their existing Gravity Form fields all survive; one question is reworded. Presented to REVL as a recommendation, not a live edit.

FieldWhat the lead seesWhat the system does
Name, email, phoneStandard contact details.Identity. Email is matched server-side to the member list: sets the member flag (warm opener, brand sell skipped) without ever asking "are you a member".
Which best describes you?
I coach or work in fitness and want my own studio → OperatorI'm not from fitness, but I want to own one → EscapeeI want to invest, with a manager running it → InvestorJust exploring → category-light nurture
"So we build your briefing around what matters to you." Three self-descriptions they just saw as founder cards one scroll earlier.Sets the category, once, honestly. Picks the email track, the post-form page fill, and the sales talking points. The single most valuable field on the form.
Which opportunity interests you?
Open newConvert my studioBuy existing
Practical: what kind of project are we talking about.Pins subcategory where it is implied: convert pins the Operator/converter, buy + Investor pins the acquisition investor. Routes conversion leads to the "Transform your business" track.
Capital range
0–100k100–300k300–500k500k+
"So we talk about the right studio format."Ranking + routing. Below the entry band: a longer nurture, not a rejection. 500k+ with Investor hints multi-unit: flags the portfolio investor conversation.
Timeline
6–12 months1–2 years2–5 yearsPassive
"So we pace this to you."Seeds the cadence tier: active-now enters fast nurture, 2–5 years enters slow, passive starts on the house list. Nobody gets hammered, nobody gets forgotten.
Preferred state / region"So we check territory availability near you."Territory routing, and the post-form page opens its territory explorer on their state. The named reward starts paying off immediately.
Visited a REVL studio?
YesNo
Simple yes/no.Warmth signal. Yes + member match: skip the brand sell entirely. No: the post-form page leads with the feeling film and a visit invitation.
Why this beats asking directly A form that asked "are you an operator, escapee or investor?" would leak the machinery and feel like being filed. The same sort happens here through three self-descriptions the page already made familiar, wrapped in a promise of personalisation that the next page visibly keeps. The lead feels understood, not segmented; the CRM gets category, subcategory hints, capital, pace, geography and warmth from seven fields they were already asking.
C.05 · Page two: post-form

The thank-you page that keeps the promise.

This page is already built and live (the franchise experience). The concept slots it into the funnel as the thank-you destination and sharpens its opening so it visibly pays off the form. Where their current thank-you page says "we'll be in touch" plus a Calendly embed, this one delivers the briefing it promised, reads the room, and books the call.

New · the payoff strip
"Your briefing is ready, [name]"
Echoes their form answers · sets up what follows
Built
THE FEELING + THE STANDARD
Brand film · skipped-lean for members
Built
FORMATS + WHAT BUILDING INCLUDES
The withheld detail, delivered
Built
TERRITORY EXPLORER
Opens on their state from the form
Built
NUMBERS + PARTNERSHIP + PATH
Numbers film · four pillars · the journey
Built · gathers
"WHICH IS YOU" + OBJECTION DECK
Taps pin the subcategory · never guessed
Built · converts
BOOK THE CALL: calendar modal
Day → slot → details → locked in

Open with the receipt, not a thank you

"Your briefing is ready" beats "thanks for your enquiry". A short strip echoes what they told us: "Owner-operator · NSW · opening within 12 months", then hands into the experience. The lead sees the form did something. That trust is what makes the next form question in the journey (the call booking) feel worth answering too.

new strip on the built page Phase one ships the generic fill; the three category fills follow the locked "one skeleton, three fills" model.

Deliver every named reward within one scroll

The gate promised formats, build inclusions, territory and the numbers walked through. All four are already sections on the built page. The territory explorer opening on their form-declared state is the moment the personalisation promise lands visibly.

built + deployed Nothing new to build here: this is arrangement, not construction.

Gather by giving: every deepening tap is genuinely useful

The objection deck ("open the one that sounds like you"), the configurator (one studio or a portfolio, run it yourself or manager), and the "which is you" cards each answer a real question the lead has, and each tap pins the subcategory honestly. The sensor scores dwell, video depth, replays and return visits into the central record.

built + locked spec Declared, never inferred: a wrong specific guess is worse than a right general read.

Close on the calendar, not on "we'll call you"

The booking modal (day, slot, details, locked in) replaces the passive Calendly embed with the same function in brand. The slot lands in the CRM with everything else, and the confirmation echoes it back with the invite promise.

built + deployed Post-booking, the nurture switches from "book a call" to "prepare for your call": a different track with a different job.
C.06 · The content map

Every asset, one rung.

The complete inventory across their site, the deck and the built experience, and where each piece lives. If it is on two rungs, it is a tease on the first and the full version on the second.

ContentPublicPost-formCall onlySource
Brand story, "new era" positioningwarm skip for memberstheir site
Scale proof (70+, 7 countries, 10k+, +84%)their site · deck p.11
The difference (brand, fit-outs, smarter)their site
Owner testimonials as three archetypescategory story filmtheir site · new arrangement
5-step path + 9–14 month timelinetheir site
Public FAQ incl. investment rangetheir site
Three formats compared (Concept / Signature / Flagship)named onlydeck p.13 · built
What building a REVL includesnamed onlytheir FAQ · built
Territory explorer, availability by statenamed onlyspecificsbuilt
The numbers, walked through (film)built · placeholder film
Four support pillars + Academy depthone linedeck · built
Objection deck + "which is you" tapsbuilt
Discovery-call calendarbuilt · mirrors their Calendly
Unit economics, break-even, disclosure documentflagged as call-onlycompliance: never on a page
Honesty flags carried through The investment figure: their deck says $250–450K, their site FAQ says $400–550K. The public page should carry whichever figure REVL confirms as current; the discrepancy itself is a finding to raise, since a lead who reads both will notice. Unverified claims (attrition vs industry, monthly revenue at member counts) stay off every page until sourced. ROI figures stay illustrative and labelled until real unit economics are shared.
C.07 · Build order

Three phases, first one done.

Phase 1 · now

Prototype + pitch

  • Post-form experience: built, deployed, sensor live
  • Calendar booking in brand
  • This funnel concept
  • Dashboard mock with sample leads
Phase 2 · once employed

Build the front door

  • Public page on the beats above, their CMS
  • Form rework proposed on their Gravity Form
  • Wire events: page → central record
  • Three email tracks, category substance
Phase 3 · once live

Match + tune

  • Three category fills of the experience page
  • Cadence engine on the running score
  • Subcategory email depth where volume earns it
  • Weights tuned against real session data
REVL Funnel concept · internal · sources: revltraining.com.au, franchise deck, locked spec 2026-06-30