Industries / Surf & Sailing Schools
Wind shifts, the plan changes
Your students hear about changes far too late. SmartChat sends spot updates, course starts and free places straight to their phone on WhatsApp - with a 98% open rate.
Sound familiar?
The wind ignores your timetable
Flat calm, an onshore gale, a thunderstorm rolling in: lesson times shift constantly, and every change means a list of phone calls nobody wants to work through.
Holiday students learn with you and drift away
After the beginner course your students head home, and whether they come back for the improver course or a camp is left to luck rather than to you.
Theory evenings and exams are poorly attended
Theory evenings and exam dates get lost in the middle of a holiday, and you end up with half the group missing while the licence slips back by weeks.
How you use SmartChat
Spot updates first thing in the morning
Wind, water level, lesson times: your students get the conditions for the day on their phone before they set off, and they get down to the water on time.
From taster course to licence
Anyone who has finished the beginner course gets a nudge towards the next level at exactly the right moment, and a holiday experience turns into a licence.
Reschedule without a ring-round
When the wind refuses to play ball, the change goes out to the whole course in one message. No phone calls, and nobody left standing on an empty jetty.
Fill your camps and the season opener
Summer camps, the season opener, the end-of-season kit sale: your list hears about it before anyone else, and the places more or less book themselves.
Ready in 3 steps
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Enter your website: the AI reads your courses, your licences and your prices - and builds the right landing page for your students.
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Collect your students: a QR code at your base and in the kit shed, a link in the booking - every number comes in through a double opt-in and stays GDPR-compliant.
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Head out when the wind is right: the AI drafts your updates, last-minute places and camp offers - all you do is tap send.
What you get
- 98% open rate - faster than any wind forecast
- Changes reach every student in time
- Taster students come back for the licence
- The AI handles your landing page, newsletters and follow-ups
- Documented double opt-in - GDPR-safe
- Unlimited contacts, plans from 188 euros per month on the annual plan
Passende Funktionen
FAQs
My students are holidaymakers - what good is a contact list?
More than you would think. Anyone who did their beginner course with you comes back for the improver course, a camp or the licence, as long as you get in touch. Without a list it is down to chance. With one, it is down to you.
How quickly do changes reach my course groups?
Practically straight away. WhatsApp sits on the lock screen, and with a 98% open rate almost everyone sees it. A change of plan because of flat calm is sorted before the first student reaches the jetty.
How does data protection work here?
All above board. Every student signs up themselves and confirms with a double opt-in inside WhatsApp. The consent is documented, unsubscribing works at any time, and it is GDPR-compliant from day one.
What costs am I looking at?
Two things. Meta bills the WhatsApp fees directly, and SmartChat does not charge a penny on top. Then there is your SmartChat plan from 188 euros per month on the annual plan, with unlimited contacts included.
I am on the water all day - who writes the messages?
The AI does. It knows your website, builds your landing page, newsletters and follow-ups from it, and drafts every message in your tone of voice. You give it a quick read and send it.
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Enter your website - your WhatsApp marketing is live in under 60 seconds.
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