Case study

SotoMethod

A booking-first website for a boutique fitness studio.

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At a glance

Search · Ahrefs est.

+36% est.

Organic search traffic, 6 months after launch vs. the 6 months before

Source: Ahrefs estimate

Milestone · public

3

Studio locations today (Tribeca, Upper East Side, Dallas), up from one at launch

Source: Athletech News (opens in a new tab); PaperCity (opens in a new tab)

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Client
SotoMethod
Industry
Boutique fitness
Services
Web development, UX

Before and after

SotoMethod homepage today
SotoMethod homepage before the redesign
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The challenge

SotoMethod began as a single Tribeca studio with a loyal following and a Squarespace site built around it. As demand grew, the site needed to do more than look good: it had to turn first-time visitors into booked classes and memberships, on any device.

The brief was to reflect the brand’s high-energy approach, make classes easy to explore, and create a smooth sign-up experience, on a foundation that could grow with new locations.

What we did

Strategy

Mapped the path from first visit to first class and built the navigation around it: choose a location, choose a class, book.

Design

A bold, high-energy visual system with booking calls to action in the header and on every page.

Build

Rebuilt the site on Webflow with class booking embedded for each location, Klaviyo email capture, structured data for search, and a component library the team reuses for new studios and offers.

Key features

  • 01

    Booking on every location page

    Live class schedules (Arketa) embedded per studio, so visitors book without leaving the site.

  • 02

    Founding membership pages

    Launch pages that pre-sell memberships before a new studio opens.

  • 03

    Reusable page components

    Sections built as components, so a new location or promotion is assembled rather than designed from scratch.

  • 04

    Built for search

    JSON-LD structured data across pages to help search engines and AI answers understand classes and locations.

The results

Since launch, the site has carried SotoMethod’s expansion. New studios get a location page, booking and a founding-membership offer built from the same components, so opening in new neighborhoods and new cities hasn’t required a rebuild.

“The Cambridge Studio team was an incredible partner: highly collaborative, responsive to feedback, and bringing deep UX and web development expertise to the table.”
Samantha Mashaal

Samantha Mashaal

Head of Operations & Strategy, SotoMethod

What happened next

Company milestones for context. We don't claim the website caused them.

  1. Upper East Side studio announced

    Source: Athletech News (opens in a new tab)

  2. Upper East Side studio opens on East 86th Street

    Source: Upper East Site (opens in a new tab)

  3. Dallas announced as the start of a national expansion

    Source: Athletech News (opens in a new tab)

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