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We have added the capability to set a default answer to your custom questions. This will appear in registration with all of our different formats of questions. For example, the setup for the Select menu looks like this: And the runner will see it in the registration path as: Here is an example of the […]
Twitter now has ads that any Twitter user can use now, much like Facebook. (They are also in the process of rolling out coupons as well). We have not seen many races use this, but would be interested to hear feedback. In your Twitter account, simply go to https://ads.twitter.com. The forms are pretty self explanatory. The above […]
This year we have had several very large sell out races open registration to prior year participants in various ways. One used a password that was sent to last year’s participants that was the only way to register for the first week. Another used our Clubs system to upload all of last year’s participants into […]
We are seeing more and more Running Clubs making the move to RunSignUp Clubs. We noticed an article in The New York Times this morning about how The Cloud is impacting organizations. It can be easily applied to Running Clubs: Ed Lazowska, who holds a chair in computer science and engineering at the University of […]
We are expanding the Custom Results API to include a mechanism for providing notifications. The concept is that a list of participants can be uploaded to RunSignUp a week or two before a race and participants and their friends and families can then sign up for notifications. When race day comes, the timer will be […]
The Race Director is software many timers use for scoring and timing races. One of the challenges is syncing information from RunSignUp to The Race Director where there are incompatible fields and data. Timers will usually keep very short codes for Giveaways rather than the long descriptions that RunSignUp allows. The Race Director sync utility […]
We are very happy to welcome Frank Brown and Brian Graham to the RunSignUp team. They will be located in our San Diego office, and serve our customers on the west coast, as well as select large races and race series. “With the rapid growth of RunSignUp, we want to make sure we are […]
Facebook is in the process of making more changes to their algorithms on what will be displayed in people’s New Feeds. This is good for most races, as the types of posts that a race can put up are very relevant to runners. But it is good to keep in mind that you do not […]
We have released a bunch of new How To Videos. These are an important resource for race directors and timers to learn the system, and also get new ideas to implement in your race. Go to https://runsignup.com/How-To and peruse the list. Here are the new videos: https://runsignup.com/How-To/Edit-Multiple-Events https://runsignup.com/How-To/Re-Enter-Race-Wizard https://runsignup.com/How-To/Customize-Race-Page https://runsignup.com/How-To/Edit-Participant-Info https://runsignup.com/How-To/Manage-Participants https://runsignup.com/How-To/EventGrouping https://runsignup.com/How-To/CustomParticipantCaps This is a […]
Facebook has released a new advertising mechanism to help your race target specific audiences rather than just people who Like your page or a demographic target. There are three types of audiences you can custom target: The customer list is interesting since you can upload a list of emails or names and phone numbers. This […]
Facebook is one of the most important promotion channels that your race can use. The basics are: Step 1 – Your race needs to have a Facebook Page that is dedicated to your race. Step 2 – You need to put great content up there. Think Pictures, fun and motivational posts, surveys, etc. See other successful […]
We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. This Playmakers Case Study focuses on Running Store Race Calendars, registration for Races & Training Teams, and advising local races. View the PDF Version of the Playmakers Case Study […]
We have updated our email renewal notices. If your race has completed and you have not renewed the race, we send you an email every 3 months to remind you to renew your race. It is a nice email and even has some ideas of things your race might be able to use! We have […]
We have added Bib Validation. You can set up ranges of bibs that are valid for each event. This prevents handing out the wrong bib to the wrong person, and also helps with issues around runners moving from one event (5K) to another (10K). This is used in conjunction with the RunSignUp Go Race Day […]
You can now import participant data from previous years. This allows race directors to have easier access to all of their data in one place, and also enables some of the nice year over year reporting that RunSignUp offers. Importing old data takes several simple steps. First, on the Import page, you can now add […]
You can now download increments of registrants in the Participant Reports. We have not allowed this in the past since we were concerned that with our ability to have multiple race directors, people would overlap their incremental downloads and miss some participants in the overlap. You can now set a “Registration ID” range in the […]
With the release of RunSignUp Results 3.0, we will be introducing new pricing mechanisms. Races who use RunSignUp for registration will still get free results and notifications. The pricing is really meant to address our customers (especially timers who can not dictate registration providers) who use a mix of registration platforms and want to use […]
RunSignUp Results 3.0 is now released. There are a number of significant improvements over RunSignUp Results 2.0: Improved User Interface and Kiosk for faster Results viewing and searching. Quick Widget for embedding Results in Timer and Race websites. New Pricing to allow non-RunSignUp races to use RunSignUp Results. Improved API and integration with RunScore and […]
We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. This Great Pumpkin Run Case Study explores the challenges of a Multi-City Race Series, Team Promoting a Race through Groups & Teams, and using Referral Codes. View the PDF Version […]
We have a series Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. This Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk Case Study focuses on the recruitment and self-service management of Corporate Teams View the PDF Version of the Kaiser Permanente Corporate Run/Walk Case Study An Introduction to […]
