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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 Case Study focuses on how a Running Store, Training Programs, and a Racing Company support each other. View the PDF Version of the Fleet Feet Rochester & Buffalo and YellowJacket […]
At our 2015 RunSignUp Race Director/Timer Symposium, Andy Marsh from Playmakers shared his view of the synthesis between Races, Training Programs, and Running Stores: We’ve shared our philosophy of the Running Community before; that the running community is made up of tens of thousands of micro-communities that overlap – races, running clubs, running stores, timers, as […]
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 Gobble Gobble Four Miler Case Study focuses on creating techniques for fundraising and engaging Sponsors. View the PDF Version of the Gobble Gobble Four Miler Case Study Overview: The Gobble Gobble […]
Bob was on a panel discussing how technology can be used in Running stores this morning in Austin, TX at the IRRA Annual Meeting. Come visit us this week if you are in Austin! Here is the presentation talking about various success stories:
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 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 Case Study on Gallagher Fitness Resources and ActiveSalem.com focuses on implementing a RunSignUp Race Calendar, providing resources to local Race Directors, and using RunSignUp Clubs to manage Training Programs. View […]
Some race sponsors want a way to distribute special gift certificates or rewards. We recently had a race in Colorado that is closely linked with a store that is giving gift certificates to the first 50 participants in each event. The purpose is to increase store traffic and drive early registrations. RunSignUp now provides a mechanism to […]
We are starting a new series of Customer Case Studies, in which we take your stories and share your challenges and successes as a learning tool for other RunSignUp users. A This Columbus Running Company Case Study focuses on a Bib Assignment & Pickup at multiple locations, experimenting with new options, and taking advantage of […]
We have added the capability to specify club memberships based on a number of days, in addition to months, yearly and a specific date range. This is useful for clubs and running stores who have training programs that last for 10 weeks, for example (actually that was the use case of the running store that […]
Playmakers is a group of running stores in Michigan, who also provide some race management services. One of the key values they bring to their running community is a Running Calendar. They are using RunSignUp technology to drive this. Take a look and see if your running store might benefit as well – http://www.playmakers.com/Events/Calendar.aspx. Here is […]
Fleet Feet Sports in Savannah, GA has come up with an innovative use of the RunSignUp Kiosk. They have a kiosk setup in their store that allows runners to easily and quickly sign up for events that are using RunSignUp and the store is partnered with. While we had originally designed it for race day […]
Add-Ons are treated as a separate type of item in RunSignUp Financial Reports. That is the $144 item on the right. Also, note that Add-Ons are non-refundable (unlike Store items). This is one of the attractive things about Add-Ons from a race director’s perspective. Race Directors can allow runners to modify their Add-Ons (set this […]
For Goldilocks race directors that find Giveaway options a bit too limiting and the Store a bit too much, we are introducing Add-Ons! Giveaways are limited to one choice per registrant. The Store does not ask each participant if they want the item in a multi-participant registration, and has some pretty powerful shipment tracking tools. […]
In our last blog, we talked about Bib Assignment – giving each person a bib number. This blog discusses the options available for handing out bibs to your runners. There are three basic options for bibs – pre-printed, printing labels, and dynamic bib assignment. We discuss each of these in the slides and video below. […]
All running stores and clubs would love to have a list of races on their website. And make it easy for race directors to post races and results. RunSignUp’s Affiliate program is the perfect way to do this. With a single line of code on your website, you can have a list of all the […]
How many sites have a list of races? Timers, Running Stores, Running Clubs all would like to have a current list of races. And how much of a hassle is it to maintain them? What if you want others to add to the list in a self-serve manner? How do you handle the year as […]
