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Early Steps on French and Spanish Support

With our announcement yesterday of custom wording for buttons, we are starting to begin to meet the multilingual needs of races. This is important as there are many Spanish speaking people in the US, and races want to be welcoming. In addition as…

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$1 Billion

RunSignup turned 10 years old in January 2020. On February 14, 2020 our platform will have processed over $1 Billion for our customers – our community’s little unicorn. This represents over 24 Million registrations and almost $100 Million in Donations. We must…

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Participant Tracking: Promotion = Usage, Less Questions

Most races offer some form participant tracking as it has become a standard expectation of participants and spectators alike. However, each race is different in the types of tracking that is being offered. Some may issue just a start and finish alert,…

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What Should Your Processing Fee Be?

A couple of years ago we wrote a somewhat intellectual blog on the “Price Elasticity of Processing Fees” that included fancy graphs. As we talk with lots of customers at the RunningUSA conference, this is once again a hot topic. The simple…

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What is your Participant Value?

This is Bob. We are heading to the RunningUSA Conference this weekend, and this is the question I will be asking over and over again. We want to try to get feedback on the value of a participant as part of designing…

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Ultra Running Report from RunRepeat

RunRepeat issued a report on the State of Ultra Running. Ultra running has become increasingly popular as shown in the chart above growing to over 600 Thousand participants last year. Growth is higher than other distances – partly because of the enthusiasm of…

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Sponsors Page Update

Your race website’s Sponsors page just got a nice update. Previously, the Sponsors page looked like this: The new layout is removes the color block backgrounds for a cleaner layout and display. The mobile display elegantly stacks your sponsor logos and offers:

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Timer Spotlight: Steve Turrisi, Race Day Professionals

“We don’t sell timing services. We sell experiences. And when people pay for those experiences it is very rewarding for us to see them so happy and so appreciative.”Steve Turrisi, Race Day Professionals Overview Steve Turrisi, from Race Day Professionals, is a RunSignup RaceDay Certified…

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Sales Tax January Top Payments

We are nearing routine mode for Sales Tax since widely releasing it on December 1, 2019. Of course the purpose is to comply with state a local sales tax laws, and to make things simpler and more accurate for our customers. We are in…

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2019 Largest 100 Races

We have attempted to put together the Largest 100 races that were timed from 2019. We have been accumulating this list for a couple of years (here is 2018). While we try, we may have missed some races, or we might not…

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