Recent Blogs


RaceJoy Geo Cheer Points, How-To

Below are instructions on how to add custom Geo Cheer Points to your map in RaceJoy. If you would prefer to learn about this feature in video format, click here.  With RaceJoy’s Geo Cheer Points, you can schedule audio messages to be automatically…

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Series Scoring Adds Age Group Points

We have expanded our Series Scoring module to add the ability to include Age Group scoring. This means a race series can set up a very complex point-based award system adding any combination of: For example, a Race Series wants to award points as…

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Lessons for Races and RunSignup from Forbes 100 Essays

The 100th Anniversary edition of Forbes contained a section with short quotes or essays from 100 of the best business minds. There are a number of quotes that are thought provoking for races and for RunSignup. Here are the highlights we took from…

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RunSignup Q3 2017 Results

We’ve started to provide a a quarterly update this year on how things are going with RunSignup (Q1, Q2 and 2016). The good news is that more races, timing companies, running stores and runners continue to recommend us. For us, the highlight of Q3 was…

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More Validation Options for Custom Memberships

We have added some more options when setting up a custom membership. This is useful for clubs who may want to restrict access to certain events. This is found on the Membership setup page: There are a variety of options including field…

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Child Privacy Update

Our great User Experience team updated the new Child Privacy registration path to be simpler and friendlier to understand with the following replacing wordy radio button options: Geez, our site if getting friendlier and friendlier to use!

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RunSignup & Facebook Custom Audiences: How-To

How to Create a Custom Audience To create a custom audience, download the list from your RunSignup race dashboard under Promotion -> Facebook Custom Audiences, and select the report you wish to download. In this example, we will be using the Current Participants report. Once you…

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RunSignup and Facebook Custom Audiences

RunSignup has just released several reports that make the process of creating a Facebook Custom Audience from your participant lists a snap. We all agree: Facebook Custom Audiences are one of – if not the most – essential tools for successful Facebook advertising campaigns. From: Adespresso In total, three reports have…

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Registrant File Uploads

We have added a way for races to allow or require registrants to upload files during registration. This can be used for races that need to collect medical certificates, result verification forms or camps/events that need permission slips. Registrant File Uploads can be…

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Why Races Use RunSignup Email

With such great, well established email vendors like Mailchimp and Constant Contact available, why are more and more races turning to the RunSignup Email system? Free Our email system is free. Constant Contact costs $500 per year for up to 2,500 contacts and MailChimp costs…

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