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Using Email to Promote Referrals

With the release of Referrals 2.0, there is an opportunity to send reminders to participants to share with their friends. The integrated RunSignup Email system is perfect for this, since emails are generated right from the database. So you can add Placeholders to…

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Automated Coupons

As part of the Referrals 2.0 release, participants can now receive an automatic coupon to share with their friends and family to encourage word of mouth marketing for your race. First, set up the Referral Tracking Set this up in the Dashboard under Promotion…

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Enhanced Sharing and Facebook

As part of our Referrals 2.0 release, we have made major improvements to allow participants to share with their friends. This is enhanced when you provide incentives for participants to share, and coupons for their friends. The enhanced sharing can be customized by going to…

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Referrals 2.0

These are awesome releases!  RSU is crushing it in 2016! Facebook sharing and Refund Referrals have the ability to have a BIG impact on our business and we’re really excited to test them out. We also like the idea of arming the participant…

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Automated Referral Refund Rewards

As part of our big Referrals 2.0 release, you can now set up automated refunds as a reward to participants who refer others. Referrals can be turned on to automatically generate a special URL with a special referral code each time someone registers. The…

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Team Import

We have expanded the ability to do Team Imports with the following features: Note the fields that can be imported.  For example since the team type is specified in the CSV, different team types can be imported in the same CSV. 

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Cycling!

In spite of our name, we are starting to make major progress with Cycling races. A number of large cycling events have moved to RunSignup because of our strong and flexible registration platform, free promotional tools, and excellent integration with scoring software….

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Mobile Increase

Captain Obvious says Mobile is important for races. In comparing the start of 2016 with the start of 2015, the numbers for Mobile access are up 20% and purchasing they are up 50%: We have been tracking the increase in the Mobile…

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Technology Really Does Matter

Most people do not understand technology, which is fine. The problem is that many people translate that into not valuing technology or the complexity behind the many simple uses of the web and mobile apps they see every day. This winds up…

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Secure Information Option

We have added the ability to collect Social Security Number, Drivers License and Passport as highly secure options to race registration. This was done at the request of a race held on a military base, but may be useful for other purposes…

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