RunSignup’s RaceJoy event app now offers participant chip-timed progress alerts. This is the latest advancement in RunSignup’s RaceDay Real-Time technology suite and integrates the power of RaceDay Scoring with RaceJoy. Timers can now activate chip-timed alerts and deliver official progress and result notifications…
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There is now an option to sort teams by size on the Groups/Teams page. This allows events that drive registrations through team size competitions to have a real time leaderboard on their groups/teams page. By default, the team page sorts alphabetically. You…
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We recently held our inaugural RunSignup University. The two day event gave attendees an opportunity to deepen their product knowledge and get the most out of RunSignup. Being there in person was certainly the best way to learn the most, but seats…
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James and Shelly Harris, creators of RaceJoy and long-time RunSignup employees, recently hosted their inaugural race: The Firecracker 5K Festival at Chickasaw Point. With years of race experience from multiple perspectives, this was our first time managing the entire process. As long-time employees at RunSignup, our familiarity with RunSignup’s tools allowed us to bring a big-event experience to our community, utilizing features that most first-time organizers might overlook. We thought we’d share our perspective on putting on a first time race with a focus on sponsorships. As many know, registration revenue tends to just cover the cost of producing the event.
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Early Friday morning, the world woke up to major outages across critical systems that rely on Microsoft Windows. These outages appear to be caused by a defect deployed to Windows hosts by CrowdStrike, a technology company that provides security software. Note that…
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This blog is part of our Marketing Analytics series. It explains how to create a Google Analytics 4 account and integrate with your RunSignup events. It’s easy and free to set up GA4. To get started, all you need is a Google…
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This week we did a series of 3 webinars on Marketing Analytics for events. Analytics help your event(s) make informed marketing decisions. There are two analytics tools that we covered in our webinar series: RaceInsights and Google Analytics 4. RaceInsights RaceInsights is…
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for Part 1 of our Marketing Analytics Webinar Series focused on RaceInsights reporting. If you missed the webinar live, it’s not too late to catch up with the on-demand version. You can also find links to…
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Referral rewards have been a favorite marketing tool for RunSignup customers since their introduction in 2016. Referrals work like this: How Well do Referral Rewards Work? We know referral rewards work: we’ve seen individual races get as much as 20% of their…
Read MoreUpdate: In addition to the states below, fee transparency laws have gone into effect in CO, CT, and TN. On July 1, 2024 we rolled out Fee Transparency Law Pricing. These new laws being enacted by states and perhaps at the Federal…
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