Manually Add Referred Registrations

With the release of our Automated Referral Rewards program, some race directors have been approached by participants wanting to get credit for a registration. This may come about because they did not share their specific link with the referral tag, or they talked with…

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RunSignup Referrals Program Returns Strong ROI Results

RunSignup’s Referrals 2.0, released in late January, has been impressing races with strong early ROI results. The program allows for an automated refund of a set amount for Referrers who successfully refer a pre-determined number of registrants (as set by the Race…

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Referral Rewards Deliver Large ROI

The next time you hear that viral word of mouth marketing does not pay off for a race, show them this page (or you hear silly people say a registration vendor can’t have an impact on race registration). We have had a…

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Referral Rewards – Using your own URL

We have added the capability to direct Referrals to your own URL. To get the referral codes to work, you will need to check for a GET parameter of “raceRefCode” in your site’s URL.  Then, when outputting the widget code, you will need to add…

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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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Referrals

As any race director knows, the key to increasing your participation is by encouraging people to refer their friends. The other key is having other organizations like the local running store, or running club or Cross Fit Gym list you on their website or…

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