Some of our customers may have inadvertently gotten an email from Sendgrid about updating API keys. There is no need to do anything as RunSignup | GiveSignup manage all of this in the background for our customers, and the 25 Million emails they…
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Race directors, timers, and nonprofits using our integrated email marketing system in September reached an impressive new mileston: 25 million emails sent in a month. That means that, despite the impact of COVID-19 on the industry, customers sent 35% more emails in September 2020…
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Every event organizer is trying to figure out how to reduce expenses right now. Here is an overview of ways to can use RunSignup to potentially save money. We also have a sister blog for ways to Make Money with RunSignup. Here is…
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Grow your email lists and convert anonymous website visitors to real participant and donor leads with RunSignup’s new Email Capture pop-up. Create and customize a sleek email capture form in seconds: no developer required, the pop-up works immediately on your race website,…
Read MoreEmail can be a powerful marketing tool to reach a massive audience in seconds. Companies, from clothing to software, all use email marketing to communicate information to their customers. But, have you thought about how email marketing could impact your specific race?…
Read MoreOne of the common questions we get is “My Email did not get through to all recipients. What happened?” Email deliverability is much less than most people know. According to Sendgrid, fully 21% of emails never make it to a users inbox….
Read MoreWe had a bug impacting emails sent today between roughly 9:55am-10:35am ET, causing emails to be sent with recipients listed in the “To” field instead of being BCC’d. The bug initiated during a migration to the new version of SendGrid’s API; we…
Read MoreRunSignup Referral Rewards Program is one of the best ways to increase viral participation. You can reward participants to promote your race by offering them partial or full refunds when they get X number of their friends to sign up for your…
Read MoreWe have added MailChimp as an other export option from the Participant Report. This allows you to create custom reports and views in RunSignup to export to your MailChimp lists. You will need to do the MailChimp setup outlined in this blog before being…
Read MoreWe have released an integration with MailChimp that automatically puts participant information into specific MailChimp lists as they sign up or are bulk imported to your race. This makes it simple for race directors who prefer to use MailChimp in addition to…
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