We’ve been talking about the importance of having a mobile responsive site for a long time, and continue to see the trend towards runners finding races and registering from devices other than desktop computer. At the Yahoo Mobile Developer Conference recently, Flurry Analytics and ComScore…
Read MoreHere are stats from the last 30 days of access to RunSignUp direct or via widgets: Desktop – 51%Phone – 38%Tablet – 11% So basically 51-49 desktop lead, but my money is on Mobile! Speaking of money, people still find it more…
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Alan Jones and Roger Bradshaw, the founders of RunScore and The Race Director (the two leading scoring platforms that are used by timers at about 60-80% of races in the US), recently did a survey of their timers. They collected 62 responses from RunScore users and 109…
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You can now import participant data from previous years. This allows race directors to have easier access to all of their data in one place, and also enables some of the nice year over year reporting that RunSignup offers. Importing old data…
Read MoreOctober 3, 2014 – Moorestown, NJ and Utica, NY – The Boilermaker Road Race has selected RunSignup, the leading innovator of online tools for Races & Running Clubs, as the official Registration partner for the 2015 Boilermaker Road Race to be held…
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The original survey results have been updated (the original is below). You can see the full results at http://theracedirector.com/RaceDirectorFiles/RegistrationSiteSurveyResults.pdf. RunScore (used to score about half of the finishers in the races in the US and a very popular choice of Timers) did a…
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We have had a setting in RunSignup that enables any race director to turn off the requirement to create an account and enter a password. We are no making this only available to Partners. Races will need to contact RunSignup and get…
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Time Zone Changes We have deployed an update today (Tuesday, August 19th) that will support Time Zones. This means you can now set the time zone when you create your race – previously, we had shown all times in Eastern Time, which caused…
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You now have the ability to add your own specific message on the confirmation email sent to participants based on the event(s) they signed up for. This is in addition to the capability we have had for quite a while on customizing your…
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When you import participant information from another data source via a spreadsheet, there is always the issue of data compatibility. For example the spreadsheet may have the T-Shirt as a “L” and your race has been set up with “Large”. On import,…
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