If you are a major geek, you know that the Heartbleed Bug was recently found and started to be exploited. I am happy to report that we have implemented the fix as shown in this test. Please let website owners that you use know about this….
Here is a cool article about a 300 person race in North Carolina. There are some great ideas in here for any race director. Kelly Stewart, the race director, will be one of our speakers at our RunSignup Users Conference (don’t forget…
Custom URL’s allow you to specify your own web address without having to have your own website – like http://www.runsignup.com/MyRace. We now give you a way to go to specific pages beyond your custom URL. This gives you a nice short address to…
This has been an amazing year for the RunSignup community, and we wanted to take some time to reflect on the progress we have made in 2013 across several dimensions: Strategy and GoalsIn September we had a company meeting, and we shared…
RunSignup was the first race registration site to have a mobile user interface. Today over 42% of runners are registering from a mobile device and the need for ease of use and full website capabilities is imperative. RunSignup released V 2.0 of…
RunSignup provides races with 4 major ways for races to get the most traffic to their website. 1. Your website! Yes, nearly half of the traffic for registration on RunSignup is coming thru widgets that are actually on other websites. Having your own website…
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…
With 37% of RunSignup users coming from a Mobile device, the need for races to have a great experience for mobile users has become imperative. We have done device detection for about the past two years and will give a mobile interface…
We had a couple of races open up this past Saturday that sold out quickly. These are established races who have sold out in the past and they both did some interesting things that others can learn from. Murfreesboro Half Marathon in Tennessee…
As anyone who uses RunSignUp knows, we are rapidly innovating – just take a look at this blog. There are several secrets to our fast cycle time – great developers, limited scope and focus just on the running market, wonderful customers who…