Monday, 18 August 2014

Mobile Express Reg - why is it so valuable?



Quite exciting news that more and more events are contacting me to find out more about mobile express registration, and we can see these two click entries coming in already! This is just a quick note to let you know that it is us that needs to turn this on for your account so let me know if you’d like to switch it on.
The main question being asked is why is this such a game changer & how will it benefit you? 
-34% of people we’re coming to ACTIVE entry forms on a mobile device.
- Only 11% of these potential participants completed the transaction from a mobile device.
- The solution: enable 2 click registration and let them pay for the event there and then on their phone but allow them to fill out the form whenever they are at the comfort of their computer.
We aim to make the world a more ACTIVE place, and we’ve just made it easier J
Drop me a line if you would like to discuss further.
Thanks & Regards,
Adam O'Connor
Ireland Account Manager 
The ACTIVE Network,

00 44 2075540932
Mobile - 00 44 7860 595869
Have a read of my Event Organiser Blog - www.adamasks.blogspot.co.uk/
Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/runireland
Follow us on Twitter - @teamrunireland
+44 (0) 8700 841 480


Monday, 7 July 2014

Adam Asks The Brandon Bay Half Marathon - Why ACTIVEworks?



As a first time event organiser I can safely say that without the brilliant system that is ACTIVEworks, our whole online registration process would have been far more complicated and stressful. From the very off, Adam O Connor has been with us every step of the way, even during out of office hours and over weekends. He has helped us with every query from set up to category changes to emailing participants, making our life so simple and freeing us up to focus on the more immediate aspects of our event.

ACTIVEworks has provided us with a user friendly, simple to use and super effective system to use for our online registration process. It comes with some really super tools which allow us monitor everything from t-shirt sizes to gender and age of entrants. I really can’t emphasise enough how simple and effective it is to use, and how quickly Adam comes to aid us with any new queries we may have about the system. Being totally new to event organisation & management, ACTIVEworks has been a dream to work with and I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it.


Yours in sport,


Damien Finn,
Secretary,
The Brandon Bay half marathon & 10k event committee.

Monday, 30 June 2014

ACTIVE Network - Client Testimonials



Here at ACTIVE we’ve put together some of the feedback from our clients about our services and the new ACTIVEworks Endurance platform. See below some of the testimonials we received– if you have any similar feedback, please get in touch. We always take on board what you think / have to say, so we can continue to make the world a more ACTIVE place.
Click here to see the benefits of ACTIVEworks & the links to set up a free account.

One month after we launched Judgement Day, we were delighted to see 53% of runners were part of a team. Team participation is something we were desperate to increase & ActiveWorks allowed captains to recruit teamates with ease. We switched on pre-paid teams and were amazed to see 15% of our revenue came from people buying places for friends without knowing who was definitely in.
- Mark Buller, Race Director, Judgement Day.


“British Military Fitness has been using ActiveWorks for the past year. The team functionality has been extremely beneficial in increasing the size of each team created, giving them an identity to rally around and has substantially contributed to an increase in revenue of 150% over our last three events.”
Sarah King / Head of Events / British
 Military Fitness – Major Series

“Our entire event was built from the ground up with social media in mind. We want participants to be social when they register, form teams, etc. Our courses are set up to encourage photo opps and we don’t put professional photographers on the course because we want people to take photos with their own phones and share them online. ACTIVE’s registration software is fully integrated with Facebook so when people sign up, they can post to their Walls and recruit friends.”
Dan Hill, Founder, CEO, Electric Run
“ACTIVE’s special offer emails, newsletters and online promotions have increased our web traffic over 400% during key marketing periods. With ACTIVE’s help, we’ve produced simple and effective targeted marketing campaigns to their database of participants – a great asset when introducing a new event to the market.”
Hugo Pettit, Marketing Manager, Threshold Sports

We were attracted to Active Network is that they are committed to innovation, invest in their technology with the purpose of providing the best in class solution. They are market leaders, and have very thorough on boarding and ongoing training and support in place. The system does most of the things we need, and where there is a shortfall on need, there is a commitment to work with us to produce a solution.
The implementation process involved a number of meetings, and on site training sessions for the event and supporter services departments and then ongoing training and support. Nick & Michael coordinated the training and it was obvious that they knew what they were doing. Also, thank you Maria from the technical team, who is always helpful!!
The participant and donor experience has been very smooth – and this has led to an increase in income (through increased sign ups) and enhanced reputation. We are 25% up on registration numbers YOY with many more JustGiving pages activated. The team recruitment tool is brilliant, not only for getting more people to the event, but for our ability to send team fundraising comms.
Our corporate partners have reacted very positively to the new user experience. The time saved by using smart technology is considerable – across many departments.
Holly Lyons, Events Manager, The Prince’s Trust

As always, get in touch if there’s anything you need.
Thanks & Regards,
Adam O'Connor
Ireland Account Manager 
The ACTIVE Network
RunIreland.com Editor
00 44 2075540932
Mobile - 00 44 7860 595869
Have a read of my Event Organiser Blog - www.adamasks.blogspot.co.uk/
Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/runireland
Follow us on Twitter - @teamrunireland

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Discount codes to attract more participants



With the vast amount of events being set up, competition is heating up between different events for participants to register.
One tip we have recently come up with is to offer a small discount for certain participants.
Past Participants:
The ACTIVEworks Endurance system provides you with a very easy to use discount tool whereby you can discount either a % or an amount. This can be given to last year’s participants to get them registered again for the race.
“RunIreland Discounts”
Why not set up a special RunIreland promo code to let us promote the discount and get more entries in. We can post this code on the homepage, the Facebook page & the Twitter account to try and increase your numbers with a discount incentive. Get in touch to organise this!
Discount Instructions:
1.     Log into the ACTIVE Works Endurance Sign-In Page
2.     If prompted, select your Organization
3.     Click the event name, located under the Your Events section of the Organization Dashboard
Event Name Location
4.     Click Tools
5.     Click Discounts
Discount Tool Location
6.     Click Create
7.     Enter the Name of the discount
8.     Select the Amount the discount will be for (Amount or Percentage)
9.     Enter the discount Code
10. Enter a description (optional)
11. Select the desired expiration date
12. Enter the Maximum number of uses
13. Select the categories the discount will be applied to
14. Select the additional purchase items the code should apply to
15. Click Save

Thanks for reading.
Adam O’Connor
Account Manager – Ireland