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What’s in a newsletter?

Newsletters are a great way of keeping your members up to date with club life. There are great newsletters but unfortunately there are often not so great newsletters which fail to fulfil their role. I have outlined below some hints

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The importance of website review?

I firstly need to declare my interest here.  Running a company that provide websites for sports clubs, I clearly have a vested interest in writing on this topic. However, I do believe it pertinent to take a look at what

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Why more sports clubs should use direct debits…

Until fairly recently, collecting membership fees via Direct Debit was not viable for the majority of clubs due to the lengthy and costly accreditation process.  Thankfully that has now changed and many clubs now benefit from using online solutions without

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How do you rank with Google?…. Other search engines are available

Why is it so important to have a high rank on Google or other search engines? Quite simply, if you want to attract new members to your club, then you need to be seen.  To be seen you ideally need

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Glasgow 2014 – is your awareness strategy in place?

Glasgow 2014 – one year to go.. The countdown has started, Glasgow 2014 will soon be upon us and this time we will be ready…… Firstly, I am sure that as a club you will know if your sport is

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Support for coaches

Support for coaches I received a linkedin communication today inviting me to take a look at a website dedicated to teachers who coach (www.teacherswhocoach.co.uk).  So whilst I’m not a teacher I thought it would be worth taking a look to

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Bring your club to life

We said a picture is worth a thousand words but what about a video? With a view to selling your sport or club and engaging the local community and with the knowledge that visual content will be appealing to your

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We sell, or else…….

We need to sell ourselves or else what? Failure to sell ourselves can result in clubs closing, struggling for funds, unable to provide high quality coaching or failing to invest in infrastructure, a failure that will affect future generations. But

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