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Monday, June 28, 2010 Free Websites for Events Posted by: Team Active at 1:08:15 PM You may have already used Active's online event registration forms to collect attendee data and payment but have you had a look at our free website builder? Clients that collect online registrations through Active's event management platform also have access to a robust website publishing system. Plublicise your event with a free event website and include your event details, event images, event schedule, contact information, links to your sponsors, integrations with all the popular social media channels and more. Active enables you to instantly publish your free website to the web and submit it to all the major search engines - all with no hosting fees or experience with HTML code or web design needed. You can find the website builder in your Regonline manager. Select the event you would like to build a website for and click the "Event Website" tab on the navigation bar. Adding content to your website is as easy as using any word processing program.
Monday, March 01, 2010 In Taupo for Ironman NZ 2010 Posted by: Team Active at 10:48:00 AM The Active team made it to Taupo for the 26th Ironman NZ. Cameron Brown won overall and Jo Lawn made a comeback with a new record time taking her trophy back from Gina Crawford. The town was abuzz with Ironman excitement, and of course Active’s very own Mike Reilly ‘the voice of Ironman’ was in fine form and had the spectators revved up and cheering the finishers home up until after midnight! Active looks forward to another great year supporting Taupo events such as the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge and Mizuno Half Marathon.
Friday, January 22, 2010 Active Joins Forces with NZMTBR Posted by: Team Active at 10:02:33 AM New Zealand Mountain Biker Magazine has joined forces with The Active Network New Zealand to bring great subscription offers to Active's clients and their participants. Active and NZMTBR recognise MTB as a fast growing sport in NZ with both pro and recreational riders, NZMTBR gives readers everything that need to know about events, products, training and more. This partnership is going to ensure that participants have access to the best deal on their subscription with added benefits. Learn more about New Zealand Mountain Biker at http://www.nzmtbr.co.nz
Thursday, January 14, 2010 SUB Series Gets Started Posted by: Team Active at 7:02:00 AM First of the SUB series is this Sunday the 24th of January on the North Shore. Nicola de Lautour is the Event Director of the series and had the following to say about Active... "The Molenberg SUB (Sarah Ulmer Brand) Stride or Ride Series has been using Active for the last two seasons. The series attracts entrants of all ages so it was important to us that our online system was as simple as possible - Active provided just that. It provides everything we require and more! As well as a very simple front end for our entrants to use." The team at Active can't wait to see how the event goes!
Friday, October 23, 2009 Increase Entries with a Web Button Posted by: Team Active at 11:37:36 AM Web buttons have proven to increase entries by as much as 67%. Using a web button will make online registration for your event or club more accessible than ever before, giving you an increase in participation. Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can easily create your own web button with Active’s event management software: Log into your Active RegOnline Account. Click on the event you would like to create a web button for. Click on “Button Designer” under Additional Resources. Once you click on “Button Designer”, you will see a pop-up window like the one below. Select “Button” and click Next. Choose where your button will link to (e.g. your Registration Form, the Event Website, or your Events Calendar). Customise the color and text of your web button. The system will automatically generate the HTML code for you to use! Just copy the code and paste it into your website. The web button will appear where you placed it, with a live link to your online registration form. For maximum visibility, place the button on the top half of the right hand side of your web page and watch your registration numbers rise!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Active Teams Up with Live Earth Posted by: Team Active at 10:19:00 AM We’re excited to announce that Dow Live Earth Run for Water has chosen to team up with Active and use our event management software to power their events. Live Earth will launch a series of 6km runs/walks that will take place over a 24 hours period, span multiple continents and raise money and awareness for global water shortages (6km is the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water). The events will take place on Earth Day, April 18, 2010. Active will provide secure online registration to Live Earth registrants and participants will have access to Active’s popular ActiveTrainer platform which is designed to help individuals create customised training plans to help reach personal fitness goals. In addition, participants will be using online fundraising tools that will allow individuals to create personalised fundraising pages and send donations directly to charities benefitting water challenges worldwide. For more information about the Run for Water and how you can register for an event in your area, visit www.liveearth.org.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 Add a Registration Form to Your Website Posted by: Team Active at 3:03:28 PM With Active's online event registration form creator, it's easy to build and place your custom online registration form on a page of your organisation's website. The technology is called "iFrame" and it's easy for any event planner or their webmaster to use. Once you have built your event registration form, find the Button Designer tool which is located under the Functions tab... Then select the iFrame function... The form builder will automatically generate the iFrame code... Simply copy and paste this code into a page on your event website. The online registration form will frame itself on the page with all of the design and navigation elements that appear across the rest of your site. This feature is really great because the registrant will fill out the form without ever having to leave your event site!
Thursday, July 02, 2009 Free Advertising for Events Posted by: Team Active at 2:58:36 PM Did you know that all organisers who use Active's event management software get a free listing on our searchable events calendar? Thousands of people go to Active.com every day to find events in their area. Our events calendar will display your event's details, logo, location and link to your website. Our growing community of active individuals is the perfect place to publicise an event like your own. If you are not currently using Active's event management system, you are still eligible to advertise your event on our website. For more information, read more about our event marketing services.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Automated Bib Number Assignment Posted by: Team Active at 1:47:12 PM Active’s bib number tool reduces the administrative work normally associated with race number allocation and event packet distribution. This tool allows you to set your number sequences at the event level or down to the registrant type, and then automatically allocates a number to each participant at the moment of registration submission. Real-time number allocation means that your administrative staff can stuff event packets as you go and not put off the work until batches of data are exported and numbers manually allocated. Also, with the event registration system doing the work, you are guaranteed that two bib numbers will never be used twice – a common error with spreadsheets of manually allocated numbers. The bib number tool is located under the Functions tab in the Additional Resources section. Simply set your number sequences and activate the tool to start automatically allocating numbers to your registrants. Bib number data is available in all standard and custom reporting. You can also merge the bib number in all confirmation and follow-up emails.
Monday, April 27, 2009 Some Ideas for Planning a Green Event Posted by: Team Active at 12:33:00 PM You’ve probably noticed that “going green” is everywhere these days – and now it can be in your sporting event. Developing an “environmental impact statement” for your event and branding it as a “Green Event” is not only good for the environment but may prove valuable to your marketing campaign. It may spark an interest in athletes who are looking for something different and are interested in how they can help the environment in all parts of their lives. Try some of the ideas below to “Go Green” at your next event: Ban plastic water bottles. Instead of selling or giving away bottled water, provide plenty of large water dispensers with biodegradable paper cups. Or, encourage attendees to bring their own reusable water bottles. Have on-site recycling bins. Make green/environmental education a part of your event. For example, have announcements over the loudspeaker or a booth explaining how athletes can reduce their carbon footprint. Print event T-shirts on organic cotton. Use less paper. Have attendees sign up using event registration software! If you do need to print materials, use post-consumer recycled paper. Make it easy to carpool. Provide an email address, phone number, or web address that athletes can contact to find people with whom they can share a ride. Use biodegradable banners/signage and serving ware. Offer a prize to the “greenest” athlete. The criteria could be someone who took “green” transportation to get to the event, is wearing or using green/sustainable gear, registered online, recycled etc. The prize could be planting a tree in the name of that “green” athlete or purchasing a renewable energy credit from a green energy company. Be creative! Even small changes can make a difference and raise awareness in the importance of protecting the environment. By incorporating a ”green” theme into your next race, match, game, or tournament, you can provide something different to your players while raising awareness in helping the planet. Active’s Go Green program rewards event organisers for going paperless. As an event organiser, if you commit to registering a target of 95% of your participants online, Active will offer you exclusive benefits. Click here for more information.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Take Your Marketing Campaign Online Posted by: Team Active at 12:34:00 PM If you haven’t used email or the web to advertise your event yet, now may be the time to give it a try. Printing posters and flyers works, but there is a whole world of low-cost and creative marketing available to you via the internet. Here are some ideas as to how you can go online with your marketing campaign. Email Marketing A good event management software will allow you to upload and store your entire database of past participant email addresses. From there you can manage this list, grow it, segment it, and create custom HTML email content. Sending emails to past attendees, club members, or people you know are interested will give them a visual reminder of your upcoming event and a direct link to your online registration form. The number one reason why you should switch from a paper marketing campaign to email is that your recipients can forward that email on to their friends who will in turn forward it on to more people – creating that viral effect that every professional marketing company strives to achieve. Social Media Marketing You have probably heard of Facebook before and there are many other online networking and social directory websites out there as well. These social meet-up sites are fantastic for finding people that are interested in participating in events like your own. It may take some research but you should be able to find a Facebook group or other online network of like-minded individuals that will be interested in what you have to offer. For example, say you host a marathon. Search online for forums and message boards about running and training. Next step is to immerse yourself into that group and become a part of the community. Don’t force your event advertisement upon them, but rather just interact with them and contribute to their conversations. Include your event name and logo in your user profile for these forums and watch as people begin to inquire about what you do and what your event is all about. Conversation spreads fast in these forums and pretty soon everyone will hear about your event!
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Cross-Event Reports Posted by: Team Active at 12:34:00 PM If you host a series of events, our event management software has a cross-event reporting feature that makes it easy to track your participants across multiple events. Just as you have standard and custom report options for each of your events, you can also build reports that will include data collected across all or any number of your online registration forms. Just select the cross-event feature from the left nav bar and build out a report just as you would for any individual event. Reports created here will be applied across multiple events.