The secret is out.We now know exactly how a majority of your new recruits want to first be contacted by you. Thanks to a combination of the research we did in our study on how today's recruits want to be recruited, along with the information we gather during our On-Campus Workshops at colleges …
Teaching Your Prospect to “Stay the Course”
There's a great deal of psychology that business sales professionals use daily in their interactions with their prospects and clients. As a college sports recruiter, you can (and should) use the same kind of techniques to solidify your relationship with your athletic prospects.One such …
One Super-Easy Way to Improve Your Campus Visit
I'm going to make it very, very easy for you today.A big focus for many coaches that we meet with, or who we get to serve as clients, are curious about how to improve their on-campus visits with recruits. Among all of the complicated, in-depth strategies that we might suggest, there is one …
How to Get Personality Into Your Online Recruiting Questionnaire
by Sean "Call Me Willie" Devlin, Front RushWhat song would you sing if you were on American Idle?More and more we have seen coaches who are our clients add a little personality to their online recruit questionnaires, and candidly we love it.The premise is that instead of just having …
Adding Quantity (and Quality) to Your Summer Camps
by Scott Alexander, NCSA Recruiting CoachPreparing for summer camps have traditionally created several dilemmas for college coaches. For most, it's not uncommon to feel unprepared as you enter a camp session. Not knowing who a recruit is or whether or not they could actually be a player for you …