Last week's article on more organized recruiting got a lot of good feedback from our readers, and even got some additional tips out of a leading college sports communications expert Leidy Smith, founder of Front Rush.In addition to keeping the paper questionnaire form brief, as we recommended in …
Turning Recruiting Obstacles Into Selling Points
A resort owner named Butch Stewart is about to teach you how to turn an obstacle into a selling point. And you should listen to him, because he's an expert on the subject.You probably don't know Stewart, but you've heard of his business. He's the guy who has spent the last thirty years …
How to “Design to Recruit” Instead of Just “Decorate”
by Rodger Motiska, Winning RecruitsWinning Recruits was recently invited to a school to take look at their facilities and make some recommendations on improvements to the interiors of their athletic facilities. They had attempted to make some "improvements" to the décor on their own. While they …
Fixing the Problem of Unorganized Recruiting
Jim and his staff are like most other college coaching staffs: Lots of travel, and even when all of their program’s coaches are on campus together, they don’t seem to be in the same place at the same time for very long.He saw a problem developing when it came to their recruiting efforts. They …
Why It’s Not Always About the Money
It isn’t always about the money, Coach.Your athletes – the kids you are recruiting – will choose you even if you aren’t offering a full ride scholarship.I bring this up because I’ve had a string of e-mails and phone calls the past few weeks from coaches at schools I have had on-campus …