by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Many coaches do not intentionally create a timeline for their recruiting process. Some concerns that cause them not to do so include:I don’t want to put pressure on my recruits to make a decision when they are not ready Every player is …
The Broken Leg Question
by Paul Nemetz-Carlson, Tudor Collegiate Strategies When prospects begin to ask for advice on selecting a college or university, they’re sure to run into someone outside of the college athletic world that presents them with a …
How to Create 52 Weeks of Recruiting Content
As recruiters, we all know that email is a huge part of the process. At Dan Tudor’s National Collegiate Recruiting Conference this summer, he mentioned in his research that for recruits, email was their most preferred mode of communication. Email to them feels safe and it is easy to reply …
Getting Your Prospects to Choose You Over the Competition
Having eaten my share of airport restaurants breakfasts over the last two decades, allow me to make an observation: There isn’t anything remarkable out any of them. In some respects, that’s fine, because you’re usually eating an airport breakfast in between flights, or during a delay. There isn’t …
Letting the Competition Control Your Recruiting Narrative
You invite a competing coach to campus to lead one of your facility tours.As he does, he points out the cracks in the ceiling, details the fact that it hasn't been updated in over a decade, and the points out the weird musty smell in the air. After that, he takes your recruits over towards the …