by Mandy Green, Coaching Productivity Strategies As College coaches, we write a lot. We write to juniors and seniors we are recruiting or have already committed, we write to parents, or we are writing to youth coaches who have players we want. If you just sit down and try to come up with a …
How to Argue the Correct Way With Your Next Recruit
Because it really seems like an "argument", doesn't it?Where your campus is located is so vastly superior to the two other schools your recruit is looking at, the choice would seem obvious. And so you try to convince them that they should see it your way.Also, that new U.S. News campus …
The Customer ISN’T Always Right (and Neither Are Your Recruits)
It was a revolutionary idea back in 1909.Harry Selfridge, an American entrepreneur who began Selfridge's Department Store in London at the turn of the century, coined the phrase - and the philosophy - that "the customer is always right." It was meant to reassure retail shoppers at the time that …
7 Steps To Turn Your Coaching Into An Amazing Experience
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comHow’s your coaching? Having an amazing experience?If so, then — bravo. Stop reading and get back to what you were doing.For the rest of us, who at one time or another feel our coaching experience can be better, I offer a few …
7 Tips for Making Skype and Google Video Calls to Your Prospects
Video calls used to be an intriguing option for college coaches to consider when they wanted to stand out from the crowd and go the extra mile to impress one of their better recruits.Today, video calls using technology platforms like Skype, Google and FaceTime are becoming a go-to method for …