by Dan Christensen, Tudor Collegiate Strategies Ever have a recruit that stops responding? Whether you only had some introductory conversations or had built a good relationship with the recruit, this situation is always frustrating. You often get to the point where you just want them to say …
Keeping Your Recruiting Toolbox Filled With the Essentials
by Greg Carroll, Tudor Collegiate Strategies I’ve been going to the same auto mechanic for probably 20 years. I go to him because over the course of time he’s earned my trust by being honest about what I needed to do to my vehicles as well as what I didn’t. (The same thing is true for good …
Using Your Recruiting Message to Define Your Program’s Weaknesses
Every program, campus and coach has weaknesses.And no matter who you're competition is for prospects, they'll try to exploit those weaknesses to beat you as they communicate with those student-athletes you want in your program. You might call it 'negative recruiting', and you might not engage in …
How I Was ‘Recruited’ by Money in the Envelope
by Bryan Mathews, Tudor Collegiate Strategies it has been almost two decades since I have received any recruitment mailings, but this past Tuesday, the streak was broken. Now, it happened to be from an entertainment research company and not a college coach, but the tactic for getting my attention …
Putting Your Recruiting Skills to Work
by Greg Carroll, Tudor Collegiate Strategies A couple weeks ago my son, a young high school math teacher, was lamenting a disagreement he was having with his principal about how to handle a particular situation involving a parent and their child. He went through both perspectives and after …