Communication applications for Youth Sports

Ten ClubSetup Youth Sports Communication Applications that enable an organization to meet all of the information needs of a Youth Sports Organization family 

Keeping your youth sports organization family informed and up to date is an absolute requirement for any youth sports league management solution.  ClubSetup allows your organization to keep your members satisfied and informed through 10 simple yet powerful youth sports communication applications.   

1)  Lost and Found Application for Youth Sports Organizations

Youth Sports Parents more than likely will face the issue of losing or finding a valued item during a game or practice during the season.  With ClubSetup's lost and found application, youth sport parents can easily post items that have been lost or found.  When lost and found items are posted they will automatically display in a slide show format on the right sidebar.

2)  ClubSetup Polls for Youth Sports Organizations

ClubSetup Polls give you the ability to quickly and effectively gain valuable information and feedback from your user community.   Setting up online polls is less than a 5 minute process.  
 

3)  ClubSetup Newsletters for Youth Sports Organizations

 

Youth Sport newsletters are a great way to expand your member base and to supplement your website as an additional source of information to your membership.  With ClubSetup's e-newsletters, your users will automatically be mailed new issues when they are produced.  By sending your members regular e-newsletters with quality information on a regular basis, you are building a sustainable relationship with all of your members.  By sending regular online newsletters throughout the year, you will be in the fore front of your members mind.  If your newsletters are getting great customer response, you may even consider selling advertising space on your newsletters, or advertise products and promotions from your website e-store, thus helping your sports organization raise additional funds. 

The process of setting up and sending ClubSetup Youth Sport online newsletters is automated, thus saving you time, effort and money. Member sign up for your organization newsletter is easy:


 

4)  ClubSetup Online Forums for Youth Sports Organizations

 

ClubSetup Youth Sports Online forums are a fantastic way for your youth sports family to find people who share a common interest and who may be able to provide real knowledge through their own experiences.  Support issues are always a challenge for a volunteer based youth sports organization, and if users have the ability to get a specific question answered by other members this will only help your organization.


 

5)  Clubsetup Facebook and Twitter Social Media Connects to enhance and extend your Youth Sports Organization 

 


 Social Connects for Facebook and Twitter are a wonderful way for your youth sports organization to extend and supplement your reach beyond your own website.   Tech savvy and younger youth sports parents already are quite familiar with Facebook and Twitter. Giving those users access to your site, is another way for your youth sports organization to say in front of the technology needs of your membership.
 
The Facebook connect module allows users to login on the organizations sport website through a Facebook Connect module – using their Facebook log-in and password.
 
  •  - Users can see which of their Facebook friends already have an account on the your organization website,
  •  - Users can publish a customizable message on their Facebook feed announcing that they have created an account on the organization    website,
  •  - Users can invite their Facebook friends to create an account on the organization website to follow the exciting happenings of your            youth sports community.

3 ways your Youth Sports Organization can using the ClubSetup Twitter Connect application 

With the ever increasing technology knowledge of youth sports parents the ideal way a youth sports organization to communicate is for the program to have its own website as a central hub for information, and then use social-media services like Twitter and Facebook to supplement the main website.
 
As Twitter gains more popularity within the youth sports community, it is important you know the best ways to take advantage of it.
Here are three great ways you can manage your sports program online with Twitter:
 
1.) Twitter is an easy way to connect your youth sports organization to other youth sports organizations in your area, your state, the country, or even the world.  A lot of youth sports organization are already using Twitter.  You can find them and instantly connect to them with the click of a button.
2.) Twitter is very useful for announcing an important upcoming event that you would like the general public to attend, such as announcing the start of league registration, game cancellations or an upcoming fundraiser.  With ClubSetup you can use your email notification from your website to spread the event to your current league members.  However, Twitter is very useful for spreading the event to people outside your program, who do not already know about your sports organization and events.
3.) Twitter is a great way to give your youth sports organization exposure and attract new participants.  If you are active on Twitter, you will show up in a variety of places on the network.  Millions of other Twitter users are able to see you on the network and click through to your profile page to learn more about you.  It is very important that you include a link to your youth sports organization website on your Twitter profile, so people can click this link to learn completely about your youth sports organization.

 

6)  League Calendar Events for Youth Sports Organizations

The league calendar displays underneath the League Home menu for easy access.  League schedules when created are automatically imported into the league calendar and will also display beneath the main content area of the home page.

7)  League Announcements for Youth Sports Organizations

League announcements are an effective way to communicate to your league membership current happenings.  League announcements are displayed in the right sidebar area of your website and optionally can also display in a ticker format across the top of your screen.

8)  Weather Status block with League Venue Status

This status application automatically displays on the right sidebar of your website and is meant to provide your membership a quick status on whether a playing venue is open or closed due to weather conditions.

9)  League Information Page for Board Members, League Forms, and Website Links

 
This styled page provides important information and contacts to your league membership.  Information such as:  list of the current board members and how they can be reached, important league forms that members need to access or print, and website links that you want to provide to your membership of other useful websites.

10)  League Achievement Page


 
The custom League Achievement page is set up for youth sports organization to recognize special league performances of your league.