Announcing Special Pricing for Running Clubs!

2010_RRCA_LogoWe recently returned from the Road Runners' Club of America annual convention in Albuquerque, NM where we had the opportunity to meet lots of new people and speak with running club members and organizers. Many clubs saw the value in offering their members access to a Virtual Race Bag, but wanted it open all year as new members sign up.

"Great idea," we said. So when we got back to Charlotte, we created a pricing plan exclusively for RRCA running clubs!

One-time set-up fee of $500 plus a monthly fee of $100

That's it! Keep the bag open as long as you like (3 months, 6 months, all year) and pay only $100 per month!

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Ragnar Relays Gets Their Green On

We are huge fans of the distance relay events around the country – partaking as a team ourselves in one event each year. As you would imagine we are proud to share the news that Ragnar Relays, the largest series of distance relay events in the country, has decided to use our Virtual Race Bags platform to deliver digital goody bags to their event participants. Their decision warms our hearts. Being participants (of non-Ragnar events), we always wondered why an event would give a physical bag of stuff to each participant on the team at the start of the event. This old practice led to 6-12 bags of extra stuff in the vans for the 24 hour plus trek – not a great plan for exposing sponsors to participants.

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Learn from the Pros- Q&A Webinar with Race Directors: Replay!

Want to learn FIRST HAND exactly why and how to successfully implement a Virtual Race Bag? Listen to our panel of race directors, as they share their experiences through a Live Q&A Webinar Session!

These three race directors take us through their journey with the Virtual Race Bags platform- giving valuable insight, tips and advice for incorporating a digital goody bag with your next event!

A special thank you to Ashley Steeves, Sue DeNardo and Kemet Gatchell!

Why wait? Great reasons to renew today.

Why wait? Renew now! We just made your decision so much easier.

We have made it even easier for your events to have a smashing digital goody bag. With our array of brand new tools inside the Event Director Dashboard, the rollout of Standard Pricing and most importantly our Renew Now – Pay Later program.

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Conservation is Green Goodness [infographic]

infographic-green-goodness-12-v2In the early days of building the Virtual Race Bags platform, we knew there were clearly aspects of savings or conservation which would naturally happen as more events used the platform to deliver their digital goody bags. Our goal has always been to create a platform that would offer tangible "green" benefits while saving time and money for both sponsors and event directors. The question was how deep of an impact would be experienced and in what course of time. 

Now that we have delivered a marked number of digital goody bags to events across the U.S. (and some in other countries) filled with literally thousands of different offers to millions of participant, the impact is quite clear. We thought the best way to share the facts is through fun graphics and references in an ever-popular "infographic".

This infographic is a visual recap of our history charting activities through the end of the year 2012. Keep one interesting fact in mind, we have grown at exponentially progressive rates since day one. While this report is dramatic, just imagine what is possible by the end of this year.

We would like to thank all the event and their teams for sharing in our beliefs. The bottom line is every event regardless of the size all doing their part in concert counts toward making a measureable difference. 

Virtual Race Bags in 25 Minutes (Webinar Replay)

Our February 21st webinar proved to be a success! We covered the platform from top to bottom, including all the features and benefits of incorporating a digital goody bag into your event. Here's a replay of the 25 minute webinar, for anyone wishing to learn more!

For those of you looking for answers to specific topics, we've listed below a few points of interest in the video:

  • The NEW Race Director Dashboard – 5:05
  • Participant experience – 6:00
  • Invititing sponsors & building offers – 10:30
  • Sponsor performance reports – 18:00

If if after watching the replay you still have questions, visit our FAQ page or give us a call!

Participants LOVE Their Virtual Goody Bags

Twitter #RunChat"How do participants respond to receiving a digital goody bag instead of a traditional bag full of paper?"

This is a common question received from event organizers looking at including Virtual Race Bags. From the day our first bag launched, our number 1 priority has been to deliver an exceptional experience to event participants. If we do that, the rest of the experience goes great for the events and their sponsors.

But don't ask us if participants like Virtual Race Bags … just ask your participants or keep your eyes on Twitter!

Webinar Replay on the Ultimate Digital Goody Bag

Thanks to our friends at RunSignUp for hosting a webinar covering all the features and benefits of incorporating a digital goody bag from Virtual Race Bags into your event. We had over 50 events participate in the webinar, so there were many great questions.

For those of you looking for answers to specific topics, we've listed below a few points of interest in the video:

  • The NEW Race Director Dashboard – 4:35
  • Participant experience – 9:08
  • Invititing sponsors & building offers – 15:25
  • Sponsor performance reports – 30:45

If if after watching the replay you still have questions, visit our FAQ page or give us a call!

More to Love: Integration with RunSignUp

Today we announced the integration of our platform with RunSignUp. This is another step on our continued quest to keep Virtual Race Bags as The Ultimate Digital Goody Bag Platform for Endurance Events.

The integration allows Event Organizers to automatically connect their event registration on RunSignUp with their Virtual Race Bag, therefore eliminating the need to upload data and effectively put the whole process on "cruise control" during race week.

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USA Triathlon Upgrades Its Digital Goody Bag

We are thrilled to announce that USA Triathlon, the National Governing Body for triathlon, duathlon and other multi-sport events in the United States has selected Virtual Race Bags as the Official Digital Goody Bag Supplier for USAT events and conferences.  USAT has been thoughtful about producing events that have minimal impact on the environment, and leveraging the industry-leading digital goody bag platform is part of that strategy.

But it is much more about being "green."  It is about providing their Sponsors a best-in-class branding opportunity and participants significant value through relevant, high quality offers.  We look forward to working with USAT in 2013 and beyond!

Will you be at the Race Director Symposium?  We will too, so be sure to stop by and check out our platform!