June 21st, 2010
Have you ever wished you could find just one place that brought all of a specific sports rules, drills, history, videos, etc. together in just one, easy to access spot?
If you have then you’ll want to drop by www.bonzicentral.com every so often during the rest of 2010 and watch how we slowly but steadily add new content about your favorite sports to the www.bonzicentral.com website.
If you have suggestions for us, think we’ve missed something, or just like what you see, we’d like to hear about it in your comments in this blog. If it’s a legitimate comment or suggestion we’ll respond and we’ll likely act on it. After all, that’s how we and our customers build what our customers tell us is the best sports software available on the market today.
We’ll still cover sports registration, sport team websites, great reporting, Email communication for leagues, clubs and teams, sports scheduling and how to make it all easy and fast to do… and we won’t forget all of that friendly unlimited personal support you’ve come to expect. The only thing that will change is that you’ll be able to find more interesting information on www.bonzicentral.com
Yikes, I forgot to mention the new Bonzi Content Manager; it’s just getting rolled out now with Beta testers… but WOW, is it ever cool according to the folks who have gotten a sneak peek. Just imagine, most of the web site work that required a programmer in the past can now be done by anyone who can type. So what’s in it for you and your organization? Well, first of all you’ll be able to have that website you’ve always dreamed of without all the cost and complexity of using a web designer. You’ll also be able to get it in place fast and make the changes you want fast. Above all it will be fun and save you money.
So please check back with us… good things are coming your way soon.
Tags: Bonzi sports software, league software, online registration, software sports, Sports software, youth sports software
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June 16th, 2010
Sports Software, league software, youth sports software… whatever you call it doesn’t matter as much as what your perspective is when you think of it. What do I mean?
Sports software (or whatever you wish to call it) and it’s impact on your life differs by the job or role you have when you encounter it. Your role gives you certain experiences and experiences give you a unique set of distinctions… meaning you can see things that others can’t. No kidding.
For example, a referee see’s a sports activity with one set of eyes while a participant see’s it with another set of eyes and an observer/fan see’s it with yet another set of eyes. No perspective is wrong… they’re just different.
If you have never used sports software then at first glance they all look about the same… therein lies some danger that you might make a choice based upon limited distinctions and your development of distinctions might come from having a lousy first experience using sports software, league software and youth sports software. This can be especially painful if you get signed up for a multi-year contract that locks you in because you were told that “everybody” requires a multi-year contract.
If you have used sports software then you have developed some distinctions related to how you interacted with that software and the comments you heard from others. The painful thing is that it is all to easy to either have your contract with your current provider “auto” extend for a year or two… the details around this are usually in the fine print of your contract, or jump from a bad experience with your current provider to another equally difficult experience with a new provider.
Finally, it often happens that the sports software you are using may be OK for a volunteer who just does rostering or registration but a nightmare for your coaches, the person who manages the team web site or the person who is responsible for generating reports each week. The bottom line is that it is very difficult to gain enough sports software distinctions fast enough for any one person to understand all of the questions to ask to make sure that you and your organization get the best sports software for the unique needs of your club, league or organization.
Bonzi sports software knows this oh so well because our friendly team of sports software support experts speak with both Bonzi sports software users and people who are frustrated with other brands of sports software not just daily but hourly. From that experience has come something called the Bonzi sports software “Best Choice Tool Kit” and the “Bonzi Challenge”. Essentially Bonzi sports software knows that if you ask all the right questions that you’ll be in a great position to make the best choice for your and your organization. Bonzi also has good reason to believe that if you do ask all the right questions that you’ll quickly see that Bonzi, according to our customers, has what most clubs, leagues and organizations feel is the best sports software for most them.
Are you curious? Is your sports software contract going to expire soon? Are you doing it all with Excel and sheer determination? If so then you might want to check out our free, fair, and easy to use tools to help you and your organization make the best sports software choice for you and your club, league or organization by going here: http://www.bonzicentral.com/bonzichallenge
Tags: Bonzi sports software, league software, making decisions, online registration, software sports, sports registration, sports schedule software, Sports software, youth sports software
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June 7th, 2010
Knowing or discovering what your market wants and then providing it is an obvious key to business and life success. But, like so many things in life, it’s far easier said than done. At Bonzi we know you want the following basics from a sports software provider because our clients tell us or otherwise confirm these things every hour of every day:
- Friendly, unlimited, free support… even one-on-one training from people you know, like and trust to have your best interests at heart.
- Lowest overall cost
- Easy to use but with all the features and functions you need to do it your way
- Your money in your bank account within 24 hours of a transaction
- No surprises, no hidden costs and no contracts
- The best registration, website, scheduling and email communications software available that will run with almost any browser
- Speed; all of the above needs to happen fast no mater how many other people might be online
While those are all great things we’ve also realized that there are a few other elements that are also critical but at times hard to pin down:
- Reliable; we do what we say we will do when we say we’ll do it
- Good relationships; you treat me like a person, are appropriately warm and friendly and are willing to speak frankly when things need to be addressed
- Well run business; Bonzi sports software runs a tight ship business wise so that you can count on us being both efficient and around for the long haul
- Fit; you understand and give me what I need and beyond to run my club, league or organization
- Listen; we ask questions and don’t assume – we get to know you and your situation by asking good questions and listening well to the answer
- Research and innovation; you know best practices in sports software and are constantly working to keep the gap narrow
- Caution; we’ve done our homework so that our suggestions and direction are valid and reliable
- Available; you can reach us when you need us and we’ll respond
- Education; you’ll help us understand how things work and give us the tips that come from over a decade of working with organizations and the sports software that supports them
- Alignment; we have the features and functions you need to do your business – if we don’t have what you need we won’t hesitate to tell you so you can find a better alternative – we won’t waste your time if we aren’t aligned
- Deadline oriented; let’s face it, play starts on a certain date, standings must be posted by a certain date and your email has to get delivered so your plans stay on track – at Bonzi sports software your deadlines are our deadlines
All these may seem like subtle distinctions in a sports software provider… but they are distinctions that our customers tell us make all the difference in the world to their lives using sports software.
What do you think? Did we miss anything?
Tags: Bonzi sports software, Communication, contracts, league software reporting, making decisions, online registration, software sports, sports schedule software, Sports software, youth sports software
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June 4th, 2010
Your sports league software can help you generate revenue for your league – who knew. It seems I’ve heard it a hundred times. Cookie and wrapping paper sales are fine but they often don’t generate significant amounts of money and they can be a real pain for all concerned. Bonzi sports league software can make all that pain largely a thing of the past.
First for a couple of basics; when you hear a sports league software suggest that what they offer is “free” what they really mean is that they will advertise on your site AND likely charge you high credit card fees and a registration fee to boot; only the website is usually free. Add to that that the “free” version of the software is a pain to use and “free” becomes very expensive.
Making revenue for your club can be as easy as emailing reminders with links for things the league members can buy that will pay the league a commission. Good examples are coupon books, coffee, car washes, etc.
Alternatively, you can use Bonzi sports league software’s unique content management system to help you sell and place your own ads on your team pages, registration pages and email; unlike most sports league software vendors you are in control.
Using Bonzi sports league software you can pin-point a group within your league to get a message that is perfect for them or make an offer that is just for them an not everybody in the league. You can send that offer and test to see what kind of results you get. If you love the results then you can consider rolling out the entire promotion to the entire league.
Do you want to brain storm on how you can use Bonzi sports league software to simplify your leagues, club or organizations revenue generation? If so give Ricky Aker a call at 503-620-6661 X224 to set-up a time to review your options.
Tags: Bonzi sports software, Revenue Generation, sports league software, sports registration, Sports software, team sports software
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June 2nd, 2010
Doesn’t it seem reasonable that you’d be able to enter a team member’s name once sports team software and have the system remember it every year that member still played? Amazingly though that just isn’t the case with many and possible most of the online sports team software options with the exception of Bonzi sports team software (www.bonzicentral.com or 503-620-6661 X224 and ask for Ricky Aker).
Maybe you’ve been through a painful sports season, but vowed that next year’s going to be better, right? Well choosing the right sports team software for your sports organization can make all the difference. Do you sigh and shake your head at the thought of getting ready for next year? Do you want the sports team software process to be turn-key and easy?
If you want sports team software that, with just a few clicks, gets you up and running fast next season and you want friendly, unlimited free customer support where the staff actually remembers who you are and how you were setup the previous year… so they can help when you’ve forgotten.
After hearing from clients, Bonzi realized that there needed to be a faster way to get clients transitioned into their next season. Bonzi also noticed that many of our sports organizations kept their team rosters the same or nearly the same year after year. To respond to this requirement Bonzi sports team software created a new feature in the software that allowed our clients too easily to “roll teams forward” to the next age group in the next season with a few clicks. In addition we added a feature that would automatically roster returning players to the same team they were on the previous year when their registration was approved. This feature saved our customers a time and effort making this one of our most popular and heavily used features in the system.
So ask any once sports team software provider you’re talking to, how they prepare for the next season. Can you simply move your teams forward, or do you have to create them over again? How do players roster the next season?
Just another example of how Bonzi once sports team software listens to its customers and pitches in to help. If you’re interested in working with a company who’ll be on your team, give us a call today.
Tags: Bonzi sports software, league software, sports registration, Sports software, sports team software, team sports software
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May 28th, 2010
One of Bonzi’s central promises to our world is “No Surprises” when it comes to league software. This promise plays out in many ways but one of the best after our free, unlimited support is that we don’t hit you up for more money when you need to add more videos, audios or pictures to your team’s website part of league software regardless of the sport. All of the “free” sites do this and they bless you with ads on your team’s website that usually only benefit them.
At Bonzi Sports League Software we just keep it simple;
- A low per registration fee
- The lowest credit card fees to be found; guaranteed
- A beautiful web site
- A modest set-up fee
- No contract required
- A complete sports league software:
- Super easy to use, content management enabled website software that lets anyone who can type build and maintain amazing websites
- Easy and simple registration
- Coach tools
- Powerful Scheduling
- Unlimited email
After that everything including the wonderful support, “your money in your bank account the day the transaction occurs”, the famous ease-of-use sports league software, the new content manager, no limit emails, report writer, and a thousand other goodies are no extra cost.
So if you need websites, registration, online access, scheduling, coach tools so that you can attract and retain volunteers and make your parents and kids happy then Bonzi sports league software may be what you have been looking for no matter your sport (basketball, football, golf, soccer, ski, hockey, little league, softball, baseball, tennis, lacrosse, cheers, crew, indoor soccer and so on).
Bonzi sports league software allows users to upload and store as much information as they need for the normal operation of their club, league, association or organization. There are no limits and no extra fees. We want you to have what you need to do your job without the hassles and without nickel and diming you for everything you need. If you’d like to work with a sport league software provider who has this philosophy about serving clients, give us a call today! 503-620-6661 X224 or 866-726-4131(toll free) and ask for Ricky.
Tags: Bonzi sports software, league software, sports registration, sports scheduling software, Sports software, sports websites, team websites
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May 25th, 2010
Coaches and volunteer and obviously critical to your programs success; that’s why it is so frustrating when it’s hard to get them to raise their hands and volunteer. Who can blame them for hesitating given how much work is really involved.
With the right sports team software you can make their job easier. Coaches and volunteers need to communicate with their team, print off medical release forms, setup a team web site, send group emails and more without being a software guru or web wizard. Above all they need a sports team software that can be learned quickly so that they can be effective from day one.
TRUE STORY
Rich sets up up Bonzi’s sports software’s Coach Tools for every coach in her club with a single click of the mouse. Once set-up, coaches are automatically emailed a thank you letter thanking them for volunteering along with instructions for Coach Tools. When a coach logs onto their software, they have the ability to setup a team web site, post stories, announcements and pictures with simplicity and ease. Coaches can enter in their practice schedule, snack schedule and game schedule which all appear on the team calendar. Group email to the entire team is included and well as text messaging, a hot new feature in 2009. Her coaches, players, and parents have a place to go to find out the latest information about their team. An added bonus – Darlene can publish her own announcements or calendar events from the club on any of her team’s web sites. Communication is easy and everyone’s happy.
Currently there are no other sports team software providers that include these types of features with their software. Sometimes you can purchase it separately, but it’s not “linked” to the club or league’s “system” making for disjointed sports team software..
Bonzi is the only provider to include the Coach Tools feature in its sports team software at no extra charge. If offering software for your coaches and teams is important to you, make sure to call us for more information today! With the right sports team software you won’t have nearly as much difficulty getting coaches and volunteers to raise those hands with a smile on their faces.
Tags: background checks, Bonzi sports software, Communication, Group email, leadership, Sports software, sports team software, Support, Team Calendar, Volunteer
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May 24th, 2010
Sports Team Software; how do we see if a team is a fit?
When we interview a potential client for Bonzi sports software our first question is “When does the contract with your current sports team software provider expire”?
We ask because we know that some people are locked in to a contract with their current sports software provider and may not be able to change to Bonzi no matter how dissatisfied they may be.
We want to know for two reasons; 1) many and maybe most “contracts” used by Bonzi’s competition have a nasty little feature called “auto-renew” which means if you don’t notify them in writing before a certain date that the contract “auto-renews” for a specific period of time such as 1-3 years and 2) we want to begin providing you with appropriate information to help you make the best choice for you and your organization each month up to and through both your renewal window and the time by when you need to have made a decision so you can be ready for the next set of registrations using your new sports team software.
The next thing we’ll ask you is why you are not going to stay with what you have today – by the way, Bonzi has not had a customer leave in over 10 years and we don’t lock any team in with a contract. We want to know this because if we can’t do what they need done we want to let them know early. So far this has never happened but you never know when it comes to sports team software.
From there we ask what things they must have to meet their goals for the next sports team software program that they would adopt.
Once we know all that we do a bit of exploring to see what additional capabilities might be useful in their unique situation.
After all of that we simply follow-up with an email summarizing what your sports team software conversation with us had covered so that the person we spoke with at that organization can share the conversation detail with anyone else who is going to be part of the decision making process.
Finally, we ask you what you would like to do next. Here are the choices most people make:
- Some want to get started right away so we do just that, get them started. Usually they can be up and running with little effort within 24-72 hours.
- Some want a live demo so that they can see for themselves why the Bonzi sports team software is so famous for being the easiest sports team software on the market to use.
- Some want copies of the highly regarded Bonzi Best Choice Tool Kit so they can see all providers of sports team software in one place and see all the questions our research says organizations need to ask of sports team software providers to make the right choice.
- Some want to visit our online video demo so that they can watch, learn and listen when they want and at their own pace.
There is one common thread to all that is above and that is that Bonzi’s entire process of interacting with potential new customers is simple: we are here to do our best to align with your needs, wants and desires. If we can’t do what you need and want we’ll be the first to say so.
Our value proposition says that we’ll have the best support and totally free support, lowest overall cost, easiest to use sports team software, no contracts and we’ll put your money in your bank account everyday.
If you think we should do something different with our process we’d like to ask you to take a minute and tell us how.
Tags: Bonzi sports software, league software, making decisions, software sports, sports team software, sports websites, youth sports software
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April 28th, 2010
You know the old joke… “how do you get to Carnegie Hall”? with the punch line being… “Practice, practice, practice”.
Much of the performance literature that I have read over the last few years has said that its actually specific practice and not just practice, practice, practice. Alternatively, as the old Dale Carnegie saying goes, practice doesn’t make perfect but rather perfect practice makes perfect.
Kids who do what is now called “deliberate practice” of a specific skill over and over again until and beyond such time as their brains are hard wired and their muscles have permanent muscle memory; these are the kids who are often seen as overnight successes.
My 11 year old refuses to practice basketball. The neighbor kid never seems to not be in front of his house shooting shots. At the start of this year both kids were about the same in all regards on the court. No surprise, by the end of the year the neighbor kid was really having great results and my son was just a bit better than when he started.
We see practice show up in a funny way in sports software believe it or not. Here is the deal; with enough practice almost anybody can get good enough to tolerate almost anything. In fact they can get so good and so tolerant that they are just used to using lousy software. Practice, practice, practice.
The trouble comes in when that administrator or volunteer moves on and a new person without the dogged dedication has to learn to use the system fast. This is one of the events that has people calling Bonzi. The funny thing is that while everything benefits from lots of practice you don’t need much practice nor skill to look like a pro on Bonzi almost from the start.
So is all that just marketing hype? One little fact tells the story; Bonzi is the only major sports software provider that doesn’t require a contract. We’re confident that you’ll be happy with Bonzi month one and beyond without having to invest practice, practice, practice. This is so true that none of our customers have left Bonzi since we opened our doors over 10 years ago.
Our suggestion is that you consider leaving the practice, practice, practice to the kids and give Bonzi a try so you can get the job done and get on with watching those wonderful kids practice.
Tags: accomplishment, Bonzi sports software, contracts, sports registration, sports schedule software, Sports software, youth sports software
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February 23rd, 2010
If you happen to be going to the US Youth Soccer Association National Adidas Workshop and Conference starting this Thursday in Dallas/Ft. Worth… we want to invite you to come by the Bonzi Sports Software booth (#827) and say hi!
While you are there you can pick-up Our latest “Mini” Best Choice Toolkit to help you compare all your sports registration and scheduling software options while at the show.
Here are the details:
The workshop and conference will be held at the Fort Worth Convention Center
1111 Houston Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Workshop dates are: February 25-27, 2010
The workshop website is: http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/workshop/index.asp
You can see the workshop’s video here: http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/VideoStationYouthSoccer.asp?mm_file_id=344&play_clip=Y
The schedule is:
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Registration 2 – 8 p.m.
Exhibit Hall 6 – 8 p.m.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Registration 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Exhibit Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Education Sessions, Demonstrations 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
President’s Reception 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
US Youth Soccer Awards Gala 7:30 – 10 p.m.
The After Party presented by adidas 10 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Registration 8 – 11 a.m.
Exhibit Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Education Sessions, Demonstrations 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Kick Zone 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tags: Adidas, Bonzi sports software, sports scheduling software, Sports software, US Soccer
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