Posts by Declan Murphy
Attracting new members to your club
Growing your sports club membership numbers is essential to the long-term sustainability and evolution of your club. A thriving sports club continuously attracting new members from diverse backgrounds and ages, while maintaining existing members, ensures the club can maintain a strong presence in the local community and promote their sport for generations to come. Increasing…
Read MoreHow to Attract Sponsors and Provide them with Value
Sponsorship plays a crucial role in the success and sustainability of sports clubs. The financial support provided by sponsors can contribute towards covering a club’s expenses such as jerseys, gym equipment, facility maintenance and upgrades, travel costs, coaching staff salaries, and more. Successful sports club sponsorships often result from building strong, mutually beneficial relationships. So…
Read MoreFundraising Ideas For Your Club
With the start of a new year, sports clubs all over the country are making their plans and budgets for the busy year ahead. Sports clubs often have various expenses such as jerseys, gym equipment, facility maintenance and upgrades, travel costs, coaching staff salaries, and more. For this reason, fundraising is crucial to any club…
Read MoreSimplifying club communication and driving engagement levels – Case Study
A study on how a local sports club in Sixmilebridge, County Clare, Ireland has increased engagement levels with their supporters by 20X since they established a direct channel of communication with their followers free from other distractions. Download the Case Study (PDF)
Read MoreWhy Club Memberships are Not Paid
Dusting off the old cobwebs in January is hard. The weather is woeful, the bugs are doing the rounds and the thoughts of returning to sport can bring a cold sweat. If you are running a club the New Year might bring fresh challenges like membership renewals. Membership fees are life blood of any sporting…
Read MoreGDPR for Sports Clubs
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. The GDRP sets out the privacy rights of every EU citizen and the ways in which an individual’s ‘Personal Data’ can and can’t be used. Personal data is information about an individual such as name, address, phone number etc. and includes special categories of personal data including one’s race,…
Read MoreWhat is my role as Club PRO?
So your club achieved something big. That’s great, but club communication is your next step. The role of a PRO has many facets. It stretches so much further than just sending out a few social media posts and e-mails. Communication with various parties both internally and externally is massively important. In the past, channels of…
Read MoreHow fast can your Club react?
The local sports club is the heartbeat of every town and village in the country. Plus, the people are the heartbeat of any club. So are we doing enough to protect that heartbeat? This is the first in a series of blog posts by ClubZap in relation to awareness of heart health in local sports…
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