Did you know that Demosphere's Online Registration System can help your organization solicit donations? The Donation Only feature is a great way to generate additional revenue for your organization. Community members at-large, local businesses, relatives, and members who no longer have children in your programs can submit donations online via credit card.  Registration need not be open and donations can be accepted at any time without accessing the player registration interface.

The administrative side of the system allows you to enter a friendly message regarding how your organization will use the donations, for example,  “Thank you for your generous donation to fund the player’s scholarship program, new facility, field of dreams, etc.”  Then, use the built-in reporting features to generate a list of donors, the amount submitted, and their mailing address to send a hand-written thank you.

There are many factors when comparing and choosing an Online Registration Solution for your youth sports organization. In part three of this three part series, we will review some of the more important aspects that are hopefully factored into the overall decision-making process.

System features are usually one of the more important differentiators and are among the easiest to compare when reviewing vendors. Does Vendor A have feature XYZ? If not, we go with Vendor B. This would be appear to be relatively straight forward, but it ignores several other important aspects, most of which were already covered in parts 1 (Price) and 2 (Service). Choosing based on one feature also discounts how well each vendor meets your requirements with other features.

The FIFA Women's World Cup opens this Sunday when Germany plays Canada in Berlin, and Germany appears to be the at the forefront of women's football development worldwide.

Based on its premier player development system, the rest of the world appears to be playing catch up. A staff of 20 full-time employees paired with 300 regional training sites throughout the country ensure top players are developed and that the best players represent their country in the World Cup.

Security online is more important than ever. Earlier this spring, over 70 million user accounts on the PlayStation Network were compromised. The information, including usernames, passwords, and limited credit card data was made available to hackers that accessed Sony's system.

While the credit card information is a big deal, the larger issue comes with the passwords compromised - in general, people don't take passwords seriously online and/or use the same password for all online accounts.

Getting found online is more and more challenging every day. Breaking through the noise to reach your members and potential new members is of utmost importance ... so how do you do it? The simple answer is Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short. By becoming an expert in SEO, your site will appear higher in Google (and Bing, etc) search results. It's excellent to be listed as a search result when users are searching for keywords related to your organization.

One aspect of SEO is Link Building. Search Engine Watch, one of the authoritative SEO sites online, defines Link Building as: "The integration of useful elements into a whole Web site to allow for the accretion of links through natural means." In simpler terms, both linking to relevant content and having others link to you is extremely valuable.