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SignUpGenius Hacks Reference Guide

We have a whole library of “Genius Hacks” on our blog, created to empower geniuses like you to make smarter sign ups. Check out our full list of hacks and pick one (or two ...

4 Sign Up Features for Parent Teacher Conferences

Time to plan parent teacher conferences! It’s easy to create your conference schedule and invite parents with an online sign up. That way, you can save time and focus on ...

Organize Your School Events for the Entire Year

Back to school means another year full of events. It also means parents will be getting all those SignUpGenius invites (at least, that’s what we’ve heard)! Fortunately, ...

3 Ways to Avoid Over-emailing Your Participants

Picture this: you’re organizing a variety of events with SignUpGenius. Congrats and high five! But with all those events comes the potential to fill up your audience’s inbox. ...

Genius Hack: Lock Your Sign Up Slots

Are people dropping like flies from their sign up commitments? Or have they procrastinated, meaning you’re getting an influx of last-minute sign ups? Whether you’re managing ...

Genius Hack: Compose and Schedule Emails

You’ve created a sign up and invited your group, but now you need to communicate additional information. Or, plans have changed and you need to update your participants. ...

Genius Hack: Integrate Sign Ups with Your Website

Planning a successful event requires easy registration for your attendees. With SignUpGenius, it’s simple to integrate an event registration with your website or email newsletter. Integrate ...

Genius Hack: Build a Custom Form

Need to register people for events? Or gather information from a group? Creating a sign up form is a great way to easily compile participant information. Try a couple of ...

Genius Hack: Customize Your Sign Up Link

Want to make it even easier for people to find your sign up? You can! We’ve raised the sign up game by giving you the ability to create a customized, shortened link. As ...

Genius Hack: Link a Map to Your Sign Up

Did you plan an event at a hard-to-find, top-secret location? With our handy new mapping feature, you can attach a Google Maps location to your sign up — ensuring all your ...

Genius Hack: Manage Your Account Settings

You don't have to possess superpowers to get the job done. If you need to set up timing for email reminders or update your password, a few simple changes in your account ...

Genius Hack: Create a Recurring Event Sign Up

Are you a super planner? We get it — we’ve been known to organize our closet by color, season and occasion as well. Those same organizational skills can be put to use with ...

Genius Hack: Assign a Custom Contact to Sign Ups

Want to maintain your secret identity? Appoint someone else as your sign up’s point person? Fortunately, you can do both when you assign a custom contact to a sign up. With ...

Genius Hack: Get Enhanced Security on Sign Ups

We all like to keep things safe, right? That’s why SignUpGenius gives sign up creators the ability to increase the security on their sign ups.  Use Enhanced Security to:  Require ...

Genius Hack: Add, Edit or Delete People on Your Sign Up

Organizing an event can be like playing a game of chess. You’ve got to know exactly where to position your queens and kings for it to be a success. As a sign up creator, ...

Genius Hack: Offer Payment Discounts on Your Sign Ups

Everybody likes a deal, right? With SignUpGenius’ collect money feature, you can add discounts to your sign up when you collect payments. Offer discounts two ways: by a ...

Genius Hack: Customize Your Sign Up to Represent Your Brand

You don’t have to be a trendy Instagram influencer to know the importance of your #brand. Whether you’re running a business, nonprofit or school, chances are you have a specific ...

Genius Hack: Add Images to Payments Sign Ups

Picture this: you’ve created a product for your small business or want to sell spirit wear to raise money for your school. By adding images on a sign up, you can show those ...

New Tools for Collecting Money on Your Sign Ups

Collecting money on your sign ups is more powerful than ever with our latest features. Whether you’re running a business or raising money for a good cause, we’ll help you ...

Genius Hack: Collect Money on Sign Ups

Organizing your events is simpler than ever! Our sign ups make it easy to collect money online from group participants — saving you from sending out yet another email asking ...

Genius Hack: Automate Sign Ups with Zapier

As a genius organizer, you probably have a variety of tech tools helping you run your events. Have you ever wished that all those tools could work together? When you connect ...

Genius Hack: Share Your Sign Up on Facebook

Facebook is a powerful network that connects people — and a helpful tool whether you’re recruiting volunteers for your nonprofit or coordinating meals for a family in need. ...

Collect Money This Year with Online Sign Ups

Want to simplify your group organizing this year? Look no further than your online sign ups. SignUpGenius’ recently updated online payments system lets you easily collect ...

Genius Hack: Organize Sign Up Participants in Groups

Lots of things are better with a group — brunch, a game of Monopoly, flash mobs. With SignUpGenius, you can easily manage events by creating and inviting groups. Bring on ...

Genius Hack: Attach Files to Your Sign Up

Ever wish you could drop a file onto your sign up? You can! Give your participants all the information they need by attaching that important document, PDF or spreadsheet. Use ...

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