Fore! Your Information - May 2009

TURN FORE! MARKETING INTO AN AUTOMATED "MONEY MAKING MACHINE" - Start this season out right and activate the FREE Fore! Marketing product today! Marketing doesn't have to take a back seat to operational tasks in the heat of your busy season any longer. A simple one-time setup enables you to automatically run marketing promotions for the entire year. Starting a Birthday Club is now effortless! Thanking golfers after their round is done instantly! Enticing golfers to return with a comeback offer can be done easily! Take advantage of Fore! Marketing's ability to increase your rounds and revenue. All that is required is Fore! Internet Premium and a Fore! Internet Dashboard Account. Click here to watch a demonstration video. For activation assistance, call 630-789-9784 and ask to speak with a Marketing Team member.

INSTANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMER EMAILS IN YOUR DATABASE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK - Collecting emails and enrolling birthday club members has never been so easy. Courses that own a kiosk have already seen outstanding results! Mid Vallee Golf Course (De Pere, WI) collected 250 valid emails in just one month! Mill Creek Golf Club (Churchville, NY) collected 350 valid emails in just two months! And these courses haven't even started their busy season yet. Along with a valid email, courses receive the customer's name, address, phone number, and birth date. The kiosk works in conjunction with the FREE Fore! Marketing product and the kiosk hardware costs $1,000. Making this investment is certain to pay dividends in the end by growing the number of marketable customers in your database. Click here to see how the kiosk works and call the Sales Team at 630-789-9705 to place your order today.

TEXAS REGIONAL USERS CONFERENCES ANNOUNCED - They say everything is bigger in Texas and we hope this is the case when Fore! Reservations hosts conferences in the Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio areas. If you are looking to gain more software knowledge and learn about the latest and greatest features, you won't want to miss out! The Northern Texas Regional Users Conference will be on Monday, June 22nd at Woodbridge Golf Club (Wylie, TX). The Southern Texas Regional Users Conference will be on Tuesday, June 23rd at Olympia Hills Golf & Conference Center (Universal City, TX). Each conference is from 9:30am - 3:30pm and is FREE for two people from your course to attend. Don't hesitate, sign up today! Click here for additional conference information and to register. Not located in Texas? Click here to check for upcoming conferences in your area.

CONSIDER HOSTING A FAMILY STAY-CATION GOLF GETAWAY - With the economy causing families to tighten their budgets, it's likely that many will not take summer vacations that require costly travel expenses. Use this opportunity to your advantage and run a Family Stay-Cation Golf Getaway! Offer a weeklong family tee time pass, have a family scramble or Par 3 contest, host twilight couples golf with a themed dinner, have group lesson packages, run a junior clinic or day-long kids camp, partner with a local hotel to offer a special booking rate, and conclude the week with a family fun night. Hosting a weeklong family event should generate your facility revenue while providing an enjoyable vacation alternative.

UW-STOUT STUDENT & CERTIFIED FORE! RESERVATIONS USER DEVELOPS SHOTGUN OUTING PACE OF PLAY ANALYSIS TOOL - Are you in need of a tool to analyze your pace of play during shotguns? Are you interested in maximizing the speed of play during an outing and increasing the number of rounds available afterwards? If so you may be interested in checking out a spreadsheet that UW-Stout Golf Enterprise Management Student Mitch Ehly has developed. Click here to read a summary of how his pace of play tool works and to download the analysis spreadsheet.

DID YOU KNOW? - Did you know that the "Split" functionality in the payment screen can also be used for multiple gift cards in one transaction? If someone comes to your shop with multiple gift cards, simply hit "Split" and slide an unlimited number of gift cards and they will all be applied for that purchase.

MONTHLY SURVEY QUESTION - For this month's survey we would like to know how you plan to have success in the current economic conditions. Click here to take this month's survey.