Fore! Your Information - May 2011
Get On The Go With Mobile Booking!
Enable customers to book tee times right from their smart phones! Mobile booking is a great service to provide today’s golfer, and there are a variety of options available to offer mobile booking at your course this season.
Fore! Reservations Mobile Booking – FREE for courses on Fore! Internet 2011, our Mobile Booking platform enables your tee time booking webpage to be accessed through smart phones such as the iPhone, Android and newer BlackBerrys. Click here to view an example of our Mobile Booking interface. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !
1-2-1 Marketing Mobile Websites – Your entire course website is made "mobile friendly" for smart phones with 1-2-1 Marketing Mobile Websites. Customers have complete access to book tee times, join your birthday club, checkout course events and much more right from the palm of their hand! Click here to view an example 1-2-1 Marketing Mobile Website. Contact 1-2-1 Marketing directly for more information and to activate a mobile website for your facility.
Appitise App – With an Appitise App, golfers can not only book tee times through Fore! Reservations Mobile Booking, but they also have access to additional mobile services such as a hole-by-hole gps map, an interactive scorecard and much more. Your course's Appitise App is purchased through the iTunes App Store or Android Market. Visit the Appitise website to learn more and to view an example app. Contact Appitise directly for pricing and setup information.
Sharpen Your Skills at a Summer Users Conference!
Fore! Reservations is heading to the lone star state in June! Texas operators are invited to spend a day with us to learn how the software can help you succeed in 2011! A Regional Users Conference will be held in the Dallas area as well as the San Antonio area. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Click here for additional information about Regional Users Conferences. We are also looking for courses in Northern California, Southern California and Arizona that are interested in hosting a July conference, as well as courses in the Carolinas and Tennessee that would like to host an August conference. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Book Tee Times From Your Facebook Fan Page
Add value to your course’s Facebook fan page by enabling golfers to book tee times directly from Facebook! For a one-time $100 setup fee, 1-2-1 Marketing frames your Fore! Internet tee time booking page into your Facebook fan page. 1-2-1 Marketing is the only company to offer an approved Facebook integration for our customers. Click here to view an example of the “Book A Tee Time” Facebook link. Please contact 1-2-1 Marketing to setup this feature.
Users Corner: Walmarts of Golf
Fore! Reservations user Tom Schwark (Owner, Sycamore Hills Golf Course, Macomb, MI) wrote an article titled “Walmarts of Golf” that was featured in Tee-Off Times, a publication by the Michigan Golf Course Owners Association. In the article, Tom correlates the impact on local businesses when a Walmart opens a new store with the effect a golf course has on other area courses when it heavily discounts green fees, and why beating on price is problematic for the golf industry. Click here to read the “Walmarts of Golf” article. If you have had an article published in a trade magazine, or would like to write an article on an industry topic for us to share with fellow Fore! Reservations users, please notify us by sending submissions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
What Are YOUR Industry Hot Topics?
Do you enjoy reading “A Snapshot” Look at Our Industry”? Is there a topic not yet covered that you would like an industry expert like Stuart Lindsay to weigh-in on? E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with article suggestions and we’ll forward them along. We look forward to seeing what Stuart covers next, and hope you have found the articles to be a helpful resource to achieve more in 2011!
It's A Girl! Fore! Reservations Welcomes A New Arrival!
Congratulations to Sales Team member Chad Stevning and his wife Cassandra on the birth of their second child and first daughter Kate Isabelle Stevning. Kate was born on April 4, 2011. Click here to view photos of Kate!
Harry's Blog - April Showers Bring Fewer Dollars
This month Harry reflects on a very wet April and offers some simple advice on how to recoup lost revenue and have a great turnaround in the upcoming months to balance out the soggy spring. Click here or the Harry’s blog button at the top-right hand corner of this newsletter to read his most recent post, share your comments and start a discussion with fellow users.
Did You Know?
Did you know the Defector Campaign is fully customizable in Fore! Marketing 2011? You decide what constitutes a “defector” whether that’s 30, 45, 60, 90 or how ever many days since a golfer’s last visit. You decide what Internet customer type receives Defector Campaign e-mails. You select the offer coupon for each defector level and you can customize the look of each e-mail so customers don’t receive the same “We Miss You” e-mail twice! Upgrade to Fore! Marketing 2011 today!
What's New
“Like” my golf course on Facebook! Just added to the tee time confirmation page is the ability for golfers to “Like” your golf course on Facebook right after booking an online reservation. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to activate this confirmation page enhancement along with “Tweet about your Tee Time” and “Forward to a Friend.”
Tip of the Month
Upgrade to Fore! Marketing 2011! Take advantage of all the new features and functionality that turn your Fore! Reservations system into a “money making machine!” Click here to learn more about the newest release and to schedule your upgrade with the Marketing Team today.
Upcoming Events
• Northern Texas Regional Users Conference (Dallas) - June 2011
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• Southern Texas Regional Users Conference (San Antonio) - June 2011
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Click here to view the upcoming Regional Users Conference schedule and to learn more about these great training options available for your course!
