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Direct Email to Runners

Get more participants to your event with an email sent directly to runners.

Maximize your event advertising dollars! Our proven direct email service lets you send an exclusive event promotion email to runners that are eager to hear about events like yours.

A direct email is one of the most effective event promotion services available.

Proven Results

Open rates for Running Guru emails are 25% higher than industry averages:

A direct email with Running Guru is one of the best ROIs for your marketing and promotion dollar!

How Emailing Works

Follow these easy steps to send an email and start getting more event registrants!

  1. Create your email
  2. Select the runners to email
  3. Pick the date to send the email

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Track Your Results

Our direct email service provides real-time tracking tools that report opens, clicks, and sharing your of your emails.

We recommend you include a source code in your event links so you know who signed up and how well the email is working!

Boost results even higher with event promotions and discount codes.

Email Creation Made Easy!

You have four simple ways to create an exiciting, custom event email:

  1. Upload your own graphic or image
  2. Design your email with tools like MailChimp® and ConstantContact®
  3. Use our simple editor to create a custom email
  4. List your event on Running Guru and use the event information from the listing

Targetted Lists

Send an email only to runners in your geographic area.

Our members are segmented by gender and state, so you can target only those that you want to receive your email.


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