LeagueApps Partner Day #3

LEAGUE PARTNER DAY
Washington, D.C.
September 27, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The LeagueApps Story
Past, Present and Future

LeagueApps - Company Overview
Meet LeagueApps!
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Team 15 Employees in NYC and DC ofﬁce (Also in SF and the Ukraine!)
Background Experience in digital media, web development, entrepreneurship. Diverse group
with one requirement: Passion for sports.
Founded LeagueApps was launched in 2010. Before that our team had created Sportsvite.com
in 2006.
Partners 350+ sports organizations partners. Most are adult team sports leagues.
Product Goal is to create the best platform to help sports organization manage and organize their
sports activities.
Mission LeagueApps wants to help impact how teams and players enjoy their sports experiences.
Current Focus Strive to create value to our partners.

Most Important Lesson Learned:
Local Sports Organizations are at the center of team sports in their communities. Helping these
organizations is the way we can be most impactful and create the most value in sports
communities.
The Evolution of LeagueApps...Before there was LeagueApps....
Sportsvite.com
-- Created in 2006
-- Connect players with other players, teams and leagues in
their area
-- Social Network To play sports
-- Focus on adults. Itʼs harder for them to organize sports!
-- Partnerships with Powerade, Puma, Buffalo Wild Wings,
Cliff Bar
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LeagueApps TimelineWeʼve been busy trying to get better!
2010
-- Developed initial/beta version of LeagueApps
-- Released in Fall of 2010 with group of beta partners
-- DC Social Sports and RASL were two of our first partners! Helped prove this could work!
-- 5-10 partners launched by end of the year
-- Platform features were basic registration, communication, widgets and publishing tools
2011
-- LeagueApps Grew Into A Platform and A Network
-- Added 30 new partners. Each partner launch was a HUGE milestone!
-- More polished and valuable feature set was developed
-- Built first version of help site
2012
-- LeagueApps Network grows to over 125 Partners
-- Developed first version of mobile application, Facebook integration
2013
-- LeagueApps Network grows to over 350 Partners
-- Focus on product AND service (better support, Partner Days, Facebook Groups)
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LeagueApps ValueOur Role in your sports organization
What Does LeagueApps bring to the table?
-- Build a great software platform to help local sports organizations manage and organize
-- Provide great service to our partners to help you conﬁgure and best support how you use the
LeagueApps Platform.
-- Understand and share how technology can help sports organizations
-- Figure out how else we can be relevant and provide value to our partners
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LeagueApps Focus Is To Create A Great Digital Platform
That Allows Organizers To Create A Great Sports Organization.

Product Roadmap

Quality
Underlying Themes of LA Platform
Flexibility - Ability to customize for different organizational needs
- Continue to make product more and more adaptive to varying partner conﬁguration scenarios.
- Largely achieved by incorporating more and more “optionality” controls and settings into features.
These themes underlie all of our product planning decisions...
Quality - Product ʻdoes what it saysʼ and is very dependable
- Improving product & engineering processes to include additional steps for quality control.
Capability - Cater to new needs and use-cases
- Add *new* features and functionality to account for additional use-cases that partners encounter.

Some Upcoming ProjectsWhatʼs Coming Up
Current
This
Fall
This
Winter
Group
Accounts
Program Staff
Mobile
Registration
Mobile
Messaging
Allow your members to register multiple
participants as part of a “group” account.
Assign and manage staff & volunteers to
programs (e.g., referees, coaches).
Communicate with your
members and staff on the go,
hitting them on their phones.
Members can easily register and pay
while on the go right on their mobile
devices.
Continuous
Updates from
Partner
Feedback
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Mobile is the Future
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Mobile is the future of rec sports... weʼre going to take you there!
Mobile usage to surpass desktop in 2014

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Mobile Projects We’re Planning
Mobile Manager Console
League organizers can communicate and manage programs while on the go.
SMS Messaging Alerts
Organizers can post real-time messages right to participants phones.
Mobile Registration
Participants can register right on their phones.
Mobile Payment Credit Card Swiping
Organizers can accept credit card swipes “at the ﬁeld” on phone or tablet
Mobile Team App
Your teams will love you, since youʼll give them an awesome mobile experience
for communicating, coordinating and socializing with their team.

What Else is On Deck...Other Features We Have on The List...
We have a LOT planned... here is a quick glimpse:
-- Scheduling Tool Enhancements. Better tools to generating, managing and publishing schedule.
-- Player and Team Tools. Big improvements to your membersʼ team pages and proﬁles.
-- Photo Galleries. Streamlined photo galleries, and easy photo uploading for members and admins.
-- Membership Recurring Billing. Support a membership fee and have it be auto-billed incrementally.
-- E-Commerce Products. Up-sell products during registration, and on your site.
-- Flexible Pricing (Fees, Discounts) Options. Support virtually ANY pricing scenario.
-- Document & File Management. Tools for uploading, storing, managing and distributing docs.
-- Reporting Tool Enhancements. More updates to reporting tools, including support for t-shirts!
-- Match Scoring. Record scores in sport speciﬁc ways, capturing matches or sets.
-- Deeper Facebook Integration. Automatically have programs, schedules etc publish to your FB page.
And MORE....

The LeagueApps Community:
How to Get the Most out of your LeagueApps Partnership
September 27, 2013

Help You Get the Most out of your
Partnership with LeagueApps
1) Get Quick Answers/Solutions
2) Learn from Each Other
3) Understand how to use Multiple Help Resources
4) Behind the scenes into our problem-solving
5) How we can make the community better
What we’ll cover today...

●Webinars
●More Networking Events
●Beta Testing
●Sharing our Roadmap
●Product Training
How can we make the community
better for you
Let us know how we can make LeagueApps more valuable to you

Make LeagueApps Work For You
A Coach’s View From The Sideline

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LeagueApps is the base - build on top of it.
The ﬂexibility of LeagueApps allows you to use the platform to YOUR organization’s needs
There are plenty of ways to customize LeagueApps through
digital tools and integrations that allow you to make
LeagueApps WORK FOR YOU!

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LeagueApps is YOUR blank canvas!
Paint your masterpiece
Everyone starts here:

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Have It Your Way...like Burger King
Everyone uses LeagueApps in their own way
Design and User Experience (No Idea Sports, District
Sports, NAKID, CBL Sports, DC Social Sports)
Sponsor and Marketing Integration (Kickball 365, Come
Play Detroit, PlayMore SJ, customizing member profile form
fields)
Create or Optimize Revenue (Chicago MSA, Xoso VIP Card,
Capital Affiliate, processing fees)
Customer Service and Member Communication (Off Limit
Sports, Jersey Club Sports, log in as any member, admin
payment terminal)

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