College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

Dan is back on the road, and he's talking about how you can use four key elements in messages that you send out that will greatly increase your chances for getting an immediate responses from your recruits. In this episode, you'll learn: - Why less in your message will get you MORE responses - The importance of asking a question - How inserting the word "because" is a powerful way to get action from your recruit - Why asking for action is the key to ongoing communication from your recruit For more background information on the individual principles that make up the recommendations in our episode today, go to www.dantudor.com/blog and search for the key words in this podcast. Questions? Contact Dan Tudor at dan@dantudor.com Thanks for listening, Coach! Spread the word, and keep listening to the show!

If you're a coach who is finding their prospects having trouble making final decisions towards the end of the recruiting process, you're not alone. The big question is this: How can a college coach help lead their prospect through their "decision paralysis" and towards committing to you and your program. On today's show, we talk about the methods we've seen work in real life situations. The steps are simple, but important. Listen today, and you'll find out what you might be able to do to help your next top prospect to make a decision more quickly. For more information on the upcoming National Collegiate Recruiting Conference we talk about at the end of the show, go to www.dantudor.com/conferences Have a question? Email Dan Tudor at dan@dantudor.com.

Looking for some new strategies to jump-start your recruiting efforts this year? We introduce four tactics most coaches have never tried, but the ones who have swear by the results. In today's episode, we outline these four unique strategies for coaches. Listen to the advice, and see if you can figure out a way to use it in your recruiting battles this coming year. For more details on the "getting your prospect to talk negatively about you" that we talked about in the episode, click on this link: http://dantudor.com/the-case-for-getting-your-prospect-to-talk-negative-about-you/ For questions about the strategies we talked about on the show today, email Dan at dan@dantudor.com Thanks for listening, Coach! Don't forget to subscribe, and tell your fellow coaches in your department to follow our show.

On our 40th episode, we invite you to jump in my rental car with me and take a drive through Indiana as Dan Tudor talks about establishing timelines for your prospects (and why that's essential) and setting deadlines (and how to do it). Coaches will learn the basics of this key element of recruiting organization, and you'll hear Dan realize that he missed his turnoff because he got so wrapped up in the details of today's episode. Questions about timelines or deadlines? Email him directly at dan@dantudor.com. Want to talk to us about having us work with your college or program? Visit dantudor.com and read the Total Recruiting Solution overview. And, don't forget to subscribe to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast - and tell your fellow coaches to listen, too!

In our previous episode #38, we talked to former basketball coach Mike Lightfoot on his work with Nations of Coaches, an organization that helps college coaches find balance in their work-life relationships. Today, Jim Harshaw talks about his unique, proven goal setting system that will not only help college coaches achieve their coaching and recruiting goals, but will help ensure that there is an element of balance that gets planned into your weekly schedule. Jim Harshaw hosts the popular "Success Through Failure" podcast, is a key member of the athletic administration at the University of Virginia, and works with clients around the country to help improve their efficiency, organization, and overall results. You can contact him at jimharshawjr@gmail.com. Here's the goal setting template Jim talked about in this episode: http://jimharshawjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Goal-Setting-Worksheet.pdf And here's the Goals Compass that Jim referenced: http://jimharshawjr.com/welcome/ For more information on Tudor Collegiate Strategies, visit our website at dan@dantudor.com and subscribe to our College Recruiting Weekly podcast on iTunes, Google and Stitcher!

College coaching is extremely demanding, and it regularly takes it's toll on relationships. Your spouse, family, and close friends often are the ones around you who suffer when the demands of your job take priority over your personal life. The result? No balance, and relationships that suffer. And many times, coaches are forced to choose between the job they love, and the people they love. In this episode, we introduce you to a resource that is helping coaches become better husbands, wives, and friends. Mike Lightfoot, legendary NAIA basketball coach, is part of an organization called Nations of Coaches. For more information on the organization, go to www.NationsOfCoaches.com To talk to Coach Lightfoot confidentially to help you with any issues you would like help with, email him at mlightfoot@nationsofcoaches.com. For help with recruiting, visit www.dantudor.com. Contact Dan at dan@dantudor.com Thanks for listening, Coach! Make sure to tell your fellow college coaches to listen and subscribe!

How do you know if your recruiting efforts are paying off? It starts with a strategy, and ends with consistent measurement throughout the process. On today's episode of the College Recruiting Weekly Podcast, you'll join host Dan Tudor on his drive home as he takes you through the process of setting goals, measuring results, and assessing the outcome of your recruiting efforts. For more information on any of the programs and services referenced in today's podcast episode, visit www.dantudor.com. Thank you for listening, Coach!

On this Halloween 2017 edition of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to filmmaker Drew Gabreski about fear...why does our society like it so much, how does it motivate us, and what are the ways coaches can ethically and professionally use fear in recruiting. Gabreski runs his own production companies, Speedwell Productions and Darkshed. He released his first suspense-thriller feature film, "Be Afraid", in 2017 and is in the process of writing an upcoming horror film. Along with his growing expertise in the suspense thriller genre, he is also one of the leading producers of video for the athletes and stars of mixed martial arts, and has done work on several network and studio productions. Gabreski offers his insights on fear, with nationally recognized recruiting expert Dan Tudor offering his insights on how coaches can apply the observations and lessons outlined in this episode to their recruiting efforts. To get to know Drew Gabreski: http://drewgabreski.com/bio/ For information on his production company: http://darkshed.com/DARKSHED/The_Shed.html To see the trailer for his new movie, Be Afraid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22FovwnDM0 Visit our website at www.dantudor.com for more information and free resources to help in your recruiting efforts, and keep listening to the College Recruiting Weekly podcast! (And tell your fellow coaches to listen, too!)

Many college coaches from rural or suburban campuses, with a largely white population, hesitate to try and recruit inner-city student-athletes to their programs. "Why would they want to come here? It's so different from where they grew up." "There's nothing to do here compared to the city they're from." "They probably don't have the grades to be admitted here, because their high school isn't in a very good area." Sound familiar? In this episode of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we talk to Miles Smith, the head men's basketball coach at Johnson State College in northern Vermont. He coaches at a small, liberal arts school in a small, mostly white college town up in the mountains a little more than an hour outside of Burlington. And all Coach Smith does is consistently recruit inner-city kids to come to his little school in Vermont and play basketball for him. So what's his secret? That's what today's show is all about. Prepare to have an honest, creative conversation about recruiting, race, and college athletics. We don't solve all of the country's problems in this episode, but we'll give you some new approaches and fresh thinking on an often difficult-to-navigate topic we all seem to be hearing a lot about these days. To contact Coach Miles Smith, you can email him at Miles.Smith@jsc.edu Follow him on Twitter at @coachsmith_24 Thanks for listening! Make sure to tell your fellow coaches to subscribe to the podcast, and make sure to leave us a nice rating with feedback wherever you listen to it.

The recruiting scandal that broke in late September of 2017 rocked the college sports world. News that the FBI had indicted a number of coaches who engaged in illegal recruiting activities tied to payments made to prospects' families by shoe companies in exchange for playing for those coaches' schools. For insights on the origins of this scandal, and how it affects the future of college athletics, we turned to Dan Wolken of the USA Today. Dan is a favorite of Tudor Collegiate Strategies, a former NCRC speaker, and a leading college sports reporter and columnist. Every college coach should follow Dan Wolken on Twitter at @danwolken for his ongoing reporting and insights. Enjoy the show!