Good Wednesday!
To our newest Hosts welcome! Congratulations and welcome to Festivus Games as a Host! Operation “Promote April 22nd” is underway!
For the Hosts who have been receiving updates for weeks now make sure you read everything here – there’s some cool new stuff below.
FIRST HOST TO 50 ATHLETES GETS $200!
FIRST HOST TO 75 ATHLETES GETS $400!
FIRST HOST TO 100 ATHLETES GETS $800 + $200 bonus if it’s before Christmas!
*Details below!
TOP 5 HOSTS AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING
- 124 athletes at Rocky Point CrossFit (won $1000!)
- 71 athletes at CrossFit Worthington
- 61 athletes at CrossFit Chanhassen
- 46 athletes at Diamond Hill Crossfit
- 41 athletes at CrossFit Cicero
Promo Video Ready!
https://www.facebook.com/FestivusGames/videos/741793842655986/
Please share our video on your Facebook page, event page and timelines. Be sure and include your Athlete registration link too!
EARLY ATHLETE REGISTRATION BENEFITS EVERYONE
Here’s your link to get Athletes registered. Share it everywhere!
https://festivusgames.com/register/996/
EARLY ATHLETE REGISTRATION BENEFITS EVERYONE!
- Your first 30 Athletes save $10 if by 02/28! – Your first 30 Athletes registrations on or before 02/28 will get a $10 discount (It’ll be $65 instead of $75). They don’t need a coupon code. If they are among the first 30 for your box they will get the $10 discount. After your first 30 OR after 02/28 the standard reg fee of $75 will be in effect from that moment all the way through April 22nd . No other discounts or coupons will be created. We will not be increasing the price above $75 BUT there’s another good reason to get your Athletes in early…
- Athletes get a $25 shirt included (each Athlete) if they register by 02/28! Only those Athletes who register through 02/28 will get a super cool Festivus teams shirt INCLUDED in their registration fee. All Athletes who register by 02/28 will have their shirts shipped to YOUR BOX so you can hand them out when they check in. All Athletes who register after 02/28 will be directed to our shirt vendor to order a shirt if they want one. It will cost them about $24.95 + shipping and will be shipped by our vendor to their home address.
- In all, early-bird Athletes save $35 by saving $10 off their reg fee AND getting our super cool official Festivus shirt included (a $25 value).
YOUR HOST FLIER
You can grab the PDF of your flier here. Once you download it you should be able to send the file off to your local Kinkos, Staples or copy shop to print in good-quality color.
https://festivusgames.com/flier/996
STARTER SWAG
As starter swag we’ll be providing all USA hosts with at least the following FOR THE PODIUM ATHLETES ONLY. For our Canadian and Australian Hosts we’ll be talking to you about how to get the things that can’t be shipped to Canada or Australia. Everything should arrive at your box by April 7th.
- Custom Festivus cinch bag (like we did for October)
- Fridge magnet (like October)
- Progenex protein packet
- KillCliff drink (only USA – we’ll figure out Canada and Australia)
- FitAid drink (only USA – we’ll figure out Canada and Australia)
- Rise Protein Bar
If you’re USA based please don’t ask your KillCliff or FitAid rep for free stuff. They don’t want to duplicate product being sent to you.
As a Host you’ll still need to add a couple swag items JUST FOR PODIUM ATHLETES (18) to the pot to fulfill your terms of service but we really feel our starter swag is a great one. We hope, as we continue to strengthen our relationships with vendors, that we’ll only get even better from here.
FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE LEADER
Rocky Point Crossfit has been kind enough to share with us what they did to sell out so fast. I’ll provide all the details after the New Year but for now I strongly recommend you visit these links to their Facebook posts to see what they did.
Here is the first post they did:
Then they created an event
They posted that their event was 75% sold out
Then they sold out and posted that + a Festivus Games video they had produced. Tom from Rocky Point has even agreed to edit their video to include your box name at the end instead of theirs and give you the entire redone video (same one they used below) for $25. Send Tom an email here Tom@rockypointcrossfit.ca if you are interested.
Here’s the video they had made
IMPORTANT HOUSEKEEPING THINGS TO DO
- Make sure your pin on the map is accurate. Visit http://festivusgames.com/host-list , find your box, click INFO and see if the pin on that map is where you are. If so? Good. If not? Let me know but please go to google and find yourself on a map first and then forward me that map link so I can have our coder make the correction.
- Log in to your Host Dashboard https://festivusgames.com/dashboard , click on EDIT HOST PROFILE, and make sure all your data is correct, including how many total Athletes you are willing to accept. That is very important. Double check it!
Here’s a quick and dirty image to guide you to logging into your Dashboard if you never have or forgot your password.
REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL BOXES NOT HOSTING
On your Dashboard – http://festivusgames.com/dashboard there are two links I want to draw your attention to. See the arrows pointing at them below on the image?
- Boxes within 50mi – Click this and it should give you the boxes not hosting but within about 50 miles of you with their contact info. It’s not a perfect system but it’s a start and for most of you it should work pretty slick.
- Share on Facebook – Click that link, then click the image you get on the next page. It should give you a customized image with your box name on the image and a Facebook share link. Read the text when you’re there too under the image – if you RIGHT CLICK and SAVE the image instead of SHARE it you’ll get a properly-formatted image that’ll look great on INSTAGRAM that you can download.
Our goal is to keep making the marketing process easier and easier, as turnkey for you as possible. We feel these two features are nice steps towards that end and hope you do too.
GET YOUR FIRST FACEBOOK POST OUT THERE!
THEN POST SOMETHING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK
Just grab any of these images for Facebook, save them to your phone/computer and get ready to post!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lgt3s8xpu1ntr28/FB_FG_Basic_1200.jpg?dl=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8w7xck4l82mdbol/FB_FG_RedBrick_1200.png?dl=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wsj9ftfr8g7k753/FB_FG_Were_Hosting_1200.png?dl=1
JUST COPY/PASTE THE TEXT BELOW FOR YOUR FACEBOOK POST – EDIT AS YOU WISH
We’re hosting Festivus Games – feats of strength for the rest of us! You can compete!
Novice, Intermediates and 45+ Masters Athletes, this one isn’t for Rx or fire breathers.
The first 15 Athletes save $10 off the reg and get a free Athlete shirt!
Festivus Games at [your box] is goin down April 22nd, 2017 but registration is open now. Get in early, secure your spot, save $$ and get the free shirt!
Check out the WODs here FestivusGames.com/divisions – they’re already out! Then Click https://festivusgames.com/register/996/ to register now!
IMAGES FORMATTED BETTER FOR INSTAGRAM
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rzwx918xfnxjiuj/FB_FG_Basic_640.png?dl=1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/znodoks9n3j1j4k/FB_FG_RedBrick_640.png?dl=1
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WHAT ABOUT ADAPTIVE ATHLETES
We are very welcoming of adaptive athletes. We always leave it up to you – the host – to decide yay or nay though. It’s your call. If they are not able to do the WODs as designed with the loads given for each respective division then you should not enter their scores into the system for ranking and awards. They can participate but they can’t win prizes or be ranked worldwide since they aren’t doing the WODs the exact same as everyone else.
REFUNDS
It’s pretty rare but we still get a Host every now and then who wants to know how to handle Athletes who can’t compete and want a refund. There are NO refunds – same policy as the CF Open. We’re really clear on that right on the Athlete reg page. All an Athlete can do is donate their spot to someone else or get whatever $$ they can from another Athlete or just drop their spot. Can an Athlete forward their own REG to a future Festivus Games event? No. That would be an ever living nightmare to manage.
2 POUND ALLOWANCE
For events that require a barbell or kettlebell we allow a 2-pound variance. We do NOT allow this variance for wallball movements. So if we want a 44-lb kettlebell and you have a 42-46 that’s fine. If we want 33-lb for barbell 31-35 is fine. We see no reason to have you go and buy the “perfect” weight if you’re within 2 pounds on the kettlebell and barbell movements.
WINNING $$ FOR BEING A FAST STARTER
FIRST HOST TO 50 ATHLETES GETS $200!
FIRST HOST TO 75 ATHLETES GETS $400!
FIRST HOST TO 100 ATHLETES GETS $800 + $200 bonus if it’s before Christmas!
Since Rocky Point Crossfit has already hit 100 Athletes (in 1 week!) that prize is gone. So the two remaining fast-reg prizes are getting to 50 Athletes or 75 Athletes. Only one award per Host. So if you hit 50 athletes and want to “cash out” let me know. If you hit 50 athletes but are sure you’re going to get to 75? Then “let it ride” and keep hammerin down. Any close calls we’ll use the date/time stamp of the Athlete regs to determine the winning Host.
The $$ awards will be added onto your check from us after the event is complete.
Questions? Concerns? Call Jay at 815-973-4791 or reply to this email.
Thank you for Hosting and we’ll see you again soon,
David & Jay – Owners
Festivus Games