Our award winning graphic design team consists of several outstanding graphic design artists from around the country. We provide each of our clients with an initial package of custom graphics as well as the opportunity to purchase additional graphics.

Graphics created for your program include:

SCOUTWARE LETTERHEADS One of the newest features integrated into the Scoutware email package is a full color 3 sided graphic that wraps around the body of your email. This graphic, called a letterhead, is just one example of an eye catching way to showcase your program and/or school. You have the opportunity to provide input as to how your letterhead design appears. With letterhead you will still enjoy all of the other benefits of Scoutware:   Your message is delivered without taking up much room in the inbox         Knowing when and how many times it is opened by the recipient. Additionally, letterheads can be made interactive and directly link email recipients to key sections of your website - schedule, roster, results, camps, etc. Among the images you can feature include:   Action shots of current players         In game coaching shots         Arena or stadium shots         Campus shots         Famous Alumni or Professional Athletes You can also share a few text highlights about your program such as:   Accolades received i.e. Coach of the Year         Years your program has won the Conference Championship         Number of All Americans         Links to your website         Coaching Staff As always, you or anyone on staff CAN CREATE AND POST AS MANY LETTERHEADS AS YOU LIKE. [link to email letterhead section]

BANNERS AND ARTICLES

Scoutware banners are full color graphics that appear across the top of your email message. Similar to letterheads, you have the ability to highlight different aspects of your program such as current team members, facilities, campus shots, or pictures from events. We'll work with you to create these graphics that will showcase your program in the best possible way to your email recipients.

Articles are another type of graphic used to enhance your email message. Through Scoutware's free (and unlimited) training, we'll show you ways to create your own articles to feature stories about your program such as season victories, recruit signings, other sports news, or even university news and events. Often times these articles are actually already created for you as part of your athletic website or other websites such as ESPN.com. We show you how to capture these articles, add text or other effects, and upload these images to your Scoutware site.

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DIGITAL SIGNATURES

Each coach or staff member has the opportunity to display a graphic representation of his/her written signature as part of Scoutware emails. You can submit an unlimited number of signature variations, which can be used when composing your emails. For example, if you are sending an email to recruits, they may know you as 'Coach Johnson,' whereas alumni or boosters may know you as 'Lucas,' or 'Lucas Johnson.'

Simply send us your signatures on a blank white piece of paper, and we'll do the work to scan and clean the images and make them available in your Scoutware site.

IN LIVING COLOR

Take advantage of the NCAA rules which allow you to send full color graphics via email. Why keep sending them plain black-and-white emails, when you can easily impress them with full color graphics that stand out from the crowd. Don't tell them what life will be like at your school- Show them!

Scoutware's whitelist status [link to Scoutware Delivery Advantage] with all of the major Internet Service Providers (AOL, MSN, Yahoo, etc), provides the BEST OPPORTUNITY for your email to be delivered and delivered in format with your images displayed.

All visuals can be created and loaded into Scoutware for immediate use. Each system is designed to allow clients to pick and click between a variety of content when sending out emails so that you can quickly re-use previously created templates, banners, footers, articles, pictures, etc. These professionally designed templates are designed to look great on desktop, handheld wireless, and when forwarded.

CREATING YOUR OWN CONTENT

With Scoutware its easy to create your OWN graphical content to load into your site and send as part of emails. Every Scoutware license includes Snag IT [link to www.snagit.com], a screen capture and image editing program, which can be used to create compelling graphical images.

We provide extensive training as needed to clients on both how to use tools already on your computer and third party software (like Snag IT) to create articles and banners and how to make completely interactive articles, e-newsletters, and e-camp brochures.

Better yet, if you already know your way around Photoshop or Publisher, we'll help you apply your skills to Scoutware for maximum benefit.

Creating content for your emails can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like. We provide many of our clients with ideas and guidance on ways to highlight every aspect of their program. Some of the most effective emails are sometimes the simple ones that tell a story through pictures. Many clients are now taking several candid pictures of their team and providing the inside scoop about their program by loading them directly into Scoutware for email use.

We show our clients how to create content from scratch as well as how to use the resources available to them. Many programs have the ability to leverage and reuse existing content that has already been created for them and can recycle print materials for on-line use. Within an athletic department, you can even share graphics you create among programs for an even greater reach!