Posts by Colin McAtee

Colin McAtee is the founder of ProductiveRecruit and former University of Michigan Soccer Player.

How to use Twitter for College Recruiting

This is the ultimate guide to using Twitter to get recruited by college coaches.

How to Contact College Coaches During the Recruiting Process

This is the ultimate guide to contacting college coaches during the college recruiting process.

Meet the Athlete Search Embed Widget

This new feature allows you to provide college coaches the ability to search for your athletes from your own website.

How to Email College Coaches: The Complete Guide

Email continues to be one of the best ways for recruits to reach college coaches. If you are a student-athlete looking to play college sports, you need to send emails to coaches consistently.

Why the Recruiting Process is an invaluable experience

Use the College Recruiting Process as a chance to gain real life experience. The recruiting process is a job and there's no getting around that. It isn’t sexy, and it’s not always fun. However, when you sign your NLI on signing day, all that hard work will have paid off.

How to leverage social media to improve your recruiting opportunities

College coaches hang out on social media sites like Twitter, and some actually use it heavily for recruiting. If you take advantage of this platform you can achieve tremendous results.

5 Key Insights into Emailing College Coaches

Follow along as I go over 5 key insights into emailing college coaches effectively.

New Workflows Feature

Today, I am proud to announce the launch of our new workflows feature! You can now create multi-step workflows and assign them to your athletes to keep them organized and hold them accountable on their journey to playing college sports.

Announcing ProductiveRecruit V1

ProductiveRecruit is live and ready to use for athletes of all sports.

College Athletic Recruiting during the Coronavirus Pandemic

There is no question that Covid-19 (aka Conoravirus) has changed the dynamics of how athletes train, communicate with their coaches/teammates, and stay motivated.

My top tips for incoming Freshman College Athletes

Here are 5 sure ways you can prepare to have a great freshman college season.