Colin on the D3P Podcast: Using Technology to Accelerate Your Recruiting
ProductiveRecruit founder Colin McAtee joined D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast to talk about writing emails coaches open, reading engagement, and using AI without losing your voice.
Colin McAtee
Founder
I joined Eric and Wyatt Rudolf on D3P: A DIII Baseball Podcast to talk about how technology can help athletes run a better recruiting process, and where it can't replace the work.
What we covered
- My path from playing soccer at Michigan to building ProductiveRecruit
- What's changed in recruiting, and why coaches' inboxes are more crowded than ever
- What makes a first email stand out, and how much personalization you really need
- How to read opens, clicks, profile views, and video views without over-reading them
- Using AI to draft faster while keeping the email in your own voice
- Following up, staying organized, and knowing when to move on from a program
- The mistakes that cost athletes that have nothing to do with talent
The big idea
Technology should make your outreach more personal, not less. The tools that work put your own name, your own inbox, and your own homework in front of a coach. Software that emails coaches on your behalf is exactly what they tune out.
It's a baseball show, but the advice holds for every sport.
Thanks to Eric and Wyatt for having me on. You can find more D3P episodes on Spotify.
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