Contact Information: Paciolan Contact Shaw Taylor Marketing Director Tel: (949) 823-1767 Kansas State Contact Kurt McGuffin Associate Athletics Director for Development and Ticketing Tel: (785) 532-7952 Boston College Contact Jim O'Neill Associate Athletics Director, Ticket Operations Tel: (617) 552-3087
Paciolan College Athletics Clients Continue to Gain Momentum
Enhanced Customer Services Offer Athletics Organizations Greater Top-Line Revenue
| Source: Paciolan
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - June 5, 2007) - Paciolan today announced that college athletics
organizations are rapidly adopting Paciolan technology to provide greater
levels of customer service to their valued fans and donors while leveraging
the full benefits of online account management. This rapid adoption of
service enhancing technology enables athletics organizations to reap
greater financial benefits.
Managing Account Information Online
Paciolan clients collectively have over 90 implementations of Paciolan
development solutions including tFund and Fundraiser's Advantage.
Paciolan's Fundraiser's Advantage, Paciolan's recently acquired development
platform built exclusively for college athletics, nearly doubled the total
number of installations since the acquisition in June 2006 reaching 25
clients in total. When combined with the power of Paciolan's ticketing
solution, athletics organizations are poised to have a holistic,
comprehensive view of both the donor's overall experience with the
athletics organization and an accurate measurement of annual revenue goals.
"To build your program you need the right tools," stated Kurt McGuffin,
Associate Athletics Director for Development and Ticketing at Kansas State.
"In just five years, we nearly doubled the number of active donors from
3,800 to 7,200 and increased donation revenues almost 50% with the help of
Fundraiser's Advantage."
Trending Towards the Digital Ticket
Thirty-six of Paciolan's college athletics ticketing clients selected
Paciolan's access management solution. Paciolan's access management
provides the infrastructural underpinnings that enable the "Digital
Ticket." The Digital Ticket empowers fans with the convenience of print at
home, transfer functionality and more.
Athletics organizations continue to take control of their secondary market
ticket sales with Paciolan's Ticket Marketplace solution. Sixteen Paciolan
college clients will implement Paciolan's Ticket Marketplace by the end of
2007. Ticket Marketplace enables fans to post and sell unused tickets via
the university's sanctioned athletics site. The service not only increases
satisfaction amongst high-value fans and donors but also enables the
general public to purchase previously unavailable tickets increasing the
pool of prospective ticket buyers for future events. When athletics
organizations fully implement the Digital Ticket they not only retain
current season ticket holders but also reap the associated financial
rewards that these services bring to their fans, donors and their schools.
"Offering Access Management coupled with Ticket Marketplace provides us
with the foundation to enable the Digital Ticket," stated Jim O'Neill,
Associate Athletics Director at Boston College. "With all the new services
we now provide to our fans and donors along with the associated benefits to
Eagles Athletics, the Digital Ticket really is the cornerstone to the
future of ticketing."
Driving Towards Long-Term Success
"We're excited to work with so many forward-thinking college athletics
clients and thank the 24 universities that renewed long-term contracts with
Paciolan over the past 12 months," stated Dave Butler, CEO of Paciolan.
"By using Paciolan's ticketing, marketing and development infrastructure,
athletics organizations provide their staff as well as their fans and
donors with complete online account management functionality that enables
them to provide enhanced services to their fans and donors. With these new
services colleges now realize increased top-line revenue making Paciolan a
winner for fans, donors and athletics organizations alike."
About Paciolan
Founded in 1980, Paciolan is a leading ticketing enabler, providing
ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions for top venues
across North America. Paciolan provides a wholly integrated infrastructure
that puts venues in direct control of their customer relationships, brands
and revenue potential. Primary markets include college athletics,
professional sports, performing arts, arenas and museums. Collectively,
Paciolan clients sell over 100 million tickets annually representing
approximately 25% of all live event tickets sold in the US. Paciolan is a
privately held corporation based in Irvine, California.
Visit www.paciolan.com for additional company information.