Experiences with getmynameout.com?

Hello,
I am the head evaluator at getmynameout.com and just wanted to clear up a few things.
There's a reason for this price point.

1.) There isn't 250,000 other athletes using the service just as a marketing tool like berecuited. The price point eliminates the person who is going to blanket email every college and not put thought into it.

2.) Getmynameout is more personal. We provide a personal hands on touch with our families we work with. Our staff has a combined over 60 years of MLB/NCAA experience, 5 world series and over 150 Major League players. We can provide the best advice/guidence since we have been at the highest level of the game for many years both NCAA and MLB.

3.) If you come to a getmynameout.com showcase, you will receive an evaluation from our staff that you can post on your profile to be viewed by the college coaches. The evaluation is from a very credible source. Some of us are still involved with the game at the MLB/Collegiate level and college coaches respect our opinions. Here are some links to articles of us:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_...s&fext=.jsp&c_id=was

http://www.myhometownsports.net/article.php?id=2892

http://www.uticaod.com/sports/...o-join-Utica-Brewers

4.) When you send out the profile with the evaluation, we have a section where it organizes what schools you sent the profile to and if that school looked at the profile with the date and time they did. That is one of our biggest difference makers.

I'm sure if you came to one of our events you would be impressed with the amount of knowledge and exposure your son would gain when the entire product comes together. Next time I would look into the entire organization and process before just looking at a price tag and making a judgement especially when others are doing this for up to $5,000. Hope this helps.

I always think its a good idea to try to get some info on the poster (especially new)and did so when you posted on another topic mentioning getmynameout.

I do admit that that I don't see much value in "free" all the time, I beleive you get in life what you pay for.

People do have the right here to speak up about something (even the price), so thank you for explaining the difference to us between you and the competition.

If I could suggest, would be to advertise your product and offer a discount if seen here on the HSBBW. Times are tough for most folks. You did speak up negatively about wood bat tournies and how they are money makers. I don't see the difference in you apeaking up about your product, after all, the object is to turn a profit, right?

Do also understand that the owner of the site doesn't allow for free advertising, if you are looking ot increase your business please contact.

BTW, welcome to the HSBBW.

I agree with TPM regarding free or low cost services and if it “seems to good to be true” it is usually the case. That said I am not a big fan of these types of blanket approaches to recruiting. I personally believe that a player should be active and focused in his recruiting, get a good independent idea on where he fits in the hierarchy of players D1, II, III, etc and then make a list of schools that fit his athletic, academic, location, etc desires and be in contact directly with the recruiting coaches. This takes some time and effort by the player and his family, but college is such an important step that they should be taking the time to analyze and figure this stuff out.

Once you have done this then you make up a list of 30 or so schools from stretch academic and athletic down to the safe ones and send them your profile and where you will be playing to be seen. Get on a good team, go to some of the high profile events, and most importantly get to the “free” or lower cost ones that are only focused on the talent of the player. (USA Baseball, Area Code, Academic game (at Az fall classic) Aflac, etc)

Like TPM I find it curious that Utica was negative on wood bat events and their only using wood to make money and now suddenly pops up here selling be recruited .com. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

These types of services certainly have some value and there is always a chance that a coach from a school that you were not focused on sees your name so $300 is not a lot in the overall scheme of recruiting that it might be worth the investment, but I would just want to make sure a player or family thinks he is going to get enough exposure just joining one or both of these services. There are several around, check them out and use them if you feel like they can add value to your plan, but make sure you have your own “plan” that you are working it.

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Originally posted by BOF:
Like TPM I find it curious that Utica was negative on wood bat events and their only using wood to make money and now suddenly pops up here selling be recruited .com. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

He was selling getyournameout.com.

Just for the record, these recruting websites, who can actually say they had success, I mean real success which means finding the right fit and sticking with that program for 3-4 years.

Ooops, getting old....er, they all fuzz together, berecruited, getrecruited, getmynameout, blablablarecruited all the same. Not saying the are necessarily bad, just not all they hype themselves up to be.

Most here pay over $300 for a new bat each year. A weekend hotel is $300 for a tourney. And we are complaining about $300 to get your kid recruited? Unbelievable.

I don't know this guy from Adam, but let's not go overboard.

OK, allow me a little follow-up to this string I started. Its good to see the board is alive and well!

Firstly, in fairness to UticaBrewersGM, he was responding to me saying that I did not see the value of getmynameout.com, in comparison with berecruited.com. While it could translate to advertising, I did set him up to respond as he did and I don't think he was out of line.

I am in agreement with the other posters that the 'best' way to market yourself to a college coach is to know where you want to go and be sure you make contact with that coach on a regular basis, and try to find as many ways as possible to get in front of them to see you in live action.

But I have also read on this great board many stories of student athletes ending up at schools they had no idea they might want to be at. To me, that is where one of these websites might be of value. And if you want to open that path, it then becomes a challenge to pick a tool to open that door without breaking the bank. My main point was to compare getmynameout.com with berecruited.com and when I did I felt the value from berecruited far exceeded getmynameout. Its very much a personal evaluation thing; one that each one considering such sites needs to do on their own.

I don't think anyone is complaining about Utica or his service's price. The point is that there are several options when you go down the recruiting path and each one needs to be evaluated on its own merits. So to SultanofSwat who is annoyed that we are questioning a mere '$300' I say, feel free to send me some money because that IS a lot to me, just one person.

So taking the point of view of one parent with limited resources AND a targeted approach to schools, let me offer some counterpoint's to Utica:

He writes: 1.) There isn't 250,000 other athletes using the service just as a marketing tool like berecuited. The price point eliminates the person who is going to blanket email every college and not put thought into it.

I write: We need a price point to control what we do? Why not let the consumer decide what they want to do? If someone is willing to target just a few schools, why do they need a service to help them?

He writes: 4.) When you send out the profile with the evaluation, we have a section where it organizes what schools you sent the profile to and if that school looked at the profile with the date and time they did. That is one of our biggest difference makers.

I write: berecruited does the same thing!

I am not affiliated with berecruited or any other service; just a parent looking not to spend more than is reasonable to give my son a shot at playing ball in college.

He writes: I'm sure if you came to one of our events you would be impressed with the amount of knowledge and exposure your son would gain when the entire product comes together. Next time I would look into the entire organization and process before just looking at a price tag and making a judgement especially when others are doing this for up to $5,000.

I write: Big mistake to to tell me when I should comment on this board. If I think I can get what I need for $60 unlimited versus your $300 annual site fee and your $200 profile building fee, in addition to your 'personal evaluation' camp fees, why would I even consider your reference to others offering it at $5,000?

So don't belittle the thought process of many parents by suggesting my post was about a price tag, ok?

And thanks to the other posters for their comments on the college evaluation process. Bottom line I agree with TPM that the best approach is direct contact with the schools you know you are interested in!

Don't worry about, you have a right to be disappointed, there are plenty here that spend their money doing lots of things, but don't post always about it.

300 is a lot of money, no matter how you look at it, whether it be for a bat, or a glove.

I agree with the person affiliated with getmynameout.com. It is best to pay the big dollars and get a more personal touch and not the "spammer-vvhore" which you will see in a lot of places. I've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on doing it the right way. That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier). I spent $2000.00 on a camp down in Florida and I don't regret it at all, it was well worth the cash.

When searching the site for recommendations, it helps to check the dates. Things can change over time. I used getyournameout.com three years ago and was pretty satisfied with what was included and how I was treated in getting the page set up. Of course, I remember spending about $100, maybe $125, at the time, so it was more reasonable then.

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Originally posted by RedSoxFan21:
Firstly, in fairness to UticaBrewersGM, he was responding to me saying that I did not see the value of getmynameout.com, in comparison with berecruited.com. While it could translate to advertising, I did set him up to respond as he did and I don't think he was out of line.
personal evaluation thing; one that each one considering such sites needs to do on their own.

I thought you asked a fair question. I thought you got a fair reply. I didn't see it as a sales pitch. Hey, nobody else answered for three days, and look who it was that replied first.

I can't predict how successful one service vs. another will be for you, but I do think an evaluation from a reputable person(s) can do more to stimulate interest from a coach, who has never seen that player in person, than merely a webpage with some videos and a list of accomplishments.

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Originally posted by switchitter:
I agree with the person affiliated with getmynameout.com. It is best to pay the big dollars and get a more personal touch and not the "spammer-vvhore" which you will see in a lot of places. I've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on doing it the right way. That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier). I spent $2000.00 on a camp down in Florida and I don't regret it at all, it was well worth the cash.

I was wondering where your son signed?

Utica threw out getmynameout on another post, sometimes it takes another post to put it all together. It was a definite plug for the company, and yes he has a right to defend it.

Red Sox,
I don't think I belittled you at all. That was not close to my intention. My intention was to clear things up. You have never been to one of our events and you have never been inside or service. I had admin look and they saw you signed up as a "free member". You did not have a chance to get inside the product to make a clear judgement or go to an event to make a clear judgement. With that being said the only thing you have to be disappointed with is the price.

The bottom line is if you come to a getmynameout event, your going to get an evaluation from either Joe Arnold or Ed Durkin. Both have been at the hghest level of the game for many years and are both very well respected in scouting community. For example, Ed signed Gary Sheffield, Mark Reynolds, Barndon Webb, Justin Upton and currently has over 100 big leaguers playing right now. Joe is a member of 5 different halls of fame, was a minor league manager, East Coast Scouting Supervisor and won 5 world series with the Yankees, head coach at the University of Florida and much more. I posted 2 articles earlier on them.

The point is there is a major difference in getting a scouting report from a high school coach(no offense to anyone) and a scouting report at a getmynameout event being Joe or Ed are evaluating.

That gives a credibility factor to the player allowing the player to upload it to his profile from the event.

Once again, I hope this helps.

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Originally posted by switchitter:
I agree with the person affiliated with getmynameout.com. It is best to pay the big dollars and get a more personal touch and not the "spammer-vvhore" which you will see in a lot of places. I've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on doing it the right way. That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier). I spent $2000.00 on a camp down in Florida and I don't regret it at all, it was well worth the cash.

The above post is actually a sad commentary about what some feel getting recruited to play college baseball is becoming. Fortunately, money can't buy talent, although it can help get it seen.

Getting seen and exposure can be done yourself it just takes effort. Lots of proven information on this site to tell you how to do it.

Spending the disposable income talked about above is great if you have it. For many of us, that is just not the case.

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Originally posted by UticaBrewersGM:
I had admin look and they saw you signed up as a "free member". You did not have a chance to get inside the product to make a clear judgement or go to an event to make a clear judgement. With that being said the only thing you have to be disappointed with is the price.

Thanks Utica, as I said before, I think you were right to respond to the posting and I respect your comments.

Not sure your reference to us on your system is right as we did not go through the process of setting up a profile because of the cost of taking it to the right level. But your point is still the same, we did not take it to the level of service you are saying is at the root of your offering.

You make my point though: I started this off by saying that $300 blocked me from exploring the service as much as I did with the other service. Perhaps if the service opened up more of the site to recruiting database options, you might entice more people to give your top level services a try.

$60 was a much less steep 'entry fee' to pay and try a service than would be $300. Your service offers a professional assessment which no doubt is worth the money but if one were looking for a web / college recruiting link as we were then my only point in the original post was that for me personally this price difference was too great.

Please consider it consumer feedback, which in most cases is probably worth what you paid for it!

There are at least two posters on this site who are fans. I wish you continued success with your enterprise and the niche I'm sure it so well serves.

Firstly, it is very refreshing to see two people on this site handle confrontation with maturity and respect for one another. Often times it becomes and egotistical tug of war that serves no purpose for anyone involved. I respect both RedSoxFan21 and UticaBrewersGM for stating their grounds for opinion, providing examples to support their opinion, and understanding where each side is coming from.



Not to hijack the thread, but switchitter- Are you joking?

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Originally posted by birdman14:

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Originally posted by switchitter:
I agree with the person affiliated with getmynameout.com. It is best to pay the big dollars and get a more personal touch and not the "spammer-vvhore" which you will see in a lot of places. I've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on doing it the right way. That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier). I spent $2000.00 on a camp down in Florida and I don't regret it at all, it was well worth the cash.

The above post is actually a sad commentary about what some feel getting recruited to play college baseball is becoming. Fortunately, money can't buy talent, although it can help get it seen.

Getting seen and exposure can be done yourself it just takes effort. Lots of proven information on this site to tell you how to do it.

Spending the disposable income talked about above is great if you have it. For many of us, that is just not the case.

Am I the only one here that thought switchhitter had his tongue firmly in cheek with his response?

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Originally posted by EastsideRHP12:

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Originally posted by birdman14:

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Originally posted by switchitter:
I agree with the person affiliated with getmynameout.com. It is best to pay the big dollars and get a more personal touch and not the "spammer-vvhore" which you will see in a lot of places. I've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on doing it the right way. That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier). I spent $2000.00 on a camp down in Florida and I don't regret it at all, it was well worth the cash.

The above post is actually a sad commentary about what some feel getting recruited to play college baseball is becoming. Fortunately, money can't buy talent, although it can help get it seen.

Getting seen and exposure can be done yourself it just takes effort. Lots of proven information on this site to tell you how to do it.

Spending the disposable income talked about above is great if you have it. For many of us, that is just not the case.

Am I the only one here that thought switchhitter had his tongue firmly in cheek with his response?

Usually when someone is being sarcastic, there is some hint of it, which I somehow didn't pick up on. If I missed the sarcasm in switchhitter's statement, I apologize. In this time of economic difficulties, his statement just seemed so inappropriate, that I may have reacted without seeing the "true" meaning.

JH - I'm with you.

Switchhitter.....are you actually serious in your post? Like JH, my first thought was this post is a goof.

"That is, I only let my kids go to evaluation camps if they are morbidly expensive because I know that big league knowledge will be there, the best colleges around, the best DII's or DIII's even (DIII's want to know you have lots of cash and it makes their job easier)."

Please say you're kidding here.

Evaluations from reliable sources can help make a difference as a cross check. I am certain that there are no college programs that will recruit a player sight unseen. You must get in front of college coaches to be/get recruited.

Videos can be very misleading when creatively edited. Jmho

I asked, with his attitude, sarcastic or not, where his son signed (if).

We had a good experience with getmynameout. The website is easy to navigate and looks sharp. The events are quality for the price. I can't complain at all and we will be going back to 1 or 2 events this summer depending on juniors summer schedule.