To contact us with any questions, comments or concerns, send us an email at: info@8to18.com.
1801 S Meyers
Suite 300
Oakbrook Terrace 60181, IL
Phone: (630) 324 8501
Fax: (630) 324 8510
Welcome to 8to18, Inc | Scheduling & Beyond
Infolinks 2015
What We Do
The launch of Athletics2000 in 1998 started with content provided by local school athletic administrators, and has grown to a place of up to date information integrating student athletes lives and activities into the community. Expansion of services and users has led to growth in a multitude of areas. 8to18, Inc. is quickly becoming the number one provider of sport and activity information from local organizations. Individual sites give administrators a quick and simple toolbox to keep our audience in touch with breaking developments in individual programs. 8to18, Inc. is more than local targeted news. Each month our content reaches millions of fans through on and offline channels. The website continues to be the center of all that 8to18, Inc. does, and we are excited to bring continued growth and new applications.
8to18, Inc. now averages 2 million page views and roughly 250K unique visitors per month. 8to18, Inc.’s digital strategy has resulted in an engaged and dedicated fan base of students, parents, coaches, and communities. The individual pages have constant content updates, socializing media that was once entirely offline. Users can easily share information – from game highlights to directions, from registration to celebration – each detail is just a click away. Our fans take an active role in the production of the content – literally, as producers of data, and also as the subject of the stats. 8to18 Media, Inc. is the conduit to break any brand into a community spotlight.
We partner with brands that want to reach single communities and entire networks. New and unique advertising and sponsorship opportunities allow brands to align themselves with the people who support their world.
Athletics2000.com
Website Integration
The Athletics2000 platform easily integrates as an extension of a schools website – and it’s free to use. The platform is the preferred solution by the NIAAA – placing A2K as best in class.
Registration
Turning the corner on a source of news and information, we’ve added registration to our product suite. Now, student forms and waivers are located in one convenient place for administrators and parents alike.
A.D. Assistant
Allows schools to tap into the Internet and utilize one of the greatest communication tools ever developed. A school’s web presence allows them to be open 24 hours a day while publishing up to date official information about athletic Programs. A school can greatly reduce phone calls and report requests by posting:
-Daily event results and athletic signings
-Driving Directions
-Rain out and event change information
-Rosters & team pictures
-Camps and meeting information and more…
-All this delivered directly to your website for athletes, coaches, parents, administrators and fans!
Control Panel
Athletics2000′s ControlPanel allows schools to independently manage their website from anywhere via the web. Control panel allows users to easily make changes to athletic web pages without knowledge of HTML programming. You can add announcements, photos, links and directions to increase the effectiveness of your athletic web pages.
LeagueKeeper
Athletics2000′s conference scheduling solution is a 100% web based application, which easily allows conference administrators to distribute the scheduling responsibilities to LeagueKeeper (resource athletic director or individual sport coaches). LeagueKeeper effectively utilizes the power of the Internet to manage and disseminate information to the public such as:
-Conference Schedules
-Team Scores and Standings
-Sport and conference Guidelines
-Championship information
-Awards
Online-Offline Integration
Our company mission is to support our schools’ programs in critical ways through integrated service offerings – and many times, it comes down to raising revenue and school spirit in the easiest, timeliest ways possible.
8to18 program goals: Save precious time and energy, raise awareness and school spirit, raise funds
Spirit Wear
Team kits and other sport-specific apparel, school apparel, special events apparel, staff apparel
- High tech, easy-to-use online stores for teams, groups, or schools (no more handling order forms, cash, and hard checks)
- Superior, customized (and free!) designs by an elite design team
- Parents, students, and fans order/pay and even customize with numbers or names directly online
- Earn funds and/or apparel through sales
- Automatic reporting
- Minimal or no excess inventory – eliminate grunt work of folding, packaging, taking inventory, taking orders, handling sizing, handling returns
- Store promotion through 8to18 marketing channels
- Turn-key program: we handle all customer service and setup legwork
Local Value Cards
Card sales fundraiser for nonprofit organizations, school teams, and school groups.
- Best profit potental (Up to 90%!)
- Premium LOCAL merchant deals
- Great design, complete with multiple use deals and 1-3 single use key-tag offers
- Excellent incentive program to maximize sales
- Integration-friendly with 8to18 spirit wear (optional) and websites to maximize customer base and profit
- Turn-key program: we do all the legwork on the merchant procurement, card design and creation, and delivery
8to18 Cashback
Way to raise funds year-round, simply by taking two minutes to register and by you and your contacts shopping online. 1000s of large participating online merchants pay you and your contacts a percentage back to your organization from each purchase you make. There is literally no downside – free money for your program.
(Sampling of merchants: Amazon, Best Buy, Expedia, Macy’s, Home Depot, Under Armour, Footlocker, Staples)
- Maximize participation through 8to18 promotion on the school website, parent dashboard, local value cards, email alerts
- Easy registration – takes only minutes to set up
- Collect $ year-round
- Easily send to family, friends, and supporters – once someone signs up, you don’t need to do anything but shop and money goes to the organization
Advertising & Sponsorship
8to18 Media, Inc.’s unique content attracts a local, engaged and loyal readership. Users are the communities that spend time and energy supporting the brands that support their daily lives. Our Audience instantly and purposefully engaged with content, allowing adjacency and alignment to become focused and targeted at an unparalleled level.
Campaigns are targeted at all levels of the network – from school specific to network wide.
IAB Standard Sizes
Top Leaderboard: 728×90
Small display ad: 125×125
Large rectangle: 300×250
Connect Your Brand
8to18, Inc. proves to be the partner that can bring your brand into the communities that support your goals. Campaign engagement occurs online and offline when utilizing our full toolbox!
Corporate Sponsorship
Connect with tens of thousands of influential, educated users each week
Athletic2000’s Corporate Sponsorship team will work with you to design a custom-tailored program to help your organization reach its financial, marketing and philanthropic goals in our unique, community-driven environment. Contact us and find out how easy it is to join other distinguished businesses and non-profit organizations that are already part of the Athletics2000 community.
Sponsorship vehicles can include:
• Digital advertising and sponsorship including ads, splash pages and online pre-rolls
• Electronic newsletters, delivered into the mailboxes of highly engaged, devoted fans of their respective community athletes and activities
• Offline place-based sponsorship space in and around events at our schools and programs
Sponsorship provides:
• Direct access to a difficult-to-reach, concentrated and affluent audience that includes consumers as well as many business decision-makers
• Important name recognition for your brand message among professionals and business leaders likely to be interested in your products and services
• Appreciation from your customers and peers who will recognize your commitment to the community and your support of their schools and children
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From our friends at the IAB: Content Marketing: Who’s The Boss?
Leading publishers and technology providers discuss innovative, collaborative content sharing efforts
While it is the year of data, mobile, and the snake, 2013 also continues to revitalize the age-old trend of content marketing and syndication. It seems these ideas are so old they’re new again.
John Deere has been doing it since 1895 with “The Furrow,” so what is making content marketing so attractive now to the modern marketer? While there is no clear cut definition of content marketing, I would put forth that it is content created by a brand, that even if the branding were removed, that the content would still be valuable and engaging to a reader. If done well, it creates positive brand connotation. And if we work with that definition, it makes sense that the modern marketer (much like the modern publisher) wants to get the attention of content-ravenous consumers, most of whom have one or more devices attached to them at any given moment with which to consume.
Last week, the IAB held a Content Marketing Town Hall to foster a discussion around both the concerns and opportunities publishers have in the content marketing and syndication space. The IAB AdLab was packed to the brim. Publishers came with some fears about brands honing in on the content business. To open the day, Andrew Susman, President & CEO of StudioOne and ICSC Board Chairman, reminded us with calming voice that,“Currently the industry sees branded content as a type of media buy, but actually it’s a type of content. If you bring audience to branded content – you get content marketing.”
Joe Pulizzi, Founder of the Content Marketing Institute, delivered the opening keynote of the day, outlining the opportunity for publishers and brands to work together to deliver relevant content to consumers, whether branded or editorial, because, as Jonathan Perelman, VP Agency Strategy and Industry Development at BuzzFeed later noted, “Great content finds its audience.” So it seems that the name of the game is getting engaging content in a place where your readers will consume it, whether you’re a publisher embracing branded content on your site, or you’re looking to syndicate out your editorial content to brands.
One concern did resound in the room around advertorial content. Should there be guidelines that clearly denote advertorial content? Do ethical standards need to be set for branded content and along with it, best practices on transparency and disclosure? Do we need to create sponsored content labeling conventions? And especially as automated platforms serve up content, how can we ensure that we’re seamlessly integrating advertorial content but not duping readers? The need to ensure will undoubtedly be an ongoing conversation within the IAB, among our membership, and in the industry as a whole.
Download Content Marketing Insights from IAB’s January 2013 Town Hall
The IAB Content Marketing Town Hall was held on January 24, 2013. Moderated by Susan Borst, Director, Industry Initiatives, IAB, the following industry leaders presented at this IAB member-exclusive event:
Amy Hyde, Product Strategy & Business Development R&D Ventures, New York Times Company
Andrew Susman, President and CEO, StudioOne; Board Chairman, ICSC
Asli Hamamci, Director, Digital, Mindshare
Bill Powers, EVP – Corporate Development, Swoop
Brett Curtis, Global Business Director, Thomson Reuters
Greg Cypes, Director of Product, AddThis
Hal Muchnick, President, Kontera
Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute
John LoGioco, SVP & GM, Outbrain
Jonathan Perelman, VP Agency Strategy & Industry Development, Buzzfeed
Ken Zinn, DVP of Marketing – Online Business Unit, Sears Holding
Mark Howard, SVP – Digital Advertising Strategy, Forbes Media
Michael Goefron, Director of Operations, Unruly Media
Peter Minnium, Head of Digital Brand Initiatives, IAB
Shafqat Islam, Co-Founder & CEO, Newscred
Skip Brand, CEO, Martini Media
Tim Clark, Corporate Blogs Editor-in-Chief & Social Media Strategist, SAP
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Privacy Policy
8to18.com Privacy Policy
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.
When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, fill out a form or enter information on our site.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize user’s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
How do we protect visitor information?
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Keep track of advertisements.
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It won’t affect the users experience that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders .
Third Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
• Remarketing with Google AdSense
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting
• DoubleClick Platform Integration
We along with third-party vendors, such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’, and can be easily be found on the page specified above.
Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes:
• On our Privacy Policy Page
Users are able to change their personal information:
• By emailing us
How does our site handle do not track signals?
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under 13.
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify the users via email
• Within 7 business days
We will notify the users via in site notification
• Within 7 business days
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
• Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders
• We may also send you additional information related to your product and/or service.
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred
To be in accordance with CANSPAM we agree to the following:
• NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
• Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at
support@8to18.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
8to18.com
1801 S. Meyers Rd, Suite 300
Oakbrook Terrace
Illinois
60181
United States
Last Edited on 2015-03-31
Terms and Conditions
Terms of Service (“Terms”)
Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”, “Terms of Service”) carefully before using the www.8to18.com website and the 8to18 mobile application (together, or individually, the “Service”) operated by 8to18 Media, Inc (“us”, “we”, or “our”).
Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access or use the Service.
By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you do not have permission to access the Service.
Accounts
When you create an account with us, you guarantee that you are above the age of 18, and that the information you provide us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Service.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than you, without appropriate authorization. You may not use as a username any name that is offensive, vulgar or obscene.
We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Copyright Policy
We respect the intellectual property rights of others. It is our policy to respond to any claim that Content posted on the Service infringes on the copyright or other intellectual property rights (“Infringement”) of any person or entity.
If you are a copyright owner, or authorized on behalf of one, and you believe that the copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please submit your claim via email to support@8to18.com, with the subject line: “Copyright Infringement” and include in your claim a detailed description of the alleged Infringement as detailed below, under “DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims”
You may be held accountable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) for misrepresentation or bad-faith claims on the infringement of any Content found on and/or through the Service on your copyright.
DMCA Notice and Procedure for Copyright Infringement Claims
You may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C 512(c)(3) for further detail):
- an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright’s interest;
- a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, including the URL (i.e., web page address) of the location where the copyrighted work exists or a copy of the copyrighted work;
- identification of the URL or other specific location on the Service where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
- your address, telephone number, and email address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
You can contact our Copyright Agent via email at support@8to18.com
Intellectual Property
The Service and its original content, features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of 8to18 Media, Inc and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of 8to18 Media, Inc.
Links To Other Web Sites
Our Service may contain links to third party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by 8to18 Media, Inc.
8to18 Media, Inc has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites.
You acknowledge and agree that 8to18 Media, Inc shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third party web sites or services.
We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third party web sites or services that you visit.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless 8to18 Media, Inc and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, by you or any person using your account and password, or b) a breach of these Terms.
Limitation Of Liability
In no event shall 8to18 Media, Inc, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Disclaimer
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.
8to18 Media, Inc its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.
Exclusions
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.
Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.
Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will provide at least 30 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use our Service after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use the Service.
Contact Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
8to18.com
1801 S. Meyers Rd, Suite 300
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois 60181
United States
Last Edited on 2015-03-31
