Question

How would I be able to write it so that if the span says Newbie then its one color and if the span says Club Staff then it has another color?

<span class="usertitle">Newbie</span>
<span class="usertitle">Club Staff</span>​

Answer 1

js case sensitive:

$('span.usertitle:contains('Newbie')').addClass('newbieColor');
$('span.usertitle:contains('Club Staff')').addClass('clubStaffColor');

Demo

js case insensitive:

$('span.usertitle').html(function() {
    var text = $(this).text().toLowerCase();
    if(text === 'newbie') {
        $(this).addClass('newbieColor');
    } else if(text === 'club staff') {
        $(this).addClass('clubStaffColor');
    }
});

Demo

css:

.newbieColor {
    color: yellow;
}

.clubStaffColor {
    color: red
}