Comments on: How to Promote a Local Event

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:21:55 +0000

This is a nice list, and I'd agree with some of the comments. If you're using Facebook or Twitter really stick to it. Build up an audience base. Twitter is great, because it's easy to use and easier to keep up with. Make sure you research and use hashtags! If businesses are looking to promote online, another site they might use is eventsnearhere.com. You can post free event ads there, and each ad gets a QR code that you could print out on flyers etc.

By: Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:19:06 +0000

Shameless plug here, but we’ve got a new and growing events search engine at http://www.playster.org

You can submit events directly into the index which link back to your site or blog.

We’re designed to help people gain exposure and traffic for events.

By: Ashley K. Edwards

Ashley K. Edwards — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:12:13 +0000

@Andrew Warner Eventbrite is an awesomely useful tool! The company I work for hosts various events throughout the year, and we use Eventbrite for all of them. Great features and capabilities!

By: Dustin Nielson

Dustin Nielson — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:51:07 +0000

If your looking for a cheap way to promote or sell tickets online you should checkout the Facebook application Viral Events. http://www.viralevents.net. Viral Events does NOT charge a per ticket transaction fee for selling tickets like most companies and offers some nice tools for promoting your event from within Facebook.

By: Havana

Havana — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:10:48 +0000

Wow, these are great tips! I recently had some success with an event but I didn’t look at outside resources for advice on promoting it. I posted a blog about ten things I learned about promoting events on my blog: http://havananguyen.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/10-ways-to-promote-an-event/

I’ll try out the partnership thing next time! Thanks!

By: How to Promote a Local Event « Society of Women Engineers Region i

How to Promote a Local Event « Society of Women Engineers Region i — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:47:40 +0000

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By: Andrew Warner

Andrew Warner — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:32:22 +0000

I also like using eventbrite.com for my invitations. It helps guests add themselves to my mailing list and get future invitaitons.

By: DavidMoyle

DavidMoyle — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:48:32 +0000

This is very well written and quite comprehensive.
The only thing I would add is, when you go hang out where your target market is, bring something to give them if it is within the budget.

Whether an inexpensive postcard, or a cool promotional item related to the event itself, give them a reason to remember your event.

By: JD Rucker

JD Rucker — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:02:48 +0000

An easy way to get volunteers is with T-Shirts. You would be amazed how people will step up and offer their time if they have something to prove that they did it. One event that I helped with for the March of Dimes used nice, inexpensive T-Shirts as “payment” to volunteers. It was their biggest turnout, both in volunteers and participants. The T-Shirts said something to the effect of “March of Dimes Volunteer – Paid with Love”