How to Avoid Eventbrite Fees Most event management and ticketing platforms are not transparent about all the ticketing fees that they charge an event organizer to use their event management platform to sell tickets. Eventbrite pricing is no exception; they downplay their two types of fees: 1) service fee, and the 2) payment processing fee. Eventbrite hypes how an event planner can sell tickets, which you could do with any other platform, but with Eventbrite you'll pay higher fees than if you … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Eventbrite Fees
How To Write The Perfect Virtual Event Description
Writing The Perfect Virtual Event Description As a global pandemic swept our globe, some industries were quicker to adapt than others. Event planners, fortunately, had a myriad of tools at their fingertips which could be leveraged to take the world of events into a digital forum, and successful events were being hosted remotely, allowing people to tune in from all over the world. In a year of upheaval, event planners have been leveraging technology to provide dynamic and diverse events … [Read more...]
Event Planning: Step by Step Guide & Checklist
Organizing an event is one of the most effective ways of gaining new customers, increasing brand awareness and gaining invaluable feedback on your business. In fact, 84% of event attendees say that after an event, they have a more positive opinion about the company, brand, product or service that the event was promoting. The main priority of your event should always be customer satisfaction - this is a great way to establish new partnerships and loyal customers, so why waste that … [Read more...]
5 Tips For Becoming An Successful Virtual Event Planner
Virtual events are increasingly replacing physical events due to global restrictions, but also because of certain advantages. By virtualizing events, organizations can grow their reach and do more with smaller budgets. Yet organizing a virtual event is a tricky process, one that relies heavily on data, promotion and technological tools. Here are five tips for organizing a great event, and becoming an effective virtual planner with one foot in the future. 1) Explore All The Virtual Meeting … [Read more...]
Great Christmas Events to Organize for Your Church This Season
Engaging with your church congregation and community around the holidays is extremely important. Many people may be visiting, some might be looking to get more connected, or others might not have the resources or outside family support that everyone else has. This creates ample opportunities for your church to step in and meet people where they are and help them with what they need (food, shelter, emotional and spiritual support, etc.). Today, we want to look at six great Christmas event … [Read more...]
How to Host a Virtual Conference
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown situation, more and more companies are turning to hosting virtual conferences online as a means of bringing communities together. Aside from the obvious benefit of saving resources and reaching out to a wider audience, hosting a virtual conference gives you an opportunity to create a library of video content that you can repurpose to generate qualified leads for your business. In this article, we’ll explain step-by-step how to host a virtual … [Read more...]
How To Use Social Media To Market Your Event
Social media provides you with a great platform to reach your target audience and generate interest in your events. It doesn’t require any expert knowledge or skills, just a little bit of time and attention. Part of the time to do this requires some effort thinking about a specific strategy to reach your audience and inspire them to socially share your posts and create a hype around your events. The end goal of course should be selling tickets to your events and creating an urgency to take … [Read more...]
How A Museum uses Event Smart for Event Registrations
Are you searching for an event registration system for your nonprofit organization? In this success story we highlight how a museum, the Historic Indian Agency House, uses Event Smart for their museum event registrations throughout the year for a variety of different types of events. Meet the Historic Indian Agency House The Historic Indian Agency House is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate the public about the cultural and historical context surrounding John H. Kinzie's … [Read more...]
Tips for Creating Engaging Virtual Events
Creating engaging virtual events is a great way to bring in-person events online while being able to deliver value to attendees and growing your business. You’re able to save on event costs and get around operational restrictions (such as COVID-19) which makes virtual events all the more appealing for companies looking for ways to go digital. Organizing an event for remote participants obviously has its challenges but, with the right event management tool, you can create engaging virtual … [Read more...]
Great Events Don’t Just Happen! They Are Carefully Planned.
Learn Everything You Need to Know About Event Planning Here! Organizing a successful event requires proper event planning. Whether it’s a conference, concert, award ceremony, fundraiser, or fashion show, you need to take all of the necessary steps to plan your event. ______________________________ To set up your event for success we'll walk you step-by-step through the process of event planning and share some actionable tips and checklists along the way. We’ll also explain how you can use … [Read more...]