Friday, October 26th, 2012

Collect Valuable Customer Data with Survey Questions

Selling tickets presents a great opportunity for you to gather information and feedback from your customers. With ShowClix, you have the ability to ask your ticket buyers optional (or mandatory!) questions. (more…)

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

Why Online Ticketing for Nonprofit Fundraising Events?

Contributed by Katie Vojtko, Marketing Specialist at TowerCare Technologies

If you’re like most nonprofits, regular fundraising events are essential for your organization’s outreach, fundraising, awareness and constituent engagement; however, they aren’t always the easiest to plan and track. There are a lot of pieces that must come together to make it a success: communication to guests, volunteers, and staff; coordination with vendors; marketing, outreach, and promotions; and getting press coverage to your event. With everything on your to-do list, we don’t think your ticketing and reporting should cause you any more stress. (more…)

Monday, October 1st, 2012

Selling Tickets Online for Fitness Events

This summer, WHIRL Magazine hosted an all-day Yoga Fest + Healthy Lifestyle Expo at Point State Park in downtown Pittsburgh with over 1,200 people in attendance! Celebrating the recent interest and expansion of yoga studios available in Pittsburgh, WHIRL wanted to showcase some of the amazing instructors, unique classes and the overall yoga lifestyle that the city is adopting. (more…)

Friday, September 14th, 2012

A Crash Course in Nonprofit Online Ticketing

Contributed by Katie Vojtko, Marketing Specialist at TowerCare Technologies

Within just two weeks, I had three unique experiences with online ticketing for nonprofits:

1. I obtained tickets online for an in-demand annual nonprofit fundraising event.
2. Along with hundreds of others, I attended the event (which perfectly handled the ticket scanning process).
3. I set up my first ShowClix account and began accepting online payments for my own nonprofit endeavor. (more…)

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Our Creative Department Designed New Default Event Page Templates

Want to add a stylish template to your latest event page? Are you running out of time and need to put tickets on sale as soon as possible?

No problem, we’ve got you covered! (more…)

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012

How Mobile Ticketing Helps Nonprofit Events

Contributed by Katie Vojtko, Marketing Specialist at TowerCare Technologies 

Mobile. It’s everywhere you look, and the technology is changing the way we communicate, share, discover and learn. As smartphone and tablet sales now exceed sales of traditional computers and laptops, it’s time to consider how your nonprofit can get in on the action. (more…)

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

Five Things to Remember for Your Fourth of July Event

It’s almost time for America’s 237th birthday! If you are hosting an event for Fourth of July, we’ve got a couple things you should remember before you start up the festivities:

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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

How Online Ticketing Makes Events Easier

If you’re planning your next event, have you considered online ticketing? Why do you need it when you can sell tickets on your own through Paypal or at the door, right? (more…)

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

How to Help Your Fans Find Your Event: “Buy Tickets” Buttons

We’ve already covered how social media event promotion can sell more tickets, as well as advantages of a web-based box office, but of course, you can’t sell tickets if folks don’t know where to buy them!

With our promotional tools, you can easily direct ticket buyers to your event page with a pre-made button on your website. All it takes is a simple copy and paste of some short HTML code into your site. (more…)