Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

ShowClix Launches Twitter Cards for Social Event Promotion

We’ve all seen those little image and video previews that appear in certain tweets — well, now those previews appear for links to ShowClix events as well! (more…)

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012

Nonprofits: Use Social Media to Drive Donations and Online Ticket Sales

This month, the inbound marketing gurus at Hubspot posted an article discussing how nonprofits use social to drive donations.  (more…)

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…)

Monday, March 19th, 2012

4 Steps to Create a Top-Selling Event Page

If you’ve already set up your event, it’s time to dig into the ShowClix admin and create an event page that gets your ticket buyers pumped for the day of the show.

Our creative team has put together some attractive default templates, but you also have the option to customize your own colors for your ticketing page. You can even add tiled background textures or custom header images of your flyer or logo. After you set up your template, you’ll be able to direct ticket buyers to a place to buy tickets that looks and feels like your own website.

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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

6 Ways to Promote Your Events on Social Media

Now that people spend over one quarter of their online time on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter, these sites have become the best way to promote your events. By diving into these networks, you’ll be visible on the sites that people visit the most.

Once you have your event page ready, you can easily share it on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites that encourage users to share it with their friends and followers.

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Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Facebook Implements Less Awkward Event RSVPs

Whether it’s a birthday blowout 400 miles away or “The Solid Dudes’ Last Show EVER!” we’ve all had to click “Not Attending” on a Facebook event.

Maybe a wedding RSVP would add “regretfully,” but it’s still polite enough, right? (more…)

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Should Event Promoters and Venues +1 Google+?

Are you on Google+? Should you be?

According to data from SEO platform BrightEdge, 61% of top brands have already created Google+ Pages within the first week of the feature’s launch. Meanwhile, geek hub TechCrunch has speculated that Google+ Pages may be able to “one-up” Facebook’s Pages (formerly titled “Facebook Fan Pages” for a hot minute.) (more…)