Whether you run a regular music night, pub quiz, workshop, class or another kind of event, the gut-wrenching feeling of not selling enough tickets is universal. The fact is, sometimes recurring events just slip off people’s radar, which (while frustrating) is something most event planners will have to contend with at one point or another. 

A million factors can contribute to sluggish sales, from the economic climate through to the actual climate ☔… and pretty much everything else in-between. So this definitely isn’t anything to beat yourself up about.

Sometimes the marketing efforts that usually see your tickets selling like hotcakes simply fail to hit the mark. And that’s ok! It just means it’s time to shake things up a bit, and employ some last-minute promo tactics to get the ticket sales a-rolling in.

Let’s go👇.

When you’ve poured your heart and soul into creating a stellar event, it’s only right that you do it justice with a carefully devised promotion strategy.

In this article, we cover everything you need to know about creating an impactful event marketing plan.

Anyone with an internet connection can get the PR wheels turning for their event without spending a penny. The key is to utilise the resources at your fingertips wisely, instead of blindly posting on social media in the hope that it’ll attract attendees to your event. The fact is, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are awash with people trying to get heard – so it’s important to have at least a few tricks up your sleeve when it comes to rising above the white noise.

In this article, we look at seven effective ways to market your event for free.

Promoting an event on Facebook – with it’s 1.62 billion daily users – seems like a no brainer. And it is; despite falling in popularity among teenagers in more recent years, the platform is still the most dominant social media brand and is constantly evolving its advertising and promotional offering.

But it’s not as simple as just creating an event page and expecting the tickets to sell out all by themselves. To promote an event successfully on Facebook, a small amount of strategic thinking and attention-to-detail can make a huge difference. In this article, we look at some of the key ways to get your event noticed on Facebook, and to promote your brand in order to increase those all-important registrations.