Every food tour has the goal of increased bookings, but exactly how that is goal achieved is open to debate. Success stories do have one thing in common – a prominent ranking on popular review websites. This post looks at examples of how food tours increase bookings with well earned reviews, plus a little known secret…
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Last week, line-up for Lollapalooza 2013 was made known. And along with music festival’s line-up comes a candid admission about crowd safety stemming from Lollapalooza 2012. The weather related safety lesson from last year’s event is applicable to any outdoor event no matter the crowd size. A Crowd Safety Lesson Music critic Greg Kot has…
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Eight decades of success continued this past weekend as the 86th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays were held at the University of Texas in Austin. In addition to being one of the most popular track & field events in the country, the Relays serve as a reference standard for how to sell tickets to outdoor…
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Just how many additional tickets can you sell when you make use of ThunderTix custom emails? If the data from marketing authorities Hubspot and Razorfish are any indication – a lot! 71% More Likely When marketing authority Hubspot publishes an infographic about sales data, business owners pay attention. As it relates to tickets sales, check out…
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Touted as the future, so-called virtual music festivals are becoming more and more popular. The online gatherings are heavily dependent on the very latest technology, yet the core concept has its roots in the established guided audio tour. This post looks at virtual music festivals as well as the potential for additional ticket sales at your festival. Are Virtual…
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Possibly inspired by a popular dog shaming web site, a restaurant has started publicly disparaging no-show diners on social media. While humorous to some, it is most definitely not the solution for restaurant reservation no-shows. The solution is selling pre-paid tickets in advance. Shame on whom? Red Medicine, a restaurant in Beverly Hills California, was the center…
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Author Mark Twain once said “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Meaning that competitiveness is not a matter of physical size, but rather a mental attitude. That expression holds true for any small venue and especially so for small live music venues. In this post are…
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This ThunderTix “how-to” post shows parents how to sell youth league baseball tickets just like the big nonprofit organizations. It’s easier than you think! The easiest sale of all The 2013 season of youth league baseball (also known as “little league”) is underway and parents across the country are doing everything they can to help fund raise for their…
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YouTube has just announced that they have one billion people visiting the website every month. This major milestone shows the potential for offering (and monetizing) live event streaming video from your venue. This post looks at just how easy and inexpensive broadcasting your event really is, no matter what type of event you may have.
Many venue owners are asking “Will The Sequester Affect My Ticket Sales?” It depends on the type of event you have, but the ultimate answer will come from consumer sentiment. This post looks at how the sequester is impacting venues and events and suggests a way to offset any negative effects the sequester may have. Sequester 2013…
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