Blog Posts

live event video

Why you should provide a live video stream of your event

For the past several years, Internet video giant YouTube has refined its live video broadcasts from an occasional experiment viewed by a few thousand, to the current global audience of billions. YouTube’s big budget live events can be scaled down for use at your venue at a minimal cost and effort. Why do we blog…
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mauch chunk opera house

Spotlight - The Mauch Chunk Opera House

The Mauch Chunk Opera House has maintained its heritage during the 130 year journey from the 19th to the 21st century. ThunderTix is proud to be the ticketing software of choice for Mauch Chunk Opera House and we love the way such a historic venue uses ultra modern tools for event promotion, fan appreciation and…
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ticket packages

Why you should offer experience enhancing ticket packages

Why do we blog this? New AEG/LivingSocial bundled ticket packages are recognition of the high value ticket buyers assign to their event experience. Your ThunderTix account contains everything you need to create the same experience enhancing packages.

Facebook Timeline - Crouching Tiger, Hidden App

Did Facebook Timeline break your ability to sell tickets? The launch of Facebook’s new Timeline has been a great success, with the vast majority of people enabling it as soon as it was available. If you have enabled Timeline on your Facebook Page and have our Facebook app installed it may be a good idea…
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Percent Off Coupons

April 20-May 16 System Updates New Percent Off Coupons We are excited to roll out often requested percentage based coupons! Now coupons can offer a flat percentage off the order subtotal. This will prevent large face value coupons from being redeemed on your lowest ticket offering. We’d love to hear your feedback, so do share…
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Spotlight - Full Figured Fashion Week

A convergence of designers, retailers, bloggers and activists celebrate plus-size women in Manhattan during Full Figured Fashion Week. Positive and empowering, the 4th annual Full Figured Fashion Week is next month, June 13-16, 2012, in New York City. ThunderTix is proud to be the ticketing software of choice for fffWeek and we love the way…
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OMG hashtags IRL - Part 2

In our earlier post we showed you examples of hashtags in real life. Now in part 2, we go more in-depth with a “how-to”, “when-to” and, most importantly of all, why unique hashtags raise event awareness. Why do we blog this? Our experience shows that there is a direct correlation between event awareness and ticket…
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OMG hashtags IRL - Part 1

Why do we blog this? There is a direct correlation between event awareness and ticket sales. We know you are making every effort to wrangle the direct channels that you have control of, but there is a vast resource that may be going underutilized – hashtags. Hashtags exist outside the constraints of any one given…
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What happens to ticket collecting in the paperless “e-ticket” age?

Concert ticket collecting is a popular hobby and a lucrative commercial industry. In this post, we spotlight some examples of concert ticket collecting, past, present and future. Why do we blog this? Your ThunderTix account supports the three most popular ticket printing methods and we recommend that you use the print-at-home option to lower costs…
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George W Bush at Plumstead Christian School

Spotlight - George W. Bush keynote for Plumstead Christian School

We have written about the time-sensitive nature of re-starting a past event, now we’ll discuss another time-sensitive aspect of ticket sales – the importance of graceful non-availability prompts once your event has concluded. Why do we blog this? This post is part of an on-going series of “spotlights”. We want to bring examples of how…
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