The new ThunderTix Calendar View has more than a few tricks up its sleeve to help you sell tickets to your event fast. Here are 5 tips to get you started… 1. Color mnemonics Color mnemonics is just a fancy way of saying “visual learning.” Rather than focus on the written text, we designed color…
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The busy venue owner may not be aware of how powerful the word “experience” can be – as it pertains to tickets sales. From the ticket buying public’s point of view, it is an event’s experience that has the most value. This post looks at the use of the word “experience” in conjunction with (and…
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In between the humorous list of the ’10 Worst People at Music Festivals’ and the serious business of selling more online event tickets, is a controversial move by a venue in Philadelphia. It seems the venue has intentionally raised ticket prices in order to “improve patron behavior” (no, really). Can you sell online event tickets at…
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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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Food has always been a part of any outdoor festival. But a new trend is developing that makes events like cook-offs a special ticket purchase that is not included with general admission. So successful are the cooking competitions, they have their own “governing body” which performs much of the organizational heavy lifting – instead of the festival operator. This edition of…
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In a recent OpEd the Chicago Times told the performing arts community to “Get Social!” to improve ticket sales and fundraising results. The days of paper handouts pinned to a cork-board are over but sifting through all the latest social media tools can be time consuming. To help busy theater owners, we’ve compiled 5 ways The…
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Sometimes even those with a command of social media wonder how to build event awareness. Part science, part art, using social media to make the maximum amount of people aware of your event is a very important aspect of your business. Whether you are an old hand at it, or have just begun to realized…
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To BYOB or not to BYOB, that is the question! Food and drink concessions are a very important part of any event, but there is a larger strategy to consider. This edition at ‘The Business of Fun’ looks at how a smart BYOB policy allowing festival goers to bring their own food and drink, within limits, can increase tickets…
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The classic Faberge shampoo TV ad above touts the power of Word of Mouth using the memorable tagline: “They’ll tell two friends, and then they’ll tell two friends, and so on, and so on…” Ever since the commercial first aired in the late 1970s, big adverting firms have cited it as a reason businesses, including venues, should strive…
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