Tag: Twitter

Social Event Sharing

In the past, we have released many improvements and new features in a single update. We’re going to move away from large releases and instead focus on smaller releases on a more frequent basis. This will allow for a quicker release schedule with minimal disruption. Please share your feedback with us! Events are more fun…
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Capitalizing on Ticket Sales Cycles with Social Media

Contests held through social media effectively bring in additional patrons, and happy patrons who share their experiences via social media help inspire additional sales

Share Events on Twitter, HTML Receipt

Product information, improvements and system updates. ThunderTix strives to continuously improve the system with updates and new features every month. New HTML Styled Email Order Confirmation Our new attractively styled HTML email order confirmation includes some cool new features: Upcoming Event Listing Event images, information, and links to the next three upcoming events are included…
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Ballet's Resurgence Through Social Media

With the success of the movie, The Black Swan, audiences are getting a glimpse at some of the hard truths about dance, and dancers–albeit disappointed about the depiction of the darker side of their art–are rejoicing that their profession has finally received some prime time play. This brings to mind the challenges that many art…
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3 Ways to Maximize Your Venue's Reach on Social Platforms

When Microsoft launched its ad campaign for its new search engine, Bing, it hired New York City dog walkers to wear shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Ask me about Bing”. While dog-walkers may not be the best billboards for advertising in your city, social networking websites are great advertisers in any city. Here are some…
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Would @dandyermusic quit Twitter?

Dan Dyer, one of my favorite local musicians, played the other night here in Austin, and I knew I’d miss the show. Stacy and I were working late trying to add Canadian payment processing to ThunderTix, and at 10:00 PM, we still hadn’t finished. I guess Stacy had had enough, because she suggested we call…
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Oh, what to tweet about on Twitter!

In February, Twitter eclipsed the 50 million tweets-per-day-mark or a mind-numbing 600 tweets per second. Facebook’s even higher at 700 posts per second. For those on the receiving end, that’s a lot of network noise to filter through to find value. On the flip side, the job of reaching folks is even harder when you…
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Triggering Impulse Ticket Purchases

Relatively inexpensive impulse purchases allow for much quicker decisions than say, deciding which ticket and event management software to use at your venue. For venues that want to trigger impulse purchases, posting time sensitive offerings might be just the trick to raise attendance at events. One of the most inexpensive and low-tech methods of providing…
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