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Re: HOW TO: Plan and Promote Events With Social Media

Ginote — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:38:23 -0000

I was able to get a site ClubDistrict.com to 128K monthly average in 3 months using the social networks http://bit.ly/1e1F3f

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benseb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:13:49 -0000

Most of these websites are very US based and even if they exist in the UK their coverage is very bad. http://www.skiddle.com/ seems to do a good job over here in the UK with plenty of social features!

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Joshanderson — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:52:37 -0000

Those are very good tools, however, in many cases those platforms are used just to allow the team to review the same document together in real-time and "be on the same page".
The recently launched free site http://www.showdocument.com does exactly that, quickly show documents to friends and colleagues.
It allows web meeting and co-browsing on any document, user uploads a document and invites friends to view it with him live
All the participants in the session see each others' drawing, highlights, etc.

Josh

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birkin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:40:23 -0000

if we can Keep communicating with social media tools,more litter website will close down

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Playster.org — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:00:08 -0000

If you're looking to promote events (like you would inside Facebook or via Twitter), you should check out http://www.playster.org. You can add events directly into the search index and traffic gets sent to your site or blog.

Enjoy!

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Daniel Fennessy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:21:53 -0000

Very good tips here, some I will definitely look more in to.

I recently created my own Event (Music Festival) Community website using Ning. I'm currently using both Twitter & Facebook to promote the features of the site as well as individual upcoming festivals. Take a look & any feedback very welcome.

Festival Point.com- Latest music festival info, photos, videos, online community, forums & more. By festival-goers for festival-goers!

http://www.festival-point.com

Cheers
Dan

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Dustin Nielson — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:42:52 -0000

If your looking for a cheap way to promote or sell tickets online you should checkout the Facebook application Viral Events. http://www.viralevents.net. Viral Events does NOT charge a per ticket transaction fee for selling tickets like most companies and offers some nice tools for promoting your event from within Facebook.

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Greg Spero — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:33:21 -0000

Thanks for including the Chicago Convergence as an example in your article!! You can check out our fanpage at www.chicagofacebook.com

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Nick Jasuja — Mon, 04 May 2009 10:41:07 -0000

I am surprised no one mentioned Pathable (http://pathable.com/ ). When it comes to conferences+social media, there is nothing quite as extraordinary as Pathable to gel everything together.

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Claudio J. Lacayo — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:42:38 -0000

I don't believe Meetup.com was mentioned - but, this allows for locales w/ similar interests to join a group in their area. I came across a LUG (Linux user group) in Miami - has event management, announcements, etc.

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Robert Swanwick — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:58:22 -0000

Great post with lots of good tips. For those that are not ready to handle everything themselves, there is now a service that helps bureaus and event planners enhance their speakers' live in-person speech through digital products.

It's called Speaker Interactive: http://speakerinteractive.com

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Viveka von Rosen — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:56:15 -0000

And don't forget LinkedIn - especially for business events. There are several ways you can post your event. Through the updater (just like twitter or facebook, through their "events" application which will not only post generally but can be sent to 50 connections (at a time). And then using the group discussion to announce a relevant (underline relevant) event can also be useful.

For this an more tips on LinkedIn, follow me @LinkedInExpert or check out my blog www.linkedinexpert.com

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Stephanie — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:28:31 -0000

I really that social media is the way to go to promote anything; your business, your band, your art your "anything". Sites like facebook and Twitter are very much the way to go. What about TalnetTrove.com? Anyone ever heard of that?-- Its a social networking site geared for aspiring artists of any all genres. Its where I listen to most of my music now-a-days. I love their radio station on iTunes.

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@JaniceAtShuttle — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:17:21 -0000

Awesome tips =D

"Twitter and Facebook should be your primary promotional tools..." Agree w/ @keaneiscool

We're also using YouTube/Flickr to supplement. AND we have some great contests around the corner.

We're working with the studios and possibly having a limited-edition PC wrapped in a movie theme!

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Georg Krueger — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:23:49 -0000

thx. very helpful article!!!

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Mike Sobol — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:13:15 -0000

Thanks for the great outline, Ben. Best practices in social media are evolving rapidly and clear outlines such as this one are helpful to all of us working in this arena. I especially like the reminder about leveraging the event after it's done. Classic PR advice, but important to remember nonetheless.

I also suggest engaging would-be attendees with a survey about their preferences using Survey Monkey. It needn't have a big impact on changing what you plan, but it gets people bought in when they feel they contribute, and it may just give you an insight or two that really helps your event shine. Then survey them again after it's over to reinforce the great feelings that you created and build a stronger following for next time.

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Pramit Singh — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:45:48 -0000

Users can share and discuss on Bighow Events, for free

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Mr Matt Anderson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:58:33 -0000

Great post.

For planning events I have found that basecamp and skype are low cost and fantastic for keeping everyone on the same page.

Twitter is great for building hype over latest speakers etc and increasing buzz.

I found that at our last event for Connecting Bristol that I live video stream of the event worked really well as we had over 250 people watch the event live remotely. http://www.connectingbristo...

If you can't afford the technology an edited video of the day (split into speaker slots) posted on vimeo or YouTube works a treat and extends your audience.

Twitter is a must and a screen in the break out room between speakers allows everyone to discuss Twitter feedback and questions.....Word of warning you need to keep an eye on this for any mischief making :-)

Facebook pages are great if there is an established community but Twitter is definitely needed to spread word of mouse.

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Server Support — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:36:37 -0000

Very nice stuff. Great article and thanks for very nice information! Here you mentioned a lot of great points. Now everyone can easily promote their events by social media sites.

Thanks

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Andrew — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:46:15 -0000

Good insight...I have been using tweetdeck for both face-twitter. Very helpful!

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Easton Ellsworth — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:59:52 -0000

Ben, great tips. I'm in the middle of an online event happening today that I've helped to organize and promote, and I can certainly back up what you say here.

Quick tip: Remember the coffee table. Most people have a table or a shelf in their home that has something (or a set of things on it) that guests quickly get curious about, which leads to conversation that can strengthen relationships. The online world is the same way. For each event, come up with one or more "objects of adoration" that people can share and discuss - a video, a collection of photos, a URL, an article, etc. - and focus the welcoming/sign-up process around getting them to notice and talk about those objects.

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Chris Yeh — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:53:56 -0000

Thanks for the shout-out, Ben! I've linked to this post from the PBworks blog as well:

http://blog.pbworks.com/200...

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Denver car donations — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:43:25 -0000

Awesome article....I didn't realize that Facebook was so important for promoting.

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DD Ganguly — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:08:39 -0000

Great article! The event could be an online event and for web conferencing needs one might want to consider Dimdim.

Warm regards,
dd ganguly
CEO
www.dimdim.com

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Freerangemom — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:03:56 -0000

Good over view of using Twitter for events. You can also hold your event completely on Twitter. @linkedinexpert @marismith and I invite you to join us on May 20th to do just that. You can read more about the "Tweet-In" here... http://provientmarketing.co... The post not only talks about the specific event, but gives a run down of how to plan and make a successful twitter event.

I hope you'll join us at 5 pacific/8 eastern to share what on-line events have worked for you.