January, 2014

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The Definitive Event Planning Checklist

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This event planning checklist serves as a great starting point for anyone that is in the beginning stages of organizing an event. At Ticketbud , we know that events come in all shapes and sizes so feel free to tweak this checklist to your specific needs. Look at this as an event planning template to help kickstart the process. Before we dive into it, below are a few motivational thoughts to establish the right mindset for you to jump right into the planning process.

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DoubleDutch Paves the Way for Contextual Computing with iOS7 Redesign

Fork in the Road

Event mobile app provider, DoubleDutch, announced a total redesign of its application to leverage the new features and functionality of the iOS7 operating system. In addition to a completely new user interface, enhanced offline performance and more speed, the app “gets to the promise of contextual computing—delivering the right experience at the right time,” says Lawrence Coburn, DoubleDutch CEO and the company’s co-founder.

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"6 Tricks to Kick Start Event Conversion (aka how to increase your ticket sales)

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You've done the heavy lifting. You've promoted your event like a madman via social media, told all your friends, family & coworkers (event that guy that steals food from the office fridge) and seen tons of attendee traffic going to your registration page. So, despite all your efforts, the question remains; why are you not converting? Why are attendees coming to your event page but NOT buying tickets?

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How-To Resize Your Event Image

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Have you tried to upload a banner image for your event? Have you had issues with the image not fitting correctly? Here is a how-to to show you how to get your image to fix correctly. (The optimal dimensions for the banner is 660px x 236px). Go to Pixlr and click 'PIXLR EDITOR'. Click 'Create a new image'. Change the width to 660 and the height to 236 and then click 'OK'.

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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6 Ways To Boost Your Event Attendance Without Busting Your Budget

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One of the most difficult juggling acts an event organizer must do is balance a budget. While there are hundreds of tasks to be done that purchases to be made, they still need to be done cost-effectively for the event to truly be a success. Crafty organizers know spending more doesn't necessarily mean more of a return. The ideal scenario to shoot for involves leveraging cheap, and possibly even free, tools and strategies to ensure your event sells out with cashing out.

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Host Your Super Bowl Party With Ticketbud

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The Super Bowl is days away and that means watch parties are in order. Time for a Super Bowl Party! Whether it's a packed sports bar or a house party with friends, using Ticketbud to sell tickets, send out RSVPs and reserve viewing spots makes planning and buying for your party easy to predict and even easier to execute. Features For Organizers. Create an online page for your party in minutes.

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SXSW Hacks To Hosting A Kick-A$$ Event

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Being headquartered in Austin, Texas, the Ticketbud Team has attended their fair share of SXSW festivities over the years. While the festival has exploded of late, boasting A-list celebrities, tens of thousands of visitors and more parties than a frat row on a Friday, there are still a few ways to help your SXSW event stand out from all the noise. Whether you're planning your own secret show, an invite-only event or just a relaxing day party, here are a few SXSW "hacks" to help you host a better

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Go Green: Minimizing Your Event's Carbon Footprint

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Sometimes it feels like we are faced with the reality of our often wasteful lifestyles with every step we take. Fortunately, there are some great ideas out there to reduce your event's carbon footprint, making these steps much smaller. Here, we provide you with tips for every aspect of the event planning process: Location, location, location - Aside from choosing what type of event to host, choosing where to host it is typically next on the list.

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Know More Tools, Sell More Tickets With Ticketbud's Webinars

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A lot of preparation and work goes into planning, organizing and executing an event and, at Ticketbud, our job is to make online ticketing and registration the easiest and most seamless part of that process. To help you as you sell tickets, promote and manage your event, Ticketbud now provides weekly webinars covering a variety of topics dedicated to keeping you informed and knowledgeable about how to throw a successful event.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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2014: The Year To Make Your New Year's Resolution A Reality

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For many of us, every New Year seems to follow a predictable pattern. We make grand plans of losing weight, being more active in the community or whatever our goal may be only to have that plan fade as the days go on. As many of us at Ticketbud can attest to, motivation is easy to start but difficult to maintain as work, school and other activities consume our time.

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Active Network’s MarketView 3.0 Helps Venues Cope with eRFP Volume

Fork in the Road

Technology can be both the bright spot and the bane of event-industry planners and suppliers. One woman’s efficiency tool can be another woman’s nightmare scenario. Such is the conversation around using electronic RFPs. Planners love the efficiency of the tools, but some hotels struggle with the volume of inquiries. Active Network Business Solutions aims to correct that imbalance with the unveiling of Active MarketView 3.0.

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DoubleDutch Paves the Way for Contextual Computing with iOS7 Redesign

Fork in the Road

Event mobile app provider, DoubleDutch, announced a total redesign of its application to leverage the new features and functionality of the iOS7 operating system. In addition to a completely new user interface, enhanced offline performance and more speed, the app “gets to the promise of contextual computing—delivering the right experience at the right time,” says Lawrence Coburn, DoubleDutch CEO and the company’s co-founder.

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Active Network’s MarketView 3.0 Helps Venues Cope with eRFP Volume

Fork in the Road

Technology can be both the bright spot and the bane of event-industry planners and suppliers. One woman’s efficiency tool can be another woman’s nightmare scenario. Such is the conversation around using electronic RFPs. Planners love the efficiency of the tools, but some hotels struggle with the volume of inquiries. Active Network Business Solutions aims to correct that imbalance with the unveiling of Active MarketView 3.0.

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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DoubleDutch Paves the Way for Contextual Computing with iOS7 Redesign

Fork in the Road

Event mobile app provider, DoubleDutch, announced a total redesign of its application to leverage the new features and functionality of the iOS7 operating system. In addition to a completely new user interface, enhanced offline performance and more speed, the app “gets to the promise of contextual computing—delivering the right experience at the right time,” says Lawrence Coburn, DoubleDutch CEO and the company’s co-founder.

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Active Network’s MarketView 3.0 Helps Venues Cope with eRFP Volume

Fork in the Road

Technology can be both the bright spot and the bane of event-industry planners and suppliers. One woman’s efficiency tool can be another woman’s nightmare scenario. Such is the conversation around using electronic RFPs. Planners love the efficiency of the tools, but some hotels struggle with the volume of inquiries. Active Network Business Solutions aims to correct that imbalance with the unveiling of Active MarketView 3.0.

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How To Build An Event Budget

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Building an event budget is a great place to start when organizing and planning your event. It sets parameters for your event and your team and allows to start realistically brainstorming what is feasible and, perhaps more importantly, what is not feasible for your event. To help get your budgeting juices flowing, heck out this useful infographic from Planning Pod!

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