Date post: | 13-Jan-2015 |
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Introduction to Eventbrite
Rob Greenland The Social Business
This morning
• What Eventbrite is
• The benefits of Eventbrite
• How to get started
• How to make the most of it
What Eventbrite does
For me, second most useful free tool, after..
In the last 18 months
• We’ve run 62 events
• Had 800 attendees
• Currently running 17 events
• Attracted 8000 views
• And it’s not cost us a penny
Some benefits of Eventbrite
• It’s free to use if your events are free
• No need to be an IT guru to use it
• Professional web presence
• Manage bookings
• Print badges & delegate lists
More benefits of Eventbrite
• You can let people see who’s attending
• Includes a google map
• Easy to share on social media & your
website
• You can send invitations & reminders
Sign up at www.eventbrite.co.uk
Create a new event
Step 1 – Add event title
Step 2 – Add ticket information
Tickets – basics
• Free tickets, paid-for, or donations – or
a blend of all three
• Different types of tickets – eg early bird
• Need to say how many available
• Need to agree when they’re on sale ‘til
Tickets – advanced
• If charging – you’ll need to sort out payment
options – Paypal (Business/Premier) & or
Google Checkout
• People can pay with credit/debit cards
• You can offer off line payment
• Fees – decide who pays
Step 3 – Add event details
Event details
• Default font is quite small – consider a bigger
font
• You can add links, images etc
• Personalise the link for your event –
• http://ourveryfirstevent.eventbrite.co.uk
• Popular event names will be taken
Add your logo
• Upload your logo from your computer
• Limit on size of file – you may need to save it as a smaller file
Step 4 – Add date and time
• There’s an option here for repeating events – eg a monthly network
Step 5 – Add venue
• Add your address details
• A google map is automatically generated
Step 6 – Who’s the host?
• Your organisation• Some information
about you
Step 7– Choose your colours
Step 8 – Privacy/Promotion options
Privacy/Promotion options
• Most likely to be a public event
• Choose categories, key search terms
• Or… keep it private – invitation only –
eg for a members-only event
Save as draft/Publish/Preview
• Show attendees on registration page – let people know who’s coming!
• Then Preview and Publish – or Save for later
• Easy to unpublish/edit
Any questions so far?
Making the most of Eventbrite
Use social media to promote your event
Create and send email invitations
• Upload addresses (eg csv, Excel)
• Invite past attendees of events
• Or just type them in
Promote events on your website
• Widgets, buttons, sign up forms on your website
• Make it as easy as possible for people to sign up for your event
Keep in touch with attendees
Generate sales – and reward partners
And let’s not forget the day itself!
Any questions?