Posts Tagged ‘social media events’

Eventzilla supports 24 world currencies for selling event tickets

August 7th, 2010
-U.S. Dollars
-Canadian Dollars
-Euros
-British Pounds
-Yen
-Australian Dollars
-Indian Rupees
-Singapore Dollars
-New Zealand Dollars
-Swiss Francs
-Hong Kong Dollars
-Swedish Kroner
-Danish Kroner
-Polish Zloty
-Norwegian Kroner
-Hungarian Forints
-Czech Koruny
-Israeli Shekels
-Mexican Pesos
-Brazilian Real
-Malaysian Ringgits
-Philippine Pesos
-Taiwan New Dollars
-Thai Baht

Global Currency Symbols - White- U.S. Dollars (USD)

- Canadian Dollars (CAD)

- Euros (EURO)

- British Pounds (GBP)

- Yen (YEN)

- Australian Dollars (AUD)

- Indian Rupees (INR)

- Singapore Dollars (SGD)

- New Zealand Dollars

- Swiss Francs

- Hong Kong Dollars (HKD)

- Swedish Kroner

- Danish Kroner

- Polish Zloty

- Norwegian Kroner

- Hungarian Forints

- Czech Koruny

- Israeli Shekels

- Mexican Pesos

- Brazilian Real

- Malaysian Ringgits

- Philippine Pesos

- Taiwan New Dollars

- Thai Baht

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Recent technology trends in Event Management

July 27th, 2010

iStock_000009648196XSmallNow the event attendees can ask questions to the speaker via tweets or Facebook comments real time during an event. With the world tweeting away night and day, there is no doubt that technology has changed our life completely. And this change is not limited to the World Wide Web either; it is fast percolating to the other activities and business spheres as well.  As the gadgetry world over goes through a makeshift each day, so do the businesses associated. Here we have a look at some of the technological trends and innovations that are changing the way we think about events and event management.

The FIFA World Cup this year was a lot of fun for us. And we are not talking about football. Our excitement was because of this cool application that had been created especially for the World Cup that highlighted the real time schedule of the games and results as they took place. This event alerted us to the huge potential that has hardly been scratched. An event application speaks volumes about the planner’s commitment to the event and excites the attendees equally.

The Stage Show

The drastic improvements in the Audio-Video equipments, staging and lighting instruments have made sure that you need to make your event stand out. No more can you pass off an event with just a great speaker. Even with the best of the content and ingredients, you need to upgrade the stage show to make sure that the attendees are left wonder struck. The advancements though, have made sure that this does not become a Herculean task. So, the next time you are planning an event, make sure that you ‘light’ out the event.

Live Meetings

The barriers have been stomped down and the walls have fallen.  Technology has made sure that geographical impediments no more stop you from attending an event half way round the world. The webinars and live meetings are the newest venues for events the world over. Planners and event managers are going all out to accommodate their eager attendees, wherever they may be.

The Social Explosion

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have completely altered the way we think about event promotion.  Letters are antiquated and emails outdated. Nowadays, you ‘tweet’ and ‘poke’ your way around the events. From creating a fan page to a social group, there are numerous ways to announce your event to the world. And more importantly, like everything else, you get to reach out to your target audience around the world in real time. Discuss the event, highlights and all that excites you even before the event takes place.

Mobiles Applications

With the advent of the iPhones, Androids and Blackberrys, smart phone applications have become the next-gen platform for event management. From charting an event to locating it on the map, you can do it all on your mobile.  Mobile Apps nowadays have become advanced enough to take care of almost all your needs and it was time you acknowledged this. The sooner we realize the future role of smart phone apps, the better it will be for our business.

Online Event Registration Apps – Just for you!!

Recently – online registration for events has taken the center stage with a lot of small players like Eventzilla.  It is simple to setup custom registration forms, promote on Facebook, send email invitations and manage cancellations in one place. Event attendees can register online and make secure online payments.

Technology is rapidly changing the way events are organized around the world. The question is; Are you a part of that change?

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How to setup a custom online registration form for your event?

July 12th, 2010

Eventzilla collects the following information from attendees during the registration process.

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email

If you plan to collect additional information from your attendees, you can customize the registration to suit your needs.

Two flexible options for collecting attendee information

1. Only the buyer enters the requested information during registration
(Let’s say there is a group of people attending your event and one of them registers online – you can choose to  collect the registration information only for the buyer and not from all the attendees using this option)

2. All the attendees enter the requested registration information during registration
(Let’s say there is a group of people attending your event and one of them registers online – you can choose to  collect the registration information from all the attendees using this option)

Steps to add a custom registration form for your event.

1. Sign in to http://www.eventzilla.net

2. Complete “adding a new event” or Edit an existing event from “Manage Events” section

3. Select “custom registration” link and select the additional fields that you want to collect in your event registration form. Eventzilla provides a set of basic demographic collection fields that you can choose from and also add your own custom field, which you want your attendee to fill.

  • Phone
  • Company
  • Occupation
  • Country
  • Address
  • Website

4. You can also add your own custom registration fields  in the same page. Example: Attendees Twitter ID’s, Facebook Page URL etc.,

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If you plan to collect additional information from your attendees, you can customize the registration to suit your needs. Eventzilla provides a set of basic demographic collection fields that you can choose from and also add your own custom field, which you want your attendee to fill.

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8 reasons why you will love Eventzilla

May 11th, 2010

iStock_000012131210XSmall1. Helps you get more attendees for your events

Whether you are business coach running training events across the country or a fitness trainer running training classes in your city. Eventzilla can help you create a professional looking event webpage for your training event in minutes where your customers can easily register and pay online.

2. Simple to use and affordable (no training required)

Forget programming and installations that take hours. With a setup that takes less than 5 minutes to get you going, Eventzilla is as easy as blogging.

3. Payments sent to your PayPal directly (in most of the World currencies)

Just get a PayPal account and send money from the sale of tickets or registration directly to your bank. No more waiting! We send you an invoice monthly and you can pay online with ease.

4. Promote and sell tickets through your blog and Facebook

Integrate your online world with your Eventzilla account and sell tickets from anywhere you can think of. Here’s a sample list of some of the places you can start with:

- Your website

- Your blog (and your friend’s blog as well!!)

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Eventzilla website

5. Pay only when you sell

Setup and promote your event for free and pay only when you make a sale. Sounds great? Well here’s some icing on the cake. We charge you as low as 0.50 cents per attendee (the most competitive in the entire industry).

6. We don’t sell you training because you don’t need it.

We believe software should not require training for people to start using it but at the same time our friendly customer support team will be there to support any issues you may face while using Eventzilla. We don’t sell you training because you don’t need it. You can send a note to support@eventzilla.net and you will receive an answer in less than 8 hours.

7. Security and Reliability Safeguards

At Eventzilla we know that our customers rely on us as an important part of their business processes and record keeping of their attendees and contacts. We take these responsibilities to our customers seriously. With a Minimum 128 bit SSL encryption provided by VeriSign, you can be rest assured about the security and integrity of your valuable data.

8. Leave the boring bits to us and concentrate on what is important

No more remembering what needs to be updated and what has to be added. From maintaining the site to adding new features and taking care of the security, we do all the menial work, while you have more time on your hands to concentrate on improving your bottom line

Sign up for a 60 day free trial now

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Eventzilla.net – See how it works in 2 minutes

May 9th, 2010

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How to get more attendees for your events in a downturn economy?

April 29th, 2010

AttendeesWith the recession stinging the party that was going on prior to its occurrence, there have been a lot of things that have been impacted by the same. The most important outcome of this has been that although the events would continue to occur as they did previously, they would have to present more substantial and clearly focused outcomes. This may seem to be an easy thing to say but any event planner would tell you how hard it is to get the right people to your events.

Managing events and getting attendees to your events is quite a job in itself but if you cannot find the right people to attend your events, that is a big let down. And with the attendance remaining slim during the recessionary period, let us look at some methods that can help you get that elusive lot.

Promote It

Recession or not, the most important tool for attracting attention to your event is still promotion. And with the Internet revolution that has everyone hooked on, what better place to reach out to millions of your potential attendees. With the advent of websites like Eventzilla, you can promote your event almost everywhere on the net with just a click. Whether it’s Facebook or twitter, blogs or customized webpages, use them all to get your event out there.

Webinars are another great concept that can help you reach out to people globally without worrying about boundaries and timings. Here’s something on webinars that would get you thinking.

Remain in touch

Try and remain in touch with the people you expect to see during your events. This takes care of two things. Firstly, it reminds the person of the event and tells him that you are interested in the people who are going to attend. This may not be a big step for you but it would go a long way in making sure that people attend your events.

Making an event successful depends on a lot of things and one of the critical factors is how engaged you keep your audience. This also ensures that next time you do something similar, you would already have a loyal audience to bank upon.

An analysis is another aspect that can help you understand the kind of people who are interested in the event. Using Eventzilla, you can also check out who is buying tickets for your events and how many people are visiting your events webpage.

The Invitation

As they say, make them an offer they can’t refuse. Simply put, make a professional event invitation, one that would be quite hard to turn down. How do you do that? By giving them what they seek.

The essence and secret to successfully inviting the right set of people is honesty. Reach out to people who can really benefit from what you have to offer and the rest will take care of itself.

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Social Media / Small Business Events Roundup

April 4th, 2010

Welcome to your one stop calendar for events from around the world. If there’s an event, you will find it here. From  social marketing to blogging and from connecting to going tech, you’ll find it all here. And if there is something that we missed, let us know and we will bring it up pronto!

The Social Media Specialist

When: 05.04.2010
Where: New York:

If you want a piece of the world, you need to know your social media. Infact, you need to be a specialist. With the ever expanding content market that is being updated, commented and edited every second of every day, the social part o your life needs to be exploited to the max to make it big. And to do all this, all you need to do is register for the IAB Social Media Marktplace. With this, you get an insight from:

•    John Battelle (Federated Media)
•    Wenda Harris (MediaLink)
•    Ian Schafer (Deep Focus)
•    Andrew Markowitz (GE)

Registration: http://www.iab.net/events_training/socialmedia2010/overview
Twitter: @iab
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMVMgB-hy8

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Blog Well

When: 07.04.2010
Where: Cincinnati
Who: Gas Pedal and Social Media Business Council

Learn how the latest in the world of social media is being used by the largest corporations from around the world to change the way people work and think. Take a cue from the best. With firms like Dell, Duke Energy, Hilton, Tyson Foods and  P&G sharing their case studies into corporate social media, it can’t get better than this. Attend this and there would not be a roadblock that can stop you on the internet super-way.

Learn more: http://gaspedal.com/blogwell/cincinnati/

Registration:

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Price: $250

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Think Mobile

When: 7.04.2010 – 8.04.2010
Where: New York
Who: AdMob, Nielsen

Enter the world of Mobile Apps and discover how you can expand your market through the digital revolution. Think Mobile is a conference that stresses on the strategies and concepts related to mobile and mobile apps. Here are some of the things that are in store for you at the meet:

•    Designing and Marketing your mobile apps and user interfaces
•    How to use the Mobile Apps to make money
•    Increasing your markets through mobile apps

Registration: http://www.mediabistro.com/thinkmobile/?c=tmmash

Twitter: @mobilecontent

Price: $125

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Connect Now

When: 7.04.2010 – 9.04.2010
Where: Sydney, Australia

An event spread across three days, Connect Now focuses on the upcoming technologies and enterprises. Here’s a preview of the itinerary:

Day 1&2:
For the first two days of the conference, the stress would be on learning from the new and emerging trends in the ‘social market’. Way to augment your business through the growing cluster of digital applications and leveraging the same for your future adventures.

Day 3: This day has been totally dedicated to the NGOs, charity groups and those that work without the aim of profit.

This is definitely one event that would leave you with more strategies than you would have ever found in a single place.

Registration: http://www.connectnow.net.au/register

Twitter: @Marketing_Now

Price: Starts at $400

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Natural SEO

When: 9.04.2010
Where: London
Who: Natural SEO

An event brought to you by Natural SEO, this one aims at breaking the myths that have come to be commonplace with Search Engine Optimization. The prime attractions are the tools that have been designed to help those actively involved with blogging and SEO. You can also try a hand at the mentioned features at the event and see for yourself whether it really can make a difference for you
The event while being free, is limited to just a hundred places.

Registration: http://www.meetup.com/thupr2010/calendar/12578944/

Twitter: @meetup

Price: Free

Total Seats: 53

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New York Entrepreneur Week

When: 12.04.2010 – 16.04.2010
Where: New York

A non-profit alignment that works with the single aim of promoting the entrepreneurs around the world, this is the perfect place if you are someone with a dream and an idea. Interact with entrepreneurs and dealmakers from around the globe and learn what drives them to excel in their fields.

If you have the will and the idea, there is nothing that should come in the way. And if something does, this is the best place where you can get rid of all your obstacles.

Learn more: http://www.nyew.org/
Registration: http://www.nyew.org/index.php/event/agenda-schedule/

Twitter: @NYEWeek

Price: Starts at $150

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The Social Media Specialist

When: 05.04.2010

Where: New York:

If you want a piece of the world, you need to know your social media. Infact, you need to be a specialist. With the ever expanding content market that is being updated, commented and edited every second of every day, the social part o your life needs to be exploited to the max to make it big. And to do all this, all you need to do is register for the IAB Social Media Marktplace. With this, you get an insight from:

  • John Battelle (Federated Media)
  • Wenda Harris (MediaLink)
  • Ian Schafer (Deep Focus)
  • Andrew Markowitz (GE)

Registration: http://www.iab.net/events_training/socialmedia2010/overview

Twitter: @iab

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMVMgB-hy8

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