Posts by Jim Mariano

Use Promotional Codes to Boost Attendance at Events

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Planning a special event? You probably already know that EventSpot makes managing events easy, whether it’s a fundraiser, online meeting, tradeshow, or webinar. Now new promotional code features and functionality make it even easier to use EventSpot, our dynamic online event management tool. As a member of the EventSpot team, I’m excited about our latest [...]

How to Create an Amazing Event Ticketing Experience with EventSpot and Passbook

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EventSpot is thrilled to announce we’ve integrated with Passbook to provide an amazing event ticketing experience for your attendees! This is exciting news for us and for your attendees who can now access their event tickets and information easily from their iOS 6 enabled device. If you aren’t familiar with Passbook here is the elevator [...]

What a Year it’s Been for EventSpot: Feature Wrap-up 2012

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It’s been quite a year for EventSpot (formerly known as Event Marketing)! If you hadn’t noticed, we changed our name. And with that new name came a lot of awesome features and product enhancements to make us bigger and better than ever. We’re always hard at work to make sure collecting online registrations and promoting [...]

EventSpot’s New Ticketing Features — QR Codes, Mobile Check-ins … Oh My!

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EventSpot has radically enhanced our ticket functionality, adding new features and information to make your event check-in process less hectic and more informative for event organizers. Tickets now include: QR Code for mobile check-ins Unique event ticket numbers Visual design improvements Critical registrant information such as: registrant/guest name, payment status, payment method, registration fee type, [...]

Collect Credit Card Payments Online With Your Next Event — NEW From EventSpot

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One of the biggest challenges an event organizer faces is accepting, managing, and tracking payments. Today, EventSpot offers both online and offline payment options (PayPal, Google Checkout, check, and at the door), and we’re excited to announce a new event payment option—payment with credit cards! You will now have the option to accept online credit [...]

How Herd Mentality Can Pack Your Next Event

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“Who else is going to be there?” It’s a question we’ve all asked before making a decision to go to an event, whether it’s a party, a networking event, a reunion, etc. It’s a form of “herd mentality,” and it’s a part of our human nature. According to Wikipedia, herd mentality “describes how people are [...]

MeetingBurner + Constant Contact Event Marketing = Your Most Successful Online Event Ever

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Chances are you already know how important online events (webinars, virtual events, online meetings) are to your business. If not, here’s the skinny. Online Events are an amazingly low cost, highly efficient, easily planned alternative to a physical event. Think about it; no venue, no event staff, no food & beverages, no equipment rentals, and [...]

What Do These PayPal Changes Mean to Your Event Marketing?

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By far, the most commonly used event payment collection tool online is PayPal. Love it or hate it, PayPal is here to stay and our Event Marketing tool has been using them for years. Recently, Event Marketing decided to switch over to PayPal’s “Express Checkout” integration. Express Checkout gives event holders some nice features such [...]

Event Directories Give You Something for Nothing

There’s an old saying that goes “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” For the most part I agree – with one exception: event directories. Event directories are an amazingly easy way to promote a public event, yet most event promoters don’t even know these sites exist, never mind take the time to [...]

6 Reasons Why Your Next Event Needs a Homepage

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There are a lot of different ways to promote an event online. So how you do decide which is best for you? You could use Facebook — after all, with more than 845 million users, you’ll reach a lot of people. But what about the rest of the world that is not on Facebook? You [...]