This ThunderTix “how-to” post shows parents how to sell youth league baseball tickets just like the big nonprofit organizations. It’s easier than you think! The easiest sale of all The 2013 season of youth league baseball (also known as “little league”) is underway and parents across the country are doing everything they can to help fund raise for their…
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YouTube has just announced that they have one billion people visiting the website every month. This major milestone shows the potential for offering (and monetizing) live event streaming video from your venue. This post looks at just how easy and inexpensive broadcasting your event really is, no matter what type of event you may have.
Many venue owners are asking “Will The Sequester Affect My Ticket Sales?” It depends on the type of event you have, but the ultimate answer will come from consumer sentiment. This post looks at how the sequester is impacting venues and events and suggests a way to offset any negative effects the sequester may have. Sequester 2013…
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Food has always been a part of any outdoor festival. But a new trend is developing that makes events like cook-offs a special ticket purchase that is not included with general admission. So successful are the cooking competitions, they have their own “governing body” which performs much of the organizational heavy lifting – instead of the festival operator. This edition of…
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With the Age of the Internet well underway, it is a foregone conclusion you should sell rodeo tickets online…or is it? Two big rodeos in Oklahoma and Oregon are selling tickets the old fashion way, but that may not be the best way to serve the needs of the buyers. Find out if time honored traditions for…
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Last week, consumer advocate Nedra Rhone published some tips to help consumers get tickets to popular events. Rhone’s list of tips are insider tactics used by the ticketing industry that she encourages the public to try for themselves Of particular vote to venue owners is the emphasis on how to use presales. Since Rhone is…
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Once the hero of WWII, now the darling of sightseers worldwide, today’s brightly colored amphibious duck tour “trucks” have come a long way from storming the beach at Normandy. And tour operators have come a long way by building thriving small businesses from the decommissioned military hardware. This post looks at examples from around the…
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As a sidebar to our lighthearted #FeeFreeFriday, this post looks at small business ticket sales in a more serious tone. Recent legal developments in the states of Maryland and Florida need to be closely monitored by small and mid-sized venues. The outcomes will impact your ability to make money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zTuRcIS8-I Euphoria Music Festival 2012 recap video As the Ultra Music Festival winds down, excitement for the Euphoria Music Festival begins to build. The connection between college Spring Break and high profile music festivals has a long (and profitable) history. This edition of the Business of Fun looks at Spring Break music festivals and lists the key components of for…
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It’s the day of your big event. Everything is set and all systems are go! The line to get in is getting longer, and longer – is your crowd safety policy up to the task? The time to review the best practices in crowd safety is preemptively, long before the event start date. To help you, this…
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