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Taylor Swift on Campus winner announced but the gotcha remains?

Taylor Swift on Campus winner announced but the gotcha remains?

Congratulations to Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California on winning the ‘Taylor Swift on Campus’ contest! Details of the pending live performance by Swift and the $10,000 grant are on the Chegg blog. Also winning a $10,000 music department grant, but not a live performance by Swift, are Seton High School, Terra Environmental Research Institute, Bellarmine College Preparatory and the California Institute of…
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live music event ticketing for nonprofits

How The Universal Appeal of Music Helps Nonprofits

How can nonprofits and charities can meet and exceed all their goals? One of the best ways to cause a positive association between donors and the cause is through music. We look at the psychology of giving as spurred on by what the Colorado Nonprofit Association calls “specials events”. Understanding Giving The reputable think tank,…
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Taylor Swift VH1 storyteller

Hidden gotcha in the Taylor Swift contest?

Taylor Swift is one of our favorite artists, and VH1’s ‘Storytellers’ is one of our favorite TV shows. The two have teamed up for a  fantastic new contest – What could go wrong? Well, an underreported line item in the Taylor Swift contest FAQs could spell trouble. UPDATE: Monday October 1st, 2012 – The winner…
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Venue PR

Stronger venue, patron affinity

The times they are a changin’. Recently, we have seen the headlines splashed across mainstream news outlets about Amanda Palmer and Louis C.K. turning the recording and ticketing industries upside down and appeal directly to their fans. Now MTV has launched a new platform for any band to tap into that same powerful dynamic. Can…
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pre-sale tickets

Pre-sale tickets - Venues vs. performers

Harsh criticism by a talent manager on the subject of pre-sale tickets isn’t surprising, talent needs to have proper representation, but has Justin Herring gone too far? Is there really as much exploitation of performers as his OpEd suggests? We’ll look at what has been said about pre-sale tickets as it relates to your venues bottom line.…
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venue versatility

New era of venue versatility

A new era of venue versatility has begun. More than just being able to switch from hockey to basketball, venues are now being designed with tremendous capacity to expand and contract to meet the needs of a wide array of events. New versatility brings new profitability and improves the patron’s experience at the same time.…
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New Features - Christmas in July

As part of our our on-going effort to bring you the very latest tools to help you increase ticket sales, we’re excited to announce several new features and improvements to your ThunderTix account. It’s like Christmas but without that weird Uncle who drinks all your booze!

Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds

Spotlight - The Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds

The Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds has a rich 40 year history of being a place where great memories are made. ThunderTix is proud to be the ticketing software of choice for Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds and we love the way the family friendly venue uses social media to bring about event awareness and cultivate the shared experience.…
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Responding to a weather cancelled event

Last week a rare “derecho” storm swept over the east coast and caused thousands of event cancellations. We look at how one cancelled event, the fortuitously named “Second Chance Rocks”, handled the challenge of rescheduling their cancelled event. Why do we blog this? There are some circumstances that are in your control and there are…
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Ticketing Website

ThunderTix June Improvements

In our continued efforts to improve ThunderTix, we are making rolling updates and system changes weekly. Below is a short list improvements made at the end of June. June 30, 11:00 p.m. Broken Email Link Bugfix: The email confirmations always include an attached ticket for which we’ve experienced no problems, and customers have been able…
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