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Understanding the 5 Types of Event Ticketing Platforms

Nothing indicates the success of a gig, play, tour or event than the sale of tickets to those events. When choosing from event ticketing platforms, it’s important to examine the method of the event ticketing platform. Your choice will impact when and how your revenue is collected, how tickets are delivered, and ultimately, the price…
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It's Time: 10 Reasons to Finally Open That Online Box Office

Online ticketing provides customer convenience, opportunities for increases sales, and significant savings over hard ticket costs and administrative expenses.

3 Ways to Maximize Your Venue's Reach on Social Platforms

When Microsoft launched its ad campaign for its new search engine, Bing, it hired New York City dog walkers to wear shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Ask me about Bing”. While dog-walkers may not be the best billboards for advertising in your city, social networking websites are great advertisers in any city. Here are some…
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When Winter Weather Derails Your Event

Winter weather may pose dangerous driving and travel conditions that require you to cancel an event for safety reasons. Make sure your patrons know how tickets will be handled in the event of cancellation.

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10 Ways to Create Eco-Friendly Venues

From recycling to installing bike racks to choosing local produce and products, your venue can promote the causes of sustainable planet with little effort and smart choices. Earn community accolades and fan praise.

Will new music sites that cater to bands topple MySpace?

New music sites like thesixtyone, bandcamp, and soundcloud are fully prepared to make Myspace a relic of the past with their great user experiences.

Paperless Ticketing - How it works and what it means for your venue

Paperless ticketing offers benefits only to the largest venues with a history of sell out crowds and ticket scalping. Small venues should avoid paperless ticketing to keep ticket prices lower.

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Here.Me.Now - A Lesson in Beautiful Choreography

On Saturday, I found myself moved, inspired, and thoroughly entertained by Here.Me.Now., a production by the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company at Salvage Vanguard Theater. At only an hour in length, this show offers a fantastic stop in your evening. First, a full disclaimer: I didn’t want to go. With plans already set, I learned…
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Authorize.net declined transactions put funds on hold

Online merchants could have frustrated customers when Internet gateways authorize declined transactions. Internet gateways perform use something called “address verification service”. If it fails, patrons receive a message saying the transaction was declined.

Recent Tragedies Highlight Importance of Crowd Safety

This past Sunday, a man fell 40 feet to his death during the Chicago Bears – Philadelphia Eagles football game. A week earlier, a toddler died after falling 30 feet during a Los Angeles Lakers match. And last week, at a Phnom Pehn water festival, nearly 400 died and several hundred were injured during a…
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