REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we look back in on another busy week of music industry events, we review TIDAL’s executive staffing changes, the return of ‘vintage sound’ in music and why it’s happening, pop’s continued industry supremacy, and much more! TIDAL Ups Tony Gervino, Elliott Wilson To Executive Roles 11 Favorite Blogs For…

Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. and Indie Music

This week, we backed up the advice truck and unloaded a whole host of valuable tips and tricks for indie artists on how to crowdfund concerts, the best strategy for dropping a single in 2019, how to get your fans completely obsessed with your music, and much more! Concert Crowdfunding…

Step By Step Guide: 4 Eventbrite Email Templates For Driving Attendance

In the current marketing climate, someone can easily unsubscribe from your mailing list at the drop of a hat, so rather than risk alienating potential show attendees with banal, generic emails, we here look at four alternatives guaranteed to engage your audience. ____________________________ Guest post by Sophia Vaccarro of Eventbrite…

Sell More Tickets In A Single Month: Your Week 2 Plan

In this second of a four part series on how to sell more tickets to your event, we kick things up a notch while still keeping the time commitment to a minimum, looking at how to build a social ad timeline, make personal appeals, and more. ___________________________ Guest post by…

Ridesharing, The New VIP Event Transportation Experience

When crafting a VIP event experience, it’s important to make sure the attendee has an elevated experience from the moment they walk out the door. Luckily, the advent of ridesharing technology has made premium, stress-free transportation an achievable reality. _____________________________ Guest post by Rachel Grate from the Eventbrite blog A…

Eventbrite President Andrew Dreskin Steps Down

Eventbrite President Andrew Dreskin is exiting his leadership role at the independent ticketer. “After more than a decade at Ticketfly, two acquisitions, and all told almost 20 years running ticketing companies, it feels like the right time for me to transition into a different role,” Dreskin told Billboard’s Dave Brooks,…

Facebook Adds Ticketing Powered By Eventbrite

Facebook has added ticketing to its Events platform, powered by Eventbrite, Ticketing On Facebook allows anyone with a Facebook Page to ‘Create Tickets’ in the initial event setup. U.S. roll out begins today. "700 million people use Facebook Events each month," Pat Poels, SVP of Platform at Eventbrite, "and partnering…

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The Event Marketing Lifecycle: When Can You Sell The Most Tickets?

When and where you market your event is essential to selling tickets, and thanks to a plethora of data, we can now map out an event’s entire marketing lifecycle in order to pinpoint when the most opportune times to sell the maximum number of tickets will occur. __________________________ Guest post…