Introduction to Eventbrite

Rob Greenland The Social Business

This morning

• What Eventbrite is

• The benefits of Eventbrite

• How to get started

• How to make the most of it

What Eventbrite does

For me, second most useful free tool, after..

In the last 18 months

• We’ve run 62 events

• Had 800 attendees

• Currently running 17 events

• Attracted 8000 views

• And it’s not cost us a penny

Some benefits of Eventbrite

• It’s free to use if your events are free

• No need to be an IT guru to use it

• Professional web presence

• Manage bookings

• Print badges & delegate lists

More benefits of Eventbrite

• You can let people see who’s attending

• Includes a google map

• Easy to share on social media & your

website

• You can send invitations & reminders

Sign up at www.eventbrite.co.uk

Create a new event

Step 1 – Add event title

Step 2 – Add ticket information

Tickets – basics

• Free tickets, paid-for, or donations – or

a blend of all three

• Different types of tickets – eg early bird

• Need to say how many available

• Need to agree when they’re on sale ‘til

Tickets – advanced

• If charging – you’ll need to sort out payment

options – Paypal (Business/Premier) & or

Google Checkout

• People can pay with credit/debit cards

• You can offer off line payment

• Fees – decide who pays

Step 3 – Add event details

Event details

• Default font is quite small – consider a bigger

font

• You can add links, images etc

• Personalise the link for your event –

• http://ourveryfirstevent.eventbrite.co.uk

• Popular event names will be taken

Add your logo

• Upload your logo from your computer

• Limit on size of file – you may need to save it as a smaller file

Step 4 – Add date and time

• There’s an option here for repeating events – eg a monthly network

Step 5 – Add venue

• Add your address details

• A google map is automatically generated

Step 6 – Who’s the host?

• Your organisation• Some information

about you

Step 7– Choose your colours

Step 8 – Privacy/Promotion options

Privacy/Promotion options

• Most likely to be a public event

• Choose categories, key search terms

• Or… keep it private – invitation only –

eg for a members-only event

Save as draft/Publish/Preview

• Show attendees on registration page – let people know who’s coming!

• Then Preview and Publish – or Save for later

• Easy to unpublish/edit

Any questions so far?

Making the most of Eventbrite

Use social media to promote your event

Create and send email invitations

• Upload addresses (eg csv, Excel)

• Invite past attendees of events

• Or just type them in

Promote events on your website

• Widgets, buttons, sign up forms on your website

• Make it as easy as possible for people to sign up for your event

Keep in touch with attendees

Generate sales – and reward partners

And let’s not forget the day itself!

Any questions?

www.thesocialbusiness.co.uk

• @TheSocBiz• 07905 800 710

rob@thesocialbusiness.co.uk