How To Promote A Local Event For Free

Promotion of an event requires careful planning and organizing. You need to keep your overheads and

expenses to the minimum. In this context advertising or promotion of the event can definitely

be a very costly head. Now days there number different types of advertising available free of cost.

In this regard the event planners or event sponsoring agencies like

The Social Resource can also play a productive role. They can help spread the

word around about the event using different online and offline mediums.

The promotion part of the event starts once the event has been all planned out and date, time and venue have been decided. It is then time to inform people

about it. Even if your advertising budget is very small, you be still be in a lookout for ways to

promote your event and bring some publicity to it.

Below are provided some guidelines about how to promote a local event for free:

Word of Mouth:

The most famous and effective form of advertising and promotion is still the good old word of mouth.

All you need to do is talk about the event anywhere and everywhere you go.

Start from family members, friends and friends of friends. You can utilize your regular

meetings, newsletters and all other types of communication mediums. It is one of the most reliable and trust worthy source of

publicity.

Ticket Sales

You can carry the ticket around where ever you go. This way you can inform people

about the details of the event and sell tickets at the same time. You will also remain

updated about the ticket sales.

Email Marketing

This is a very cost effective source of promotion and advertising for the event. You can email your event details to your family, friends, co-workers, partners

and business allies and easily spread the word around. You can also ask them to forward the

emails to their contact lists as well. But you should mention the details of the event prominently.

Social Networking

The social networking websites like FaceBook, Twitter, and many more are very good platforms for sharing information and promoting your event. You

can post the event in the event section of the network and get a feedback of the people right

away. Twitter can also be used in a similar way.

Local Radio and Television

Instead of direct advertising on tv and radio, you use indirect marketing tools for lowering costs. Try to spread information about the event through talk

show hosts and news bulletins. Request people to inform their audience about the event details on

the local radio and television channel.

Community Information Centers

Inform people about the event and its details in various public places and community gatherings.

You can make it part of the community council newsletter or paste a poster in the local community

hall for all to see.

Websites, Discussion Boards and Blogs

In this world of information and technology internet is one of the very effective and low cost mediums to

promote your event. You can use this medium and spread the details of the event using blogs and

related websites.

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