{"id":42217,"date":"2010-10-05T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T14:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2010-10-05T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T14:18:43","slug":"50-almost-all-free-websites-to-promote-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/50-almost-all-free-websites-to-promote-events\/","title":{"rendered":"50+ (almost all free) websites to promote events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/special-event-ticket-admit-one2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7118\" style=\"float: left;margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" title=\"ticket stub\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/10\/special-event-ticket-admit-one2.jpg\" alt=\"Ticket: Spcial Event Admit One\" width=\"220\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>When it&#8217;s time to promote a live or special event, do you rely on the same old websites to spread the word?<\/p>\n<p>Posting on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslist.org\/about\/sites\" target=\"_blank\">Craigslist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/publicitytips\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and<a href=\"##followmeonlinkedin\" target=\"_blank\"> LinkedIn<\/a> is a no-brainer.\u00a0 But if you aren&#8217;t doing much more than that, you could be missing the smaller niche websites where you can target your ideal attendees like a laser beam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Great Site for Musicians to Promote <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, did you know that more than 25,000 musicians have used the free account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ArtistData.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArtistData.com<\/a> to promote more than 4. 9 million shows, events and other news across MySpace, Twitter, Facebook and other websites that reach their niche audiences?<\/p>\n<p>You can submit information about a gig and it will automatically post your music-related calendar listing to more than 25 sites.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a lot of eyeballs reading about you. (Thanks to my friend, indie music marketing expert <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicpromotionblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Baker<\/a> for that tip.)<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s just for musicians.\u00a0 Major websites like Craigslist and niche sites abound for businesses, tourist attractions, authors, speakers, experts, nonprofits, sports events and more.<\/p>\n<p>Join me from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, Oct. 19, for the webinar &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">50+ Places Online to Promote Your Live &amp; Virtual Events to Reach Your Target Market and Pull Sell-out Crowds<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on Oct. 27, 2010: I recorded the webinar and it&#8217;s now available as a download link, along with the MP3, handouts and the PowerPoint presentation I used for the video. click on the link above.<\/p>\n<p> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus for the First 20 Registrants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first 20 people who sign up get my handy checklist of all the sites I mention during the webinar, plus a long list of offline places to promote events.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t among the first 20, you still get a replay link for the video, the PowerPoint slides I used during the presentation, and the MP3.\u00a0 I will email you the handouts the morning of the call.<\/p>\n<p>This webinar is perfect for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PR pros and publicists whose clients host events<\/li>\n<li>Authors who want to promote book-signings<\/li>\n<li>Experts who host teleseminars and webinars<\/li>\n<li>Virtual assistants who do PR for their clients<\/li>\n<li>Speakers who promote classes, workshops, training events, seminars and boot camps<\/li>\n<li>Nonprofits that host fund-raisers, from neighborhood activities to black-tie charity balls<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who does PR for tourist attractions like museums, parks, festivals and sporting events<\/li>\n<li>PR people who promote activities at schools, colleges and universities<\/li>\n<li>Event and meeting planners <\/li>\n<li>Corporate PR departments that promote events for their companies<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer groups that help with event promotion<\/li>\n<li>Arts groups that must pull crowds to art festivals, gallery tours and meet-the-artist events<\/li>\n<li>Party planners<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who co-sponsors events <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope to see you on Oct. 19!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#8217;s time to promote a live or special event, do you rely on the same old websites to spread the word? Posting on Craigslist, Facebook and LinkedIn is a no-brainer.\u00a0 But if you aren&#8217;t doing much more than that, you could be missing the smaller niche websites where you can target your ideal attendees\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/online-marketing\/50-almost-all-free-websites-to-promote-events\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":11,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[612],"tags":[634,644,465,605,13,607,610],"class_list":{"0":"post-42217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online-marketing","7":"tag-craigslist","8":"tag-facebook-events","9":"tag-free-pr-tools","10":"tag-news-events","11":"tag-press-releases","12":"tag-promotions","13":"tag-publicist","14":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}