5 Event Social Media Marketing Tips

Judi Knight writes a great post on using social media to promote your event. Here's a synopsis of some of her tips, find our more event marketing tips using social media within her article, "How to Use Social Media To Have a Wildly Successful Event".

When hosting a regular event, take the following steps to ensure success:

• Set up a website to host all of the event related content.
• If you don't have time or inclination to build a set. And you can do as little as hosting a blog. Make sure you set up a Facebook page for the event, or a group.
• Schedule events in Facebook, this sends an update to your fans and friends.
• If you need people to pay, use Eventbrite. Embed the eventbrite code into your website.
• Post your presentation on slideshare and YouTube.