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ClearEvent’s COVID-19 response: We’re in this together!
The COVID-19 situation has brought about unprecedented times in the event industry. Officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 has created a public health emergency around the world and created the need for a coordinated, cohesive...
Event Promotion Tips to Attract Attendees
Event promotion requires enough lead time to create interest. Its also important to use more than one method to communicate the event message since people differ in their communication preferences. Marketing your event to generate awareness is half the battle to...
Emergency Preparedness – Tips for Event Planners
Emergency preparedness, like flossing, is something that all event planners know they need but always seems to be an afterthought. The consequences of not planning for an emergency can be steep if something goes wrong. “Something terrible happened” is not how you...
How to Sell Tickets Without a Website
This is how it feels when you need to sell tickets and you don’t already have a website set up. Or, you have a website, but making changes isn’t simple. Don’t feel constrained. You can sell tickets without a website. In less than an hour you’ll be selling tickets...
Avoid Check Payments in Your Event – Save Time, Money
When planning online registration and ticket sales, you may be tempted to include an option for payment by check. Payment by check is a bad idea for several reasons. A key drawback of check payments is the delay and additional manual work they create, but there are...
Check Payments are a Bad Idea for your Event
There are many good reasons why we all stopped using film cameras. You had to wait to get results, there were a lot of manual steps and you never knew if you got the picture till later, after processing. Check payments for registration are the same way! Payments by...
Customer Review: Port Hope community is hopping with events throughout the year
We had the opportunity to sit down with Jeannie Maidens, Coordinator at the Municipality of Port Hope this week to learn about how she plans her community events. Jeannie runs monthly events throughout the year and has modernized her event planning process using the...
Is Your Ticketing Company a Valued Partner?
Event planners are busy and it's no easy feat to pull off a great event. Think for a moment, which of your suppliers go the extra mile to make sure everything is optimal for you? And even more importantly, which of your suppliers just do the minimum? It's especially...
Sell Online Tickets in 5 Easy Steps
Selling online tickets is easy. This straightforward guide helps you sell online tickets and make money for your event in just five easy steps. Even if it's not your first time selling online tickets, use these useful tips and suggestions to get the most out of your...
Tips for Compelling Conference Branding
You invest thousands of dollars on your conference. Your marketing targets potential delegates across the country. Your goal is a great return on your investment. But, your challenge is to get noticed and make a compelling connection with delegates to attract them to...
Delegate Experience Matters to Savvy Planners
Sometimes the very thing we need to pay attention to is right under our nose. We just can't see it. Every conference planner works hard to secure the best venue, deliver the best program and provide amazing food. In dealing with these important elements, it is easy to...
Managing Booth Assignments In 6 Easy Steps
Managing booth assignments is no easy task! Follow these 6 steps to stay organized and avoid the chaos in the midst of your vendor registration.
Need tickets fast? Here’s how to setup tickets fast for your event.
The Secret to Successful Tickets
A bit of up front preparation is key to expediting your overall process. The following steps highlight important considerations, and show you what a good ticket system can do for you. The first few steps will make all the difference to setting up your online tickets fast!
Tickets and Registration Part 3: Which System is Better?
Part 1 of this series looked at the difference between tickets and registration. In Part 2, we covered when to use tickets and registration. This third and final part, guides you through choosing the best system for tickets and registration. Before we look at systems,...
Tickets and Registration Part 2: When to use them?
We saw in our Seminar Signup example in Part 1 that tickets and registration could both be used. In this article, we show two more examples. One shows when to use tickets, while the other shows when to use registration. Our final example shows...
Tickets and Registration Part 1: What’s the Difference?
Deciding between tickets and registration is confusing. It’s hardly surprising because tickets and registration are similar in some ways and quite different in others. In this first of a three part series of short articles, I'll clarify the difference between tickets...
April Product Updates – What’s new?
April 2018 updates for ClearEvent include a streamlined registration experience, support for registration form permalinks, the ability to manually register event attendees, and auto-linking within plain-text fields.