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Stay up to date with the latest news and (new) possibilities that Eventix has to offer surrounding the corona virus.

So, you’ve organised an event, and you want to know who your visitors are. Logically speaking, knowledge about your target group helps you to tailor your event to what your visitors want. You can download information about your visitors as a customer database and use it to your advantage. In our blog, we’ll use the example of a beer tasting to show you what you can do with a customer database.

We’re very proud to present our first three Zapier automation templates. Zapier is a service that provides automation among various applications, whereby a specific trigger will cause particular actions to occur. We’ve had a connection with Zapier for a few years now, but since recently we’ve been able to provide some standard templates that you can use to manage your customer base easily.

Third-party ticketing has some severe problems. Fraud and scalpers have made it difficult for genuine ticket buyers and sellers to transfer tickets effectively. At Eventix, we feel we owe it to our ticket buyers and sellers to provide the safest possible environment in which to sell secondhand tickets, which is why we’ve chosen to work with TicketSwap - the cutting edge in the fight against fraud.

Instagram has added a new feature to their app: Instagram Reels. The concept consists of short clips of up to 15 seconds to which you can add music, filters and other effects. Feel like you’ve heard this before? You’re right! It’s Mark Zuckerberg's response to TikTok.

Sponsors can help your event grow. But how do you find the right sponsors? How do you add value to your event to draw event organisers over the line? What do I have to offer a potential sponsor as an event organiser? In this blog, you’ll read how to find sponsors so your event can get a running start.

On May 19th 2020, Facebook launched its shops for Facebook Pages but limited the release to a million companies for testing. The expansion allows page admins (on both Facebook and Instagram) to host a catalogue of products under a new ‘Shops’ tab on their page. This feature is incredibly handy for anyone who wants to sell products to their followers directly through social media, but how can it be helpful for event organisers?

Spotify recently announced the launch of video advertising in it’s existing ad studio, opening up all sorts of opportunities for targeting listeners. Spotify, which is generally known as an audio-only platform, claims it is particularly suited for video advertising. So how can this benefit event organisers? How can you use this to boost attendance at your event(s)?

Although the Dutch government is slowly easing the measures surrounding the coronavirus, and the signs seem positive, there are still strict guidelines in place for bars, restaurants, public pools, etc. need to adhere to. You can use time slots in order to be able to serve guests according to these guidelines. That’s the first step, but how do you optimise your guests’ involvement with regards to time slots? Read all about it in the blog!

Here and there, we’re starting to see government regulations surrounding the coronavirus being eased - to a degree. For everyone’s safety, the Dutch government has chosen to make the use of reservation systems a requirement for the reopening of the catering industry. This means that you won’t be able to offer tables to anyone who is passing by your establishment, which is a bummer, to say the least. On the other hand, the use of a reservation system does come with some advantages, namely; insight into your guests. In our blog, you’ll read more about visitor data and what you can use it for.

Given the oncoming easing of regulations regarding the coronavirus in the Netherlands, Eventix has added a function which allows restaurants, bars and cafés to manage the stream of their guests: Time slots. By using time slots, these establishments can easily meet the requirements set by the new regulations. In this blog, you’ll read seven tips about how you get the most out of the use of time slots.

The easing of measures surrounding the coronavirus in the Netherlands means that contact professions, such as hairdressers, tattoo artists and beauty specialists, can start working again under strict conditions. Maintaining 1,5 meters distance and using time slots is the new norm. Eventix can help you with this.

There are various options and initiatives available to help organisers get through these difficult times. One of these options is the ability to collect donations through Facebook. In our blog, you'll read how you can set up donations through a fundraiser on Facebook.

This new reality demands imaginative action. Fortunately, we see collaborations emerging all around us, as well as help being offered, left and right. On top of that, we're seeing new and creative ways of keeping visitors involved. How do you do that? How do you come up with creative solutions to these problems? And what initiatives are out there already?

Right now, we’re online more than ever. A lot of us only really meet people in the virtual world, and because of that the online tools for video calling are running around the clock. There are all sorts of online tools you can use to stream your events, such as Youtube and Lifestorm. In this blog, we zoom in on Zoom, as it allows you to host paid events. You’ll read how to do this in the blog!

In this article, we’ll tell you about the different compensations that are available for SMEs and self-employed professionals in the Netherlands. We’ll also tell you more about the requirements and the application process for each type of compensation.

Every little bit helps. Every donated euro helps the events industry. Besides organisers, everyone involved with the event benefits, such as artists, production partners and freelancers. We want to offer visitors the opportunity to support their favourite events by giving them the option to donate. You can read how the donation option works in the blog!

The world is under corona’s spell. What once started off as something distant and unknown, is now an unavoidable fact of life. The impact of the virus is undeniable, but what the exact extent of that impact will be is anybody’s guess. But what’s next for your event? What can you do?

Visual identity can make a brand, a product or an event. Visual identity is a demonstration of who you are. Large events like Tomorrowland, ADE and Lowlands each have a unique visual identity that ensures that visitors will recognise their event. These large events have a team of designers that shape their visual identity for them, but what if you’re organising a smaller event and don’t have the same means? No worries! In this blog, you’ll find relatively quick and easy ways of sprucing up your event.

As an event organiser, it’s of crucial importance to keep in touch with your visitors. This is not only necessary to be able to easily share all practical information, but also to promote your event in advance among its target group. Effective online communication leads to increased engagement and word-of-mouth advertising, while it simultaneously provides you with valuable information about your audience as well. That is why we discuss several useful ways to keep your visitors up to date in this blog.

In The Netherlands, there are all sorts of initiatives to support the organisers of small events, which is great considering that organising a small event can involve all manner of financial challenges. Luckily there are loads of possibilities for rounding up the necessary finances for your event. You can look for sponsors, but there are also some subsidies you can use. In this blog, we’ll list some of the possibilities.

Facebook has become an important tool for promoting events. By using Facebook advertising you can accurately select your target audience and make sure your ads are shown to the right people, in the right place, at the right time. However, not every event organiser knows about the full potential of advertising on Facebook.

There are countless reasons why people might pick one event over another, although the most common one is probably what artists are on the line-up. However, in a world where many events have very similar line-ups, the choice between two is more likely to be based on other factors. What can an organiser do to make their event more attractive?

Are you looking to make as many people as possible familiar with your event? Then it's a good idea to make use of user-generated content. Your posts on Instagram and Facebook may have decent reach, but having your visitors share their own content about your event truly helps you to stand out.

First-time event organisers often have a number of questions about a wide range of things ranging from their budget to promotion of the event. We compiled a short list of some of the most commonly asked questions and tried to answer them and throw in a few tips. You can read more in the blog!

Visitors of popular events suffer at the hands of resellers. They are a thorn in the side of many event organisers. Enthusiasts, who have been going to an event for years, end up becoming the victims; they aren’t able to buy tickets through the normal channels, so they have to pay a lot more to get them second-hand. To counter this, we’ve added a new feature to our system: Sealed Tickets. In the blog, you can read what Sealed Tickets are, how they work, and what other benefits they have.

If you use Snapchat or Instagram, you’re undoubtedly familiar with geofilters. These are filters that are only available in a specific area. But how can you use these geofilters to promote your event online? Read about it in our blog!

In the Netherlands, we’re crazy about permits. We'll make you get a permit for carrying out renovations, for painting a garden bench, and soon enough you’ll probably need one to tie your shoelaces too. But what about permits for organising events? You can read all about it in our blog!

Events come in all shapes and sizes, from workshops to sports competitions to large festivals, each with a different level of audience attendance. As an event organiser, you’re always looking to increase your revenue and to reduce your risk with as much ease as possible, especially if you’re organising a small event. One of the ways of achieving this is through upselling. Eventix provides more options for upselling than other ticketing systems, which can help you achieve a considerable boost to your event. But, what is upselling? And how can you use it to boost your revenue?

For our scanners to work optimally, we always recommend having a stable internet connection at your event. But how do you go about setting up an internet connection if you’re hosting an event in the middle of a forest? Or any other outdoor location for that matter? What about business events? Well, hold on to your antennas, we’re about to show you!

You’ve organized an event, and your ticket sales went fine, but now you want to sell more tickets for the next edition so that your event can continue to grow. In this blog, you can read all about the possibilities that the Eventix ticket shop has to help you achieve your goals.

Non-profit organisations, such as music venues, don't often have much budget available to spend on showing consumers (expensive) advertisements via Google. Google aims to help non-profit organisations with a specific application: Google Ad Grants. In the blog, you can read exactly what Ad Grants is and what steps you have to take to use it!

The popular streaming service Spotify is not only useful for the listener, but it is also a way for artists to distribute their music. They can do this by sharing their latest releases, but they can also be highlighted in personal playlists and the 'Artist Pick'. You might think that only musicians can have an artist profile, but you couldn't be more wrong; you can have one as an event organiser too. By claiming an artist's profile, you can gain access to loads more ways of promoting your event. In this blog, we'll show you what these options are and how you can use them!

On the 27th of September, the High Council of the Netherlands (you could call it the Dutch Supreme Court) reached a verdict on the case between Clean Air Nederland (CAN) and the Dutch State. Smoking rooms have been permanently banned. Exactly what consequences the ban will have on the catering and events industries is still up in the air, despite that, we still go looking for answers.

Spotify, the online streaming service is immensely popular. In the Netherlands, 56% of all time spent listening to music is in Spotify. If you organize a music event, a large part of your visitors is likely using Spotify to listen to their music. But how can you use Spotify Playlist to boost the experience around your event? You can find out in this blog!

Have you seen Black Mirror: Bandersnatch on Netflix? Ever voted for your favourite during a talent show or asked questions during a live Q&A session? These are all forms of a live experience. But how does a live experience during an event add value to the event itself? To get an answer to this question, I visited Jerre Maas, Head of Events at LiveWall and expert in the field of a live experience.

Scouring across a festival camping left in ruins in search of valuables, I’d heard of people doing it but didn’t know anybody who had. Apparently scavenging after a festival is a real thing. You can even make some money off it. With sustainability in mind, it’s obviously better to save as many things as possible from landfills and the ever-growing plastic soup. So I decided it was high-time to take a deep dive into the world of festival scavenging.

As you may know, we pay out your ticket revenue weekly. We do this for a reason, as we believe that a flexible working method helps you as an organizer. You can read about this method in the blog!

Instagram Music is now available in the Netherlands! If you follow foreign friends on Instagram, you’re sure to have seen this feature. If you then tried to add music to your own Instagram Stories, you’ll have received the message 'Instagram Music is not available in your region'. Until today.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will read all about the link between MailChimp and Zapier.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, we’ll explore the insights you can get from tracking your sent emails.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, we show you how to personalise emails and how personalisation can help you to create a stronger connection with your visitors.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will read how managing unique coupon codes can make your coupon codes more valuable. Instead of sending all your visitors a coupon code, you can choose to only send codes to the visitors who are likely to use them.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will find out how you can make your mailing lists more effective to get better results from your Direct Mailing. There are plenty of reasons for emails not to be opened, so read on if you would like to know how to avoid them.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will read all about the first things your recipients see, which is a good subject line.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will read about the basics of MailChimp, what terms it uses, and how to send your first email.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this blog, you will read all about the tools you can use to set up your Direct Mailing.

In the ‘Grow Faster with Direct Mailing’ series, we show you how to use Direct Mailing as a marketing tool in order to boost your ticket sales. In this introduction, we'll give you an idea of what you can expect from the rest of the series.

Zapier is a tool that is going to save you time! In this blog, you’ll find a short description of what Zapier’s automation can do and an invitation to start using Zapier with Eventix. Read on and start saving time now.

We have begun a partnership with Songkick, which means we have become an official ticket vendor; this can have a significant advantage for you in that potential visitors will be able to purchase tickets from any platform connected to Songkick. In this blog, we’ll show you how this works.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In our previous blog, we wrote about the use of custom audiences. In this blog, we delve deeper into these custom audiences by showing you how to use an existing customer base to find a new group of potential visitors.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we'll go into how you can make use of your loyal group of visitors. This group is incredibly valuable to you as an organiser, as it has a particular profile with specific qualities. We'll show you how to use these profiles to look for a new group of potential visitors.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we show you how to exclude an audience from your advertising. Exclude?! Yes! There is no point in advertising your event to someone who has already purchased a ticket.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we delve into the world of custom audiences. By creating a custom audience you can make sure your advertisements always reach the right people.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we take a closer look at retargeting. By making use of retargeting you can target visitors who didn't complete an order or ordered tickets for a previous event.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we'll introduce you to the Facebook Pixel. The Pixel measures the conversion of (potential) visitors and gives you more insight into your conversion funnel.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we'll show you how your marketing campaign is part of your conversion funnel. The conversion funnel gives you insight into the 'journey' your visitors take.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we'll show you how to plan your ad campaign in advance, which can save you a lot of time.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In this blog, we go into how to plan your posts in advance. Planning your posts ensures that you no longer have to concern yourself when it comes to posting new information on your page, such as line-up releases or updates about your event.

In our Grow Faster with Facebook series, we will show you how to use Facebook as a tool to give your ticket sales a boost. In the first blog, we give you a short introduction to Facebook Advertising and an overview of what you can expect from the blogs.

In our 'Behind the Screens' blogs, you will read all about the latest developments at Eventix. In this Behind the Screens, we dive into the integration of a cashless system when organising an event. We'll take you on a step by step journey through our vision, how we realised it, and the advantages a link with a cashless system has for you.

In recent weeks or months you must have heard the term GDPR. This stands for General Data Protection Regulation (in Dutch this is called AVG: Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming). Although the GDPR is mainly in line with the already applicable Dutch Data Protection Act, there are a number of important changes that will be implemented. Therefore, we answer the questions you have in this blog and we will tell you how we help you as organiser to comply with the new regulations.
This blog provides you with more information about four main issues:

➜ What is the GDPR and what does it entail?

➜ Which measures will Eventix take as a result of the GDPR?

➜ Personal data at Eventix.

➜ What will change for you as organisation?