EventElephant in global 100 outstanding and fast-moving start-up technology companies

EventElephant made it into Guidewire Group’s, Innovate!100 list in 2010, ranked at 43.

Guidewire is one the world's leading analyst firm’s focused exclusively on startups and emerging markets: this global competition identifies the world’s top 100 "outstanding and fast-moving start-up companies from around the world." The List was developed after more than 30 Pitch Slam events on five continents over the past 10 months, (thousands of pitches put through a rigorous methodology and process) as part of the Innovate! 2010 program. Placement on the list was determined by a combination of the company’s G/SCORE assessment, stage and pace of growth, and business potential.

We’re thrilled. Two other Irish companies made the top 100 list: Sonru.com and GetitkeepIt who were placed at 46 and 98.
You can see the list and roundup on Innovate!100.

New To Planning A Club Night?

Here are a few tips and suggestions to help you to achieve the perfect night out:

Create hype!
If people aren’t excited about your club night, then they won’t go. With so many options for clubbers these days, you need to catch their attention. Every break through event needs a USP so be creative and create something that sets your night apart. Like a secret location, special guests or a completely unique experience. Take your event online to keep people informed about what’s happening and what to expect. Social networking sites are the perfect platform to do this. We ran a survey recently: 52% of our survey respondents said they receive between 1 and 5 Facebook music event invites per week. Make sure you get listed on your potential clubbers Facebook pages. with EventElephant's Facebook Integration Application you can upload your event to your Facebook page with just one click
Build up excitement about your big launch and keep awareness alive and growing by dangling the carrot of an amazing clubbing experience to all potential attendees.

Keep It Professional!
No one wants to attend a club night that looks like it was organised by a toddler. Make sure your marketing materials and website represent the night you are offering and are slick and professional. This is the first impression you’re potential customers will get of your event and can be make or break. Ensure all graphics and design are properly executed and present an image you would be proud to promote. Remember, you only get once chance to make a good first impression. With EventElephant's ticketing software you can set-up your uniquely branded website easily: here's a great example of the WrightVenue:

Cater To Your Clientele
Don’t charge students prices they cannot afford, or expect professionals to party in a dive club. Know who you’re customers are and their expectations. Especially today, pricing is crucial and can determine the type of clubber you will attract. You can’t cater to everyone’s taste: understand who you want to attract and customise the music and venue to keep them coming back.

Planning Is Key!
Don’t let it all get on top of you, you can’t do everything on your own. Make sure all aspects of your club nights are organised and planned in advance. You never know when disaster may strike. EventElephant can help you with the headache of ticket sales. Don’t worry about taking payments, setting up a website or distributing tickets, we’ll do it all. With EventElephant’s set-up to sign up online registration system, you can sell tickets online, take secure online payments and manage EVERYTHING from the one place. We’ll leave you to worry about making sure your event, staff, DJs and entertainment all run smoothly and we don’t envy you that task.
So let us help you take the hassle out of planning your club night, click HERE.

You should follow us on our Facebook music page to hear about upcoming gigs.

EventElephant wishes all its readers a festive Christmas

Wherever you are this Christmas and whether it's snowing or the sun is shining, we'd like to wish you a great Christmas and success with all your events.

If you need any help over the holiday period there'll always be someone on hand to answer your queries.

EventElephant wins Innovation, Imagination & Excellence Award

EventElephant’s online events planning software received an award at the MBA Association 's first Innovation, Imagination and Excellence in Business Awards on Saturday November 27, 2010 in Belfast's City Hall.

Una Coleman, Head of Marketing EventElephant, accepting the award with Liam Fennelly, President of the MBA Association, and David Quinn, Partner PWC and sponsor of the award.)

“Four exemplary companies and people were honoured for their innovative approach to building their businesses” including EventElephant, according to the MBA Association.
Sir George Quigley, Chairman of Bombardier-Shorts, the Awards sponsors, who celebrated 100 years of innovation in 2009, told the 200 strong business audience that innovation was not solely the responsibility of business and industry but needed to be applied in the political arena too. He called for Government to revisit the idea of a reduced corporation tax rate for Northern Ireland, to encourage investment and enterprise and to rebalance the economy by building the private sector.
Liam Fennelly, President of the MBA Association of Ireland, the representative body for MBAs (Masters in Business Administration) praised the shortlisted companies: “This is a great opportunity to celebrate the excellent track record of innovation within many companies on the island of Ireland, a record which has enabled them to compete with the best in the world and win.”
The Innovation in Service Development Award was taken by EvenElephant, the online event management and booking system that’s been hailed as “the event organizer’s best friend”.

David Quinn, as sponsor of the award in the service category to EventElephant commented: "In a new world where consumers will play an unprecedented role in product and service development, CEOs are looking to their customers, partners and supply-chain for product and process innovation. Innovation, technology and globalisation are the new partners in a race for corporate advantage and all of us are runners in that marathon". "And in a world where close to 90% of CEOs expect the internet, mobile devices and social media to determine future business strategy , service innovation will become the driver of growth in a shrinking world where borders and time are irrelevant."

The inaugural MBA Association Innovation, Imagination and Excellence in Business Awards were supported by Bombardier Aerospace, HSBC and Queen’s University School of Management.
It was another great outing for EventElephant.

Social Networking is changing the way concert promoters & clubs run their gigs.

We ran a survey back in the beginning of the Autumn to understand how Social Networking is influencing the choices people make about attending music events. The results say it all. Facebook matters!

Here are the results of our survey.

What is your preferred platform(s) to find out about upcoming music events?













How many Facebook music event invites do you receive each week?


Use EventElephant’s Facebook Integration Application to promote your club nights.










If it was cheaper to buy a ticket to a gig, concert, festival, event online - would you prefer to book online?

Sell more tickets online and take secure online payment with EventElephant’s set-up to sign-up music ticketing platform.









How much do you spend on music tickets in a year?

Music remains a key entertainment spend even in recessionary times.
With EventElephant’s marketing tools you can be a LOUDER VOICE for your club nights.








What’s your preferred method of receiving your tickets?

The overwhelming number of respondents are happy to receive their tickets via email. This is cost effective for music and venue promoters and don’t forget your can manage attendee entrance at your events with our EntryElephant barcode and scanning verification
Note, some respondents selected more than one option.




Do you check Promoters Facebook pages for information?

Promoters, there’s alot more you can do to engage with your prospective attendees. Add your events to your Facebook page with EventElephant’s Facebook integration application. Offer promotional discounts on your Facebook page: get your attendees to like your page and keep you in front of mind. We’ll add your details to our EventElephant Faceboook MusicandEntertainment page.



Age categories:













38% of our respondents were female, 62% male.

What's influencing your choices of music gigs you attend?
What will your annual spend be on music events in 2011?
Leave your comments below.

If you’re a music promoter and you want to learn more get in touch with our music man, andy.noonan@eventelephant.com
http://www.twitter.com/andynoonan
facebook.com/musicandentertainment

Winter Latest updates: New features and benefits for Event Organisers

We’ve upgraded our Key Features page, to help you see at a glance all the features of our event planning system: making event planning easier for you.

Our product development teaming are always working away in the background, adding new functionality to our online event registration platform. We also get lots of feedback from our event organisers with suggestions on what would make things easier and better for them.
Here are a few of the things we’ve been working on, including new features which will definitely help boost your ticket sales.

We’ve got some great new features to tell you about which will definitely boost your ticket sales. They’re based on your feedback.



Setting up your event registration website couldn’t be easier with EventElephant’s ticketing software. That’s the first step. Now you need to market your event. Check out all the tools you can use to create a buzz and promote your event: Market Your Event









We’ve upgraded our Key Features page, to help you see at a glance all the features of our event planning system: making event planning easier for you.











EntryElephant: Our barcode and scanning verification to help you manage attendee entrance at your events. You can scan etickets at the point of entry and you can generate name badges










You can now select whatever text is relevant to your event for the Register Now button, eg Book Now or add your own.











To make it clear we have changed the "credit card fee" to Payment charge" everywhere.












You can remove the PDF ticket attachments from confirmation emails: we know some event organisers prefer to send their own branded tickets to their attendees










Keep your comments coming. You want to sell more tickets. We want you to sell more tickets.
If you want to learn more contact your account manager OR marketing@eventelephant.com

EventElephant wins best ebusiness award

Best and Brightest Rewarded for their Contributions to the Online World
The winners of Ireland’s prestigious Eircom Spider Awards were announced at a gala awards ceremony on Thursday 18th of November. EventElephant won BEST EBUSINESS category.
With over 700 attendees, the best and brightest representing hospitality and tourism, entertainment, financial services, education, community, retail, charity to mention some of the categories, were there to acknowledge their peers, creating the online revolution.
According to Stephen Beynon, eircom Chairman of the Judging Panel “There’s a really high quality entry this year. There are people embracing social media as main stream for the first time. The judges were bowled over by the quality of this year’s entries.”



It’s a fantastic endorsement for EventElephant’s online events registration system. We are so proud and pleased to be recognised as THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ONLINE WORLD.

Photo: Una Coleman and MC Jimmy Carr at the Spider Awards.