Comments on: Promote Your Concert Or Event Online Through Syndication: Eventful, Zvents, Upcoming And Google http://mustech.net/2007/10/09/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google *** A Symphony of Music Education, and Technology! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: J. Pisano http://mustech.net/2007/10/09/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google#comment-387 J. Pisano Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:03:31 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/10/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google/#comment-387 Alex, Thanks for your review. You are correct the quotations are copies of their summaries. I am a big fan of the Google Calendar options as the map funciton is really useful when you are already going places and can see them. All of these are the first generation of this type of thing and it will only get better. I'm not really familiar with Evite, thanks for the cue... I'll check into it. The intent of this article wasn't to review the services as much as it was to make readers "aware". Again thanks for very insightful comment and opinions. Please join our conversation anytime! J. Pisano Alex,

Thanks for your review. You are correct the quotations are copies of their summaries. I am a big fan of the Google Calendar options as the map funciton is really useful when you are already going places and can see them.

All of these are the first generation of this type of thing and it will only get better. I’m not really familiar with Evite, thanks for the cue… I’ll check into it.

The intent of this article wasn’t to review the services as much as it was to make readers “aware”. Again thanks for very insightful comment and opinions. Please join our conversation anytime!

J. Pisano

]]> By: Alex http://mustech.net/2007/10/09/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google#comment-389 Alex Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:43:12 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/10/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google/#comment-389 Nice summary. Agree that they each have their pros and cons but have you just copied the description of each from their website? They sound overly positive of each and aren't really accurate. Zvents - the one you want to use to find things to do. They are a search engine so they have way more stuff and power most 3rd parties - listing with them will get you just about everywhere else (heck with manually "sharing"). Problems? stale. Hardly the buzz that eventful has but then you want function and effectiveness, not flashy. Eventful - The social platform. Demand is a great badge for your profile to say I want X to come to town while getting others to support you. I've heard that that alone has convinced some bands to do successful shows. Problems? hardly "discover" They aren't a search engine so they really only have what people demand. That said, as I defended Zvents' problem, I'll do the same with this criticism: Sure, users are "discovering" the events that they have. "Create events" What does that even mean? Upcoming - no comment. Yahoo's thing right? still very techie last I checked. Private events is an interesting angle. Google Calendar - yeah post public listings and share on maps. I'm really anxious to see what Windows Live supports in this regard though since Windows is the only thing that can trump Google by getting everyone (except Mac users) using it. What I really like is that you've almost summarized them well as such: Zvents - find and share/promote events Eventful - request and share events Upcoming - private events (though why you wouldn't use Evite for that...) Google - promote events Nice summary. Agree that they each have their pros and cons but have you just copied the description of each from their website? They sound overly positive of each and aren’t really accurate.

Zvents - the one you want to use to find things to do. They are a search engine so they have way more stuff and power most 3rd parties - listing with them will get you just about everywhere else (heck with manually “sharing”). Problems? stale. Hardly the buzz that eventful has but then you want function and effectiveness, not flashy.

Eventful - The social platform. Demand is a great badge for your profile to say I want X to come to town while getting others to support you. I’ve heard that that alone has convinced some bands to do successful shows.
Problems? hardly “discover” They aren’t a search engine so they really only have what people demand. That said, as I defended Zvents’ problem, I’ll do the same with this criticism: Sure, users are “discovering” the events that they have.
“Create events” What does that even mean?

Upcoming - no comment. Yahoo’s thing right? still very techie last I checked. Private events is an interesting angle.

Google Calendar - yeah post public listings and share on maps. I’m really anxious to see what Windows Live supports in this regard though since Windows is the only thing that can trump Google by getting everyone (except Mac users) using it.

What I really like is that you’ve almost summarized them well as such:
Zvents - find and share/promote events
Eventful - request and share events
Upcoming - private events (though why you wouldn’t use Evite for that…)
Google - promote events

]]> By: DSpagnesi http://mustech.net/2007/10/09/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google#comment-386 DSpagnesi Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:12:05 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/10/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google/#comment-386 The concept of using RSS feeds to promote music events is quite interesting. In contrast to the sort of publicity that I recall from my days of high school, I feel this method brings in a different and larger demographic. Posters in the public library, will raise awareness primarily amongst senior citizens and young mothers. By contrast, rss feeds will bring in probably a younger and more diverse crowd, making a greater part of the community aware of local events. I feel this is a great way to promote the arts locally. The concept of using RSS feeds to promote music events is quite interesting. In contrast to the sort of publicity that I recall from my days of high school, I feel this method brings in a different and larger demographic. Posters in the public library, will raise awareness primarily amongst senior citizens and young mothers. By contrast, rss feeds will bring in probably a younger and more diverse crowd, making a greater part of the community aware of local events. I feel this is a great way to promote the arts locally.

]]> By: MKneisley http://mustech.net/2007/10/09/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google#comment-388 MKneisley Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:25:30 +0000 http://www.mustech.net/2007/10/promote-your-concert-or-event-online-through-syndication-eventful-zvents-upcoming-and-google/#comment-388 I am a member of Eventful and have found it extremely helpful--it not only tells you music and theater, but any kind of entertainment: special club nights, sporting events, etc. It's a quick run down of events sent right to your email. I also enjoy how artists can now have their fans "demand" them to come to their cities through Eventful--it's helping the artists easily see where in the country they're listened to and desired. I am a member of Eventful and have found it extremely helpful–it not only tells you music and theater, but any kind of entertainment: special club nights, sporting events, etc. It’s a quick run down of events sent right to your email.
I also enjoy how artists can now have their fans “demand” them to come to their cities through Eventful–it’s helping the artists easily see where in the country they’re listened to and desired.

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