The Events Calendar is packed with all kinds of features and things it can do to help you manage events. This is where we share tips and tricks to level up your online WordPress calendar.
You’ve got your WordPress site. You’ve got your events calendar. Now, it’s time to start selling event tickets. Of course, you could just sell tickets on a third-party site like Eventbrite or Ticketfly—no set-up required. But the benefits of selling your tickets on WordPress might outweigh the convenience of using an external event ticket platform.…
There’s a possible change coming to the way Meetup handles its subscription pricing and ticket fees. We love Meetup around here, and we’ve even integrated it into our Event Aggregator service so that you can easily sync your Meetup events and your WordPress calendar. We think it’s important that you know what’s changing over at…
OK, so you were told that WordPress would be great for your website. You did your research, followed the famous five-minute installation instructions, and got a site spun up pretty darn fast. The problem is that you’re not in love with the way the default Twenty Nineteen theme looks. I mean, it’s pretty, but not…
Promoter is a new communication solution for events and the people who run them (hey, that’s you!). With Promoter, you can connect with your community via email through every stage of your event, bolster event attendance, and manage notifications more efficiently than ever. Here’s a Promoter feature we’re highlighting today: Audiences and Custom Lists. What…
If you run a community calendar to help people find events in your community or your industry, it’s time to harness the power of crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is essentially another word for outsourcing. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people.” When…
If you’ve got a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy for your website, chances are you’re already deploying it in the usual places: your home page, your blog posts, your image alt text and metadata, your video descriptions, etc. But what about SEO in your events calendar? Your calendar is an extension of your website. That…
Corporate employees are flooded with calendar invites. From weekly team meetings to company-wide town halls to birthday celebrations to (wait…free cookie cake in the break room?! On my way!) Not every event comes with promises of cake, so it can be tough to get employees stoked about corporate events. Any meeting that’s less than mandatory…
Tourism bureaus are usually responsible for promoting a mind-boggling quantity of events across tons of distinct categories. We’re talking fine arts, conventions, conferences, outdoor recreation, museums, hotel openings, and more! With so many different types of events, any tourism site will want to engage lots of different audiences. That includes including tourists, business travelers, and…
Weekly event calendars are the unsung heroes of the calendar world. Sure, it’s great to have an overflowing calendar full of cool things to see and do, but that’s tough for visitors to sort through. With a weekly events calendar, attendees can zoom in on what’s happening right now and find the events they want.…
Lots of people who host events through Meetup.com also maintain event calendars on their own websites. No big deal, right? But updating your site’s calendar and keeping your Meetup calendar current can be a real pain in the neck. Nothing screams “busy work” like entering the same event information in two different places. But it…
Public libraries are a hot spot for all kinds of community events. There are book clubs, kids’ storytimes, library board meetings, you name it. Chances are, your local library depends on an online events calendar to organize and promote all of its many events across different categories. But things get tricky when it comes to…
When you think of Pinterest, busy boards full of food and fashion photography might pop into your mind. But for event marketers, Pinterest is more than just a place to organize recipes and file away design inspiration for your dream kitchen. In fact, Pinterest can be an effective tool to promote your events by optimizing…
If you’re a dog trainer or you run a dog obedience school, we get it: Everything you do is for the love of the pups! That’s absolutely great, but when it comes to your website, it’s important to make a connection with those pups’ humans. By taking the time to enhance your website with the…
At face value, an online events calendar might seem pretty straightforward: You create events. People find your events. People attend your events. And on and on, forever and ever. But what if your events calendar could do more than that? What if it could actually be a tool to help you drive more traffic to…
You know that feeling of satisfaction after you organize your office or finally sort through a pile of laundry the floor? Turns out you can conjure the same feel-good sensation when you tidy up your WordPress calendar using event categories and tags! But that sense of satisfaction isn’t just for your own benefit. Your website…