As you determine what kind of event you’ll host and what activities will be present, consider your promotional plan. Provide guests as many reasons to attend as possible. Not only will they be supporting a great cause, but there will be thrilling entertainment, a celebrity emcee, fun games, live music, delicious food, and more!
To craft a promotional plan, ask these questions:
- Who do you want to attend your event?
- Sponsors
- Friends of the Organization
- New Community Members
- Where do those people live? Work?
- What do they read and watch?
- Local papers
- Online calendars
- Websites
- Blogs
- Media outlets
- Hang flyers in local businesses and bulletin boards
- Which social media platforms can you utilize effectively?
- Hashtags broaden your audience
- Look up hashtags related to your cause
- Create a specific tag for your event
- Use video content and photos from past years or current work
- Hashtags broaden your audience
- How can people get involved before the event?
- Selling raffle tickets
- Donating to the cause
- Who can help get the word out?
- Local notables
- Consider local celebrity endorsements
- Book a band or emcee with a following
- Volunteers, ambassadors
- Each person within your organization should invite their networks
- Equip those who are already passionate about your nonprofit with marketing materials
- Vendors and Sponsors
- Ask catering, special activity hosts, etc. to promote the event using their social media
- Provide flyers, registration links and other materials they can use to invite their networks!
- Local notables
Do Good Events works with clients in support of their promotional plan, ensuring that all angles are thought through and executed in a timely manner. We look forward to sharing your event with our networks as well! Let’s get to work!