Do you ever find it hard to keep your guests interested, awake and engaged at your events? Social media walls could be used by anyone from wedding planners to corporate event planners to community leaders onsite at their events and meetings. Social media walls provide their attendees with a great way to interact.

A Social Media Wall shows content, not only from Twitter (Twitter Wall), but also from other social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, or YouTube.

Top Tips On Social Media Walls:

• Hashtags: Create an easy to remember, short relevant Hashtag. Ensure the hashtag  you create is on your Instagram posts and in your tweets. Ask guests to use the same hashtag when discussing the event on social media.This hashtag allows you to search who else is talking about your event. Tag all of your posts with it, and encourage attendees to do the same.

• Tweet a lot and listen: Share those pre-planned Tweets, ask questions, pictures and videos as much as you can. Don’t forget that communication is a two-way conversation, so don’t just Tweet and Post and leave it there. Listen to the conversation and contribute when you can. RT or Favorite Tweets, Like and Share posts, answer questions and respond to comments. You’ll be surprised how it can encourage more interaction and build a connection with your followers.

• Display branded content: If you are sharing a lot of official updates during the event, social media walls are a great way to maximize the lifetime and reach of all your branded social media content via TV displays around the venue. Connect your Facebook page, Twitter feed, Instagram etc. and your attendees will never miss an update while walking around the event. Share announcements, prize winners, next speaker in line etc.

• Onsite Contests: Consider organizing a contest and asking followers to submit their own photos/videos — the winner could win a prize! Social Media Walls will make it more visual and will help you track the hashtag of your event and contest. You can display photos of prizes, tags and hashtags your attendees can use.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips on how to market your event and create the buzz on social media.

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Everyone uses Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to advertise and market events, but why not try something new? Instagram. This social media platform is often under-used but most effective when it comes to promoting your event, building your brand identity and gaining a stronger following for your company. It is building in momentum and is a must have.

As Instagram is all visual, photos are always a great way to provide a visual to your event. An Instagram photo diary is a wonderful way to promote your events to your target market and audience. Instagram live is also popular.

Top Tips On Instagram:

• Get Posting: Just like other social media platforms, the key to be successful on Instagram is being active. This means taking lots of pictures or videos and posting them for your followers to see. Consider setting a posting schedule and stay on top of that, whether it’s five times a day or five times a week. Study your past posts to see when they got the most audience engagement.

• Create a Story: Let your followers and audience in on the details of the event.  You want to make them feel involved in the event right from the beginning. For timing it is important to create excitement before tickets are on sale. You can do this by making your posts tell a story, updating them regularly and let them in on the planning and preparation right through to after the event. Having regular updates will make people look forward to the next update and keep them wanting more!

• Hashtags: Create an easy to remember, short relevant Hashtag. Ensure the hashtag  you create is on tickets, website, signs, email reminders, facebook event/posts and in your tweets. This hashtag allows you to search who else is talking about your event. Tag all of your posts with it, and encourage attendees to do the same.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips on how to market your event and create the buzz on social media.

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Social media sectors such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and your surrounding neighbourhood are great ways to network and spread the word about your past, current, and future projects.  Today we are focusing on Facebook: one of the most popular social media tools.

Facebook is a powerful and cost-effective social media tool. Creating and promoting an event on Facebook is free and requires a series of easy-to-follow steps.  You can also enhance your facebook marketing with a custom facebook ad campaign.

Top Tips On Facebook:  

• Create an event on Facebook: Ensure to have any staff, ambassadors with permissions as a host. Once someone has accepted the invitation you are able to change their status to host so they can edit the event and update and post easily. Once you have created the event start to invite friends, ask others to invite others to increase the reach.  You will need to keep the event as a public event so that guests can invite others and people can find your event through facebook search.

• Facebook Campaigns: Many events have grown tracking or increased its exposure and attendees through facebook campaigns and Facebook Ads.  These can be useful as you can be very specific of the geographic area, age, status and other elements so you are only paying for advertising to your target market.

• Photos: Always a great way to provide a visual to your event.  This is a wonderful way to promote your events to your target market and audience and show people enjoying past events. It also gives them a better understanding of what the event looks and feels like. Change your profile and cover photo with the main banner of your event.

• Videos: You can also create promotional videos or video photo slide shows about your event to post.  This can be done using a slide show of photos related to your event, any related footage you have access to, link to music and add text with your main event details.

• Tags: A tag is a hyperlink making it easier for your followers or guests to click and visit the  page or person that you’ve tagged. Your post is usually displayed onto the Wall or Timeline of the Page or friend that you’ve tagged. By tagging speakers or guests, you will make your event more visible and have a chance to reach future attendees.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips on how to market your event and create the buzz on social media.

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This marketing video outlines how to prepare effective techniques to market your events on Twitter.  Because posts on twitter are only 140 characters, your tweets have to be creative and engaging. It’s better to tweet something short and eye catching and include a link that people can click for more information.

Top Tips On Twitter:  

• Text/Quick Stories/ Bytes: Different people are interested in different things, write tweets about all aspects of the event and don’t forget to mention sponsors, ambassadors. One text byte explains charity or the cause or explains official message, while another is all about the talent, celebrities or DJ, and another could perhaps showcase the venue or the food, or signature drinks etc.

• Photos and Videos: Photos show up well on twitter, so similar to facebook, tweet and post photos so followers can get a visual of the event. You can also create promotional videos about your event to post on various sites online.  This can be done using a slideshow of photos related to your event, any related footage you have access to, link to music and add text with your main event details or can try Vine that is integrated into twitter recently.

• Twitter contest: Setting up a twitter contest is a perfect way to increase your reach and have your followers engage or retweet.  The most common is a Retweet to win, another way is to ask ppl to mention a hashtag and account name (@Mention)  These can also be held onsite at the events to increase engagement by attendees.

• Hashtags: Create an easy to remember, short relevant Hashtag. Ensure the hashtag  you create is on tickets, website, signs, email reminders, facebook event/posts and in your tweets. Hashtags will make it easier to find any tweet related to the event and can also be very useful if you have a social media wall during your event.

Watch our video below for more complete information and tips on how to market your event and create the buzz on social media.

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If you want your party to be a little more private, the Smash Ping Pong Lounge offers a private meeting room. Capacity about 100.

At Smash they provide a wide choice of food and beverages with tasty snacks – perfect for an evening at the Ping Pong table. These include pizza, snacks like fries or mozzarella sticks or desserts.

With sport games showcased on TV, one of the tasty cocktails and a round at the Ping Pong table a good experience is guaranteed with a lot of fun and by the way is also good exercise.

Smash Ping Pong Lounge is a great location for your next event, if you want your party to be remembered.

Courtesy of: Smash Ping Pong Lounge

Capacity main level: 100

http://smashpingpong.ca/

672 Queen St E

647-748-7664

Rainhard Brewery is the right place to go for every beer lover in Toronto and beyond. Located in the trendy Stockyards, they mainly operate as a bar, having dinner or lunch is not the norm, still, it’s a great place to just hang out with your friends while drinking a few homemade beers.

Public and private events are often being hosted at Rainhard Brewery, always with big success.  You can also inquire about the space for your own special event.

Founder Jordan Rainhard and his wife created, Rainhard Brewery so everyone can enjoy a quality beer in a great atmosphere with good company.

Courtesy of: Rainhard Brewery – Dan Kaufman http://www.photosbydan.ca/

Capacity: 100 with 30 bar-height stools

http://rainhardbrewing.com/the-brewery/

100 Symes Rd

Toronto, ON M6N 0A8

Email: info@rainhardbrewery.com

Phone: 416-763-2337

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The “Intimate Affair” room offers a 10-seat private experience and overlooks the restaurant, it is ideal for business meetings and small celebrations.

Private Dining Room [Photo Courtesy of Planta]

If you feel that the dining space won’t hold the number of guests you’ll have, the entire restaurant can be converted into a party paradise called “Party Animals”. This option provides a party environment and can seat 165 people.

So if you’re wondering where to host your next event, why not the place that will adapt to your needs and make sure it will be perfect.

Main Dining Room [Photo Courtesy of Planta]

Address: 1221 Bay Street, Toronto

Phone: 647-348-7000

Email: info@chasehg.com

One Loft operates a cafe and a nightclub but could be a great spot for your next group event.  The cafe is located in the front part of the venue and has the capacity to hold up to 50 guests. The room is decorated with detailed wainscoting and a 15 foot copper bar. The menu names of the food and drinks are inspired by movies, places, people, characters and moments.

With lots of space indoors, the bar can accommodate 200 people and is equipped with mirrors, leather couches, and even eight private booths that offer bottle service.

The cafe also serve cocktail mixes, fancy glassware and can be perfect for business luncheons, big birthday celebrations and corporate parties.  Many types of events can enjoy the Loft.

Address: 292 College Street Toronto, Ontario,M5T 1R9

Phone Number: 416.925.8894

Capacity:

Café Room: 50 Guests

Nightclub: 200 Guests

Website: http://www.oneloft.ca/?p=38

Behind its glorious Facade there is a unique hospitality experience that’s inspired by the local culture and will be infused with a modern yet classic style. All the little details have planned for when putting together the management team. From the design to the service, design, the amenities to the food and beverage program. Visitors and locals can enjoy different venue and gathering spaces, these include a restaurant, lobby cafe and bar, and for all the special functions there is a private event facilities and rooftop terrace.

With all the energy and feel of the space and the people, The Broadview Hotel is planning to once again be an iconic piece of the Toronto landscape.  The plan is to illuminate the building at night so it becomes the centerpiece of the neighbourhood for the launch, lets see if it stays. The new glass addition to the side of the building is starting to look stunning under moonlight. If you are looking for something different, what better place to book your next event than this?  When looking up at the space, the rooftop terrace all surrounded in glass looks like a special space.

Address: 106 Broadview Ave, Toronto

Contact: info@thebroadviewhotel.ca

Website: http://www.thebroadviewhotel.ca/