How to market your event and create the buzz with Youtube

If you have been following our series of how to market and create the buzz on social media, here is our new video!

This time we are telling you how to promote your event through Youtube: the number 1 video-sharing website used by millions of users. Youtube is a great tool to promote your events as it is free, easy to use and can increase your exposure on the web. The more popular your videos are, the more visibility you will get. In this video, we are explaining you how to use Youtube and how to create an interesting, as well as tips on how to create the buzz and to promote your event efficiently.

 

Here are some highlights of the video:

 

• Use a catchy title and focus on the description: before posting your video, make sure to use a title that will drag the attention of your viewers, but also a good description of the content of your video. Keywords are everything on youtube as they will help you be more findable. Make sure to use specific keywords on the description and to use any other related keywords in the tags field.

 

• Create good videos: Creating a good content is essential to create the buzz and attract more viewers. Make sure you are prepared for the filming of your video by choosing a specific location, having a script ready to structure your video.

 

• Create the buzz: many companies use Youtube to promote their company, so it is essential to stand out from the crowd. Creating an original content will help you create the buzz and attract viewers. Also, it is essential to increase your brand awareness so add your logo and colours to your videos so people will recognize you more easily.

In order to create the buzz, make sure to make your audience the star of your video. You can interview the attendees of your event or create a vlog to show the organization of the event.

 

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From Burgers to Business: Planning Your Event at a Sports Bar!

Wahlburgers opened its Toronto doors welcoming sports lovers and the general public to the new, lively and chic two floor establishment. Located in the Luxury SoHo Metropolitan Hotel across from the Rogers Centre, the restaurant space is central and ideal for planning your next small or large gathering.

 

Restaurant owners and celebrity siblings Mark and Donnie Wahlberg always ensure a great experience from the food to the service provided.

The family owned business not only offers outstanding bar food, but an incredible lively atmosphere to set the tone for the evening. With 140 seating spaces and tons of room to stand and enjoy the game, it makes it easy to plan your next large gathering. Picture yourself walking into a cool, trendy, two floor bar entertainment space with flat screen TVs with your logo to welcome you and your guests. This is the vision that can become a reality at Wahlburgers.

Attending a Blue Jays game or heading down towards Union Station soon? Wahlburgers is definitely worth taking the time to stop in and see the space we’re talking about; perfect for your next business social hour or gathering.

 

Contact:

46 Blue Jays Way (at Luxury SoHo Metropolitan Hotel)

Toronto, ON, M5V1J6

Phone number: 416 489 8922

Website: http://wahlburgers.ca/burgers.asp

 

Market your event & create the buzz with Hootsuite

If you have been following our series of how to market and create the buzz on social media, here is our new video!
This time we are telling you how to promote your event through Hootsuite: an easy to navigate website that has a dashboard supporting social network integrations for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. Hootsuite let’s you schedule posts onto any social media platform days in advance without having to worry about manually posting. As posting on social media can be time consuming, hootsuite will help you to post on all your social media platforms in a minute.

Here are some highlights of the video:

Hootsuite is composed of 4 main tabs:
Streams: This is where you have the ability to watch all activity happening on your timeline or dashboard including live tweets, direct messages, whose retweeted or whose mentioned you. Here you can track what people are saying before, during, or after your event. Hootsuite also allows you to stream specific hashtags, keywords and followers to stay updated on current conversations. All you have to do is upload the csv spreadsheet template given to you, with date, time and your message.

Publisher: This is where you can schedule and post your messages. Instead of logging in every time you want to post something on your social media, you can schedule everything in advance and on all your social media. This is a real lifesaver! You can even schedule all your posts in one click thanks to bulk schedule.

Analytics:This tool will help you track your traffic and all the information you want of all your social media. Hootsuite lets you customize your analytics to any form you need to present and sends you an email with a PDF attachment of your click summaries.

Campaign tool: The campaign tool allows you to create sweepstakes, galleries, and contests in minutes. Holding a sweepstake or contest prior to your event is a good way to build hype and excitement for your event.

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Reminisce in the Past and Create New Memories at Matador Ballroom

The Matador Ballroom will be reopening its doors summer of 2016 as a high-end, mature and elegant music/event space. Located at 466 Dovercourt Rd the 100 year old building hosted acts like Johnny Cash and Joni Mitchell before the doors were closed nine years ago.

Paul McCaughey bought the venue in 2010 in the hopes to make it a space to showcase the talents of Canadian music. The Matador Ballroom 3400 square foot ballroom will be available for rent for private events. Paul McCaughey wants the space to be used for weddings, corporate events, and curated concerts. At some point in the future they hope to have a cafe in the front with public workshops.

Location

466 Dovercourt Rd

Toronto, ON

Further Details

http://www.matadorballroom.ca/

 

Interac & Winterlicious – Keep your Banking… and Tastebuds in the Black

On Wednesday, March 16, Toronto dined in black with Interac’s exclusive Dinner in Black.  The dark soiree was held at BrainStation and Quantum Coffee in the heart of Toronto’s downtown core on King West.

The special all black menu was crafted and curated by one of Toronto’s coveted chef teams; Parts & Labour Catering.  Our Deb Lewis was thrilled to assist Vision Experiential Marketing in the logistical planning of the Dinner in Black sponsored by Interac and designed by Zulu.

This exclusive dining experience was an invite only event. Attendees of the event were selected at random from a pool of participant who paid with Interac during the 2016 Winterlicious season as well as a few of Toronto’s well known food bloggers.

Interac is the presenting sponsor of Winterlicious for its third consecutive year. Winterlicious offers unique, three course prix fixe lunch and dinner menus served at more than 200 of Toronto’s top restaurants. In the years since the program’s’ inception, participating restaurants have served 4.9 million meals during the promotion which have generated more than $215 million in economic activity for the local restaurant industry.

Guests kicked off their night with specialty crafted cocktails and canapés to fit the black dinner theme. Chantelle Gabino, a mixologist from Parts & Labour was onsight putting a dark twist on your favourite drinks. The cocktail featured was the El Diablo, a dark drink made from tequila and ginger beer topped off with a splash of crème de cassis and garnished with a lime a floral ensemble.

Following cocktail hour, guests enjoyed a five-course meal that was carefully selected to fit and compliment the Dinner in Black theme. Michael from Parts & Labour explained each course in full detail with a wine pairing for each item on the menu.

Some highlight courses of the night was the beet tartare and the devil’s food cake topped with a blackberry coulis. “They told me that it was beets I was eating, and was stunned,” said one of the guests, ”Absolutely amazing!”

As the night started to wind down guest left with a complimentary gift card to Quantum coffee and two exclusive Dinner in Black prints.

Interac, be in the black.

 

If you didn’t have a chance to take part in Winterlicious this year, be sure to check out Summerlicious from July 8 – 2, 2016.

For more information on Summerlicous, follow the link:  http://ow.ly/ZGiyi

 

For more information on Interac, BrainStation, Quantum, and Parts & Labour, please visit the sites below:

www.interac.ca

www.brainstation.io

www.quantumcoffee.io

www.partsandlabour.ca

Venue Address:

QUANTUM COFFEE,

460 KING STREET WEST

TORONTO, ON

M5A 1L7

CANADA

 

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