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Permalink Reply by Bhavesh Kothari on January 3, 2013 at 3:06pm

Hi ruchi,

Well there are several other sites where you don have to send the information to the site owner.

For Example http://www.linksme.co.in/index.php/sme-knowledge-hub-2/events/year....- .

Here all you need to do is just Register as a member and you can easily, Add/Modify/Delete events. Whats more..you can use around 350++ social media places where you can easily share them and reach out to a larger audience.

to know more see www.linksme.co.in under the SME Knowledge Hub Section we have a events section dedicated to events. All you need to do is Register and create your company profile as a service provider/seller. Once approved you can log in and under the menu tab you will see "Create Event" its as simple as this.

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Permalink Reply by Ruchi Vaidya on January 3, 2013 at 3:24pm

thanks Bhavesh. Will sure give it a try. Would be helpful if you could answer other questions as well.

Thanks a ton!

Chers!

Ruchi

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Permalink Reply by Bhavesh Kothari on January 3, 2013 at 3:45pm

Hi Ruchi,

Thanks for the prompt response and I am glad that you found it useful. Kindly find below the answers to your questions. 

1. Do all these website require content to be sent to them and they post it for you? 

A: On LINKSME, you dont need to send content, you can upload it on your own so is true with places like a event section on Linkedin. Though you do need to be a registered member.

2. Do these website charge for such posts? what are the charges (approximately)? Are they feasible / economical for start-ups? 

A. Most of them dont charge, unless you are using their other services such as payment gateway of want them to do a dedicated BD activity like EDMs and sponsorship/delegate acquisition. At LINKSME we also can provide additional value by being your Media Partners, which enables you to reach out to our community members as well. We also promote the events from our end on the Social media platforms. Visit www.facebook.com/LINKSME for more details.

3. Do you have to be a registered identity to post an event?

A. Yes. You have to be a registered identity to post events. Its very simple like creating your profile on Facebook/Twitter/LINKSME etc.

4. How long do they take to post the content? OR how long before the event is it a good idea to send the details to them?

A. On LINKSME it goes live the moment you click on post. On other sites if you post the content it might take about 1-3 days depending on the quickness of the response. Ideally its always good to launch the event 2-3 months before the actual event on on our site LINKSME. This enables you to use the platform and reach out to maximum people virally as well.

5. Which websites do you guys recommend / use often?

A. some sites like Linkedin/Facebook/ Google+/LINKSME are highly recommended as these have high reach and connected well with decision makers.

Note: Have tried to give my best shot in answering them as I have spent almost 14 years in event management and hope my experience may be of some help :P)

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Permalink Reply by Ruchi Vaidya on January 3, 2013 at 4:16pm

wow Bhavesh! This helps!! Thanks a ton!!

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Permalink Reply by Ruchi Vaidya on January 3, 2013 at 4:12pm

Hey Shrutin

Thanks. Just to clarify I am looking for entertainment events like street plays or food festival etc. thus mentioned buzzintown, burp etc. Not looking for corporate events. The sites which mention a cities major events for localites to choose from for casual hang-outs.

 

Hope it clarifies!

 

Thanks again!

Ruchi

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Permalink Reply by Amit Panchal on January 3, 2013 at 3:47pm

Hi Ruchi,

Checkout http://allevents.in - world's fastest growing event aggregation portal (more than 5 million events as of now from 12,000 cities of the world)

You should look at this too http://therodinhoods.com/forum/topics/all-events-in-city-a-global-s...

Although posting events on it is very easy, we do have a page to guide you for that http://allevents.in/static/how-to-post-events.php

Hope you like it!

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Permalink Reply by Ruchi Vaidya on January 3, 2013 at 4:15pm

Thanks Amit!

Really helpful. Exactly what i was looking for.

Cheers!

Ruchi

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Permalink Reply by Arun Kumar Waghchoure on January 4, 2013 at 2:49pm

For most of the listing site if it is without ticketing solution you can list it for free after login, without you login nobody will trust you. And question might arise since host is not login in it might not be genuine. 

I suggest make a list of all sites and categories such as class A,B,C don't rely only 1 event listing. Also check from SEO or Google point of view which sites are popular for example olx, quikr & justdial will get you lots of views.

You can see if site with ticketing solution fits for your event. Finally don't forget FB and Print Media.

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Permalink Reply by Ruchi Vaidya on January 4, 2013 at 8:13pm

:) thanks for your genuine advise! any idea in particular about buzzintown??? 

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