In part one we start a conversation about how Yodel is reinventing the local event calendar. There was a time when the community event calendar was a corkboard in the front window. The reach of those promoted events were magnified with an advertisement in the...
From the community bulletin board to the AI-powered event calendar the question of how to market and promote community events has been a puzzle for at least a century. Events were once posted on a bulletin board at the post office, in the local newspaper, on a flyer...
From event calendar to revenue engine. For generations, the community event calendar was a deceptively simple idea. Just tell people what is happening, when it is happening, and where to find it. The trouble is that the traditional event calendar rarely lived up to...
From event calendar to travel planning portal, an event calendar can be a useful thing. An accurate one can become something more important. It can become the beginning of a travel itinerary. That is the idea behind the evolution of Kingman Tours in Kingman, Arizona,...
There was a time when maintaining a community event calendar meant somebody had a full-time job managing a clipboard. Event information arrived by email. Or if you are a bit older you remember when that information arrived in a stamped envelope. Then somebody copied...
For decades, communities have chased the same promise. They want to develop a single, reliable place where residents and visitors can find out what’s happening. Chambers of commerce, tourism bureaus, Main Street programs, downtown associations, and destination...
Every thriving community has a story to tell. Festivals celebrate heritage. Farmers markets connect neighbors. Concerts fill downtown streets with music. Charity walks inspire generosity and foster development of a sense of community. Chamber networking events spark...
The heartbeat of a community is a well curated event calendar. There was a time when the community calendar filled with church socials, Friday football games, chili cook-offs, civic meetings, parades, summer concerts, and holiday festivals was the core of chamber of...
From bulletin boards to brainpower the story of how event calendars evolved is an interesting and relevant story. There was a time when finding out what was happening in required thumbing through the local paper, tuning into the local radio station, or checking out...
The heartbeat of community growth is the event calendar. An AI-powered event calendar is the heart of a champion. Remember when a community event calendar and event promotion meant overworked staff, posting flyers around town, and ads run in the newspaper and on the...
