Get to Know Your Participants Better with Facebook Insights

If you scroll through your participant database, it probably makes you feel warm and fuzzy that you have so much background info. You know who is a current registrant, who isn’t registered this year but did your event three years ago, who is in each age group, etc…which helps you target your emails and other marketing channels to reach the right people at the right time.

You can get similar info on your Facebook fans, using that data to make better posts that get better results. It’s called Facebook Insights and here are three parts of this tool that you can use to figure out who is interacting with your page and what they want:  Continue reading

7 Ways To Promote Your Event With Facebook

Promoting your event or race with social media can be really effective – helping you attract more participants and get your current registrants fired up – if you do it right. It takes some work, but the good news is that you can have some fun because these social channels are so casual and interactive.

If you’re looking for some inspiration, here are seven Facebook ideas and examples from other events who are doing it well:  Continue reading

Are You Ready For Facebook’s New Graph Search?

In mid-January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented Graph Search as Facebook’s new social search engine. It’s still in beta mode, but event directors need to know what’s coming their way.

Graph Search pulls four things into one searchable place: people, places, interests, and photos. With those all available, it’s possible for Facebookers to search for and find results such as ‘friends who like running’ or ‘pictures I liked’ or ‘events near Boston my friends have been to.’ Click here to take a look at Graph Search.

Why does this all matter to event directors? Because you may need to make some changes so your event’s Facebook page stands out. Here are 4 steps you can take right now to prepare for the new Graph Search:  Continue reading

8 Ideas on How to Get Facebook Likes & Comments

Your event probably has a Facebook page, but is it doing anything for you? Are your fans interacting with you, or just silent?

Whether you have 20 fans or 20,000, it’s important to post things that will grab their attention and start some conversations. Here are 8 great ideas from other events and organizations that you can use to get likes and comments on your Facebook page: Continue reading

As the World Clicks: How Social Networks Get People to Take Action

You know Facebook and Twitter are important. Most race directors use these channels to communicate event updates and drive registration numbers. But you do know exactly how these online channels translate into real world actions?

Here at ACTIVE we decided to dig into this a little bit, so we conducted a ‘Beyond the Click’ survey of 500 consumers to assess how their online and offline interactions overlap. Continue reading

Changes to Twitter: Update Your Header Image

Surprise, surprise. A major social network changed something again and we need to adjust to keep up! Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest…as Heraclitus would say, “nothing is permanent but change.”  Now it’s Twitter’s turn to make a design change and keep us on our toes. Here’s what you need to know: Continue reading

Increase Registrations With the New “Just Redirect” Facebook App

You may know a thing or two about Facebook. Your organization’s page has a great cover image, tons of likes, and your fans seem to respond to what you have to say. But there’s one thing missing from your Facebook strategy: you don’t exactly know how it helps you increase real participation and real revenue. Continue reading

8 Popular Race Management Posts (& Free Articles) You May Have Missed

This is our version of a recap episode. We know you’re busy and there’s never enough time to read everything you want to, so below is a list of our most popular posts and the free articles that go along with them. You can use this post as a handy summary of useful information and refer back to it whenever you have time: Continue reading

In the Public Eye – 6 Facebook Updates You Need to Know About

When Facebook went public on May 18, it didn’t quite live up to its high expectations and now the pressure is on to be profitable. As with many post-IPO companies, the philosophy of Facebook is changing—shifting away from the concerns of its users and towards its shareholders. The world’s largest social network has made multiple small updates since its first day of trading and today’s post is for race directors who manage Facebook pages for their event. Here are important updates that you need to know about: Continue reading

Now On Demand: Social Media Reboot Webinar

Social media channels are always evolving. The life of an event director is a busy one and it can be difficult to keep up on what’s new so you can continue to use social media as an effective marketing channel. The good news is we’ve done all the research so you don’t have to. Continue reading