Promote Your Event

Suggested steps to help you promote events with wide audience appeal...

Immediately

• Add to the University Calendar of Events
  • On your departmental or office website, add the event to your site. Here's a tutorial to remind you how to do that: web.louisiana.edu/training-support/tutorials/help-news-events/adding-events
    • If you do not have access to update your website, find out who is your office's web ambassador and ask them to add the event.
• For events that are "open to the public," add to community calendars:
  • KRVS http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krvs/events.eventsmain?action=submitEvent
  • Town Planner http://www.townplanner.com/submit
  • KATC https://www.spingo.com/submit?AffiliateID=1779
  • KLFY http://events.klfy.com/createevent
  • KPEL http://kpel965.com/events-lafayette/community/add
  • The Advertiser/Times of Acadiana http://search.theadvertiser.com/localevents/add_event/
  • Add French and Francophone events to BeFrench.org http://www.befrench.org/add-event.html
• Reserve banner space and table space on campus. See the Student Union.
• Submit an 800px x 600px banner for AOC to display on t.v. http://www.aocinc.org/
• Post on your website and/or ask others to post on related websites.
• Create a Facebook event page and "invite" friends, and share with friends and followers
• Cross promote your program
  • Coordinate with a major theme, observance or awareness days/week/month http://www.brownielocks.com/month2.html.
  • Add an associated lecture/panel to a film screening.

Three weeks prior

Plan and implement mass media promotions and advertising.

• Submit your event announcement for possible press release and/or social media placement http://louisiana.edu/send-your-news
• Submit an image for display on campus digital signs
• Promote to targeted student groups, e.g., residence hall students, Honors Program, Greeks, specific academic departments, etc.
• Boost attendance through social media (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, Twitter). 
• The Vermilion publishes most Wednesdays of the academic year: Advertise and send announcements to http://www.thevermilion.net

Two weeks prior

Implement campus visibility and networking.

• Post and distribute flyers on campus bulletin boards only.
• Post flyers at places students frequent, e.g., local coffee shops, restaurants.
• Email your event flyer to snaps@louisiana.edu to be included in the Monday Messages announcements on the University's Instagram (@ULLafayette) and Snapchat account.
• Invite student & community groups to attend and to help publicize through their websites, meetings, etc.
• Ask faculty to mention it in class. Occasionally they will offer extra credit for relevant topics.

Final week

• Deliver banners to be hung on your reserved space.
• Promote an event with a table on campus.
• Campus postings & sidewalk chalk.

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