Elevate Your Event Planning with Sickening Events: The Ultimate Startup Kit
Planning an event is more than just creating a checklist—it’s about having the right tools and resources to ensure everything runs smoothly. That’s why Sickening Events has put together this startup kit. Think of it as your toolbox, designed to keep you in control and make your upcoming projects easy and successful.
Why Choose Sickening Events?
At Sickening Events, we pride ourselves on delivering unforgettable experiences. With our expertise in event planning and execution, we ensure that every event stands out. Last year, we helped our event creators sell over 84 million tickets, demonstrating our commitment to success. Let us guide you through the intricate labyrinth of event planning, offering the tools, knowledge, and insights you need to thrive.
Get Ready: Essential Templates and Checklists
If you’re starting in the event planning business, here are some essential tools to get you on your feet:
Event Planning Checklist
Our comprehensive event planning checklist helps keep operations running smoothly. It offers detailed guidance for planning all types of events, ensuring a well-rounded and successful event planning process. This checklist is indispensable, whether you run a venue, an events company, or are planning your first event.
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Event Strategy Template
Our event strategy template provides a structured approach to planning, ensuring clarity and focus. It helps define your event’s purpose, target audience, and actionable goals. This template is vital for understanding audience diversity and tailoring your marketing efforts accordingly. It suits all experience levels, from beginners to seasoned planners.
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Event Budget Template
Budgeting is often a concern when planning an event. Our event budget template helps you plan and track your expenses, considering different cost-related factors, including:
- Venue fees
- Marketing and promotion costs
- Staffing needs
- Catering and food costs
By breaking down your budget into categories, this template makes budgeting more manageable, especially for those new to event planning.
Download the Event Budget Template
Promote Your Event: Marketing Resources
Marketing is crucial for getting the word out about your event. Here are some resources to help you with promotion:
Social Media Ad Copy Templates
Social media marketing effectively targets the exact audience interested in your event. We’ve compiled 51 social media ad copy templates for everything from intimate birthday parties to large-scale events, making your social media marketing easier and more efficient.
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Event Email Copy Templates
Reach out to potential attendees through emails without the hassle of crafting every word from scratch. Our event email copy templates cover a wide range of uses, from announcing your event to encouraging VIP upgrades. These templates are invaluable for any email campaign you want to run.
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Event Promotion Timeline
Wondering when to start promoting your event? Our event promotion timeline provides a detailed schedule for preparing marketing materials, sending out initial campaigns, and ramping up efforts as the event date approaches.
Download the Event Promotion Timeline
Find the Perfect Venue: Resources
Choosing the right venue is critical for your event’s success. Here are some resources to help you find the perfect place:
Venue Pricing Guide
Venues can be one of the most expensive parts of running an event. Our guide on venue costs helps you identify the best deals, regardless of your event type, ensuring you find a venue that fits your budget.
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Venue Logistics Tips
The devil is often in the details when it comes to venues. Our venue logistics tips help you choose the venue that best suits your event, budget, and attendees’ location. These tips are based on extensive experience and help avoid common pitfalls in venue selection.
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Arm Yourself with the Right Tools
Knowing what to do is one thing; having the tools to do it is another. Here are three essential types of event planning software that can help you attract people to your events and eliminate headaches:
Registration Platforms & Payment Processors
Even if your event is free, a dedicated registration platform lets you track attendance and streamline check-in. For paid events or those accepting donations, a payment processor that accepts various payment types is essential. Sickening Events makes registration and payment painless with our integrated ticket-selling tool and organizer app.
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2. Event Search Engines
Boosting visibility for your event is crucial, and utilizing event search engines can significantly increase your chances of being discovered. Platforms like Sickening Events are top choices for people seeking exciting events.
Once you create your event page on Sickening Events, it becomes searchable for users looking for similar experiences. You can also leverage Sickening Ads to enhance your event’s visibility, ensuring it appears prominently in search results tailored to your specific audience.
3. Event Marketing Tools
Having a solid marketing plan is just the beginning; you need robust event planning software to implement it effectively. Ideally, you should use a single platform that handles social media ads, email marketing, and even ads on event search engines like Sickening Events.
Sickening Events’ marketing platform offers comprehensive solutions, automating your marketing workflows so you can focus on other aspects of event planning. This seamless integration ensures all your marketing efforts are streamlined and efficient, helping you reach a broader audience and grow your event’s success.
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4. Event Planning Know-How
Tools and software are only as effective as the knowledge behind them. To maximize their potential, you need to be well-versed in event planning. Numerous guides, courses, and resources are available to help you master the art of event creation. Here are some of our favorites:
- CMP Certification: The Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) program teaches essential event planning skills and offers an internationally recognized certification.
- Event Academy: Offers both online and in-person courses at various levels and price points, catering to different needs and intensities.
- LinkedIn Learning Courses: Provides excellent courses from industry experts, accessible from the comfort of your home.
- How to Become an Event Planner: Our comprehensive guide offers additional tips and tools to make event planning a significant part of your life.
Get Started on Your Event Planning Journey
With Sickening Events’ startup kit, you’re equipped with invaluable resources, templates, checklists, and expert advice designed to guide you through the complexities of event creation.
From budgeting to venue selection, and from marketing to logistics, this startup kit is your go-to companion for crafting memorable events. The next step is to get started by creating your event page and releasing it to the world. With Sickening Events, you can quickly create a customized event page using our intuitive AI tools, setting the stage for a successful event.
Start planning with Sickening Events and make your next event unforgettable