How to Put the Local in Your Local Posts.

Kathy,

I made the mistake of recommending an event here in Santa Barbara without having attended it in prior years.  When I did attended, I thought it was poorly done and embarassing.  The upside is that Ron and I seemed to be the only ones that felt that way, the parking lot was crowded and folks were enjoying themselves..LOL A

Kathy:

 Very inspiring post for a local point of view---The value in that view is an unknown until you experiment and get results---some of which you may never know unless you get the call yourself. But in my experience I always like to go the extra mile anyway, just in case. It does pay off---I get many of my listings through my local blog posts!

Good afternoon Kathy - those are good tips that will maximize exposure.  I probably have not hit all of them.

Great advice for local blog posts. I'm still on the struggle bus when it comes to advance notice. Maybe one...

Kathy thank you for sharing these wonderful tips.  

Morning Kathy.

The Bentonville Film Festival is this weekend.  Some big name actors/actresses will be in attendance

Good point. I typically look for things way before the event, so I should remember that when writing about events!

We sprinkle them nto our posts...and you are soooo right...timing is everything !

Never thought about that. I have learned also that when you are doing an Open House on a Saturday or Sunday you have to start advertising the open house like 4 days in advance because by Wednesday people are already planning their week. Thanks for sharing this. Great post.

Hello, Kathy great advice, Yes Indeed, most of the events are posted in advance so the audience will see it ahead of time. Also, most of the fly-er and promotion on this days are also can be seen ahead of the specific date of the event.  So anyone that can see, if they want to come they will be marked their calendar.

It's a great idea to post events in advance.    We would have to start and maintain our own calendars and event contacts to follow up on the new dates in advance of the public announcements each year.     Sounds like a good mid winter / slow season task.

Yes, you should be writing several weeks prior.  And, that reminds me that I have to get going with my July 4th article.  My plan was to do in May...and now it's May.

My posts about Holiday Light in December and Forurth of July Fireworks are published weeks in advance and always get lots of views.

I vote for advanced notice of local events.

From a personal view point I look at my calendar and it is rather full for several months. If I can see an advance notice of an event that I would really like to attend I put it in my calendar and try to schedule around it. A day before and the chances of my being able to attend are very slim.

Thanks for the great post

Great tips on reporting on local events. Being there has several benefits. Not only in the way of having the experience and taking pictures. Rubbing elbows with the community is free advertising that can be very helpful. Thank you for sharing. 

Thanks for sharing this, Kathy Streib. Doing posts about an event ahead of time makes sense as I'm usually looking a few weeks ahead myself. Also, having attended an annual event previously does give a personal experience perspective to share.
Bruce

Thanks for sharing and for the helpful tips, Kathy.  I have been wanting to do more local posts and this just reminded me!

Thanks for the reminder, I've started promoting events in advance, too.

Dear Kathy,

Great idea. Many events occur every year, so you can always recycle good pictures from the year before.