Utilize the announce feature to effectively handle important dates for your event, link external tickets, and effortlessly showcase and promote your event on your website or widget.
Jump to:
Announcing an Event
- When viewing the hold, click the purple bullhorn.
- This will open the announce panel.
The first section of the Announce Modal will ask you to fill out:
- Event Name
- Subtitle (add more context to your event title)
- Promoter Name
- Announce Date
- When you haven't yet set a date for your announcement, the status will be shown as "Unscheduled".
- Once you have set a date for your announcement, the status will change to "Scheduled".
- When the announce date arrives, the status will change to "Live" and your event will be published on your widget.
Next, let's move on to Adding Artists to your event
- Click the pink 'ADD ARTIST' button
- This will open up the field to add in your main headliner's name
- Hit the down arrow to reveal where to add their social media links
- Repeat this process to add as many artists to your event as needed
Next, let's move on to adding an image to your event!
- Click the Add Image icon to add photos
- Our image editor featuring Pintura, allows you to build your event flier directly in VenuePilot.
- You can crop, rotate, add text, and edit image parameters like exposure, contrast without ever leaving the page!
- If you have added multiple photos to your event, make sure to set one as the cover image for your event.
- Your cover image will be given a star once you save your updates. The widget will not display an image unless a cover image has been set.
Next, let's set your event description, add tags & control your ticketing link:
- Description: this will display on your widget under "Description"
- You can also use this section to:
- *Embed a YouTube, Spotify, Vimeo, or Bandcamp link
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- Add external images
- Add external links
- Genre & Event Tags: for better SEO (tags can also be used for Advanced Widget configurations)
- Ticket Link and URL
- Use VP link, Use VP link in a new tab, Use external link, or No ticket link
- Custom Ticket Button Text
- Example: Tickets, Free, Buy Tickets, etc
After you have made all your changes, dont forget to click the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen.
- Simply click the button to save your updates or click "cancel" to revert your edits.
- Once you have saved your changes, you will notice a "close" button at the top left corner. This button will close the announcement window and return you to the event page.
*Use this feature to embed an artist's latest music video on YouTube or even their latest release on Spotify.
- To add an embed code, click the embed icon in the Description section.
- This will pull up the embed window where you can select the Embed Type and paste the embed code.
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