Good news for clients- Ticketfly has teamed up with ScoreBig, one of the web’s premier resources for fans to find big savings on tickets. And who doesn’t like savings? In this economy!

ScoreBig’s business model offers a unique solution for venues and promoters looking to sell unsold inventory to casual fans, without negatively impacting the organization’s brand or cannibalizing full-price sales.

Ticketfly clients will have the ability to reach a broader audience of ticket buyers, and move tickets that would otherwise go unsold. In turn, ScoreBig members will have access to Ticketfly’s roster of the best-known venues and promoters in the U.S.

By offering every ticket below retail price, ScoreBig creates an entirely new value channel for Ticketfly’s venues and promoters. And as you know, we care a lot about our customers! Now, along with our lower fees, we can offer a new way for customers to find that affordable night out with their favorite band or a chance to venture out and see someone new at the right price.

“Our relationship with ScoreBig is another reason for sports, music and other promoters to choose Ticketfly’s social ticketing platform to manage all of their ticketing needs. We know that many promoters aren’t yet comfortable with discounting, but ScoreBig is approaching things in a fresh way,” said Dan Teree, founder, President and COO of Ticketfly.

Sometimes you invent your own wheel, and sometimes you recognize who is getting it right, and you partner up with those folks.

Looking forward to many sweaty sold out shows at our venues with ScoreBig!

Check out the full release here!

Welcome to Fly Tips- messages from the Ticketfly Marketing Team, where you will find helpful hints for selling out your next event.

Are you spending extra time building Facebook events and Tweets on your own? Not anymore! Try Ticketfly Amplifier!

Why should you Amplify?
• Amplified events sell around 10 times more tickets overall than non-Amplified events
• Build events once (in Backstage) and automatically publish to Facebook and Twitter
• Facebook is Ticketfly’s 2nd highest sales source
• The Amplifier will increase your event RSVPs using several Facebook touch-points
• Schedule multiple timed Tweets. “Set it and forget it.”
• Reach thousands more fans by mentioning and engaging artists on Twitter!

Step 1

After you build your event, promote it in the same place!

Step 2

Amplify on Facebook and Twitter

Be sure, whenever possible, to include the artist’s Twitter name! These are easily searchable and will expand your audience.

The artists are paying attention and will RT your posts!

Step 3

Watch your Stats!

Step 4

Set up Facebook Purchase. If you are using the Facebook Purchase app, you can also decide whether or not you want to have your Amplified events direct customers to the Facebook Page or to the website by going to the Marketing Tab in the sidebar, selecting Amplifier Settings, and making the adjustment.

When you Amplify events, buyers can RSVP during the Facebook Purchase process and they will show up as attending on your website, on Facebook and on Ticketfly.com

If you’d like more information about Ticketfly’s tools and how you can sell more tickets by keeping your event build and marketing in the same place, head over to ticketfly.com/start

Cheers!

-The Ticketfly Marketing Team

Amy Miller, Ticketfly Community Manager

Well it’s officially February, the New Year is settling in and we’re all finally getting the date right on our checks. Over at Ticketfly HQ, some guys with glasses dusted off their clipboards, put on their data hats and buttoned up their lab coats to take stock of our 2011 progress. The results are pretty astounding. Let’s just say if someone invented a Chia ticketing company, this is what it would look like:

• Ticket sales doubled in 2011
• Sales growth was 5x the industry average
• Clients, revenue and employees ALL doubled
• Twelve new and notable partners joined forces with Ticketfly including Aloompa, DataFlow Workspace, DoStuff Media, Intellitix and Zimride
• Ticketfly is one of a handful of companies to launch a Timeline App with Facebook
• Ticketfly launched the industry’s only fully-integrated, end-to-end Facebook ticketing solution, as well as the only comprehensive Artist Database and Analytics Dashboard in the market
• Major client wins included Capitol Theatre, Danny Zelisko Presents, Preservation Hall, Trocadero Theatre and Union Transfer
• Ticketfly expanded from music into festivals, fairs, sports, electronic dance events and more!

Now I understand why he was blasting this song the last time I walked by his office! Check out the full release here.

by Amy Miller, Ticketfly Community Manager

This week, Ticketfly had the great pleasure of bringing over 100 of our clients out to San Francisco for the first annual #TicketflySummit. Held at Union Square’s Parc 55 Hotel, the Summit was equal parts learning, testimonials, music, parties, bonding and workshopping. Partners in attendance included The Troubadour, Congress Theatre, IMP Presents, Sunset Promotions, Danny Zelisko, Monqui Presents, Austin City Limits, R5 Productions, Knitting Factory Entertainment and many many more. As a young company, this was the first time we’ve really been able to get so many of our valued clients in one room and be able to share our experience and knowledge while getting their feedback. It was magic!

Here were some highlights!

Two holiday seasons ago, the Ticketfly team had our annual staff party at Red Devil Lounge. A lot of the night is pretty foggy but one thing we knew for sure- this is a beautiful venue in the heart of San Francisco’s Polk St district that really knows how to throw a party. We see shows there frequently and a few of our favorite artists seem pretty partial to Red Devil as well, including KRS-One and English Beat. As all you artists and venue owners know, if the artists are treated right then you’re gonna get a better show. It’s a San Francisco venue that can’t be missed and we’re happy to say that now you can get tickets for all Red Devil shows on Ticketfly!

In honor of the New Year, Red Devil’s Sweet 16, and other new beginnings, the RDL guys want to reward their loyal customers with a Half Off Sale! Check out this message from the horse’s mouth and then go get some tickets tomorrow!

RED DEVIL LOUNGE: SWEET 16 / HALF OFF SALE! - This Wed 1/11/12 at 10:00am

“The Red Devil Lounge is turning 16 this year, and to mark our coming of age, we plan on celebrating all year long. We kick things off by offering half-off tickets for all of our shows. This kick ass deal is exclusively through our ticketing partner Ticketfly. You can buy tickets to any show at the Red Devil Lounge for 50% of the normal fee this Wednesday, January 11 between 10:00am and 2:00pm. This includes shows from Nikka Costa, The Fixx and Tom Tom Club, Storm Large, The Aggrolites, The Toasters, Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols and everything else on the calendar.  All you need to do is go to the Red Devil Lounge website, pick your favorite shows, and when prompted, use the access code.

Get the access code and RSVP to the sale over on Facebook!

Head over to http://www.reddevillounge.com and pick your poison!

RULES :

This promotion is on a first come, first served basis, and a limited amount of tickets are available. You can purchase a maximum of 2 tickets per shows. As always, you must be 21 or over with a valid ID.”

Don’t forget!

Like Red Devil on Facebook

Follow Red Devil on Twitter

Check out their brand new Ticketfly-powered website!

It’s looking like East Austin is becoming the go-to neighborhood for live music. Earlier this fall, Emo’s opened Emo’s East in the Riverside area and now Beauty Bar founder Paul Devitt and Frank Hendrix from Emo’s have joined forces to open The Beauty Ballroom at 2015 E. Riverside Drive. The new venue’s focus will be on booking more national and international acts while still offering the lounge feel and the Beauty Bar aesthetic. The Beauty Ballroom has state of the art light and sound and can accommodate up to 700. The dance floor holds 500 people and there is a balcony that can comfortably fit another 200. Plus there’s an outdoor patio that will have seating for 200. This further expands Ticketfly’s reach in the Austin area after partnering up with ACL Live and Antone’s last year.

The grand opening of The Beauty Ballroom is New Year’s Eve with a special show by Austin’s Grammy Award-winning Grupo Fantasma. This Latin funk Band will definitely bring the New Year in on a good note. (*Note: This show has been moved to Club de Ville on NYE. So it looks like the first official Beauty Ballroom show will be on January 20th!)

With these two Austin live music powerhouses working together, we are sure this new venture will be a success. Also, we’ve got two new places to check out during SXSW 2012!

Be sure to check out their site for a list of upcoming shows.

And yes, we hooked up a new Beauty Ballroom website to match their sparkle!

We’ve been on quite a roll around here, with tons of new venues and promoters joining us as of late, but the latest venue to join the Ticketfly family has special significance for me. It’s with great delight that I welcome the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York.

The Cap is one of the most storied venues in the history of the U.S. music scene and has played host to some of the greatest acts ever to take the stage. You may have heard of a few these: Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Phish. The list goes on.

I was fortunate enough to see a show or two at the Cap in my day. I got my start in the music business when I was a student at Tulane. I promoted concerts at Tipitina’s, and other venues, with our favorite local bar band – The Radiators. I saw the Radiators at the Capitol Theater one summer when I was in college and I remember it being a spectacular night, with the venue’s rich history providing a special backdrop to the evening.

The Cap is being re-opened by my good friend Pete Shapiro of the Brooklyn Bowl. I can tell you from experience that this guy knows how to build a venue and put on a show. The Brooklyn Bowl is without question one of the best venues not only in the USA, but the world. And Pete was the man behind the legendary Wetlands Preserve. I saw many amazing shows there. It was a great venue with its heart in the right place.

Check out my boy Max Dreskin and Roxy Shapiro rolling down 14th Street in New York City. Does Roxy not look like she will be taking the stage at the Cap at any moment?

We are also looking forward to working with the fine folks of The Bowery Presents on the Capitol Theater. Man, are those guys hitting the cover off the ball at their new venue – Union Transfer in Philly – that we are ticketing. Needless to say, with Bowery and Pete at the helm on the booking front, there should be some amazing acts rolling through the Cap.

For those interested, here is an article on the Capitol Theater that appeared on the front page of the arts section of the NY Times yesterday.

If past is prologue, I have no doubt that the re-opened Capitol Theater will be as special as the original. It has all the hallmarks of a great success.

Hey All-

As 2011 comes to a close, we are extremely grateful for the growth our company has seen and the hundreds of amazing clients who have joined us in our vision. We are honored to work with some of the best venues in the country.

In lieu of our annual client gift this year (and because club owners probably don’t need anymore booze bottles…), Ticketfly has made contributions to some of our favorite charities. If you are looking to donate to a charitable organization this holiday season, we’d like to recommend them!

HeadCount
@HeadCountOrg
HeadCount registers voters at concerts and makes civic participation part of the live music experience.

Music in Schools Today
@MUSTCreate
MUST advocates for, supports and develops integrated, accessible, sustainable and measurable music-in-education programs that improve student achievement. This donation will provide 20 students with a semester-long music class and instruments.

Sweet Relief
@SweetRelief
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.

Wishing you…

Thanks to Instagrammer @mattilanc for the snowman!

Well we knew that New Yorkers loved Brooklyn Bowl, judging by how packed it is on any given night. And who the heck WOULDN’T love it. I mean, it’s bowling, music, food, and booze. So if you’re like me and you almost never break 50, it doesn’t even matter because you can walk 4 feet and break it on the dance floor. It’s the best ever!

But I guess we didn’t realize just HOW much the Bowl is on your average New Yorker’s mind until Google (AKA the gateway to the internet) released their Zeitgeist report this week. Brooklyn Bowl is one of the Top Ten most Googled terms in the New York Metro Area. And neither a hurricane nor a delayed train can stop them from getting their bowl on!

Check out the full list here in the Huffington Post.