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

Saturday night at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, several Ticketfly clients and partners showed up to see if they would be taking home any of the touring industry’s most notable honors at The Pollstar Awards, the wrap-up to the heavily attended Pollstar Live! Conference. Here’s who we were shamelessly pulling for amongst the nominees, with 100% bias.

• 9:30 Club, The Troubadour, and The Independent for Nightclub of the Year
• Danny Zelisko and Seth Hurwitz for Promoter of the Year
• Bryan Duquette of The Independent and Brian Smith of The Troubadour for Nightclub Talent Buyer of the Year
• Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theatre for Best New Major Concert Venue
• Merriweather Post Pavilion for Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue

Happy to report that the team didn’t go home empty-handed!

ACL took home the prize for Best New Major Concert Venue! It’s a well-deserved award. Their Downtown Austin theatre is absolutely gorgeous. Not to mention that it’s a green venue and hosts some of the best touring acts in the industry. Our good friends (and partners in Philly’s popular Union Transfer) Bowery Ballroom snagged Nightclub of the Year as well.

A big congrats to The Windish Agency for their Top Independent Booking Agency and Top Agent awards! And double thanks to them for kindly housing our VP of Sales, Tom Ewald, in their Chicago basement. We’re looking forward to some pretty crazy parties at SXSW (hint hint keep your eyes here for RSVP and line-up info!).

During the conference portion, our CEO Andrew Dreskin sat on a panel about Alternative Ticketing and moving inventory via social media channels, alongside Ticketbiscuit, Goldstar, Scorebig and others. The search is on for viable ways for promoters to move that difficult inventory.

Since Ticketfly was involved, you can be sure the event was not all business. Our party made Billboard! Turns out if you give away tacos and drinks, you can get Windish, Goldenvoice, Live Nation, Sherpa Concerts, Rose Presents and more all in the same room.

Thanks again to our friends at Pollstar for hosting this crucial event!

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.

Get tickets over on the Uptown site or click the poster!

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!

Back in September at the F8 conference, Facebook included us in their list of innovative companies who would be developing apps for Timeline that encourage users to express their interests and share easily with their friends. With the latest version of Ticketfly Facebook Purchase, initially launched in December 2011, fans can now purchase tickets from within Facebook, as well as Share and Like the artists they’re excited to see, and RSVP to the event. Connect online, rock out offline!

For promoters, this means that fans will not only help you sell tickets, but they will increase awareness for your brand, venue and booked artists online. Event links on your fans’ Timelines means more traffic to your Facebook Purchase process and more fans as the event spreads throughout Sludge’s social circles. Can anyone say…free promotion? And don’t forget that Ticketfly has the industry’s only comprehensive Analytics dashboard so you can see exactly how many of your tickets were sold via Facebook.

Check it out below! If you’d like more information on Facebook Purchase and Ticketfly’s other tools, head over to ticketfly.com/start.

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!