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Pop Recs - Supporting Local Gigs

RestlessNatives said:
You've answered the question I was about to ask about what do people expect to see as promotion and where do they expect to see it.
Not defending Pop Recs but quite often you can put a lot of effort into promoting stuff on social media and it goes into a black hole. Or people actually see it, but it doesn't register with them.
Often see people saying they didn't know about stuff when they did, they just weren't taking a massive interest.
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I may have mentioned earlier, how difficult is it to pin a post at the top of your twitter page listing all future events with a relevant link to buy a ticket?
 

Hooky said:
I remember a couple of years ago I was in getting a coffee and was asked why I missed a certain gig as they knew it was my kind of thing, and the answer was because I did not know it was on. They said it sold poorly and that the promoter had done a bad job. When I asked why the shop itself did not advertise it they said it was the promoters job and why should they do the promoters job for them. I found unusual because its your place, your reputation and your bar money. Shout about it.
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And your future
No bands no venue
 
RestlessNatives said:
That's fair enough but how often do people actually click on a profile of a venue unless they already want to go?
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Venues need to go to their punters not the other way around .
My old pub band put their weekly gigs up non stop on Facebook . Then a list for that month every few weeks . The pubs also do the same on their sites and that's just free pub stuff
 
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RestlessNatives said:
You've answered the question I was about to ask about what do people expect to see as promotion and where do they expect to see it.
Not defending Pop Recs but quite often you can put a lot of effort into promoting stuff on social media and it goes into a black hole. Or people actually see it, but it doesn't register with them.
Often see people saying they didn't know about stuff when they did, they just weren't taking a massive interest.
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To prove my point, someone posts a link that has been posted multiple times on this thread and someone says they've never seen it before.
Sometimes I think word of mouth is the only thing that works. People need sitting down and told that something is happening and asked there and then to commit.
 
RestlessNatives said:
That's fair enough but how often do people actually click on a profile of a venue unless they already want to go?
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I'm old enough to remember the NME when it was a music paper and their gig listings was very good. Since then, there hasn't really been anything that is as good as a one stop shop. The listings page in the paper version of The Crack is good. Therefore I do have a folder of venue listing stored in my browser and I do actively look at them. Combined with ticket companies' emails, a selected number of band mailing list signups and looking on here, I hope I don't miss out on stuff.
 
RestlessNatives said:
To prove my point, someone posts a link that has been posted multiple times on this thread and someone says they've never seen it
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That's why you have to push stuff non stop
If that's your business to get people to buy from you . An empty shop with an Open sign on isn't anyone's problem but the owner . Why do people advertise anything ? To get customers .
A pasty shop open everyday can probably rely on people slowly realising they can get a pasty everyday as and when they wish .
Venues need to constantly remind people stuff is happening.
 
RestlessNatives said:
To prove my point, someone posts a link that has been posted multiple times on this thread and someone says they've never seen it before.
Sometimes I think word of mouth is the only thing that works. People need sitting down and told that something is happening and asked there and then to commit.
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I've seen that link many times, but should I bookmark it - maybe. But if you look at something like the Fire Station or Boilershop on Instagram they are constant and you know what is happening without having to look, that's the difference. That website lists 16 events, if you look at Instagram today the main feed has each event listed maybe once or twice and they have nothing on the reels. This is coming from someone who goes there regularly and actively follows the place.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
I'm old enough to remember the NME when it was a music paper and their gig listings was very good. Since then, there hasn't really been anything that is as good as a one stop shop. The listings page in the paper version of The Crack is good. Therefore I do have a folder of venue listing stored in my browser and I do actively look at them. Combined with ticket companies' emails, a selected number of band mailing list signups and looking on here, I hope I don't miss out on stuff.
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songkick.com is great for gigs, I somehow let it scan my itunes library years ago (presume it can do similar for spotify or the other streamers these days) and now anytime a band I had in my library announce a gig near me I get an email.
 
Red Kross is listed on the upcoming events on the SMB side bar at Pop Recs for tonight. I`m sure they played there last Wednesday??
 
GTG said:
This Is The Kit gig is Wed, 27 August.

I think the last twice I've seen them outside of festivals they sold out the Fire Station and Hall 2 at the Glasshouse, both of which hold more than twice the Pop Recs capacity, so if this doesn't sell out there is something very wrong.

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I'm amazed that this STILL hasn't sold out. I hope it really is just the 'last few tickets' remaining.

Still get the occasional 'Where's that?' from gig-attending folk. It's a puzzler.
 
RestlessNatives said:
That's fair enough but how often do people actually click on a profile of a venue unless they already want to go?
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I've been to quite a few gigs in Sunderland over the last few years to bands I'd never heard of simply by seeing the gig advertised by the venue.

Every time we go in pop recs for breakfast I always say to owa lass - why don't they have a big blackboard on the wall with all upcoming gigs on , in date order. Simple, effective

I usually spend 5 mins looking at the posters on the wall but sometimes I've either missed the date or it's at a different venue

It would be so simple to do in pop recs. They also have other stuff on like makers markets and community group things , they could list it all in one place and update it once per week ... Maybe an 8 week lookahead. They could take a photo of it and post it on their socials once per week..just somewhere you can see everything, in date order. Simple
 
thecookingwine said:
I've come on here to give a heads-up, not put a hard sell on. The promoter has sold 200 tickets. Our capacity for this gig is 220.
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OK, that's good news. I'm really looking forward to it.

The band themselves probably haven't helped by having completely neglected their 'socials' for the last few weeks.
 
tunstallhill said:
I've been to quite a few gigs in Sunderland over the last few years to bands I'd never heard of simply by seeing the gig advertised by the venue.

Every time we go in pop recs for breakfast I always say to owa lass - why don't they have a big blackboard on the wall with all upcoming gigs on , in date order. Simple, effective

I usually spend 5 mins looking at the posters on the wall but sometimes I've either missed the date or it's at a different venue

It would be so simple to do in pop recs. They also have other stuff on like makers markets and community group things , they could list it all in one place and update it once per week ... Maybe an 8 week lookahead. They could take a photo of it and post it on their socials once per week..just somewhere you can see everything, in date order. Simple
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Or an online events listing?
 
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