The following tips will help you to create a successful contest:
- Finalize the contest date and submit it to our web site ASAP but no later than 2 months prior to competition date. The earlier skaters and companies find out about your contest the better they can plan to attend and make travel arrangements.
- Upload the contest to our site
- Create a web site for your contest containing schedule, competition format, event location, admission and participation, costs, travel accommodations to location of event and organizer contact information. Website building resources: www.wordpress.com, www.blogger.com or www.tumblr.com
- Create, print and distribute flyers to promote event..
- Promote your event as much as possible, we recommend 3 months in advance.
- Include our logo and our link on all marketing materials
- PA system, microphone and MC are a must.
- Keep track of visitor attendance and media coverage in newspapers, TV and Internet.
Below are some tips to promote your contest and make it a memorable event:
- Tradeshow: Keep in mind; they attract participation for those not interested in competing as well as supporting and getting support from others in the business realm of scooters or outside vendors; in addition helps raise capital for cash prizes.
- Promote your event (the recommendation here is the method of promotion, Promoting is a criteria)
o Facebook, mySpace, linked In, etc…
o Media coverage; newspapers, TV and radio.
- Invite vendors outside the scooter industry to attend
o Energy Drink vendors; Red Bull and Monster are huge supporters of extreme sports.
o Local cell phone retailer – they have a huge demographic as nowadays just about everyone has a cell phone.
o Local Pizza shop – providing you don’t have a concession.
- Coordinate a Host hotel
o Block rooms @ a discount
o List alternative hotel/accommodations
- Host an after party away from the event
o This is another avenue to expose the sports to non-participants or spectators.
o Age-specific
- Post local travel accommodations from airport, rail and bus terminals to event and hotels
o Driving directions or MapQuest, Yahoo maps links with destination address
o Buses Route, info numbers, stop name/address
o Trains Route, info numbers, station from/to
o Taxis, Name and phone numbers and approximate fare from airport, near train/bus terminal.
- Designate a phone person to just take calls or make a recording with pertinent event info
o Start times
o Address
o Directions
