As part of your event planning you should seriously consider registering a special event domain. That should in fact be the first step for your planning of any event.
Whatever it is:
- your big wedding event
- any other big family event
- a festival
- a course / training event
- a celebration event in your local community
- an international seminar or conference event
- a campaign event / promotion event
- a school class event.
It is much easier to find a proper domain name for an event website than for a permanent website.
In many cases you can use the formula: www.EVENTNAME2005.com or ...Net or with a national domain like ...co.uk
You can use the formula: www.musicfestival2005.com or www.music-festival-2005.com
or for your wedding event www.maryANDpeter.com or www.wedding-mary-peter.com
You can use this formula or similar ideas for domain registration for all events of any kind, whatever it is special events or annual event or more frequent events. Think of:
A course day for training: www.MarketingTraining2005.com
A sports day: www.Soccer-championship-2005.com and so on for all events.
If your event is an ongoing event, year after year, (I don't think of your wedding!) and you can get a really good domain name, then register this domain name, and use it year after year for the annual event.
This is fine for the branding of the domain name, as well as for the re-use of printed material, internet links etc.
Remark, that you can write the domain name of the event in different ways, using capital letters to make the domain name more readable, as the capitalization of the letters in the domain name doesn't matter. Only if you refer to specific pages other than the home page you need to have an exact match for the letters. This is one of the good reasons, too, to go for a completely new domain name.
You only get help from the domain name registration if you also set up a website.
In the big picture to register a domain and to have it hosted is a very little part of the expense for all events.
If you are really on a shoestring consider a service like Direct Nic, see http://www.domainregistrationhosting.net/directnic.htm The registration costs as little as 15 USD per year and you can set up a f*ree website without any extra costs. This web hosting company allows you to upload 20 MB of web pages on the free account just for your cost of the domain name registration. That is more than enough for most event websites. Just be careful with the graphics, including pictures. All the graphics have to be optimized for web use for the lowest possible file size. This shouldn't give you any problems.
What to use event domains and event websites for?
In your event planning make use of your event website to tell about: - What is the background of the event? - If it is a special event, then why is it a special event. - Where and when and for whom? - Will it cost something and how to register to participate in the event? - Are you expecting presents - other things guests have to prepare for?
The website after the event should also be a part of your event planning.
Most visitors will use the event website after the event, so remember that in your planning.
You can post photos from the event - this is a very popular aspect of any modern event, so plan for that. You can incorporate the photos on your event website or you can link to a special service that makes it easier for you to upload the event pictures after the big day. I have put some of the best offers together here and some services are f*ree: http://www.OnlinePhotoSharing.net
You can highlight special messages, lessons learned, info for further work, cooperation and event planning - may be try to coordinate all events after the common big event?
I am sure you have many more ideas already to be included in your event planning - just remember for all events - plan in time, that makes everything much easier for yourself and for other event participants.
And, PLEASE, don't close down your successful event website just a few months after the event. Visitors will first arrive in numbers to websites after some time.
Lesson: If possible, include in your event planning some years of hosting of your event website and keep your event domain as long as you can.
Get help from Soren Breiting to find the right domain name at http://www.domainregistrationhosting.net for your event website. Enjoy Soren's wonderful stock photos at: http://www.domainregistrationhosting.net and sign up for his ezine at http://www.domainregistrationhosting.net about marketing and how to use pictures. Soren has written more than 20 printed books, and countless articles in journals and magazines about his special fields of interest. He is widely published on the web, too.
executive chauffeured services Bradford .. Madison to Airport carSqueeze pages are a very hot topic in the internet... Read More
Are you serious about get this website done fast and... Read More
The importance of choosing your website keywords carefully is very... Read More
Novice and professional designers alike ? you may probably be... Read More
The question that I most frequently hear from people is... Read More
How often, men, have you come home to find the... Read More
Your web site should be-visitor friendly to navigatesearch engine friendly... Read More
The most important person that you need to please when... Read More
1. Web site File Structure / File NamingMost search engines... Read More
No, that's not the real question. The real question is... Read More
Persons engaged in website design, here's a scoop for you!... Read More
10 Ways Web Site Text Can Impact Your Reader's Buying... Read More
Mechanical spiders have to eat. In fact, they usually have... Read More
There are literally thousands of different options, styles and formats... Read More
To build a website, there are four methods to choose... Read More
Most of us know that we need to advertise our... Read More
Web advertising has taken many forms, including those that appear... Read More
I get the occasional web design lead from my website.... Read More
First you need original content. Content is the heart beat... Read More
We've all seen and read product testimonials. They're a very... Read More
Where does a person start when setting up a website?... Read More
ActiveX uses an interesting method for enforcing security ... it... Read More
Not all links are created equal.While all of your links... Read More
If you own a web site or if you are... Read More
Reading on the web is different than reading in all... Read More
O'Hare Chicago prom limo ..Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allows you to create fast loading... Read More
A picture is worth a thousand words.And it still is... Read More
There is a widespread confusion among lots of new website... Read More
There are six important characteristics that can play a major... Read More
When it comes to marketing your website, you should really... Read More
Being a writer, when I was asked to do some... Read More
Here's the single most important part of your website: YOUR... Read More
For online businesses with their main goal of selling products,... Read More
What Will My Site Do?This is the first of eight... Read More
(Making Your Graphics Work For You)It's no secret that a... Read More
A search for "web design" on Google returns more than... Read More
Let's face it. Building a web site that browses consistently... Read More
To create professional websites is not an easy task by... Read More
A "template" is simply a design format which you can... Read More
If you were like me and you have just started... Read More
In the early years of the internet the actual design... Read More
Before you start worrying about marketing your website on the... Read More
The title tags of your web pages are more important... Read More
Every action has a beginning phase where you launch your... Read More
Many times I've seen a web site undergo a revision... Read More
Conventional Wisdom states you should use Sub-Directories to organize your... Read More
I once created a notepad-like editor. It is possible with... Read More
If you are anything like me, your website is a... Read More
Are you in a dilemma whether to create a mini... Read More
Unless you are an inventor, most likely you are selling... Read More
Web Design |