How I organised a local event
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Following a relations birthday where he used huge marquees to enclose the event, I was looking at marquee hire Dorset on the internet to try and arrange a craft day for the local area to create a traditional feel where people could walk from event to event under cover of canvas.
Following talking to marquee hire Dorset I set a date and preparations started for real. The business that recommended the marquee firm that I hired was also able to provide me with information for loo hire and entertainment hire. As I had the basics in hand I started drawing in crafts people in from the surrounding area, to position in areas within the large marquees for exhibitions and had some interesting crafts outside such as Archery, Blacksmithing and Falconry.
I then spoke to a web design Salisbury company that I discovered on the web and asked them if they would be prepared to promote the event by designing a basic website with some search engine optimisation work on it for advertising on any promotions I did and they agreed which was fantastic.
I then needed to draw in some area advertising and got the local radio and papers involved which had phonecalls streaming in nearer to the time of it starting. The site was brilliant as people could get a definite understanding for what was about to occur and the online form had enquiries coming in as well. A couple of days ahead of the day, marquee hire Dorset turned up, got to work and made sure everything was ready for the craftsmen and entertainers to do their stuff.
Having done it I would entirely recommend organising something like this up for your area as it gave the whole area a feeling of community and the website is still there reminding people of the event to come.