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Halloween Masquerade Ball: How to Host a Night of Masks and Mystery

From Venetian-inspired masks to QR-coded entry, here is your complete guide to planning a Halloween masquerade ball your guests will talk about for years.

Ashish Chandra

29 Oct 2026

10 min read

Hybrid Events Platform: How to Run One Event for In-Person and Virtual Guests

A hybrid events platform lets you run one event for both in-person and virtual attendees. Here's what a good one does and how to ticket and check in both audiences without doubling your workload.

Ashish Chandra

28 Oct 2026

17 min read

Sports Tournament Event Ticketing: What Organizers Need to Know

Sell tournament tickets online, check in every ticket on a phone, and see what each pricing model costs for one tournament.

Ashish Chandra

28 Oct 2026

12 min read

Email Marketing for Events and Webinars: What to Send and When to Send It

A step-by-step playbook for email marketing for events and webinars. Learn what to send, when to send it, and how to automate every email for in person and virtual events.

Ashish Chandra

28 Oct 2026

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9 min read

Ticketmaster Reserved Seating: How It Works and a Better Fit for Smaller Events

Ticketmaster reserved seating works well for arenas. If you run a theatre, gala, or mid-size show, see how it works, what it costs, and how to switch.

Ashish Chandra

16 Oct 2026

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9 min read

Eventbrite Reserved Seating: Setup, Limits, and a Better Option for Seated Events

Eventbrite reserved seating has strict rules and per-ticket fees. See how it works, where it falls short, and how to sell seats with no commission.

Ashish Chandra

05 Oct 2026

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12 min read

Event Email Marketing Examples: Real Emails to Learn From and Templates to Copy

A swipe file of real event emails from Webflow Conf, SXSW, Moz, Optimizely and more. See what each one does well, then copy the templates for invites, promotions, reminders and sign-up forms.

Ashish Chandra

05 Oct 2026

20 min read

Box Office

Box Office Management: How to Set Up and Run Your Box Office

An event tech expert's guide to box office management: what the function covers, what breaks at the counter, the exact setup sequence, and an end-of-day checklist that makes the cash balance.

Ashish Chandra

05 Oct 2026

7 min read

Event Management

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of event management? Is it 'complexity,' 'stress,' or perhaps 'unpredictability'?

Explore the ways AI can improve event management. A comprehensive guide to leveraging artificial intelligence for successful events.

Yashika Tangri

29 Sept 2026

4 min read

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Discover the essential elements critical for hosting a successful conference. Learn how to leverage technology, enhance attendee experience, and streamline your event processes for maximum impact.

Yashika Tangri

29 Sept 2026

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Contactless Tickets

Event Ticket Barcode Generator: Make Every Ticket Unique and Safe

Most free barcode tools give all 400 of your tickets the same code. Here is what an event ticket barcode generator actually does, which features matter, and how gate validation works.

Ashish Chandra

24 Sept 2026

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Event Management

Online Fundraisers for Schools: Ideas, Setup, and What Actually Raises Money

Ticketed events, digital raffles, and pledge a-thons out-earn every catalog sale, if platform commissions don't eat the total first. Here's what actually raises money for schools, how to set it up, and the fees and district rules to check before you launch.

Ashish Chandra

23 Sept 2026

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15 min read

Best Email Marketing Platform for Event Planners, Compared

An event tech expert compares six email marketing platforms for event planners, maps them to the five email moments in an event lifecycle, and explains why your email tool cannot see who already holds a ticket.

Ashish Chandra

23 Sept 2026

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School and College Events

School Event Ticketing System: How to Run Campus Events Without Paper Stubs

An event tech expert's playbook for giving school administrators oversight of campus ticketing: unique QR tickets, ticket categories, student offers, and a gate that actually moves.

Ashish Chandra

23 Sept 2026

29 min read

Event Management

Event Email Marketing: The Complete Timeline, Sequence, and Deliverability Guide

An event tech expert's guide to event email marketing: the ten send timeline from announcement to post event survey, the triggered emails worth automating, and why event emails land in spam more often than any other kind.

Ashish Chandra

17 Sept 2026