Posts by Juan Torres

Ditch the Spreadsheets with a Show Management System Are you looking to up your game in the live event management industry? You’re possibly still relying on manual spreadsheets, disorganized emails, and labor-intensive note-taking on anything you can find to write on. There would be nothing wrong with spreadsheets – if there were nothing better to…

What’s in Your Business Event Management Software?  By now, you might be using business event management software to run your venue or events, or at least you should be. Long gone are the manual processes and disconnected systems that have you moving around like crazy. No one has time for this, especially since there’s integrated…

Event Management Apps: So Many Tools, So Little Time Are you realizing you need an event management app to help you do your job faster? It’s no surprise. Manually tracking calendars, venues, offers, settlements, financials, and communications probably takes up way too much of your time.  As an event manager, you know staying organized is…

Music Festival Software Had a Huge Purpose Before 2020 Until early 2020, live music festivals steadily increased in popularity, particularly for millennials who generally prefer to spend their money on experiences rather than accumulating material items. They were driving ticket sales and the number of music festivals across the country.  Billboard reported more than 32…

Event Ticketing Software as a Competitive Tool As a live music professional in the event management space, you probably struggle to carve out a niche in this highly competitive industry. There are so many other actors (a few of them are giants in the industry) that independent venues and promoters find it challenging to play…

Your Tour Management Software May Need a Boost Tour management software is critical to maintaining and increasing your productivity. Most of the available tools will offer separate ways to keep track of your “to-do’s” and “done” tasks. But how good are they at helping you to visualize historical or projected data for a better sense…

What do Concert Promoters Do? As a concert promoter, you may have noticed there are dozens of tasks on your plate every day. Therefore, it’s difficult to say in just one sentence what concert promoters do.  According to the Berklee School of Music, “They independently plan, market, and sometimes produce live concerts, including single shows,…

How Can an Event Promotion Tool be Useful? As a promoter, your life is likely never dull. Working with agents, venues, and artists to make sure everything is just right for the show keeps you busy with endless tasks. The right event promotion tool could help, easing the pains of coordinating, time management, and budgeting,…

COVID-19 Changed Everything. Even How You Market Your Music Venue. How are things going for you and your venue right now? Ya, that’s what we thought. Are you wondering how to market your music venue? We can assume reopening limitations will continue for a few more months, particularly with capacity. In a 2020 survey commissioned…