Advertising? For the SCA?
YES! A bit of online advertising can go a long way. Bigger events need more attention, of course, but even a small event can benefit from a small campaign to get the word out. Within our non-profit world of events and activities, your primary goal should be communication.
Effective advertising seeks to:
Get enough people in the door for the event to break even
Encourage populace involvement and excitement
Help the attendees prepare… for a happy & successful experience
Recruit future SCAdians
This class focuses on the best practices for a big event -- pulling out all the stops. Take from it what you need.
It is intended for event stewards, calendar/event deputies, the social media officers and webministers who support event stewards, and anyone else who is willing to help with SCA advertising.
Although a few parts focus on the practices in the Kingdom of An Tir, the rest is valid across Society. I have pointed out the few Kingdom-specific parts in the class, and I focus heavily on SCA policy and general strategies for online and social media advertising.
Direct link: https://youtu.be/NZJ6Nja1f_o
The "living" reference document that accompanies this class is available as an indexed PDF file.
I hope that this helps spare you from learning some of these lessons the hard way... like we did!