As an Event Planner you are always looking for something
new.You
want to help guests get involved and excited -- to make
a party extra-special and worth talking about..
It's a whole new party when guests can toast (or
"roast"!) the guest of honor by sending a text message
onto the video screens. The crowd is dancing, the live
simulcast is playing on the screens, and the messages
scroll across (or vertically) like a stock ticker.
The party's MC can also engage the guests by asking
trivia questions and voting on the screens: Who is the
best dancer? Who is the cutest couple?
Partygoers can even send text requests to the DJ, to
request songs.
Texting activities like these are especially popular and
fun for the younger generation, for whom texting is part
of their everyday life.
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
It's easy to add live texting to your event...
It's really easy to create this novel excitement. All it
takes is a video projector & screen(s) or large-screen
monitor to display the interaction, and we do the best.Partygoers use their cell phones to send SMS text
messages.
Our cellular modem receives the messages and puts them
into the computer. Next our staff filters the messages,
removing objectionable ones, and then queues the
remaining messages for display.
After the party...
Our system captures the incoming callers' cell numbers.
This lets you send targeted SMS messages after the
party. It can be a simple "Thank you for coming. See you
next week", or it can be a subtle ad: "Thanks for
texting at last night's party -- "Your Company"
904-555-5555."
Large-scale public SMS displays are great at trade shows
and special events. They can be used as an
attention-getter, to draw people to your location or
event. They can also be used to provide useful
information, such as running Q&A sessions at meetings.
Attract attention at trade show booths
Equip your trade show booth with a big, bright SMS text
messaging display. It lets attendees send each other fun
messages about the trade show, and calls attention and
business to your booth.
The display serves as an ice-breaker to "draw them in".Often visitors will come back to show their
friends or just to see what's new. The best part is you
can display your own SMS text messages about what you're
exhibiting.
At the same time, you're capturing callers' phone
numbers. Later we can send them a short "thank you for
visiting" message or a message with a special offer or
promotion from you.
The 21st century way to run Q&A
One of the most popular uses of our service is to run
question-and-answer sessions at meetings. It provides
faster, higher-quality interaction.
During the meeting, audience members with questions use
their phone to send text messages. The Q&A moderator
selects and queues the messages. They also can send
replies back to questioners, such as "Can you clarify
your question?" or "Good question -- I'll put you
first". As the meeting proceeds, some questions will be
answered in the course of the discussion; these can be
deleted from the queue.When the Q&A session starts, the questions are
projected for everyone to see.
Contrast this with the old-fashioned "raise your hand
and speak up" method of randomly gathering questions. By
pre-selecting, editing, and ordering the text-messaged
questions, the best questions are asked first. The Q&A
runs more smoothly and efficiently. Also, the anonymity
of SMS question-asking encourages attendees who don't
like to speak in public, or who are afraid of seeming to
have a "dumb" question.
Using SMS text messaging has gotten rave reviews, both
from meeting participants and from organizers. It is the
21st century way to run Q&A.
"-- our audience can use SMS to query from their seats
and the speakers appreciate the convenience and
feedback. SMS Messaging at our conferences is always a
big hit. For many it's the first time they have used
messaging services in a group context, showing the huge
potential for using SMS in corporate settings." --Zahava
Stroud, president, iHollywood Forum and MobileTech Forum
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
Database capture and promotions
Remember that every time someone sends a SMS text
message, you've captured their phone number. This lets
you send a message back to the participants.
SMS text messaging is an exciting new feature that helps
draw patrons to your club.Your customers interact with each other by using
the SMS (short message system) text messaging feature on
their cell phones.Their chatting is displayed on TV monitors or
screens in your club.Your customers are literally entertaining
themselves.
Our system also helps you build a database of your
SMS-using patrons.Every incoming number and message is logged.These numbers can then be used to send messages
back ("Thank you for visiting tonight") and to promote
special events and offers.
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
Our System and What it can do for YOU…
Here are some ways that club owners are turning SMS into
an entertainment and marketing tool:
Customers flirt and chat with each other - The messages are
displayed on TV monitors or projected onto screens.Club-goers love to read and send these messages.Our system even lets users send or pick their own
icon, nickname and color to further make their messages
distinctive.
Requesting songs - Customers love to send in song
requests via texting, instead of having to go up to the
DJ booth and shout out a request.DJs love to be able to see a lot of requests at
once, to figure out what the crowd is looking for.
Interactive Voting -
Voting on topics like the cutest girl, the next song, or
the best player in the band. Like any contest (e.g., Pop
Idol) it's lots of fun to vote and to see who the winner
is.
Marketing and promotion - Once we receive their
incoming SMS number, our system stores it in a database.We can then send them info for you on specials
("Two-for-one drinks until 11:30"), upcoming events
("Disco night with DJ Headman on Thursday") and news
("Closed for renovations next week").
Our software is perfect for concerts, allowing fans a
new way to interact with the stars and with each other.At performances by Clay Aiken, Anastacia and
other pop idols, our text messaging program has been
used to display SMS text messages on giant TV screens
onstage.
This use of SMS text messaging proved very successful.According to a Reuters article quoting one
concert promoter...
"Fans loved the concept and were sending multiple text
messages to our stage front screens in an effort to see
their names, talk to their friends, tell Anastacia how
much they love her and win prizes. Fans were so excited
about it that marriage proposals were proffered
onscreen."
At the Anastacia concerts, the use of our software was
also a profit-maker. The promoter estimated that
"thousands" of SMS text messages were displayed at each
concert.The promoters decided to charge one euro (about
US$1.26) to send a message; about 10 percent of the
audience sent messages.
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
Two-way interaction with reply messages
In addition to displaying incoming SMS text messages,
concert organizers can also send reply text messages.These can provide special offers, access to text
news about the artist, and other ways the artist can
benefit and interact with their fans.This type of interactive marketing can help boost
concert attendance, and sales of albums and tour
merchandise.
During the NBA season the Orlando Magic NBA basketball
team uses the Text Messaging Live system to keep fans
engaged during Magic Live Friday Night games.The SMS phone number is shown with a voting
question and answers via a custom layout on the Magic
Live screen.The layout encourages the crowd to text in their
votes during 4 different sessions before and during the
game.
Fans who send an SMS text message to cast a vote receive
response messages.These response messages offer voters a chance to
receive a free ticket with the purchase of any ticket
plan, a discount on the purchase or retail items at the
game and much more.At one game, voters were put in a drawing to
receive a free autographed jersey.Chat sessions were also used before the games and
during “time outs” to keep fans entertained.
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
Database Capture and Promotions
Remember that every time someone sends an SMS text
message, you've captured their phone number. This lets
you send a message back to the participants.
This is an exciting new technology, and we're happy to
help you understand how it can provide bottom-line
benefits to your exhibition efforts.
School Dances are a great place to use our software.
Students can text each other and text requests to the
DJ. In addition the school can show a slide show
presentation, memories video and more. During
Homecoming or Prom schools can have the students vote
for King & Queen and then see the voting scale displayed
on the big screen. To really have some fun,
connect a live camera to our software and roam around
the event showing the students having a great time and
dancing.
Fully Customized
Our design team can customize a layout for you to that
is unique and delivers your message.Bright colors, displays, photo slide shows,
impact videos and live camera feeds embedded into the
layout are just a few of the options that we can include
in your personalized layout.
