December 06, 2005

New: Auto-Submit Your Event to Other Websites

We've heard from customers over and over again that "it sure would be helpful if there were a way to submit an event to multiple sites using a single service." So we went and built such a service! We've added a new feature inside the "Add Event" form that should come in really handy when you're trying to promote an event on multiple websites: Auto-Submit.

With Auto-Submit, you can optionally request Eventful to automatically submit your event to the following websites (we'll be adding more in the future):

• Upcoming.org


• Zvents


• del.icio.us/events

plus, we will "ping" the following blog ping servers:

• Technorati


• Ping-O-Matic

How to Use Auto-Submit
Create a new event as you would normally do so, with the "Add Event" form. At the very bottom of the form is a new checkbox:

It only appears for public events -- if you designate your event as private, the Auto-Submit feature is disabled.

If you check the checkbox, then when you click the "Add Event" button, you'll see a new form:

This is where you can designate what sites should be notified about your new event. Note that when you arrive on this page, the event has been created on Eventful. This page lets you designate where else besides Eventful this event should go.

Be sure to specify a venue (be as detailed as possible -- type in the full address, city, state, postal code, country, etc) if you intend to auto-submit this feature to Zvents or Upcoming.org. Eventful will check to make sure a venue's been specified (if one hasn't, it won't let you submit to those sites).

This is an experimental feature. Please use it carefully and respect the policies of the other sites when submitting events. Please, no spam or abuse of the feature.

One last thing: You'll note on the Submit form above, there's a suggestion box on the right side of the page. This is where you can tell us of other sites you'd like for us to add the Auto-Submit feature to.

Be sure to let us know what you think of this new feature and how we can make it better!

Great new feature! It's all about sharing the love right? I think this will give you a leg up if people know that they can save themselves some time by submitting here, not having to go to the other sites to get the event out to as many people as possible.

Does this also work with the API? If I post an event via the API, will it automatically get re-posted to these other sits? That would rock!

Doesn't work with the API . . . yet! ;-)

Brian - congrats on the new feature!

If your event organizers really want to get the word out, have them check out FullCalendar.com, where their event can be sent to as many places as possible, usually 20-40, including the ones you mention, for $19.95 per event.

http://www.fullcalendar.com

Sharing the love,
Nancy