[Deptheads] Special Events Box and Marketing Workflow

[Strategicon Department Heads]

This is very important. Is anyone else having a problem making events ‘special’?

1. I thought I fixed it. The special event check box works when I use it, and it remains checked when I edit the event again. And it is listed as Special on the schedule. So, I’m at a loss and a little concerned as to why it isn’t setting for you.

The word special is not appearing on the list on the Approved Events page. I will try to fix that.

2. I thought there was something I forgot. I took the “Special” and “Sponsored” search options off the page because they weren’t working and having something that doesn’t work is worse in my view, than not listing it.

I will work on 1 and 2 tomorrow, when I’m finally kid free in the mornings.

3. Oh, if it were only that simple, but I’m hoping it will get more like that. One thing you do have to realize, anything posted on the website (not including the twitter feed) is by me or Eric A. I’m more than happy to listen to and possibly even implement any website related marketing suggestions.

Eric D. has no access to the website files at this time. We tried offering easier access with WordPress, but it requires someone other than me to manage the Content Management System chosen and be able to handle the formatting of content too (i.e. CSS). I’d be more than happy to focus primarily on the back end code.

So, it’s Eric D. for marketing and me for website, which usually means tell us both. Also, the special events require an image to display on the home page, and I often don’t have the time, and in some cases can’t figure out the appropriate image to display, so it’s back to the department.

4. That is up to Eric A., but Special Events does get it’s own space (more or less) in the con book. I think it’s that we need more such events to get a dedicated page. I’m hoping separating the Tournament part from the Special part will help with this. Time will tell.

We keep working on it.

Tanya

> On Aug 13, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Strategicon Department Heads <deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:
> 
> Message From: Tara Leederman  taleederman at gmail.com <mailto:taleederman at gmail.com>
> Hi guys!
>  
> I don’t know if you saw this, Tanya, so I am resending:
>  
> The box one can check to make something a special event is not remaining checked when I edit the events. It is also not a searchable field in the schedule, so people cannot pull up special events.
>  
> Some thoughts:
>  
> We need to fix the bug. 
> Checking the box has to mean something. Special Events should be a searchable field/category of event so folks can look at them and see them as a tab. 
> Anything checked as a special event should then be part of our marketing workflow. Those events should go from the website to Eric Downing immediately so they can go on the front page of the website and into the marketing emails, as well as other promotional materials. If they don’t go to him immediately, making them searchable means he could at least harvest the information from the site easily. 
> Special events can then get a special page in the conbook that is easy for Eric A. to harvest from the website as well. 
>  
> I’d like to make the workflow for our marketing as easy as possible, so congoers can hear about the cool stuff we’re running and about what special guests are doing during the time when they are buying badges and signing up for games. This feature could make it easier for Eric Downing to get at that information as soon as it becomes available for promotional purposes.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Tara
>  
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