NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ellen Donahoe or Paige Poulos
Paige Poulos Communications
510/528-0665 or 800/497-3376
email: LocalWineEvents@paigepoulos.com
Buying Wine Events Tickets Online-As Simple As 1...2...Click!
(San Francisco, CA - December 17, 2002)- LocalWineEvents.com, the popular go-to source for wine event schedules and information, has added online ticketing that makes selling and buying wine event tickets hassle-free.
It's fast and easy for wine lovers to purchase event tickets the minute they learn about them at LocalWineEvents.com or at the event sponsor's website.
Event planners don't need merchant accounts to sell online and benefit from paperless registration and real-time access to online attendee and donation reports. As Eric V. Orange, founder of LocalWineEvents.com attests, "Online ticketing at LocalWineEvents.com is the greatest way to make ticket sales simple, for the participants and the event team. With secure credit card purchasing and instant confirmation, wine events are worry free!"
About LocalWineEvents.com:
LocalWineEvents.com is one of the premier and most frequently visited websites for the who, what, where, and when of wine events. With nearly 16,000 events posted in literally hundreds of markets across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the site offers wine lovers the opportunity to peruse them all or be notified via email of updates and events in their particular locale. Food and wine professionals love that LocalWineEvents.com offers links to a thousand food, wine, and spirits related websites. And now with online ticketing, it is easier than ever for wine event sponsors to sell their event tickets without merchant accounts or piles of paperwork. At LocalWineEvents.com, wine events are made simple!
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Here is some recent info on Local Wine Events.com
Stats
· Over 16,000 events have been posted.
· Over 500,000 hits a month.
· 50,000+ unique wine-minded visitors per month (and growing)
· 7000 interested consumers receiving email notification of new events.
· 1000 reciprocal links with food, wine, spirits related websites worldwide.
· Top search engine placement.
· Google page-rank 7/10.
· Extensive press coverage, including a mention in US News & World Report.
· Hundreds of Kudos from professionals in the food and wine industry.
· Of the millions of websites on the web, Local Wine Events.com's rank of 96k on Alexa.com is not too shabby.
Features
· *NEW* Sell tickets to your event through Local Wine Events.com (at no cost to you).
· Automatically update your "events" WebPages by posting the events to Local Wine Events.com. (Details here)
· Display a calendar of all events for your area. (Details here)
· Email notification system triggers an email to the folks who have asked to be updated when new events are posted for your area. (Details here)
Benefits
· Worldwide exposure.
· Triggers an email to interested consumers in your area and your event is highlighted.
· Links coming in to Local Wine Events.com from almost 1000 wine & spirits related sites.
· Top Search-Engine results for most "wine" related searches.
· Links to thousands of local and international Food & Wine sites.
· Other Wine/Food related sites display your events.
· Be notified of new events in your area.
*It's free and no registration required!
EVO
Eric V. Orange (EVO)
Local Wine Events.com
*A schedule of events in your city*
http://www.LocalWineEvents.com
281 240-2264
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Sign up (free) to be notified of new events for your area.
http://localwineevents.com/email_notification.php
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PS, As always, I ask you to tell people about Local Wine Events.com
Chef2Chef News Desk