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Blog: Technology As An Organizing Tool
 Another Tool for Finding and Promoting Events Online
Since writing about Upcoming last
week, I have discovered Zvents, which is
very similar, but is much more polished and seems to have a lot more events
posted on it, at least for my local area.
Where Upcoming allows you to browse for events by
category, city, or date, Zvents lets you drill down deeper to search by
subcategory or neighbourhood. Both sites offer an RSS feed as well as the
capability of adding events to your electronic calendar with just a click of
your mouse. However, Zvents takes things a step
further, by offering a printable view of the event (which includes a map) and a
Share It button that allows you to quickly and easily add the page to
your blog, your favorite social web or
bookmarking service, or to email it to a friend. Both sites allow you to post
your own events at no cost, but Zvents lets you add your logo or other
images to enhance your listing.
Zvents is geared towards entertainment, and allows
users to post reviews of movies, performers, restaurants, and other
venues.
On the downside, although Zvents has a tool for adding
an events calendar to your own website, I wasn't able to make it work within the
time I was willing to spend trying. In addition, although there's a spot on the
page labelled "Groups" it merely says " You do not belong to any groups" and
doesn't offer instructions on how to create a group or where to find groups you
can join.
I would definitely recommend using Zvents if you're
looking for something to do, but for promoting your own events, you should
probably use both sites.
posted on: 6/19/2008 8:30:00 AM by Janet Barclay
category: Business
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