A Different Way to Promote Outdoor Events
Eugene Loj
If you have an outdoor or weather dependent event you are most likely familiar with the associated anxiety of the weather forecast. Months of planning and hard work for your event can be devastated by an unfavorable weather forecast. It could be as simple as, “chance of rain this weekend.” Those words spoken by a local weather forecaster can cost organizers thousands of dollars in potentially lost revenue. The worst part is that the weather forecaster doesn’t even need to be correct. It could be a perfectly sunny day and yet the mere implication of bad weather can keep people away.
They’re Thinking About Weather
If you have an outdoor event; you can bet that weather is either at the top in terms of reason why someone might not attend. How many times have you asked yourself “what if it rains or the weather is bad – are we still going to go?”
The Damaging Admission
There is something you can do about the weather. In the direct response marketing there is something called a damaging admission. You are admitting to your target market that there is an inherent flaw with your product or service. In the case of outdoor event organizers, you’re admitting that your event might potentially be impacted by the weather. For some people making such an admission can be completely counter intuitive.
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