CURRENT FEATURES
Event/Calendar Management
- Social Network Integration: Currently we have a Flash widget that can be used on sites that allow Flash content, and soon we will have full API integration for Facebook users. Save time when dBMonkey is your single point of data entry!
- Data entry form fields such as date/time, venue, door/ticket prices, descriptions, etc
- Popup graphical date selector
- Venue selection automatically linked to city, state/province
- Minimum age entry for each event used in calendar display, can be filtered by user age
- Selection of venue and ticket vendor automatically displays their website links
- Performer data (bios, photos, urls, etc) automatically retrieved from the database (when they exist in the archive)
- Image/poster support, including click-to-print (no-cost advertising for your shows AND your website)
- Auto-link street addresses to MapQuest w/ informative map title
- Archived events data can be used for browsing or searching (View Previous Month, etc)
- Mark dates as tentative versus confirmed (controls which dates display on public website)
- Optional public date controls when each event is announced to the public
- Customized data (whatever you need can be added)
- Ticket onsale date and indicator for sold out shows
- Tix Direct Url for one-click to ticket order form instead of just the vendor's home page
- Recurring Events
- Fancy WYSIWYG web-based editor for event descriptions (click buttons for things like inserting images -- no HTML experience required)
- Venue defaults (minimum age, show/door times, ticket info/url)
Automatic Generation of Web Pages
- Content and design customized for your website
- Automatic ftp upload to your web server if you host your own site
- Dynamic nav menu - for example only show links for states that have shows
- Support for all HTML tags including bold, italics, links, etc
- MP3 audio can be activated for specific events.
Genres
- Select or enter your own, targeted audience. Not limited to music. For example, you could target different interests such as live music, art shows, DJ, etc.
Email Newsletters/Announcements
- Individuals subscribe via your website. You don't have to deal with requests to, for example, update someone's email address in your list. Saves you time plus they get the convenience of not having to wait.
- Subscribers can select specific city and/or genres (your option).
- Bulk subscribe from sign-up sheets collected at the venue's merch table, merged lists, etc.
- Targeted one-shot emails for specific events with optional filtering by cities and/or genres.
- Send yourself a test message before submitting the batch.
- Multiple safeguards to ensure that people don't receive multiple copies of your emails.
- Automatic bounce processing so you don't get tons of emails back every time you send a batch.
- Auto unsubscribe of invalid email addresses.
- Option to auto-insert your calendar in your newsletters (no more copy/pasting!)
- HTML Email Templates - Your email newsletters & announcements can be customized to match your website design.
Automatic Image/Poster Thumbnails and Mini-posters
- Upload your printable poster and dBMonkey stores and also creates the smaller images.
Server Monitoring
- dBMonkey servers are monitored by HyperSpin with notifications via cell phone,
plus we built our own error alert system so we almost always know about any technical difficulties
before they are reported (or even noticed) by our users.
Featured Events
- Optionally identified by checkbox in event data form, featured events section can be customized for your website, email newsletters, etc.
Blogging
- Optional feature integrated with your email newsletters where the content of each blog entry is simultaneously broadcast to your email subscribers. Also includes optional image uploading, even to your own website!
Presales
- Optional/custom feature, automatically generated based on presale begin/end dates for each event. Include presales section in your website and/or email newsletters.
NEW: Cool Data Entry Shortcuts
- MySpace Urls: When entering MySpace urls in dBMonkey's Administrative Interface, if you enter the cumbersome http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=xxxxxxxxx url, dBMonkey automatically grabs the simple www.myspace.com/myspaceurl (if it exists) directly from the contents of the myspace page!
COMING SOON
- Advanced event management including:
- Artist/Attraction Selection Redesign - partial name quick searching instead of lengthy dropdown
- Venue holds maintenance - interact w/ multiple venues, multiple date ranges
- Relations to other entities e.g. promoters, booking agents, etc
- Band/artist pages w/ photos, bios, links, etc
- Search engine by keyword w/ optional entity type selections e.g. bands/artists, events, venues, etc
- User Groups - For example, create a "Press Release Recipients" group
- Band/artist name aliases, e.g. SCOTS = Southern Culture on the Skids
- Automatic generation of Adobe Acrobat PDF files based on templates that you define.
- End user custom calendars - fans select their favorite shows, receive email reminders, etc
- Promotional offers, e.g. subscribe to announcements list for chance to win tickets
- Message boards attached to each entity (shows, bands, etc)
- "Pick Your Favorite Poster" w/ display of top picks
- Cancelled Shows - display w/ "CANCELLED" rubber stamp type image (customizable)
- User-selectable "how far I'm willing to travel for a show". This is especially useful for limited tours in select cities.
- More external reference tools: Amazon, CDBaby, Trouser Press, VitaminC.com, local resources
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