No, actually less work. It saves you time.
Ok, now you've got my attention. What is a Widget?
It's like your own mini portable Which website anybody can pick up and put almost anywhere on the Internet.
What can it do for my venue?
Spread your information across the Internet FREE. Therefore more people get to know who you are and what you do and will spend their money with you.
Is it just another website I have to update?
NO. Actually, it's the opposite. You only have to update your website on the Network - like you always do right? - If the widgets are installed on other websites then those websites will be automatically updated every time you update your site on the Network. This includes Social Network sites such as Facebook too.
How does my venue qualify for a widget?
It's easy to qualify but:
- You can't publicise yourself as a sports venue and not have sports listed.
- You can't tell people you're a karaoke bar and not have any karaoke events listed.
You have to keep your website fully up to date and add good descriptions to your site.
Descriptions of function room and venue description must be at least 700 characters long otherwise it leaves an unsightly white space in the widget.
Basically, you don't need to do anything you aren't already doing on your websites.Do I have to know coding?
Nope, you only need to know how to click on the mouse.
What's a mouse?
Go away.
How much does the widget cost?
It's FREE and only available to Network Subscribers.
When you say portable and anywhere, what does that actually mean for me?
It means you or anybody else can copy your website information to let's say their facebook account, their blog, their website or pretty much anywhere else they want to.
What information is on the widget?
Currently, Regular and One-Off Events, Theme Nights and Sports you're showing. Description of your venue, function room information and a couple of images. Cask Ale and Offers information coming soon.
Can I have it on my own website outside of my site on the Network?
This is where it will save you time. If you add it to your own website it will keep your own website up to date with all those events and sports you have going on.
You will need access to add it to your own site or you can get your developers to do it for you. It's a simple copy and paste excercise. Do not let them tell you any different, they shouldn't charge you more than an hour (it will take them 10 mins).
How is the Widget Built?
Initially I have to build each one manually although I can show you how to build your own quite easily. After it's built it can spread like a flu virus.
What do I do now?
This is the second widget we've placed in BETA so it's in the testing phase again. If you want a widget tell me and providing you qualify I will build it for you and put it into your website. Example. You and anybody else can then begin sharing it across the Internet and on different websites.
What's the catch?
There isn't one. I and our site visitors only ask that you keep your website up to date. If you don't I will remove the widget. 10 minutes a week is enough to keep most websites up to date. If you're not prepared to do that, you should not be on the Network anyway.
A little bit dicatorial aren't you?
Just trying to set some parameters and a standard so that we can help drive traffic into your venue. We can't do that unless we make it clear that your site needs to always be kept up to date. If your website is not up to date then site visitors will see it as a waste of time coming onto the site and therefore your lack of effort will affect other venues and their lack of effort will affect yours.
Example:
Click on the drop down box in the Barracuda Widget above and see the up to date information. If Helen of Barracuda updated here website now that would change the information in the widget simultaneously.
Now click on the Get Widget link at the bottom. You can copy the code and paste it into your own website or publish it to your social media sites like Facebook or Blogger like I have done.
Now what?
Make sure your website is fully up to date with all upcoming sports and events you are doing and then send me an e-mail asking for the widget. i will check your website and if it is of the standard our visitors expect I'll build your widget for you.
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