Your hall hosts ten kinds of events. Most banquet hall advertising talks about one. The Modern Booking System markets every event you host to the people planning it, then answers them in minutes.
Your banquet hall hosts sweet 16s, showers, birthdays, anniversaries and corporate events. But most banquet hall advertising says one thing: "Book your event."
Nobody searches for "an event". A parent planning a sweet 16 and an office manager planning a holiday party want different things and search with different words. When your hall talks to both at once, it talks to neither.
Each event you host gets its own spotlight: its own ads and its own page, with your spaces, your capacity and your photos. People planning a shower see a shower venue.
Every inquiry gets a reply within minutes, day or night. People can pick a tour time right away, and reminders go out on their own.
Every lead is followed from first message to signed contract. If someone toured but hasn't booked, they get followed up.
You see which event types bring the most bookings and where each one came from, plus a monthly call on what to push next, like corporate events before the holidays.
Sweet 16s and birthday parties. Baby and bridal showers. Anniversaries and milestone parties. Corporate events, holiday parties and private dinners.
And weddings, with their own page: wedding venue marketing.
We run the Modern Booking System at a multi-room event venue in Jersey City's arts district that hosts all of these.
A fit if you own or run an independent event venue, banquet hall or event space for about 100 to 500 guests, you already host events, and you have someone who answers inquiries and gives tours.
Not a fit for venues that haven't opened yet or for hotel chains. We're based in New York and work with event spaces across the U.S.
Market each event you host on its own, to the people planning it. Then answer every inquiry in minutes and follow up until they tour.
Run a separate ad for each event type, like sweet 16s, showers or corporate parties, and send each one to a page about that event.
Corporate events, private dinners and smaller parties can fit on weeknights. Give each one its own ads and page, so the people planning them find you.
More than once. Call, text and email right away, then keep calling on a set schedule until they answer or say no. People who don't answer aren't dead leads: someone who celebrates once usually celebrates again.
No. We work with independent event venues and event spaces of all kinds, including banquet halls, lofts and multi-room venues, for about 100 to 500 guests.
Yes. We're based in New York and work with independent event venues and event spaces across the U.S. Calls, reports and approvals all happen online. If you're near New York, we can also walk your venue in person.
Tell us about your event space. We'll look at how people find you and what happens after they inquire, and show you where bookings slip away.
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