Smarter Marketing for Your Events

Advanced tools, key partnerships, and integrations that help your event get discovered and sell more tickets.

Local advertising through the New Times Media Group gets the word out.

My805Tix is owned by the New Times Media Group

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Since 1986. New Times has been getting the word out and getting people out to thousands of events all over the Central Coast - From San Miguel to Santa Ynez and all points in between.

Now with full service ticketing, New Times/My805Tix combination is an unbeatable local solution.

Here’s how we help you sell more tickets:

NO - Print is not dead.

With four decades of delivering local news and events, New Times and The Sun remain trusted sources for the Central Coast.

We print full page ads every week highlighting events on My805Tix.

Print

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Distribution Overview:

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Hot Tip: All organizations ticketing with My805Tix lock in the very lowest rates for all advertising with New Times and The Sun (in addition to all the FREE advertising that comes with the platform)

Reaching customers in their inboxes

Our email database is 76,000 subscribers strong - and growing every day!

We reach them weekly with fresh events coming up on the platform. This is a free service when you ticket with us.

Sample Ticket Wire Email

Tools that Boost Revenue

Advanced marketing features that help your event get discovered and increase conversions.

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Cart Recovery

Our built in cart recovery feature retargets ticket buyers who don't complete checkout with an email sent directly into their inbox. This re-engages them at their point of decision and encourages them to come back and complete their order.

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Advanced SEO

From customizable page meta titles and meta descriptions to the most sophisticated on page structured data and SEO that's built into our code, you can be sure that your event will be at the top of Google with My805Tix.

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Linked Promo Codes

Build specific tracking links that automatically apply the promo code when the ticket buyer visits your event page from that link. Promo is automatically and the sale is attributed to the tracking link.

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Promoter Dashboard

Have promoters and affiliates? Great, we have a dedicated dashboard that allows your promoters to log in and get their unique tracking links and track their own sales. Incentivizing and organizing your promo team has never been easer.

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Affiliate Tracking Links

Use Affiliate Tracking links in all of your marketing campaigns to track clicks, sales and revenue generated. These links will help you track the effectiveness and ROI on your marketing campaigns, social posts, email campaigns and more.

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Access Codes

Use access codes to market secret tickets for specific groups like your VIPs, sponsors, group discounts, and much more. Access codes allow you to market to your segments and provide a unique experience.

Plug In All of Your Platforms

Easily connect with thousands of your favorite apps, platforms and services with our Zapier tool.

Provides virtually endless integration capabilities


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Event Marketing FAQs

Explore event marketing frequently asked questions and insights on how to effectively market your events, venues, and attractions.

  • My805Tix provides built-in tools for email marketing, social sharing, first-party audience segmentation, and integrations with platforms like Hive, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, and more, helping you reach more attendees and sell more tickets.

  • My805Tix enables you to automate personalized marketing flows triggered by customer behavior.

    Whether it's sending a presale alert, a cart abandonment reminder, or a re-engagement campaign, automation saves time and increases conversions.

  • Top strategies include capturing first-party data during ticket sales, running segmented email/SMS campaigns, leveraging retargeting ads, optimizing event listings, and partnering with event distribution channels. My805Tix can help you execute all of these in one platform.

  • Absolutely! Our top priority is to make sure that you have the best possible ticketing experience and that you sell as many tickets as possible. Just get in touch & we will be happy to assist all the way through the event cycle.