Gap made 11 million dollars in a single day due to a simple Groupon coupon. Shocking, right? Maybe you’re not sure exactly what Groupon is. I’ll explain. Groupon is a website that features a daily deal specific to a certain geographic region. Once an individual subscribes to the site, an email explaining the deal is [...]
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The Voodoo Experience
August 23, 2010 – 3:43 pm
Just like I mentioned in my last blog, it’s all about the experience. Period. That is exactly where the Voodoo Experience fits into the picture. Experience is in its name. Literally. The Voodoo Experience is working to create this ultimate fan experience. Just like every festival should. Take a peek at their website. There is [...]
We Put the “We” in We Fest
August 19, 2010 – 6:42 pm
It was 5 am on Thursday, August 5th. Three of my closest festival-going buddies and myself packed up. I don’t think any of us have been up THAT early since…well I don’t know when. It was like we were seven years old again and going to Disney World. We were going to Disney World. The [...]
Blog, Tweet, Post, Poke…You Get the Idea.
August 13, 2010 – 4:09 pm
So maybe I’m on a bit of a social media kick this week, but I cannot stress the importance of joining in the conversation. Because there aren’t going to be any of those awkward silences anytime soon. I promise. The beauty of social media is that it is essentially a two-way conversation between your festival [...]
Foursquare
August 10, 2010 – 12:11 am
So maybe it’s a little ironic, I’m using a social medium to write about another social medium. Maybe that’s clue number one of the power social media truly has. Recently, a new fad in the chattersphere of social media has developed; location-based social networking. Or maybe it isn’t a fad at all. It just may [...]
The Incredible Machine
August 2, 2010 – 6:39 pm
As I roamed the festival grounds in Eau Claire, WI, it was very obvious that the Incredible Machine Tour was in town. And I couldn’t have been more excited. Sugarland’s tour buses and equipment semis were neatly lined up in the backstage loading dock area. It had rained (hard) on the Thursday of the festival [...]
Jason Likes To Jam
July 28, 2010 – 4:13 pm
As I sat under the VIP renewal tent on Saturday evening at Country Jam in Eau Claire, WI, I met Jason. Jason walked up to me, serenading me with his own version of a certain tune by Neal McCoy. It went a little something like, “Jason’s got his beer goggles on.” He then chuckled a [...]
The Legend of the Lawn Chair Line
July 21, 2010 – 5:44 pm
During my 21 years on this Earth, I have attended my fair share of country music festivals. As in, I have probably been to every country music festival in Wisconsin and Minnesota at least once. Twice in most cases. It’s true, I have been going to these things since I was in middle school. I [...]
