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Photographs PT 2. And last but not least, what draws us to finally of our Launch Party is the photographs of the evening! We made sure everybody knew they were having their photograph taken and that they would be used for promotional purposed on our Viva Events site on Facebook so that we weren’t breaching any laws when it came to uploading photographs from the night. We are so thankful for the turn out and success of the night and the land lord mentioned to us that it was the best night, money wise, he had had in a very long time. From there, we were invited to host a Christmas party there. So as our first project came to a close, another opened. “A Winter Wonderland, hosted by Viva Events.”

And last but not least, what draws us to finally of our Launch Party is the photographs of the evening! We made sure everybody knew they were having their photograph taken and that they would be used for promotional purposed on our Viva Events site on Facebook so that we weren't breaching any laws when it came to uploading photographs from the night. We are so thankful for the turn out and success of the night and the land lord mentioned to us that it was the best night, money wise, he had had in a very long time. From there, we were invited to host a Christmas party there. So as our first project came to a close, another opened. "A Winter Wonderland, hosted by Viva Events." 

Social media has really helped our little business gain a platform in the market in Llandrindod Wells. Within the first few days our little events planning business, "Viva Events" had over 100 "likes" and from there we had over 1,000 page views. Above in a few simple images, I've shown the statistics of the Viva Events Facebook page, the Launch Party Event page and the next instalment in the Viva Events chapter, The Winter Wonderland Event for Christmas. We're lucky to have social media sites in this day and age as it's becoming the easiest way of contacting people and to get your message out to hundreds of people at a time. 

In a small town like ours, drink promotions are the main way of getting people to come to one pub rather than the other. Even though it's a small town the competition is quite fierce so with others putting on drink promotions as well - we wanted to step up and gain that one jump higher. Again - like stated earlier, the main task of our launch party was to bring the university life, the city life and the larger scales of pubs to life in Llandrindod Wells and we believe we did that excellently. We spoke with the land lord about what he was willing to allow us to do and what drink promotions he'd allow within his pub and thankfully we managed to get quite a few. On the night of the launch there were four different cocktails available, each was presented in a jug or a 2 pint glass and each was only £6.50, the price was another thing bringing the crowd in. As well as the cocktails we had 3 Jagerbombs for £5, the chance to double up your spirit for just £1 extra and three bottles of Budweiser for just £6. 

Promoting comes in all different shapes and sizes and with our Launch party initial ideas under way we (me and my business partner) decided it was time to create flyers for the event. We chose a simple design, using a clear font and a sugar skull for the main image, we designed the original flyer in two different colours and then asked an outer audience which they preferred - the outcome was the blue as it was more striking and official so after that was decided, we took our idea to the printers in our town (Power Printers) and then purchased 50 flyers ready to paint the town red blue. We had amazing feedback from the flyers and many who attended did so because they had seen the flyers. 

There were many things we had to think of when planning the launch party - after all, it would be the party that gives everybody a first impression on what we're like, what kind of thing we're aiming to do and whom we're aiming to please. Thankfully, it pleased a lot and photos are to follow! After picking a date for the Launch party and a venue after that, thankfully, it was all easy sailing. The promoting is the most tedious part as you've got to be ongoing and continuous in promoting the event if you wish for it to be a successful one. We must have promoted it at least a month in advance and then from then on there wasn't really a day where we didn't update something on our Facebook page to make sure the views were still coming in solid for the Launch. As we live in a small town with a limited amount of clubs & pubs we decided it was time to bring a fresh face to the "party" scene in Llandrindod Wells. We took elements of University life and bought it to our little town. The results were fantastic! We had medical syringe shots, a "drunken" doodle board pinned to the wall, photographs were taken and those photographs made it seem like they were in fact at a Student Union party. It was incredible!