UpcomingCons.com brings together news, information, convention listings, pictures, reviews, video reports, and a diverse community of fans to a central location. Making the most of our website can help improve the image of your convention, your connection with fans, and your convention's marketing.
Keeping your information up-to-date is one of the most important ways you can utilize UpcomingCons.com to your advantage. Conventions with full, complete listings look more professional and more important than others. Our staff tries to keep as up-to-date as we can, but we have limited time and there are many conventions. Keeping us updated is really simple, too. Visit your convention listing on the website, and click the edit button on the top-right. You can instantly and easily submit your updates to us directly via that form. We will verify the submission and post updates in less than a week in most cases.
Press releases can be an important way to get the word out about a new announcement as well. Properly formatted press releases will usually be posted in under a day as long as they are newsworthy. Here's a sample:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AnimeBugs Announces Chris Patton As Guest Of Honor
CITY, ST - February 1, 2010 - AnimeBugs, the first anime convention brought to CITY, will feature Chris Patton as the convention's first guest of honor. The convention will be held January 1-3, 2011.
Chris Patton has voiced roles...
The convention's events will include...
Using a press release to make an news announcement, such as a new convention or a new guest of honor, is a good way to garner a little extra publicity and attract additional fans to your event.
Keeping your listing and announcements regular and updated are even more important because we will soon be adding more features to our convention tracking system. Potential attendees will be able to receive email updates about conventions, letting them know when something important happens as well.
For conventions that are seeking out even higher attendance and exposure, we offer advertising as well. Ads can be traded in exchange for program book space, and we have been known to organize contests with conventions as well.
Conventions in or around the midwest are also welcome to invite us to cover the event. We write unbiased convention reviews, and upload dozens of pictures and even video from the conventions we attend. We are able to attend conventions that require extended travel if they cover minimal travel costs.