How to Promote a Trivia Night

Here's some thoughts on how to promote a Trivia Night:

1. Promote your Trivia Night by Building Networks with community groups, not-for-profits, Council, Rotary Club, Lions Club, RSL, Businesses:
(a) visit the same cafe every time you have coffee
(b) Buy from the same electrical store
(c) Get to know the Mayor, the Council members, etc.
(d) Build relationships/networks with local Schools/Universities, etc.

2. Make catchy fliers for advertising. Promote your Trivia Night everywhere!
(a) Letterboxes
(b) Milkbars
(c) Noticeboards @ Shopping Centres
(d) Businesses, e.g. the Hair Dressing Salon
(e) Community Groups - hand fliers out at Rotary, or birthdays, or playgroups, etc.

3. Promote the Trivia Night Using the Internet
(a) Blog about it*
(b) Email it out
(c) Get others Blogging it
(d) What about Google AdSense?
(e) Websites

4. Promote your Trivia Night using other forms of Communication
(a) Word of Mouth - Always a cheap, easy way
(b) SMS everyone!
(c) Have it announced on Radio - email, write, phone local Radio Stations
(d) Huge Banner outside your organisation, facing the traffic
(e) Newspaper Ads - Pay $200 for example, for a small ad, or the community sections of the Paper - even the classifieds might work
(f) Phone people - more expensive, but they might promote the Trivia Night to others, who knows?

Any other thoughts? Hope it all goes well!

*For a Blog about things of faith and community development, check out Transforming Mission.