Advertise Haunted House Event get Crowds to your Haunted House
You have just finished hanging up some ghosts on your trees, purchased some phenomenal CD'S featuring the spookiest noises and placed a few cobwebs in the most hindered corners of your home. Now that your home sweet home has turned into the scariest house on the block, you want to let the world know all about it. Just as realtors advertise an open house event, you want to market your haunted house event and make it the most popular hit of your neighborhood. Here are some ideas on how to get people's attention and crowds flowing.
How to Get Crowds to Visit Your Haunted House
Advertising your haunted house may take some time and this is why you want to start in advance. If your haunted house will be open only for Halloween night you may want to advertise it at least one month prior. This will help people make arrangements for their busy schedules. However, keeping it only open for Halloween night may be a disadvantage if your are expecting big crowds. People may have other plans and may miss your event because it clashes against other events they have in mind for Halloween night. It may help to keep your haunted house open for at least three days.
• Hang Up Signs
Find the creepiest looking signs you can find and hang them in your neighborhood. Remember to add many details like if it is a fund raiser event or if it will be free just for fun. Add what audience you will be targeting: children, teens, adult? Of course, add the dates, hours, and location.
• Use the Newspaper
Post an ad in your local newspaper's classified. Give a great description of your haunted house so to build anticipation in the reader. Some newspapers offer free classified if you stay within a word limit, but if you are really expecting crowds it may be worth to pay for a longer add or even add a picture.
• Give out Flyers
Create some decent colorful flyers and give them out. Make sure to target the right audience. If the haunted house is for teens spread them in high schools or place them in the high school cafeteria bulletin boards. If you will target adults hang them up in your local Walmart store bulletin board or other grocery stores.
• Post it Online
Check for websites that will advertise your event. For instance,hauntedhouse.comoffers you the opportunity to advertise your haunted house event for a fee. There are also many local websites that offer the opportunity to advertise for free any events. Search online directories and post your event on the world wide wed.
• Word of Mouth
Of course, word of mouth remains one of the easiest and cheapest way to advertise. Let family, relatives, friends, neighbors know about your event. Soon, they will spread the voice to their friends and friends of friends will know and shortly you may have hundreds of people knowing about your haunted house.
• Create a Striking Appearance
Of course, the appearance of your haunted house will talk by itself. If you put up lights and make your front yard appealing enough it will leave a lasting impression on people driving by. If you work hard enough you will have people coming over just because they are tremendously curious about what hides inside your home.
If you work hard enough, you will certainly have crowds show up your door on Halloween night. Make sure you make the even worthy of all the anticipation you have built in your guests. If you are successful, you will have for sure many people looking forward to your haunted house event each year to come. This is ultimately what makes creating your own haunted house so fun.
