Events & Ticket Promotion

Fill your event.
Before the deadline.

For promoters, festivals, venues and live experiences that need burst campaigns, deadline urgency and phased sell-through strategies — built around your event dates, not a generic evergreen approach.

3 phases
Early bird, mid-campaign and final push — structured around your sell-through curve
72 hrs
Typical time from brief to first campaign live for near-term events
100%
Event-specific tracking — cost per ticket sold, not vanity reach metrics

Events don't have the luxury of evergreen marketing

Event marketing has a hard deadline. The ticket window closes. The approach that works for an always-on brand campaign will fail for a ticketed event — you need urgency mechanics, phased sell-through targets and retargeting that intensifies as the date approaches.

Most agencies treat event campaigns like any other. We don't.

  • Slow early ticket sales with no structured campaign phases
  • No urgency messaging — missing out on deadline-driven conversions
  • Ticket platform tracking not connected to ad campaigns
  • Retargeting is too broad — not segmented by engagement stage
  • Starting campaign spend too late — no runway to build audience before the deadline

Deadline-driven campaigns that sell tickets

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Phased Campaign Strategy

We map your campaign across three phases — early bird awareness, mid-campaign conversion push and deadline urgency — each with different budgets, audiences and creative angles.

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Paid Media Campaigns

Meta and Google Ads built around your event — audience targeting, creative testing and budget pacing that aligns with your sell-through curve and ticket tier structure.

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Retargeting Waves

Segmented retargeting sequences that re-engage people who showed interest — video viewers, page visitors, add-to-cart — with escalating urgency as your event date approaches.

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Ticket Tracking Setup

We connect your ticketing platform (Eventbrite, Ticket Tailor, etc.) to GA4, Meta Pixel and GTM — so you know exactly which campaigns and creatives are driving actual ticket purchases.

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Event Landing Pages

High-converting event landing pages with urgency mechanics, social proof and clear ticket CTAs — built to convert paid traffic faster than a generic event listing page.

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GDPR & Consent

Consent Mode v2 and compliant tracking — so your event campaigns in European markets don't silently lose conversion data from audience members who opt out of cookies.

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Built for deadlines, not evergreen campaigns.

01
We plan around your event calendar

Campaign structure, budget pacing and creative timelines are all built backwards from your event date — not applied as a generic template.

02
Urgency mechanics that actually convert

Deadline-aware creatives, ticket tier messaging and last-chance sequences — built to accelerate purchase decisions as your event date gets closer.

03
Cost per ticket sold — not cost per click

We track what actually matters: ticket purchase events, cost per conversion and revenue attributed to each campaign — not reach, impressions or views.

04
We move quickly when it matters

Events don't always give you months of runway. We can audit, brief and launch campaigns fast when the timeline demands it.

AdKonnekt built a proper phased campaign for our festival — early bird, main push and deadline retargeting — and we sold out two weeks before the event for the first time. The tracking finally showed us which ads were actually selling tickets.

Event Promoter — Multi-Day Music Festival

Event marketing packages — audit, activate, sell out.

Start with the Campaign Audit to get your plan. Activate Momentum or Sell-Out System when campaigns go live. Ad spend is always billed directly to the platform.

Event Campaign Audit
£295 one-off

Written action summary · 45-minute strategy call

Sharp, tactical, fast. A full diagnosis of your past performance and a clear plan before you commit serious budget.

Best for

Promoters reviewing past performance Events 6–12 weeks out Smaller budgets needing clarity first
  • Meta / Google campaign performance review
  • Audience & geo targeting assessment
  • Ticket page & offer conversion check
  • Budget pacing review
  • 3-phase campaign recommendation
  • Written action summary
  • 45-minute strategy call

Outcome: Clear plan before you commit serious budget.

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Event Momentum
from £750/mo

Single event · 1 platform · up to 2 campaigns · Ad spend billed separately

Structured phased campaign for smaller events — built to convert from early bird through to final push.

Best for

200–1,200 capacity Local venues Single-date events Total ad budget £1k–£4k
  • 3-phase campaign structure
  • 1 platform — Meta or Google
  • Prospecting + retargeting campaigns
  • Deadline urgency messaging
  • Audience build & segmentation
  • Weekly optimisation
  • Weekly performance reporting

Outcome: Consistent ticket velocity from launch to sell-out.

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Sell-Out System
from £1,495/mo

Multi-platform · up to 5 campaigns · Ad spend billed separately

Full multi-platform sell-through system for serious promoters running larger events, festivals and touring dates.

Best for

1,000–10,000+ capacity Festivals Touring events Multi-date operators
  • Multi-platform — Meta + Google
  • Up to 5 active campaigns
  • Advanced retargeting waves
  • Ticket tier messaging strategy
  • Budget acceleration framework
  • Creative direction & testing
  • Sell-through tracking & reporting
  • Bi-weekly strategy sessions

Outcome: Maximum sell-through across every date — audience infrastructure that compounds event to event.

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Not sure where to start?

Book the £295 Event Campaign Audit. We'll review your past performance, assess your upcoming event, and give you a fully mapped sell-through plan before you commit serious budget.

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Project Option

One-Off Event Campaign

For promoters with a single upcoming event who want full campaign management without a monthly retainer. Fixed scope, fixed timeline — setup through to final push.

  • Campaign setup + full management for the event window
  • Phased structure: awareness, conversion push, final deadline
  • End-of-campaign performance report
  • Ad spend billed separately to your account

Priced on event size, timeline and scope. Typically from £950 — get in touch for a quote.

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Optional Add-Ons

Launch Campaign Setup — from £1,500 For events without existing ad account structure
Tracking & Ticket Integration Separate service — see Tracking & Analytics →

Common questions

For most events we'd recommend starting at least 8–12 weeks out to allow time for audience building, early bird sales and proper campaign phasing. For larger events (festivals, multi-day shows) 16+ weeks is ideal. We can work with shorter timelines but the results are typically better with more runway.
Yes. We configure GTM and the Meta Pixel to fire purchase events when a ticket is completed — even on third-party ticketing platforms. This allows Meta and Google to attribute ticket sales to your campaigns and optimise toward actual purchases rather than clicks.
A phased campaign splits your promotional period into three stages: early bird (awareness and initial interest), main push (conversion focus, social proof, lineup announcements) and final push (deadline urgency, last chance messaging, retargeting). Each phase has different creative, audience targeting and budget allocation. It mirrors how audiences actually make event purchase decisions and typically outperforms a flat, always-on approach significantly.
Yes. The strategy scales — from a 200-capacity local venue event to a multi-day festival. The principles are the same; the audience targeting radius, budget and creative volume differ. We'll scope the right approach based on your event size, ticket price and geography.

Ready to fill your event
before the deadline?

Tell us about your event and we'll map out a campaign strategy around your dates — no obligation, no pitch.