A better alternative to get responses to your event invitations

Remember those days in high school where you threw a party, invited a bunch of people and nobody even responded – let alone showed up? I don’t – in high school I was the perfect combination of a wallflower and a teachers pet. But things have changed a bit. I have hosted several wine & art events (with DJ!) for my fine art photography business, and organized online and offline events for various other things. Whether for personal or business events, filling up a room isn’t always easy. I wrote an article a while back about how the lack of response is one of my biggest struggles in building a business.

The first step in filling up a room, whether it’s at your house for a party, or at work for a business event, is to send invitations that reflect the theme and personality of event. I’ve tried a lot of different tools to send my invitations after I created the guest list, and have had various levels of success with each of them. With my own birthday party coming up, I wanted to share some …