Happy 4th of July to all Americans around the world (especially our troops overseas)!
Congratulations to Shannon Donnelly 
who won The Sitchie’s 4th of July Red Sox ticket giveaway and will be at Fenway Park today. The Sitchie did a ticket giveaway back in April, but this giveaway seemed to get a much better response. Perhaps it’s because The Sitchie has grown since then and is getting a lot more well known. Or maybe it was the relative ease to enter: all people had to do was sign up with The Sitchie and then tell me their favorite bar listed on the site. Whatever the reason, I was quite pleased with the response and look forward to doing more giveaways– and getting more creative with them.
The overarching goal of any giveaway is to get people familiar with the website or the product, so having people register with the site in order to qualify was a quick and easy way to accomplish that. Still, I’d like more participation on the site from registrants, that is posting events or joining a conversation in the ‘nightlife buzz’ section. It’s hard to draw people away from the behemoths that are Twitter and Facebook for nightlife purposes, but I think there is a niche to be carved out that can supply what FB and Twitter lack in terms of nightlife outreach.
And speaking of Twitter, The Sitchie is pleased to be sponsoring a ‘Tweet-Up’ at The Lansdowne Pub on July 6. The Lansdowne is a classy sports bar across from Fenway Park, and it is embracing social media by inviting those who love to tweet and network down to the pub for a gathering.
More and more, I find myself participating in the nightlife scene and social media events. Whether it’s with bar managers or promoters of events or sponsoring benefits (see the Gulf oil spill benefit that The Sitchie will be co-sponsoring in August) or connecting with other nightlife websites and enthusiasts such as Instant Nightlife.com, The Sitchie continues to grow in scope and popularity.
On this very special day in American history, I’m feeling quite the Red Sox (I would never say Yankee) Doodle Dandy.
