Adding an event calendar widget to your website or blog is a great way to keep your visitors informed about your events – or events you like and may be attending.

With thousands of events in cities throughout North America and over 30 categories of events to choose from, you’ll be sure to find ones worthy of adding to your widget.

Event calendar widgets are great for bands, people interested in specific content (eg: concerts, sports, networking), event managers and promoters and anyone wanting to present upcoming events to their audience.

Ready to get started? It only takes a few minutes and is as easy as adding a YouTube video to your site!

Create your widget in three easy steps:

Step 1 – Sign in to 49st.com
You must have an account with us. Either sign in or sign up. You can create a personal account using your name, or a business account.

Step 2 – Customize Your Event Calendar

You can customize your calendar widget so that it integrates nicely into your website or blog. Select the widget size, event location, event category, number of events and what information to display, etc.:

Step 3 – Embed your Event Calendar
Now that you’ve customized your widget it’s time to embed it to your site. Simply copy and paste your custom widget code into your site. It’s as easy as adding a YouTube video to your site!

Check out our Event Widget Gallery for sites that are using 49st’s calendar widget.

49st also offer private label sites, such as CP24 Events.

Create your calendar widget now:
Sign in to create and preview your widget.

Here are steps for using 49st.com to maximize the effectiveness of your event marketing activities:

1. Create a profile page (you may create a personal as well as a brand profile page).
2. Once your profile page is created, you have to get some followers. Once you start following people, people will begin to follow you if they find your events to be interesting.
3. Share your page on Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to let people know about your new page (and to encourage them to follow you).
4. Each time you contribute a new event or update your status, every one of your followers will be notified and they may share your contribution on other social sites such as Facebook or Twitter. This translates into more people finding out about your page.
5. You may also add your events to Facebook events with a click of a button!
6. Looking to add your events to your website or blog? Embed your events for free!

49st.com is a great way to connect and establish a relationship with potential attendees.

Anton posted some great pictures of the 49st booth a DX3 Canada Last week in Toronto where we were selected, among five top companies, to present our new exciting features that coming soon. Keep in touch … the video from our pitch is coming soon.

We’ve made it easy for you to find events that suit your interest by organizing and categorizing them. For example clubs & nightlife, singles and general.

For the adventurous type, Mariposa Cruises is offering a unique way to ring in January 1st with its dinner and dance party, which offers  breathtaking views of Toronto’s skyline from the water’s edge. If you’re looking for laughs, Massey Hall is hosting an Extravaganza.

Looking for an escape out of town? Try Niagara Falls for Golden NYE at The Scotiabank Convention Centre, gamble at the Casino or visit Dragonfly Nightclub for some dancing.

If your visiting Toronto from out of town (or just want to feel like a tourist in our own city) here are some restaurants and hotels to choose from.

Imagine this: you’re in the line to get coffee, waiting for a bus  or your car wash and are wondering what you’re going to do this evening or want to find a place to go with your friend or family. How would you find places to go and things to do in your city?

iPhone screengrab of 49st Mobile website

With the launch of our mobile website today, we’ve made it easy for you to find place to go. Simply visit 49st.com with your smartphone and we’ll do the rest for you. We’ll detect your location (and you can select any location manually) and let you know what’s happening near you. Give us a try.

To publish your event, simply click on the “Publish this Event” button and follow the instructions.

To get familiar with the process, checkout the following screencast:

Maximizing awareness of your event is the ‘name of the game’. After all, you want as many people to know about your event as possible! After adding your event to 49st, we publish it on our website, our partner network of websites and give you the option of adding it to Facebook… all with the click of a button!

The benefit is that you submit once and we publish on multiple sites, thereby saving you time and increasing awareness (and attendance).

Canadians about to become more “in the know” about local events and entertainment in their communities

As a way to discover what’s going on in their city, the Sympatico mobile community can now search through thousands of events, venues, restaurants and clubs to answer the ubiquitous questions “what’s going on?” or “where’s a new place to go or eat?”.

The Sympatico mobile events website is available on any mobile device and features events, venues and restaurants across canada. Stay tuned for more features and visit the site on your mobile phone (events.sympatico.ca).

To add your events to 49st.com and its Partners, simply visit our Add Content page.

49st’s Insights provide you with powerful and useful information about your business (be it an event, venue or any page on our site). Here’s what you get (broken down by day, week, month):

• Number of times your business was displayed in our search results (impressions )
• Terms or keywords that users used to find your business
• Number of visitors that viewed your listing

Traffic Boost:

What’s more? If you want to increase the number of people who discover your business on 49st and our Partner Network, you can use our paid advertising solutions to “Boost” your traffic.

As a paid advertiser, your insights page will also include (depending on your advertising package):

• Number of times your business was displayed as sponsored (highlighted) listing
• Call tracking metrics

Milagro Restaurante y Cantina Mexicano

Toronto’s first Mexican cantina is located in the heart of the entertainment district. Milagro is inspired by the traditional Mexican cantinas of the golden era where food is outstanding, beverages are well served, service is warm and the atmosphere is relaxed.

Our insight video with Milagro’s Chef uncovers secrets of real mexican hospitality and experience in the downtown of Toronto.

Table 17

With an ever-changing seasonal menu, inspired by local ingredients and European preparation techniques, Table 17 is a great option for those that live in, and those from outside the Leslieville area who are looking for an inspired meal at an honest price. Watch the video for an appetizer that will tantalize the tastebuds!

If you own a venue or organize events, you can order HD insight video review shoot or propose to enhance your listing with your existing video clip by contacting our sales team in Toronto: (416) 260-0745 x1

Now you can get a snapshot of future events from 49st listings when searching for event, venue or even a sport team in Google — we have finally tamed Google Rich Snippets to work for us by using microformats for our listings and getting traffic growth.