How to Advertise A Trivia Night

Trivia nights – the perfect excuse to drink, laugh, and show off your vast knowledge of useless information to your friends. As a pub owner, you know the drill: customers come for the beer, but they stay for the trivia. But how do you make sure your trivia night is a hit? Fear not, dear pub owner, for we have the ultimate guide on how to advertise a trivia night and make it the talk of the town.

Now, before you start sweating bullets and reaching for your wallet, take a deep breath. We’re talking about free and easy ways to promote your event. As a result, there’s no need to break the bank on expensive advertising, unless you’re rolling in cash!

Think eye-catching posters, witty social media posts, and tempting drink specials. With our quick guide, we’re giving you ten ways to promote your trivia night, so your pub will be bursting with trivia fanatics faster than you can say “What’s the capital of Burkina Faso?”

Let’s dive right in, shall we?

1. Social Media Advertising
   We know this one’s a no-brainer and should be your first go-to task. Firstly, create a Facebook event and share it across your various social media platforms. That way, people can RSVP to your event and invite their friends too. Just make sure your witty banter is on point in your social media posts, or you might as well be posting cat memes. Secondly, use as many social media channels as you can to advertise your trivia night because the more people who find out about your event, the better.

2. Send An Email
   Email is one of the greatest all time ways to market to your loyal fans. Many venues don’t often have much of an email list, but we encourage it. For instance, if you start collecting emails from your loyal customers you have a free way to get in touch with them everytime you’ve got something worth saying. 

3. Create A Promo Video
   Whip out your phone and create a short, engaging video to advertise your future trivia nights. Show off your charming personality and your pub’s cozy atmosphere. Share that lovely video on your social media platforms and on your pub’s website.

4. Collaborate With Local Businesses
   Partner with other local businesses to promote your trivia night. You could reach out to nearby restaurants, shops, and organisations and ask if they would be willing to share your event on their social media or website. And who knows, you might make some new friends in the process! Some of these businesses could even sponsor a prize for your trivia event, helping cross promote their business too. 

5. Posters & Flyers
   Design an eye-catching poster or flyer to promote your event. For instance, you can place them in high-traffic areas around your venue, like on the back of the toilet doors or above the urinals. Bonus points if you use puns and dad jokes in your posters.

6. Promote on Your Website
   Add information about your trivia night to your website, including the date, time, and any specials you’ll be offering. Encourage your visitors to share the information on their social media. And if you don’t have a website, well, we can’t help you there.

7. Offer Prizes
   People love winning prizes. As such, you should offer enticing prizes for the winning teams, that keeps them spending at your bar. For instance, you could offer a bar and restaurant voucher, a free dessert or a pint of your favourite beer. If you’ve got the time, you could even offer a prize from a nearby business, like the local butchers’ meat tray, or a gift card to a local shop. Just make sure the prize is worth more than a pack of stale gum.

8. Engage with Your Customers
   Ask your staff to invite patrons down to your next upcoming trivia night, because they’re talking to customers all day, right? Encourage your regulars to invite their friends and family to your trivia night, and offer them a discount or a free drink for doing so. After all, who doesn’t love feeling like a VIP?

9. Choose a Theme that Suits Your Venue
   Mix it up with different themed shows, like music trivia, general knowledge, or sports trivia shows. Try out the music trivia shows for a fun-filled night because that will have your patrons singing and possibly dancing along too. Just make sure the music isn’t so loud that your pub turns into a nightclub.

10. Use the Netquizz Promo Reel
    If your establishment is blessed to have multiple screens around the venue, you can choose to use some of that prime real estate to promote your next trivia show. As such, we’ve made this task easy for you. From your Netquizz account page, you can play your very own Promo Reel at anytime leading up to show time, it will let all your patrons know when the next show is playing, and what your prizes will be. Easy!

By following these simple tips on how to advertise a trivia night effectively can be crucial to attracting more patrons to your pub. As such, by utilising a combination of these advertising techniques, you’ll be able to fill your venue with enthusiastic trivia fans who are eager to participate and have a great time.

So, what are you waiting for, let’s get the word out there for your next Netquizz trivia night.