Importing Facebook Events

Everyone who has spent countless hours creating events probably don't know how easy it is to import events from facebook without having to to hardly any typing at all.

I've been using this process now for over a month and it has saved me hours of work as well as created great traffic to my site and improved my social media marketing.

Although the steps may seem like alot, once you do this a couple of times, you will see how easy it really is.

Step one - Go To Facebook Events for your area.

• This link should work for your area   https://www.facebook.com/events/list
• Bookmark the link for future use
• Select an event that you would like to import into your nightout site
• NOTE: A profile will be necessary for posting the facebook event

Step Two - Select the Facebook Event code

• Once you select an event you want to copy the event code

• Do Not Select the "/" slashes

Step Three - IN A SEPARATE BROWSER TAB, Login as Admin and select Specials and Events

Step Four - Select Import Facebook Events

Step Five - Login as Admin and select Specials and Events

• Your Website should list events it already found
• Simply Click on the Heading of the first event and your site will display that event

• The url for the event will look like below

Step Six - Paste the facebook event code with the one you copied

• Press ENTER to Retrieve the pasted facebook event

Step Seven - Click The Add Button to Create the Selected event

Step Eight -  Select The Profile that you want to include the event for

Step Nine -  Check the event and make sure that 

1. The Category is Correct
2. The Sub Category is Correct
3. The Date, start and stop time is correct

Step Ten - Set the Event Website Link to point to the facebook Event (optional)

This will make the event display as follows once it goes live

Step Eleven - Submit The event

Step Twelve - View The Event

Finally -  Copy the URL of the NIGHTOUT event and paste it into the facebook event you just added

• You will have to "join" the event or select "maybe" in order to post your url
• This is an important step so that you can promote your website and let the organizer know that you di so.
• Your Post will look like this... DONT FORGET TO "POST" IT  once you paste the url

Sometimes I Also make a second post for my mobile app to promote the app as well...

http://www.stjohnsnightout.com/app