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Visit Laredo explains how community groups can list events and promote local artists
Summary
Aileen Ramos of the Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau walked the Public Arts Commission through the VisitLaredo.com calendar, promotion channels (social, newsletter, Mexico media), and merchandising opportunities for local artists; she emphasized submissions should target visitors and follow hotel-occupancy-tax guidelines.
Aileen Ramos, director of the Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau, told the Public Arts Commission that community groups and arts organizations can submit events to the VisitLaredo.com calendar and the Visit Laredo mobile app and that most submissions are approved within three to five business days. "As soon as you know of your event... you can go in and submit the event on our website and in 3 to 5 business days it will get approved," Ramos said.
Ramos said the CVB encourages simple, Instagram- and Facebook-ready flyers with clear date, time and location information and recommended submitting event details several weeks in advance so listings can appear on the calendar. She cautioned…
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