Planning a Wedding, Party, Celebration, Corporate or Special Event in the Southern Tier NY, Finger Lakes Region NY, Central NY (CNY), or the Northern Tier of PA?....Then you have come to the right place. The Special Event Network is a comprehensive online resource for planning your wedding, party, or special event, providing information on companies that specialize in providng products and services specific to weddings, parties, and other special events. Browse the articles in our Wedding & Event Planning Guides, visit our members web pages to learn more about their products and services, view slideshows and videos, and contact them, all from the convenience of your home or office 24/7. Brides & Grooms - announce your engagement and upcoming wedding on your own web page and include your engagement story and photo. The Special Event Network website is a site for everyone, no matter what type of event you are planning, no matter where your event is, Corning, Elmira, Watkins Glen, Big Flats, Elmira Heights, Bath, Painted Post, Waverly, Tioga, Nichols, Montour Falls, Binghamton, Pine City, Millport, Ithaca, West Elmira, Cortland, Beaver Dams, Montour, Odessa, Addison, Campbell, Coopers Plains, Hammondsport, Hornell, Painted Post, South Corning, Wayland, Candor, Owego, Lockwood, Dryden, Trumansburg, Penn Yan, Tioga, Endicott, Erin, Johnson City, Candor, Canisteo, Chemung, Sayre, PA, Towanda, Mansfield, Middlebury Center, Millerton, Sayre, Athens, Tioga, Towands, Troy, PA
Drive Customers to your Business - Join the Special Event Network
 
The Internet is fast becoming the first place people look when planning a Party, Wedding, Special Event or Special Occasion.  82% of brides have turned to the internet for help in planning their wedding.  Special Event Network attracts hundreds of brides & grooms and people planning parties & special occasions seeking services and products for their events.
 
Special Event Network has proven itself as one of the region's leading advertising mediums, providing more value than other types of advertising.  We've been online since 2003 and so have many of our members.   
 
This is one marketing tool that is truly:
  • Proven
  • Powerful
  • Effective
  • Target Marketed 
  • High Value
  • Low Cost
High Value - Cost Effective
The Special Event Network gives you more value for your advertising dollars.  The Special Event Network website is highly promoted, highly targeted local,  regional and national on-line advertising with information about your business including slideshows, videos, contact information, etc on your full member page available 24/7

High Exposure 
With Special Event Network, your advertising dollar gives you high exposure through:
  • Internet - Prominent listings and links on local websites, regional and major national event-related and wedding websites and directories; banner ad on the Star Gazette's bridal pages; SEN member sites
  • Search Engines -1st & 2nd page listings for hundreds of key words on all of the major search engines, bringing people to SEN and your business.
  • Print Advertising in local & regional Bridal Guides, Regional  Guides, Printed Directories, Special Tabs, Business Locators, Newspapers, Pennysavers, Press Coverage, Rack Cards, Flyers, Brochures 
  • Plasma Screen Advertising at the Corning Family YMCA & the Arnot Mall
  • TV Advertising
  • Memberships in the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce, Upstate NY Events, etc
  • Events and Party & Bridal Expos - Special Event Network not only has 2 bridal shows per year, but also participates in other events and bridal shows to promote the network and member businesses 
  • E-mail Newsletters to Subscribers
  • Networking Events -  events held at member businesses after hours to network with other members...and networking works!

Target Marketed
No other local marketing vehicle is target-marketed to the event industry in our area, connecting YOU to people looking for your products and services

High Traffic 
The average e-commerce website gets less than 100 visitors per day. Special Event Network averages over 9000 visitors per month

Special Event Website Listings
Don't have a website?  You don't need one to be listed on Special Event Network.  Your membership includes your own printable web page listed in up to 8 categories with:

  • Slideshow with up to 6 photos
  • Business name, tag line, address, phone, alternate phone, fax and Contact Person
  • Hours of Operation
  • Printable Map to your Business
  • 250 words about your products & services
  • An Information Request Form when filled in is e-mailed directly to you - allows interaction with visitors to your web page
  • Bookmark this Page - Your business name & tag line appear in My Favorites
  • Link to your e-mail
  • Link to your website if you have one
  • Coupons/Promotions - printable coupons
  • You may also add additional photos & up to 3 videos for an additional fee

Great Resource Site
SEN is a Great Resource Site providing not only "one-stop shopping" for information about your business, but also articles and information in our Wedding & Event Planning Guides to further help in planning any type of event. 

Testimonials
Some of our Testimonials. from our members and website visitors.

Membership
If your business provides a venue, supplies or services in the Southern Tier NY, Finger Lakes Region NY, Central NY (CNY) or Northern Tier of PA and you wish to tarket market this exclusive special event industry, e-mail us at info@specialeventnetwork.net  and include your business name, address, phone number, your name, type of business, and kinds of services or products you provide.

Membership is open to all local and regional professional businesses including hospitality, specialty businesses, service providers, wedding, meeting and event-related businesses that meet our criteria and have a dba filed with their county, or are incorporated, and have insurance.