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Q: What is Famplosion?
A: Famplosion is a listing of local family events and venues/locations. Famplosion also powers a variety of digital publishing services for local venues and businesses focused on catering to the local family audience.

Q: How do I search for events?
A: There are a few ways for you to find the right stuff or filter a list to browse and get inspired. Check out our search tips page for specifics on searching within Famplosion.

Q: Can anyone submit an Event or Venue?
A: Yes! All you need to do is register and then you can submit anything you like. Through the submission form, we'll categorize and tag your event so it can be found through the Famplosion search box as well as popular search engines.

Q: Does it cost anything to list an event?
A: No! Listing an event or venue is free. We want to provide the most comprehensive listing of local family oriented events possible, so there is no charge to list the great things happening around town.

Q: How can I edit something I've submitted?
A: Currently, we can assign editor access and privileges to folks who work for the Venues we list. If you fit that description contact us through feedback@famplosion.com and let us know what Venue you'd like to be an editor for. We'll push a button behind the curtain and the next time you log in, you'll see an assortment of editor tools on the site that will enable you to manage the listings associated with your Venue.

Coming soon we'll be able to provide the ability to edit any content you submit without having to be the Venue's editor as well.

Q: How long does it take for something I submit to show up in the listings?
A: We moderate all content submitted so it may take a day or two before your submissions get published to the public list. Also, at this point, Google is indexing our site almost daily, but your submissions may take an extra day or two to start showing up in a Google search.

Q: How can I submit a ton of events?
A: The submission form on the site is pretty good for adding events on a one-by-one basis, but if you have a series of events you'd like to upload in a more efficient way, we do have the ability to upload a series of events according to an Excel file format. Contact us through feedback@famplosion.com and we'll send you the file format your events need to conform to in order to be submitted this way. It may be more work to get your content lined up right the first time, but after it's done the first time, it should be a lot faster going forward.

Q: Where do you get all this local information?
A: Because of the way a lot of local family focused events are promoted, they typically do not show up in the popular search engines that rely entirely on technical methods to aggregate web based content. For this reason we've developed a hybrid method for gathering up great local information that involves both software and people. Our ever-growing network of mostly stay-at-home moms do a great job finding the best stuff happening around town and adding that to our listings. Also, every day more and more local venues are submitting their own events so they get the greatest reach possible in promoting their events to the local community.

Q: How often do you update or add to your listings?
A: At this point, listings are added every day.

Q: Can I promote an event or Venue or local Business through Famplosion?
A: Yes. There are several ways to promote your event or venue or business in Famplosion. There are promotional opportunities on both the website as well as our newsletters. Contact us through Advertising to find out more.

Q: Do I need to register?
A: No. Anyone can use the Famplosion site to search or browse for local events and venues. You will need to register however if you would like to receive a newsletter or customize the newsletter to your personal preferences. But rest assured, we do not distribute or sell your registration information in any way.

Q: What are Channels?
A: Channels are a way for individuals or organizations to collect a specific list of events and/or venues. For instance, a Local Library Channel would list all the local libraries and events that are occurring at those libraries. Or my own personal Channel lists all my favorite local Venues as well as specific events I want to remember coming up in the future.

Q: Can I link to my Channel?
A: Yes! Simply create your Channel in Famplosion and use the URL to link to. This way you or your organization can maintain a list of Venues and Events in Famplosion to share with your friends or personal network or audience.

Q: How does the MyPicks newsletter work?
A: The MyPicks newsletter is designed to be composed of events happening at Venues or Locations you select to track. To add Venues and Locations to your customized MyPicks newsletter, simply click on the "+ Add to MyPicks" button located at the bottom of the Venue's picture. This will add that Venue to your list and when there are events happening at that Venue, we'll add that to your email newsletter and send it to your InBox.

Q: How are Channels different than MyPicks?
A: MyPicks is an email newsletter format that includes the events happening at the Venues you select to add to your MyPicks newsletter. Channels is more of a list of favorite Venues and Events for quick access on your MyChannel page on the website.

Q: How often do you send out your newsletters?
A: MyPicks newsletters are sent weekly.

Q: What do you charge for?
A: There will be ways to highlight or promote specific listings and additional interactive features that we'll charge to activate on a one-off or subscription basis.

We also work with Local Venues and Businesses to provide internet publishing services that help them get the word out to the local family audience they are trying hard to serve.

Our goal with this site and company is to encourage families to spend more time together by making it easy to find great things to do together locally.