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About Our World Entertainment Network It all started in 1997 with web sites and the objective of giving local entertainers, clubs and shows exposure that they weren't getting from local press or on the web. You could Google Dallas area names and never get a listing. Empty seats, great talent not getting paid and clubs struggling... it was a huge marketing problem. That's what I do. Find marketing solutions. I figured someone had to start searching for a solution. That was the beginning. My primary objective has always been to take talented local artists and give them the greatest possible exposure. In 30 years of small business marketing, I learned some survival tricks and most apply to the scarce budgets and overwhelming needs of struggling entertainers. By spending smart, we know how to stretch a budget. But you still need the basics. You need talent. With over 7 years working intensely with entertainment tour promoters, comedians, bookers, bands and club owners I started noticing major marketing holes, crippling misconceptions and started to apply successful strategies from other business disciplines to entertainment. I found ways entertainers can lock in the profits they deserve, explode their fanbase and get the fame they need to continue in the business. I found ways clubs could guarantee sellouts 7-days a week, multiply their sales volume and knock out their competition. Today the most visible part of the solution is the world's largest entertainment network, 135 domains strong, reaches 4 continents, 60 major cities and attracts 1.7 million fans a month. We deliver over 60 million banner ads a year We can reach 4000 entertainment media outlets in minutes, engage podcasting, broadband radio stations, host 3 syndicated RSS newsfeeds, and comprehensive entertainment databases. We've branched out from comedy to music and continue to build sites and services every week. We leverage this marketing machine for our clients. Don Lokke Jr - Co-Owner Dallas - Texas Don Lokke has been in the marketing, promotions, publicity, and media relations’ fields since graduating from Texas Tech University in 1978 with a degree in Advertising. Lokke has spent the last 30 years in direct response advertising developing industry specific online marketing strategies. In entertainment, he has worked on projects for MCA, IMPROV Comedy Clubs, Hyenas Comedy Night Clubs and various national tours. He works closely with venues, entertainers and their management to create publicity programs and marketing plans to improve their ticket sales, bookings, CD releases, income and broaden exposure. He has completed projects for some of the top names in the comedy and music industries including Randy McAllister, John Pinette, Jeff Dunham, Todd Glass and literally dozens of others... He created the World Entertainment Network, the largest online entertainment marketing network in the world with top ranked web sites in all major markets delivering 60 million banner ads a year. He created Backstage Services the massive entertainment database that connects over 1500 artists, 4000 venues and logs over 2000 events each year. He has served as online strategist and "hired gun", a probelm solver for Fortune 100 clients including JCPenney, Inc., Southland Corporation, Century 21, Inc., and Clayton Homes Corporation. He is responsible for inventing Synergistic Traffic Systems and patented promotional sites designed to motivate live event attendance. He was the first to introduce Consumer Direct Internet Marketing Channels that bypass search engines and browser navigation. His web sites generate $9.5 billion in online new business leads for his clients each year. Eric Lokke - Co-Owner Los Angeles - California Eric is our booking and artist relations specialist with talent & venue management experience. He has over 9 years experience managing venues and putting acts on stages across the US. Eric Lokke still takes the stage as a stand-up comedian weekly, He is an 8 year veteran of standup comedy, a headliner having performed across the US on top Comedy stages including many IMPROV's, the Comedy Store, the Ice House, Laugh Factory and hundreds of others. His CD is available on Amazon "Eric Lokke, Mistakes and All" was released in 2006 with a second in the works. He has appeared on NBC's "Jericho", in 2007's "Simple Life" on E! Entertainment Network, and on "Cheaters" (as security) now in syndication and also has a few movie credits. He heads all booking projects & talent acquisition. ComedyBookers, is on track to complete $1.6 million in entertainment bookings in 2007. Eric has been instrumental in guiding the development of the World Entertainment Network identifying expansion opportunities in the early stages. He continues to play an advisory role in developing marketing packages needed by entertainers, venues, tours and labels.      
       
   
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