The most effective way so far, to bring people to our Moishe House, has been to put a chicken in the oven, open the window, and let the tasty smell spread in the street of Vienna. Crowds of people, eyes closed, follow the sensitive sense of their smell and end up having a great time at the Moishe House forgetting why they came here at the first place.
From our first events a year ago (House warming party, Mezzuza fixing party&Pizza) the word of mouth has been a very useful tool for getting new faces to join our events. Therefore, our job is to make sure that participants have such a good time, that they will want to share it with all their other friends.
Another way, which has been quite useful is..... Facebook! Yes Facebook definitly helped us to promote our events; We were very surprise to see how many more people started to join our events when posting on facebook. However, because not every single person has a profile, or use it on a daily basis, we still have to put the chicken in the oven and assure that people have a great time when they come.
The last method, which has also been playing a key role in developing our Moishe House Vienna community, is to simply take the phone, and call people to keep them updated, get them involve personally (for example, helping to prepare the event) or just to check how they are, in other word, to develop a real friendship and this is the best thing that can happen.
We wish you all a wonderful Hanouka!
All the best,
Daniel, Eytan, Michael.
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