This is a bit of an annual repeat, but it’s a good reminder for those heading to SXSW in March.

If you really want to dig into some best practices for SXSW, you can read THIS free manifesto about how not to leave SXSW depressed and broke.

So…if you’ve gone before, you may already know but you may have forgotten. If you haven’t gone before, you probably don’t have any clue.

For a bunch of the good parties and shows that happen at SXSW, you need to rsvp in order to get in. You’ll either be put on the list at the door or they’ll send you a confirmation email and you’ll show that at the door. Then you’ll be in. Then you will have fun getting out of your comfort zone and meeting people.

The rsvp'ing starts now! If you wait until you get down there, it’s going to be too late and plus cell service is horrible so it’s tough to do any of this work on your phone while in Austin.

Doing this work now will make your time at SXSW much better and you won’t be left on the street, literally. You want to get in to some cool parties.

Here’s some resources to get you started, but don’t stop with just these.

Eventbrite- download this free app, search SXSW at start signing up for parties. You’ll get confirm emails, reminders and a schedule within the app. This is a no brainer.

RSVPster- costs $30 and is absolutely worth it. They have curated a ton of good events, parties and shows, you simply click the ones you want them to rsvp you for and thats it. Don’t let the $30 hold you back. Don’t buy coffee this week and sign up for this instead.

Do512.com- a free Austin resource/app that helps you rsvp to some parties and is pretty up to speed throughout the festival for the most recent updates

Twitter- here’s some good ones to start following now and during SXSW

Just do this. Take a couple hours and knock it out. Do this boring stuff now so you can have more fun and opportunities later.

If you’ve been to SXSW before, hit me with some of your tips and tricks and I’ll put together a post with all of them in the next few weeks.