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How to Use Social Media to Improve Your 2019 Events

Smart Meetings

Will 2019 be the year you leverage social media to make your events safer, more compelling and downright fun? A January 2018 report from WeAreSocial and Hootsuite explains just how important social media is in the average internet consumer’s life. Risk Management. What better way to reach them if a crisis arises?

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Social Media for Events (2018 Edition): A Complete Guide to Marketing Your Events Using Social Media

EventMB

42 strategies, ideas, tips and tactics to use social media to promote events. Social media is awesome right? Knowing how to use social media at live events correctly is not an innate gift. The intelligence you need to make better decisions in one handy guide. It can […].

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As a TikTok Ban Looms, A Look at Five Brands That Found Success with the Social Media App

Event Marketer

19 if the law that bans the social media app in the U.S. The social media platform and its 170 million U.S. The Associated Press sent a reporter out to confirm that the banners on the bridges were not present and that they were, in fact, part of a social media stunt. is upheld by the Supreme Court.

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11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018

Smart Meetings

Real-Time Apps: Even more planners switched from paper to digital communication at events in 2018 by ditching the printed program and adopting apps that offer dynamic agendas, easy discovery and communication between attendees and social media hook-ups. It’s like a pre-con in your pocket. Bonus Gee-whiz Trend to Watch.

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Your Conference Needs a Hub To Entice Customers and Prospects

Velvet Chainsaw

Then she could use links in emails, newsletters and social media posts as spokes to connect back to the conference home base. According to Content Marketing Institute’s 2018 B2B Trends Report , blogs are used by 79% of all respondents as one of the top formats to distribute content. Blogs Still A Top Platform For Content.

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October 2018 Power Player: Scott Hermes, President of Irvine Company

Smart Meetings

And if we deliver this well, they might tell a colleague or post on social media. The post October 2018 Power Player: Scott Hermes, President of Irvine Company appeared first on Smart Meetings. They may even pay us the ultimate compliment by returning to hold another meeting at one of our properties.”.

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Budget Increases Are on the Rise in 2019

Smart Meetings

Fifty-six percent of respondents in Eventbrite’s annual Pulse Report said that recruiting attendees for events was one of the top three most challenging part of the planner job in 2018. Surprisingly enough, social media isn’t the main driver. percent used video.

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