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Five Tips for Conference Sponsorship Pricing

Velvet Chainsaw

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance. Pricing methodologies for sponsorship vary greatly.

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7 Design Considerations for Your Conference Hub

Velvet Chainsaw

High-tech user conferences like Dreamforce and Microsoft Ignite have been designing innovative hub spaces to engage and nurture their top customers for years. A conference hub should be a destination that participants want to go to when not attending sessions or walking the expo hall. Here’s what we came up with.

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Steal-Worthy Exhibit Experience Ideas from Money20/20 USA 2024

Event Marketer

The world of money is changing fast, and Money20/20 USA , the fintech trade show and conference that took place at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Oct. A co-located charging station was also appreciated and provided a high touchpoint sponsorship opportunity. Twentyfold, another Money20/20 event, offered an edgy take on demo stations.

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How to Turn Around Your Sponsorship Revenue

Velvet Chainsaw

If your conference is like most, sponsorship revenue is underperforming. There are two benchmarks we like to use to identify healthy conference revenue business models: Industry revenue — 30 percent or more of a conference’s total revenue should come from the combination of sponsor, exhibit and advertising revenue.

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Expos Don’t Work Well in a Virtual Environment

Velvet Chainsaw

Nearly every conference and trade show professional is searching for that perfect virtual platform or pricing model for replacing lost expo revenue. Up Your Sponsorship Game. While these virtual expo predictions are sobering, conference organizers should be taking steps to diversify revenue by going all in with sponsorship.

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10 Things We’re Fired Up for at EMS 2025

Event Marketer

Were here to get you prepped and primed for this three-day industry huddle guided by the worlds most prolific practitioners, and supported by wide range of opportunities to demo new products and services, network, participate in pitch competitions, and yes, stop for puppy breaks when you need a moment of Zen.

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10 Ideas for Improving Your Pay-to-Play Conference Presentations

Velvet Chainsaw

There’s a place for sponsored content in conference programs, if you’re thoughtful in your approach. As more sponsors embrace content marketing or thought leadership as arguably the most powerful strategy for improving attitudes and perceptions of their brand, conference-speaking slots are increasing in value. Transparency.