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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Need fresh event promotion ideas? Here are 20 creative marketing strategies to boost awareness and build hype around your event.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 23, 2019

What does 2020 hold for the events industry? A lot in fact! With rapid innovation and global sharing of ideas entrenched in technology – event managers are not any more afraid of applying new methods in order to find their perfect blueprint for an event. Below are the top 9 event trends that will shape 2020. Personalization. Personalization is the art of customizing each attendee’s experience so that it feels like the event and all the communication around it was tailored around them and their s

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. We countdown the favorites over the past year and how they can help your event move forward. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful. Below are five articles from the Experient blog that were most popular.

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eventplanner

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Planning an outdoor event is not always easy. While you can control what’s happening inside the venue, there’s always a huge uncertainty factor whenever you’re running an outdoor event.

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InitLive

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Generation Z, that group of about 97 million people who arrived after millennials, are defined as those born in 1997 or later, represent a section of society that accepts digital technology early in life, lives by its rules and creates new ones that provide a fast-paced, well-connected life conducted mostly on small, handheld devices operating 24/7.

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eventplanner

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Social media marketing, affiliate marketing, content marketing, and SEO marketing are just a few of the options you have to promote and grow your brand.

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Stova

DECEMBER 23, 2019

As an event planner, your work usually falls into one of the three event life cycle stages: Before the Event , During the Event and After the Event. We all know that engagement is the key to success, and with today’s event tech it’s easier than ever to keep the buzz alive after the doors close. Follow these seven steps to extend the life cycle of your event — and expand your brand awareness.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Learning how to track attendance at events is critical to its success. In most cases, tracking starts the moment attendees first find out about the event. Whether you're tracking how an attendee visits your website or how they move from vendor to vendor, you can learn invaluable information about how your guests think, move and react to different aspects of your event.

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Hubilo Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

With the new year approaching, it’s the time to ensure you are up to date with all the important business events taking place around you in 2020. Don’t fall behind as you have a lot to catch up in the coming year. Not all the events are the same. Some business events are specifically for the technology sector to showcase the trends and latest tech. While some might be pure entrepreneurship ones and the rest aimed for global audiences discussing several agendas & issues.

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The greats learn from the greats. Set yourself and your team up for success with tried and tested strategies and insights from event marketing geniuses at Vanta, Partnership Leaders, Quantum Metric, Rocketlane, and Explori.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The trends keep on coming, and today we’re tackling 2020 event design trends! Ahead of the new year, the #EventIcons team is laying down the foundation for what’s to come. And we’ve already covered business and marketing trends, so it’s time to get a little more creative. Design is always one of the most exciting topics we cover on the show.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Videoconferencing Advancements. Videoconferencing has been around for years, but like all things tech, videoconferencing products are getting better by the day. New products that feature a 360-degree camera and speaker, and intelligence systems that use voice and facial recognition, let remote attendees feel as though they’re right in the room. Hotels Going Even More Tech.

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Special Events

DECEMBER 23, 2019

This experiential event expert shares the wisdom of the TV show "Seinfeld," encouraging creatives to take the "opposite" approach.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The head of event marketing at SEMrush, Aleksandra Panyukhina, gave a presentation on the MarTech Stage at the 2019 edition of Event Tech Live. Here, she shared her knowledge and experience in maximising an event’s marketing potential. During her presentation, Aleksandra touched upon meta descriptions, image alt text, SEO and event-specific SERP (search engine results pages) features.

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In this best practices guide, you’ll learn how to tap into the cost-efficiencies of advocacy and word-of-mouth marketing with video. Examples include speakers providing a preview of their upcoming sessions, exhibitors creating “please stop by” invitations and attendees creating “looking forward to seeing you” introduction videos. Learn about best practices and programs created by leading companies and associations including ASIS, AUVSI, SuperZoo, National Restaurant Association, World of Concret

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Caterease

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Managing and Disabling Room Capacity Checks Caterease Version: 20 Category: Event Manager Date: 12/23/2019. The post Managing and Disabling Room Capacity Checks appeared first on Caterease.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Smarticle. READ TIME: 3 minutes. Pricing is an important consideration for budding event entrepreneurs. However, you’ll need to do some homework before you decide your hourly rate or whether pricing by the hour, project or budget is a better way to go. Here’s what you need to consider before you choose a pricing model. How many hours per week can you devote to the business?

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Python Events

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In the world of online ticket selling, there isn’t a more immersive buying experience than allowing your customers to choose their seats using an interactive seat map. It projects a high level of professionalism and allows people to purchase with confidence. A well-designed and intuitive interactive seating chart helps to drive conversions and ultimately boost customer satisfaction.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Naturally, with December rolls an abundance of parties, social drinks, get-togethers and, of course, the work’s Christmas do. This is an annual tradition of seeing your workmates let their hair down, your colleagues indulge on mince pies and your boss get drunk. But not for everyone. This year, Craig Unsworth, the boss of business travel app, Upgrade Pack, has replaced his Christmas do with a two-day conference.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 26, 2019

As we enter a new decade and you set goals and intentions for the new year, why not check in with your career goals? Consider how you can continue working toward them—and amp them up—in 2020. Over the past twelve months, Smart Meetings has offered up advice to help you make small changes that will have big impacts for your career. Here are some of our best tips for making this your best year yet.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2019

READ TIME: 2 minutes. As an event professional, there’s one time of year you can really shine in your everyday life—the holiday season. Even if you spend more time with spreadsheets than centerpieces, you’ve likely witnessed plenty of creativity over the year. Why not borrow some ideas from your day job to create holiday traditions at home? . Come up with a signature cocktail.

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Opus Agency

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Opus Agency has had a busy year! Check out a recap of the 2019 awards and honors we’re celebrating. We believe the best measure of our success is the success of our clients. But it’s always nice when others agree about the quality of our work and our company.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

As a new decade fast approaches, IET Venues has reached the turn of the year following a strong 12 months which has seen a host of new clients and audiences making their way to its two UK venues, IET London: Savoy Place and IET Birmingham: Austin Court. . Over 113,000 delegates passed through the venues’ doors (London and Birmingham) to attend a combined 3,550 events.

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Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Lindsay Harrison, and Erin O'Brien

Did you know that 4 out of 5 consumers use local search and 88% use smartphones for those searches? With that in mind, I think it's safe to say your online presence is the silver bullet of your business. Think about the revenue you could be missing by not prioritizing local search optimization. Fortunately, there are a handful of steps you can take right now that will immediately impact your business's pace in local search, and we're happy to share them.

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Attendify

DECEMBER 26, 2019

While their assembly may may make event pros across the world groan, there’s no doubt that swag bags breed excitement in attendees. After all, who doesn’t love free stuff? But as the meetings and events industry embraces a new era of sustainability, the environmental impact of these branded goodies also must be considered. After all, studies show that a 1,000-person, three-day event generates 5670 kg (12,500 lbs) of trash, and we know from experience that a large portion of swag items end

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Smarticle. READ TIME: 3 minutes. In event and meeting management, it is critical that timelines are established for the planning team, clients, suppliers, venue, and others involved with the planning and delivery of the event. An event production timeline is a tool that planners use to track deliverables of an event, often in the form of a task list organized in chronological order.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Companies that regularly host events or attend large conferences are always looking for ways to improve lead retrieval. Due to the ways that lead retrieval can help a business expand and connect with new clients or customers, the most successful companies know to invest in successful lead retrieval platforms and apps. For example, trade show lead retrieval can help a company reach out to interested parties in their industry, while conference lead retrieval can assist companies as they try to con

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Reduce your food waste and save time with Grub Stub, an online meal management system that has allocated almost one million meals across the globe. Turn to our Event Tech Buyer’s Guide to learn how Grub Stub can help you meet the needs of your crew, collate and manage meal requirements and track and respond to meal progress with live data. It was created for event professionals by event professionals.

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Attendify

DECEMBER 26, 2019

While their assembly may may make event pros across the world groan, there’s no doubt that swag bags breed excitement in attendees. After all, who doesn’t love free stuff? But as the meetings and events industry embraces a new era of sustainability, the environmental impact of these branded goodies also must be considered. After all, studies show that a 1,000-person, three-day event generates 5670 kg (12,500 lbs) of trash, and we know from experience that a large portion of swag items end

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Vendini

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Description. For 5 days, 1,400 professionals from here and elsewhere meet at the most important French-speaking meeting of the performing arts in America to promote the meeting between work and public. Year after year, RIDEAU allows talented artists to meet the public on stages here and elsewhere; producers and agents of shows to introduce us to major artists; national and international broadcasters to bring their works to the public.

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Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There's no question about it. On-site check-in will be the first in-person experience guests have at your event. When done well, a smooth registration and check-in process whisks attendees into the event in the right spirit, impressed, engaged and informed on what's to come. When done poorly? Well, that's a much bleaker story. As an event manager, it's up to you to curate an easy check-in process, one that ideally makes guests forget the more tedious logistics of attending a conference, camp or

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