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Guide: How to Design the Perfect Event Registration Landing Page

Attendease

So you are planning an event and you need to build a website. Now what? Before you dive in, you need to plan for a website that will not only communicate about your event, but that will also captivate the attention of the users so they actually sign up for your event (why would you want a website that doesn’t convert, right?). But building an engaging event website is about more than just adding an image and writing a few paragraphs about the event.

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How to stay on time at online meetings

Conferences that Work

Tired of meetings that don’t end on time? Who isn’t? Things were bad enough when we held our meetings in person. Now so many meetings are online, it’s easy to saddle remote workers with back-to-back meetings. When one overruns, you’re late to the next one. Hey presto, your tardiness snowballs! (And, no, you can’t be on two Zooms at once without going through tortuous hacks.

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Building Year-Round Engagement With Audiences

PCMA Convene

In many ways, 2021 felt like a series of false starts. After a promising but brief return to in-person-only events in the spring, the Delta and Omicron variants forced many event organizers to renavigate a hybrid event landscape to engage both digital and physical audiences. Even as their hybrid events remain a work in progress, many organizers now see their long-tail potential.

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25 Positive Predictions for 2022, Part 1

Special Events

Let’s start off the new year with some positivity—here are 25 ways your special events colleagues are positioning 2022 for a healthy, prosperous, and fabulous fiscal year.

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Elevate Your Event Experience to the Next Level

In order to create a successful event, you must: Optimize Event Website and Registration Process Utilize Social Media Platforms Effectively Implement Targeted Email Campaigns Harness the Power of Video Content Benefit from a Mobile App Download now and learn how to simplify this process with Eventpedia.

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Guide: How to Design the Perfect Event Registration Landing Page

Attendease

So you are planning an event and you need to build a website. Now what? Before you dive in, you need to plan for a website that will not only communicate about your event, but that will also captivate the attention of the users so they actually sign up for your event (why would you want a website that doesn’t convert, right?). But building an engaging event website is about more than just adding an image and writing a few paragraphs about the event.

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These Cause Marketing Activations Were Built to Align with Consumers’ Evolving Priorities

Event Marketer

Between climate change, widespread racial injustice, deeply divided political lines and, oh yeah, that pesky global pandemic we’ve been battling, it’s more critical than ever for brands to prove that they support causes that are bigger than business. And it can’t just be about optics—the young consumers driving cause marketing’s modern evolution are particularly adept at seeing through flowery language and empty promises. .

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Getting Back to Face-to-Face Events

PCMA Convene

The World Pet Association’s open, honest, and empathetic communication leading up to SuperZoo 2021 led to a high-energy event — even for the pets. (Courtesy WPA). SuperZoo. Produced by?World Pet Association (WPA). Aug. 17–19, Las Vegas. As the Delta variant started becoming a concern in the weeks leading up to SuperZoo, a few exhibitors withdrew and rumors about the event’s status began to swirl.

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Your Guide to Event Planning in 2022: What to Expect and What to Avoid

Event Smart

Photo credit: Gabrielle Henderson It’s almost 2022! Time to say goodbye to 2021 and say hello to 2022. As organizations and event organizers gear up for the new year, it’s time to pick up the pace on your events. Your organization might be lining up your events already. And while it’s great to start early, […].

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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

As of Monday, CES is planning to go forward in Las Vegas, Jan. 5-8, 2022. But with news of the Omicron variant changing day-to-day, conference organizers and sponsors are using the skills they’ve acquired in Covid times: flexibility and leveraging virtual options to replace some face-to-face experiences. The conference formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show hosted by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) attracted 180,000 attendees as recently as 2019, and maxed out in 2015 with 3,600 e

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Unlock the Secrets of Event Marketing Masters

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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Year in Review: 15 Most Read Articles of 2021

eventplanner

Funny, sexy, controversial, sensational, that is normally the summary of our annual overview. In 2021 disbelief, sadness, but also hope, pride, togetherness dominate.

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How Long Beach, CVB Came Together to Help Migrant Children

PCMA Convene

Long Beach’s Museum of Latin American Art displayed an exhibit of artwork made by migrant children living temporarily at a shelter in the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. At the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center (LBCEC), it’s second nature for staff members to help out in whatever ways they can, said Steve Goodling, who has served as president and CEO of the Long Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau for two decades.

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The Early Bird Pricing Ends Today!

Special Events

Late-delivery option must be received/paid for by January 15, 2022, by 6 p.m. Central Time/4 p.m. Pacific Time.

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A Year in Recovery: Best Pandemic Travel Tips, Takeaways of 2021

Smart Meetings

“Post-pandemic” is proving a fickle term. The Omicron variant reaching San Francisco this week serves as a reminder of how crucial it is to take proper safety and health measures when on business travel. This year, we’ve written about not only some of the best tips for travelers in the aftermath of the pandemic and amid viral variant resurgences, but also on major steps the travel industry took to ensure the health and wellness of business travelers.

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How to Get Speakers, Exhibitors, and Attendees to Promote Your Event With Video

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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SISO and ExpoDevCo Extend Management Agreement

Exhibitor Magazine

Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and Exposition. Development Company Inc. (ExpoDevCo) have signed a three-year extension to the. manage.

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7 Wedding Day Must-Haves

The Planner's Lounge

There are many lists online that engaged couples will read with “MUST HAVE” wedding day items. These are usually little things to help with minor problems like a loose thread or a wine spill. While these things are essential, as the wedding planner, you will have most of those things already covered with your wedding day emergency kit. What are the bigger items that can help protect your client’s significant investment and keep everyone’s stress level manageable?

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Announcing Keynote Christina Matteucci

Special Events

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 , 9:00 am - 10:00 am

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Are your Conferences Boring? Here’s the Cure

Smart Meetings

What do you do to incentivize attendees to visit a city? Are there exceptional experiences? Is there a goal toward a common good? Are they just there for a good time? What if there were a way to check all the boxes on the same trip? In a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “ The Cure for the Boring Conference: How a Chicago Event Leveraged Local Resources to Engage Attendees and Raise Money for an Important Cause ,” learn how American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Choose Chicago ’s partners

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Download Now: 2022 Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template - Enterprise Edition

Download 200+ new RFP questions for hybrid and virtual event technology success. After 10,000 downloads, the SpotMe Virtual + Hybrid Event Platform RFP Template is the ultimate procurement tool for event technology. This template is ideal for companies looking for a vendor to fulfill their specific virtual + hybrid event platform needs and requirements!

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Vendoir vidi vici

Event Industry News

Launched at the threshold of the pandemic, March 2020, Vendoir is a platform for sole traders, freelancers, start-ups and existing suppliers to showcase their service to customers without paying for marketing. Vendoir also allows clients to book vendors based on their reputation, budget, location, event type etc., with just a few taps. In this episode, co-founders Oshoma Zekeri (CEO) and Yoma James Kukor (COO), discuss the personal and professional experiences that got them thinking.

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How to Effectively Source Your Wedding Vendors

The Planner's Lounge

An important part of being a wedding planner is learning how to effectively source your wedding vendor team. It’s a very important part of the wedding planning process and over the years I have learned a lot in this area. I’m excited to share my secrets to how I source my wedding vendors and how to do it effectively. Whether you are a new wedding planner, established wedding planner, or a couple looking to do this yourself, these tips will help you.

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Get Excited About 2022! (End of Year Note from Sandy Hammer)

All Seated

I’m not going to focus this message on 2021 but instead, get excited about 2022 – and talk about the future! As a technology company, people tend to ask what we think will be coming in 2022. However, technology does not play a part on its own – when we move forward with ideas, we ask ourselves two very important questions. One is, will our customers be able to use it?

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Best of 2021: Meetingprof Videos to Binge

Smart Meetings

Grab your popcorn! From IMEX highlights to a captivating television show for meeting planners, we’ve rounded up the best of our 2021 videos for you to binge this week. Enjoy. The Adventures of James Caspian. James Caspian is a world traveler. Heather Mason, CEO of Caspian Agency, and Carl Winston, founding director of Payne School of Hospitality of San Diego State University, follow the legendary meeting professional as he travels the world inventing the future of events-based science.

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Dominate Your Local Market With These 4 Reputation Management Strategies

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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Get More Out Of Trade Shows With A Hybrid Exhibit Strategy

Exhibitor Magazine

With the right approach, trade shows work. They tick multiple marketing boxes at once, including brand awareness, lead generation, and sales acceler.

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21 Trending Wedding Bar Ideas for 2022

Milestone Events Group

Whether you’re looking for a traditional beverage bar, a food bar, or dessert bar- we’ve got 21 wedding bar ideas to choose from. We’re ready to give you all the inspiration you need for your 2022 wedding and we’re just as excited as you. At Milestone, we do not allow DIY bars- but if you are not having a wedding with us we hope you feel inspired by these ideas!

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Sponsorship Dos and Don’ts for Hybrid Events

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Sales Tactics Are Out; Participation Tactics Are In. Engage, and the sales will follow. It used to be that we’d look at sponsors with cartoon dollar signs in our eyes. And they didn’t necessarily mind the objectification. As well as we understood our role in event management, they knew their role—event banker—and in exchange, they got to name a room or session at the event, maybe even the event itself; fill swag bags with branded travel mugs and keychains; or have the primo spot at the tradeshow

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Smart Moves in LA, Encinitas and More

Smart Meetings

Nina Dela Fuente. Dela Fuente rejoined The Hollywood Roosevelt as director of sales and marketing. Between 2012 and 2015, Fuente moved from senior sales manager to director of entertainment group sales. She was most recently director of sales and marketing at Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood. Dela Fuente has also held sales directorships and management positions at The Redbury Hotel in Hollywood, The Garden City Hotel in Long Beach and others.

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B2B Events in 2023 - What You Need to Know

Get ahead of the curve and stay informed with Zuddl's industry report on the future of B2B events in 2023. Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and insights from leading experts in the field. Make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition.

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Sigep and Vicenzaoro Events Postponed to March 2022

Exhibitor Magazine

Sigep - The Dolce World Expo and Vicenzaoro January - The Jewellery Boutique Show, IEG - Italian Exhibition Group events, both scheduled for January,

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The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Invitations: What to Include

Milestone Events Group

When you’re overwhelmed with planning your wedding it may be easy to forget what to include in wedding invitations. Lucky for you, we’ve got the ultimate guide to get you started and get mailing! Who’s Hosting? . Traditionally, whoever is paying for the wedding will be considered the “host”. This used to mean typically the bride’s parents but in the 21st century it’s possible many people contributed to paying for your big day.

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Top Tips for NYE

Skiddle

Just because the party has started, doesn’t mean the sales have to stop! Thanks to the Rapidscan app updating live, you can keep your tickets open into the night, selling even after the party has started! Amending ticket close times in the original Promotion Centre. Locate your tickets in the sell tickets tab and click the pencil icon to edit them. From here, scroll down to “On Sale Period” and change your “Stop selling tickets” date and time to one later in the night!

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