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Twitter for Events: Advice from 2 Hosts & 13 Post Ideas

Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

If you’re new to this series , we’ve spent the last few months discussing sales and marketing best practices with some of our favourite customers. One of the platforms that all of them highlighted as a way to boost awareness about their events was social media. Specifically, they highlighted the power of using Twitter for events. Some Praise for Twitter for Events By Organisers.

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Unlock Why Attendees No-Show: 7 Questions for Post-Event Surveys

ePly

This post was originally published on 5/2/18, but updated on 11/13/19 for added value. When working in the event space, you come to realize that you will almost always have no-shows. It's frustrating! We get it. You'll get a lot of reasons as to why they decided not to come but usually it just comes down to lack of time, money, or even interest. So, how should you follow up with the folks who RSVP’d but never came?

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How to Inspire User-Generated Content on Facebook and Instagram

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Studies show people trust user-generated content 50% more than content straight from brands. Is your event taking advantage?

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3 Lessons Event Professionals can Take from Instagram

Slido

I have a love-hate relationship with Instagram. I hate myself for checking it way too often. On the other hand, it’s a platform where I go to learn about the things I love, like cycling or events. I use Instagram to find answers to my questions. In fact, I found some of the greatest insights for my career as an event professional there. Sounds strange?

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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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20 Event Feedback Questions to Enhance Your Next Event

EventBank Insights

How do you measure your event’s success? The answer commonly lies in event feedback. Event feedback gives you not one but two benefits as an event organizer: an indication as to how well your recent event fared among its attendees and valuable information for the future to help make your events even better. It may seem simple, and it can be but what distinguishes good feedback from bad or no feedback at all is really the types of questions you choose to include in your post-event survey.

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In-Flight Events Are Starting to Slowly Lift Off

Skift

Delta's SXSW Festival Shuttle flight on Friday, March 8th, 2019 from LAX in Los Angeles, CA. Delta News Hub / Flickr Skift Take: So far, these flying meetings are mostly exclusive, invite-only affairs, where sought-after execs network with one another while trapped on a plane. — Isaac Carey Read the Complete Story On Skift.

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7 Ways to Make Social Media Buzz around Your Event

Meeting Application

7 Ways to Make Social Media Buzz around Your Event If you want to make your event the talk of the town, there is a powerful tool that can help you out – social media. Social media has become one of the best ways to drive awareness and get the attention of a broad audience. Several social media platforms allow you to make your pick and promote your event to the right people.

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How to Book More Weddings at Your Venue

All Seated

Whether it’s a stunning outdoor location or a flexible indoor facility, wedding venues are as diverse as they come. And with more options for couples to choose from, competition can be tight. For venue managers, this means creating a marketing strategy that’s informed by research, guided by consumer behavior, and up-to-date with industry trends. Here we share key ideas and strategies designed to book more weddings at your venue.

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The Honest Truth: What Event Sponsors Want

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Event sponsorship is a top source of revenue for a good half of event creators. So it stands to reason that securing sponsors — and the right sponsors — is a big stressor in the life of an event creator. Once the contract is signed, you can relax. Right? Not quite. Just as finding event sponsors […].

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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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How to Create Social Buzz for Your Next Event

Attendease

There is no doubt how important it is to use social media to promote your events and create buzz. Whether using paid or organic reach, you should be able to keep top of mind with your desired audience while boosting registrations. Here are some tips to make the most out of your event’s social media strategy. Should I create a Facebook Event to help promote my event?

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WeWork sells Meetup: Is it the end of an era?

EventMB

WeWork has announced the sale of several assets including Meetup.com, one of the most cherished communities for self-made event planners. Should we be ready to say goodbye to Meetup for good? I was enjoying Shark Tank reruns on Friday night when I noticed on my stream a tweet by the founder of Meetup.com, Scott Heiferman: […]. The post WeWork sells Meetup: Is it the end of an era?

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GEVME Next Generation Experiential Apps. Smart lead retrieval 

GEVME

Our team has been working hard within the past few months developing experiential tech solutions, and now we’re proud to announce that the new GEVME event lead retrieval app s for trade show and conference organisers have been launched at the World’s largest fintech event – Singapore FinTech Festival and SWITCH 2019 (SFF x SWITCH). It is a well-known fact that the main reason for exhibitors to participate in exhibiting is the potential for generating business growth.

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How to Cultivate an Inclusive Event Brand

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You thought your check-in process was smooth as butter — until one of your friends told you that she and her friends feel intimidated coming through your doors. As a result, they frequent your venue less often. Today, diversity and inclusion are top-of-mind concerns for all kinds of event creators. Whether you’re in charge of […].

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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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See These Glamorous Takes on Unglamorous Event Themes

BizBash

Recent galas and brand activations have offered elegant twists on construction zones, gas stations, math class, and even the New York City subway.

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How Facial Analysis Personalizes Events

EventMB

This is a sponsored post by Zenus. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Over the years, event analytics have proven to be essential for event organizers to understand their audience’s needs and expectations and improve their attendees’ experience. To get these insights, event planners have different tools at their disposal, including questionnaires, surveys, RFID, […].

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2020 Event Trends – How Will the Industry Evolve?

Endless Events

Just like that, we blinked and it’s time to talk about the 2020 event trends. You might be asking yourself, what will be shaking up the industry this year? How will the industry evolve? We have some predictions! This year we stepped it up and surveyed hundreds of #Eventprofs to weigh in on the hottest trends for 2020. We could list out hundreds of trends but at that point is it even a trend?

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Newport Folk Festival 2019 Was “The Most Gender-Balanced Ever” — Or Was It?

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Was this year’s Newport Folk Festival actually its most gender-balanced lineup ever? The answer is more complicated than yes or no. .

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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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How to Find New Event Clients In a New City

Event Planning BluePrint

Moving to a new city is one of the most stressful things you’ll do in life and trying to stay motivated and positive when trying to find new event clients can often feel impossible. People don’t know you; they don’t know that you volunteered for 5 years with the same non-profit organization, that you have amazing event design skills, or that you helped your event clients increase their sales.

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4 Benefits of Hiring an Event Technologist and How to Find One

EventMB

This is a sponsored post from Cvent. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Event technology has given event planners more opportunities and more to contend with than ever before, and a new role is emerging to help them take advantage: the event technologist. Here are four reasons to consider one. Between event apps, registration software, […].

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The Event Planner’s Guide to Free Live Streaming Tools

Eventsforce

Without doubt, live streaming events on social networks has fast become a very powerful engagement tool in our industry. In fact, research from Vimeo Livestream shows that ‘conferences and speakers’ make up around 43 % of the most watched live content on the platform. Yet with so many free streaming options available today, how can event planners decide which one is right for them?

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Publishing your event to Facebook just got better

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We’ve heard you loud and clear – finding new ways to reach your people is key to the success of your event. We recently launched Paid Social Ads to help find and grow your community via ads on Facebook and Instagram. Today, we’re excited to tell you about updates to our Add to Facebook feature. […].

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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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Data Privacy: ‘Mind Your Own Business’ Act Is Making Waves

Endless Events

Data privacy is a topic we’ve covered several times on the show. Because now more than ever, people everywhere are concerned about the safety of their personal information. Over the past few years, several tech companies found themselves under fire due to this issue. And governments and companies all around the world have begun to implement several measures to ensure that data privacy finally becomes a reality.

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PosterMyWall Graphic Design Tool [Review]

EventMB

PosterMyWall is an online tool that enables non-designers to create, edit, print, and share professional-looking graphics and videos. Here is our review. PosterMyWall: What Is It? PosterMyWall allows people with no specific background in design to create graphics and videos for promotional purposes. Their target markets are small and medium businesses (restaurants, event planners, […].

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GES sets standard with health & safety accreditation

Event Industry News

GES, a global, full-service provider for live events, has secured the new international ISO 45001 accreditation for health and safety. The ISO 45001 standard replaces the ISO 18001 certificate and is designed to increase employee safety and reduce accidents in the workplace. The ISO requires all accredited companies to migrate to the new standard by March 2021.

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Meet the Organizer App’s new sell flow: A faster way to sell tickets at the door

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When selling tickets onsite at your events, every minute matters. Each minute an attendee waits in line can play a major role in their decision to come back or recommend your future events to friends. So when you’re selling tickets at the door, you don’t have a second to waste. That’s why we’re launching a […].

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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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How to create a memorable VIP experience

Eventtia

A great attendee experience starts long before the conference or trade show begins. It starts the moment tickets go on sale. The most critical moment is the first interaction attendees have with your brand. Offering special VIP ticket prices entices attendees to opt into a unique form of treatment. You’ll be surprised to find out that people will pay an upcharge on ticket prices for an exclusive experience.

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Banquet Event Orders – 3 Tips for Success – Quick Tips for Event Pros Video

Planning Pod

BEOs are vital to the success of most events – providing critical details that everyone involved in the production must have at their fingertips. Most event venues and caterers rely on accurate, succinct banquet event orders so that their events are seamless and come off without a hitch. This quick video provides 3 key strategies for making sure your BEOs – or event run sheets or function sheets – are concise and clear.

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The Power Of Body Language at Events For Networking & Interviewing

Endless Events

On a bit of a different note than usual, today we’re exploring body language in events! Because at its core, the events industry is all about people, and relationships between people. Attendees, suppliers, planners – everybody has a part to play. And everybody is, at the end of the day, human. Which is why we’re very excited to have a conversation about the power of body language at events, and how it can be used for networking and interviewing.