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8 Event Website Optimization Tips to Increase Registrations

Attendease

Event websites are an extremely powerful marketing tool for promoting your upcoming events. They provide potential attendees with detailed information about the event while educating and entertaining them along the way. More importantly, event websites are a great way to boost your event registration ! Here are a few tips on how to create feelings of hype and excitement around your event with a great event website. 1.

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Event Industry Sustainability Gap – Good Intentions Versus Action

EventMB

The events industry joined together last year in a commitment to fight climate change as part of a Net Zero Carbon Events pledge signed at the UN Climate Change Conference , COP26, in Glasgow. Six months later, a report by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and Cvent indicates that while there’s no lack of good intentions, the event industry is lagging on taking concrete action.

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5 Tips for Creating a Successful Hybrid Event

Special Events

Here are 5 tips to help planners create great hybrid events.

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11 Secrets for Successful Association Sponsorships in 2022

Eventmobi

Sponsorship brings revenue opportunities to associations worldwide, but navigating today’s challenges around successful events is complicated. Read on to explore the secrets of sponsorships that resonate — and the upsides of putting people before programming. Here are 11 strategies for successful sponsorships for your association starting TODAY. 1. Move from ABCs to VIPs.

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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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8 Event Website Optimization Tips to Increase Registrations

Attendease

Event websites are an extremely powerful marketing tool for promoting your upcoming events. They provide potential attendees with detailed information about the event while educating and entertaining them along the way. More importantly, event websites are a great way to boost your event registration ! Here are a few tips on how to create feelings of hype and excitement around your event with a great event website. 1.

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Nervous excitement is back!

Conferences that Work

After two years of only designing and facilitating online meetings, I’m suddenly immersed in preparing for in-person meetings again. And that strange emotion nervous excitement is coming back! Two multi-day events, 2,000 miles apart, in the space of a week. Even an in-person pre-con, just like the old days. I find it tough preparing for meetings.

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10 Factors to Consider When Planning an Outdoor Event

Eventmobi

When we talk about the lasting impact of the pandemic on the events industry, we often think about the initial pivot to virtual and subsequent shift to hybrid events as health restrictions eased. However, pandemic-related health concerns have also spurned a greater demand for outdoor events, particularly in the year’s warmer months. But will your events work outside?

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Event Tech Investment Tracker

EventMB

All relevant deals are listed below in chronological order with the latest on top. For details on financing terms, refer to our Skift Financing Cheat Sheet. JUNO Raises $10M in Series A Funding. May 26, 2022. JUNO, a platform for digital engagement activities, has secured $10 million in Series A funding led by global software investor Insight Partners.

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Could you be crowned Eventbrite’s Hobby Hero? Enter here for your chance to win!

Eventbrite UK

We’re launching a brand new competition to find the UK’s Hobby Hero, and the winner will receive £5,000 worth of prizes! You can enter yourself or on behalf of someone you know. Enter via the quick form below to be in with a chance of winning. (Terms and Conditions apply – also check out the […]. The post Could you be crowned Eventbrite’s Hobby Hero?

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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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Event Profs Should Embrace Metaverse Events, And Here’s Why

Endless Events

While the metaverse is not a fully-fledged event trend just yet, there is no denying that metaverse events will become increasingly more popular in the years to come. They might not be the one and only future of events, but event planners should nonetheless keep their pulse on it – and the Brew Crew gives some compelling arguments as to why that is.

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TWT: Monkeypox May Be a Red Herring, Bleisure Booms

Smart Meetings

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Monkeypox Takes the Front Page But Are Covid Rates the Real Story? This week, the CDC raised their assessment of travel risk for monkeypox from level one (practice usual precautions) to level two (practice enhanced precautions).

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10 Tips for Returning to In-Person Events

EventMB

Returning to face-to-face meetings after two years of canceled conferences and way too many Zoom calls? Getting back to normal, or at least moving ahead with the new normal, may be a relief, but the world of meetings and events is far from business as usual. Here are a few ways to cope with re-entry. 1. Double check current travel options. Getting to events has often been a challenge, but the travel experience in 2022 is likely much different than what you’re accustomed to.

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SEC to plant trees for meetings at IMEX

Event Industry News

The Scottish Event Campus has pledged to plant a tree for every meeting the company hosts at IMEX next week. The venue, which recently announced its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030, will also be sharing other sustainable initiatives taking place at the SEC since it hosted the globally recognized COP26 conference last year. Already this year, the OVO Hydro, one of the three main venues on the SEC campus became the world’s first arena to achieve the ‘A Greener Arena Certification’.

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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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Rose and Damon’s Intimate City Chic Affair at Sassafraz

EventSource

You’ll love the gorgeously dark, moody, and romantic vibe of Rose and Damon’s big day. Set at the chic Sassafraz , the couple’s wedding was an intimate portrait of their connection and their personal style. The bride and groom looked stunning; she was wearing a simple lace dress by Nadia Lef Fashion Designer with a breathtaking ring from Birks and he was sporting a dark suit from Tom's Place and a ring by David Yurman.

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From Planners to Producers: Tech Tips for Virtual Event Success

Smart Meetings

We’ve all made the shift to virtual meetings—because we had to. We were riding the bike while building it, and despite some early stumbles, most of us have mastered the basics. Now we’re onto the next challenge: making the virtual event a great online experience. The competition is fierce: a barrage of content from a multitude of channels all vying for your attention.

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Trade Show Booths: 100 Best Ideas for 2022

EventMB

In this extensive guide to trade show booths, we provide ten creative examples in each of the following categories: 1 Trade show booth ideas for small budgets. 2. Trade show booth ideas that attract visitors. 3. Creative trade show booth ideas. 4. Trade show booth ideas: 10×10. 5. Fun trade show booth ideas. 6. Interactive trade show booth ideas. 7.

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Reaching Critical Mass for Sustainable Business Travel

MeetingsNet

While it could be a mostly symbolic gesture from top business leaders, news from the Davos conference might represent something truly meaningful in the realm of sustainable events—especially given the results of a recent business-traveler survey. For the exclusive World Economic Forum taking place from May 22 to 26 in Davos, Switzerland, organizers have encouraged their European attendees to travel to and from the event by train rather than by plane.

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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 Much Does It Cost To Start an Event Planning Business?

QC Event School

How much does it cost to start an event planning business? Today, we’ll answer this very question! Starting your own event planning business can be an extremely lucrative and fulfilling endeavor – but it doesn’t come cheap. In order to start an event planning business, you’ll need to invest in a variety of equipment, supplies, software, office space, and marketing materials.

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Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide 2022 launch

Event Industry News

BMA House , home to the British Medical Association since 1925, was the perfect setting to introduce Event Industry News’ (EIN) latest Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide. Set just a few minutes walk from London Euston, in Tavistock Square, the Grade II listed building has Gold accreditation with Green Tourism, multiple Greenest Venue awards from Hire Space and Most Sustainable Venue from the London Summer Event Show among a weight of recognition.

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Touchless Activations at Tradeshows Here to Stay

EventMB

Covid pushed society a decade ahead in terms of digitization, and many technologies are here to stay in the events and trade show industries, said Corbin Ball, a meetings technology expert, and owner of Corbin Ball & Co. However, even now that in-person events are back, health and safety remain a focus, with touchless technology taking center stage.

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Events Industry Council Joins Effort to Standardize Virtual-Meeting Data Formats

MeetingsNet

The collaboration with VSef, the global data format for virtual events, will speed the push to make data easily accessible from and transferable between different online platforms and analytics tools. In early 2021, U.K-based attendee-feedback platform provider Explori launched the VSef initiative to create a standard format for transferring data between the many virtual-event platforms, sales and marketing systems, and business-analysis tools on the market.

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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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How to Use Facebook Ads to Promote an Event

Skiddle

Planning to run your own event? Looking to use social media sites, the likes of Facebook, to get the word out? If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions, we highly recommend making use of Facebook’s paid ads feature. Whether it be a stand up comedy show, a vintage craft or antique fair, a brunch event, a live music festival or even a one-off club night, Facebook Ads can be hugely beneficial in getting your intended shindig in front of existing and potential future customers, at a price that suits

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The Importance of Team Building 

Prestige Events Magazine

Team building is one of the most important investments you can make in your team, and even more so now that colleagues are able to reconnect after spending such a long time apart during the pandemic. A team that works together performs and excels and team building not only help build relationships, but also it can lead to a more open collaborative culture.

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Creating Space for Diversity in Events

EventMB

Experience design intentionally maps events to align with attendee personas, needs, and preferences. An aspect of this process is diversity, equity, and inclusion, otherwise known as DEI. Event professionals often think DEI relates only to doing something different. However, Roy Gluckman , DEI specialist and co-founder of Cohesion Collective , explained at its core, DEI addresses the feeling that space exerts on people.

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Covid Isn’t Done with Meetings

MeetingsNet

A recent judges’ association conference in New York wound up with a nearly 30-percent rate of Covid infection among attendees. It’s a reminder that event hosts must still consider testing, masking, and other precautions. From May 9 to 12, about 70 judges attended an annual three-day retreat held by the New York City Criminal Court Judges Association at a Long Island resort.

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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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Champion Planners Met in Texas for 1-Day Training

Smart Meetings

Where better than the home of the five-time NFL Champion Dallas Cowboys—AT&T Stadium—to meet for an intense day of education, inspiration and fun? Smart Meetings one-day Regional Experience took the personalized meetings to Arlington, Texas, for VIP access to a venue full of special spaces. From a huddle on the field with the original No. 88, Drew Pearson, to a reception in the owner’s Optum Club with Cowboys Cheerleaders and a tour of the locker room, the day was filled with memories and fr

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Event Staff: Are They Adding Value to Your Event?

Tigris Events

[…]. The post Event Staff: Are They Adding Value to Your Event? appeared first on Leading the Canadian Industry in Dynamic Event Staffing, Event Planning & Experiential Marketing.

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Podcast: The Rollercoaster Ride of Virtual Event Tech

EventMB

Tony is currently the CEO of meetyoo conferencing GmbH, which he founded in 1999. He first studied business administration Frankfurt/Main and during this time went on to found his first IT company. Having founded meetyou in 1999, he also managed its sister company MVC Mobile VideoCommunication GmbH, which is one of the leading system houses for video conferencing technology.