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Your Conference Needs a Hub To Entice Customers and Prospects

Velvet Chainsaw

I voiced my strong opinion that conference organizers should embrace inbound marketing (pull) over traditional outbound marketing (push). I explained that a blog platform is worth considering as the home base or hub for the inbound strategy. The millennial piped in “who reads blogs anymore?”. Google loves blog platforms.

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If You Build It, Will Teams Come?

Velvet Chainsaw

This is the second installment of a two-part blog on team learning. In the first , we looked at why it’s a smart conference strategy. In this post, we’ll explore how to design, promote and execute it for your next conference. Since our work culture is mostly team-based, it’s about time we reflected it in our conference design.

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Your Conference Content Has Magnetic Pull

Velvet Chainsaw

These may include Slideshare uploads, video highlights, livestreamed interviews, blog posts, tweets, and quotes or graphics from Twitter or Instagram. One model Baer suggested for atomizing conference content is the 1 x 8 rule : for a keynote, develop eight content pieces that frame your narrative.

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4 Ways to Leverage Customer Advocacy at Events

Event Farm

This post was originally published on Attend by Event Farm 's blog and was written by Garrett Huddy. How can you make the most effective marketing tactic more effective? In-person events are already hugely successful for B2B marketers , but they have the potential to become even better. generating customer advocacy.

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Toronto, More than a Meeting Place

MPI

Destination Toronto's 6ix Stack program is a comprehensive attendance marketing program that offers a range of services, from 24/7 on-demand assets to highly customized assets. Connect with Destination Toronto's team to tap into a wealth of tips, resources, and local expertise to serve your needs.

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Building Value-Based Live Events

Cvent: Event Marketing

In today’s noisy and crowded marketplace, the top priority for event marketers is to stand out, capture attention and engage target audiences. When it comes to live events, audiences seek valued experiences and takeaways to help justify the time and cost they’ve invested in attending. The best ways to work with cross-functional teams.

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CVBs and DMOs: A Hidden Resource for Meeting and Event Professionals

Eventsforce

Offering attendance marketing tools on the DMO and CVB website, like toolkits for venue searching and booking, to make sure planners have resources to help their event thrive. Referrals to members and businesses for transportation, local gifts, etc.