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Monetizing Your Virtual Conference When Competing with Free

Velvet Chainsaw

If you’re inbox is anything like mine, you could spend a good portion of our day consuming webinars, virtual events and networking in Zoom or Facebook Messenger Happy Hours. I’ll never forget a blog post, entitled “ Malcolm is Wrong ,” which Seth Godin penned back then on Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

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Sponsor budgets are shrinking: How to build cost-effective event sponsorships that prove ROI

Socio Events

Every time I meet with an association or partner, they ask if I have any sponsorship options or ideas outside of the prospectus. As we move into a new era of events, today’s event organizers require creativity and flexibility to craft cost-effective sponsorship packages that promote sponsor visibility and drive ROI.

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The Virtual Event Sponsorship Guidebook

Socio Events

The virtual landscape can potentially offer your sponsors MORE value, a better revenue model, and the potential to grow your long-term sponsorship offerings. Virtual Event Sponsorship: Pre-event. Here are a few pre-event sponsorship ideas we’ve seen that will set your event apart. There is good news. Hosting a multi-day event?

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5 Key Requirements for Speakers

PCMA Convene

I t wasn’t too long ago that becoming a professional speaker was the third step a thought leader took in his or her career. In the digital age, thought leaders establish a following by cultivating an online presence, thereby skipping a step on the path to becoming a qualified speaker. Look for authenticity plus charisma.

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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

Endless Events

Today, there are many ways to prepare for a career in event planning: Work on your soft skills, Get a degree, Get a certificate, Look for free content (webinars, podcasts, e-books, blogs), Work at events (as a volunteer), Build a strong network of event profs (join communities). Online Courses, Blogs, & Other Free Content.

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Why Expos Don’t Convert Well to Virtual

PCMA Convene

While these virtual expo predictions are sobering, conference organizers should be taking steps to diversify revenue by going all in with sponsorship. Virtual sponsorship success is not going to be dependent on your platform, prospectus, or sales skills. Sponsor Success. speaking opportunity) inventory.

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The Virtual Conference “Code Beam LITE Virtual” for Erlang Solutions was powered by Hubilo’s Virtual Event Platform

Hubilo Blog

While marketing presentations can be delivered over a webinar, a community conference with a detailed and exhaustive agenda cannot rely only upon a webinar platform. This is when a team from Erlang’s conference organizing committee started to explore an alternative to a physical conference that was not a webinar.