Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 5, 2022

As we come out of the pandemic, we need a different playbook to drive attendance and earlier commitment. Use these five tips to develop a plan for optimizing registration for your major event in quarters 2, 3, and 4. Budget realistically.

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MPI

AUGUST 24, 2023

There is much to explore, from big-ticket events, top attractions, award-winning restaurants, and Canada’s leading business sectors. The centre is recognized as top-of-class by meeting and event organizers around the world, and has hosted over 21,000 events during its four-decade history.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Building a Live Event Program that Drives and Proves Value. In today’s noisy and crowded marketplace, the top priority for event marketers is to stand out, capture attention and engage target audiences. Some of the key trends that will be highlighted during the webinar include: Defining the event marketing function.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 1, 2023

There is much to explore, from big-ticket events, top attractions, award-winning restaurants, and Canada’s leading business sectors. The center is recognized as top-of-class by meeting and event organizers around the world and has hosted over 21,000 events during its four-decade history.

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Food and Beverage 2004 Sustainability Financial 52

Attendee Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The holidays are a time of year where people are looking for fun events to attend, enjoying time with family, and seeking out gift giving opportunities. You can tap into this buying bonanza and secure some new customers in the process by strategically planning some holiday events. Escape Room Holiday Events.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2018

Content marketing has grown by leaps and bounds during the past five years. Unfortunately, too few event organizers fully embrace the long-tail, pull benefits of content marketing. Likewise, many conference professionals have no idea what embracing the long-tail, pull benefits of content marketing even means.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 12, 2018

We were discussing their marketing and communication strategies for their event. I voiced my strong opinion that conference organizers should embrace inbound marketing (pull) over traditional outbound marketing (push). It ranks higher than in-person events or webinars and behind email and social media.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

One of my biggest pet peeves is the way some conferences approach first-time attendees. Being intentional and having a plan for how you welcome someone who is experiencing your conference for the first time is not only the right thing to do, it’s also a smart attendee acquisition strategy.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

So what does this mean for those of us responsible for organizing and executing conferences and events? Across the globe, loneliness is fast becoming one of our most serious health epidemics and is a greater predictor of early death than obesity, smoking and excessive drinking. Work to embrace otherness instead of sameness.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 28, 2016

The researchers asked its show organizer audience to define what constitutes a loyal attendee, and by far the most popular definition is an attendee or attendee organization who has participated in at least two of the past four editions of an event. Roughly 90% of event organizers perceived both attributes as important to attendees.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Organizations with marketing spend of 20 to 25 percent usually have a 132-page final program. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. They also spend a lot on list buys and ad placements.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Organizations with marketing spend of 20 to 25 percent usually have a 132-page final program. Leadership often thinks the answer to their attendance problems is to earmark even more spend for attendance marketing. They also spend a lot on list buys and ad placements.

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Marketing Meetings Food and Beverage Advertising 51

Eventory

JANUARY 29, 2019

2019 is here with its event calendar full of the best marketing conferences waiting for you to attend them. The marketing industry changes at a very fast pace. To keep track of emerging progress and novelties marketing specialists need to stay in the center of ongoing changes. 1 Marketing Insights Event 2019.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 18, 2019

INBOUND is a marketing conference by HubSpot that takes place in Boston, MA every year. Over 24,000 people attended the 2018 event to learn inbound marketing and sales tactics from best-selling authors, hit TV producers, and leaders at major corporations. Gainsight's Pulse is the biggest B2B event in product experience.

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Eventory

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Conferences, summits, meetups – marketing managers’ calendars are bursting at the seams with the mass of industry events. However, it’s hard to miss the impression that more and more often, marketing conferences are like a sad duty for the marketing managers. The event choice is random and not efficient.

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Capterra Event Management

OCTOBER 25, 2016

You’ve spent all of your money on decorations, catering, lighting, staff, event management software , and all other aesthetics of your event, but now you are left with a shoestring budget for marketing. Marketing doesn’t have to be an expensive venture, so long as you follow the right practices and engage the right outlets.

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