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Do You Really Have Them at Hello? Rethinking Your First-Timer Strategy

Velvet Chainsaw

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. Rethinking Your First-Timer Strategy appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw. The post Do You Really Have Them at Hello?

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More Marketing Isn’t the Answer

Velvet Chainsaw

A strategic look at your marketing spend, as well as what you spend on your attendee experience, can be telling. According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. More or better marketing can’t fix this.

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Your Conference Needs a Hub To Entice Customers and Prospects

Velvet Chainsaw

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). I explained that a blog platform is worth considering as the home base or hub for the inbound strategy.

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Your Conference Content Has Magnetic Pull

Velvet Chainsaw

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. Get specific.

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TOP 25 best marketing conferences in Europe to attend in 2019

Eventory

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. Top 25 best marketing conferences in 2019.

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If You Build It, Will Teams Come?

Velvet Chainsaw

In the first , we looked at why it’s a smart conference strategy. The fact that it’s also a smart attendee acquisition strategy is the cherry on top. Here’s a post on group strategies with some value-added services and experiences to consider. What would it take to implement a team strategy for your conference?

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How Much Should You Spend on Marketing Your Meeting?

PCMA Convene

According to Convene ’s most recent Meetings Market Survey , on average, 6 percent of a meeting’s direct expenses fall in the marketing/promotion category. Here are four insights we’ve learned from analyzing the marketing-spend category: 1. Marketing spend for conferences with an expo is usually closer to 6 percent.