Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Do you need to find new monetary sources for conferences, conventions and trade shows? While sponsorships have been prevalent for a long time, further information about the popularity of digital and print options might surprise you. Also, 83% of exhibitors have purchased at least one sponsorship from 2017-19.

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GEVME

JUNE 4, 2019

For many event managers, sponsors are a major source of income. Why is event sponsorship crucial? Given an event sponsorship proposal and the propensity of consumers to associate sponsors with the event they promote, it is important for companies to select events that are appropriate for their brand, product, or corporate image.

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Sponsorships Trade Shows Events Advertising 136

Stova

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

New year, new look, new sponsorship packages… To get the best sponsors, you need enticing packages that reflect the trends shaping events in the year ahead. The good news: Great sponsors are like magnets, drawing the right people to your trade shows and conferences. Let technology prove event sponsorship value.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. The exhibitions industry watched as the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts CES, the largest annual trade show in the U.S. It’s up to trade-show organizers to keep that spark alive.

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Eventmobi

JULY 26, 2022

The CSAE Annual National Conference. CSAE holds their national conference in a different Canadian city every October. The conference is a mix of speaker sessions, networking, exhibitor booths, and evening social events. The conference is a mix of speaker sessions, networking, exhibitor booths, and evening social events.

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Eventmobi

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Why Is Lead Capture Crucial to Your Next Event or Conference? Take a look at these reasons why event planners should offer lead capture at events and trade shows: Sponsor ROI Your sponsors invest in your event to gain exposure and connect with leads. Download the free Sponsorship Strategy Guide to learn how !

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Trade Shows Sponsorships Events Management 195

ePly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Event sponsorship levels represent the difference between a money-losing event and one with a positive ROI. Savvy event marketers take the time and try to build sponsorship packages that appeal to their prospects’ needs. They know that offering sponsorship tiers is essential in building sponsorship packets.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 27, 2021

Event Diagramming Collaborative event management software that saves time, boosts revenue and drives loyalty. NEW Sales & Catering CRM Seamlessly manage and optimize group sales performance across your entire portfolio. Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In less than 18 months with the Calgary Real Estate Board, Jennifer Hadley has revamped the logistics, agendas, and sponsorship programs for CREB’s big events. She then drilled down on the previous year’s attendee feedback for CREB’s other marquee event: the housing-market forecast conference held each January.

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Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

From sponsored sessions to virtual booths, discover the most popular virtual event sponsorship ideas for engaging virtual attendees and driving ROI. Whether you’re looking to pivot to virtual events or are redesigning a virtual event sponsorship program, we’re here to help. Virtual Event Sponsorship Value Propositions.

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Maritz Global Events

MAY 8, 2019

Neither is the use of event sponsorships to achieve these goals. The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) has been particularly adept at creating event sponsorships that enhance experiences for guests in meaningful ways. This sponsorship strategy wins big points for relevance and bottom-line impact.

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EventMB

JULY 31, 2019

More information about the Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Events, conferences, and trade shows are huge investments for businesses that can have a significant impact on business opportunities and revenue growth. This is a sponsored post by Jifflenow.

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Marketing Trade Shows Sponsorships Travel 195

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As an event professional, you may understand the science of producing a trade show—ordering pipe and drape and carpet, selling booth space and scanning badges—but are you a master of the art of the trade show? Related : Las Vegas Ranked Top Trade-Show City. Related : Las Vegas Ranked Top Trade-Show City.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 16, 2023

Some examples of the more popular types of non dues revenue streams include: Events Conferences Fundraising campaigns Sponsorships Partnerships Merchandise Online fundraising Grants Whether your association is large or small, you can start with this list if you’re looking for non dues revenue ideas to diversify your revenue streams.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 11, 2022

Launched in 2019, ExhibitDay is a fast-growing, free, trade show planning and project management tool for exhibitors and conference sponsors. Thousands of Event managers and trade show teams use ExhibitDay every day to plan in-person and virtual events.

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Event Planning Trade Shows Event Planning Tools Sponsorships 119

Socio Events

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Event sponsorship is often one of the most difficult aspects of being an event planner. Here’s the problem: 50% of event organizers agree that securing event sponsorships is their most significant challenge. What is event sponsorship? For more detailed information, check out our Ultimate Guide to Event Sponsorship in 2022.

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Meeting Tomorrow

APRIL 20, 2020

But for many planners, there’s still one missing piece of the virtual events puzzle: Sponsorships. How do you generate event sponsorship revenue when the traditional methods are on-hold? Here are 17 valuable event sponsorship ideas for virtual events. It’s a way to curate all your sponsorship content and important event links.

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Sponsorships Trade Shows Social Media Advertising 54

Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2021

RockIt Events won an Eventex Silver Award for Best Online Conference for their management of Aruba’s Atmosphere Digital 2020 event. Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is one of RockIt Events’ clients and the agency previously managed Aruba’s annual customer and partner conference, Atmosphere.

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Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But the 100 spots on the IT List are reserved for those whose majority of time and attention, clients and work, is dedicated to face-to-face marketing.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

While there are a number of disruptive forces that will impact the future of trade shows, the biggest risk has to do with how much buyers and sellers will trust the environments we create. When we think about conferences and expos, trusting the idea scores strong. Exhibitor Trust. And to your attendees?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 28, 2020

Meeting planners are under a lot of stress because right now it’s not about getting one thing — the in-person conference — right. As for pricing sponsorships: This appears to be the Wild, Wild West right now. You don’t have that flexibility — something everyone needs these days— when you travel to a conference. That goes away.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Here, we offer a preview of what we’ll explore at the show—tactics and trends that are helping event marketers to level-up their events, campaign strategies, revenue and careers this year. THE EXPERIENTIAL EXHIBIT Trade show strategies, exhibit portfolios, on-the-floor booth experiences—they’re all changing.

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2024 Marketing Trade Shows Sponsorships 90

Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Event venues are raising rates for basic services like electrical, internet, trash management and catering. Expenses for exhibitors at association trade shows have increased significantly while corporate marketing budgets have remained flat. What solutions have you employed to help ease the expense management burden?

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 6, 2019

For those of you who organize large annual conferences and trade shows, there undoubtedly is a chicken-vs.-egg On the one hand, your organization might receive as much as 50 percent (or more) of your event’s revenue from supplier investments in exhibits, sponsorship and advertising categories, making it a priority.

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StraussCA

MARCH 4, 2021

With hybrid events, the overarching goal is to make the conference accessible for as many people as possible. So, a hybrid event is likely to attract more registrants than an in-person conference. When your conference is hybrid, your sponsors have a better opportunity to get in front of your attendees. Hybrid Conference.

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Trade Shows Conference Sponsorships Events 98

InitLive

MARCH 4, 2021

Conferences are an important part of professional development and business networking for all industries. A successful conference can come in all shapes and sizes, from 200 people over a weekend to 15,000 for a week. InitLive has had the privilege of working with many conferences, some of which are the largest in their industry.

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Conference Planning Conference Speakers Sponsorships 107

Nunify

DECEMBER 10, 2022

But there is a solution — Event sponsorships. But, to get the sponsorship, there is a lot you need to learn, and we will help you with that. The right sponsorship can support your event finances, boost event visibility and help you develop good connections with the sponsors for future opportunities. What is event sponsorship?

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Eventbase

JANUARY 30, 2020

Sponsorship sales make up a significant chunk of the production budget of most enterprise events. According to Forrester, 45 percent of global B2B technology decision-makers rely on conferences and trade shows to make technology decisions. And as long as attendees show an interest, your sponsors will too.

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Attendease

DECEMBER 13, 2023

From large-scale medical conferences to intimate seminars, events enable healthcare event planners to strengthen relationships, generate leads, and position their brands as thought leaders. Innovative Healthcare Event Formats Healthcare events don’t have to follow the standard conference or trade show formats.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite lively faux convention-center environments, virtual solutions don’t quite meet the standards or ROI of in-person trade shows. 3D-like virtual solutions — complete with avatars and faux convention-center environments — are probably the closest we can get to replicating the physical trade-show environment.

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Trade Shows Sponsorships Advertising Consulting 105

Eventmobi

JULY 27, 2022

Greg Blazen, CEO, Trade Association. Simultaneous live hybrid conference and trade show. For our first hybrid event, we streamed conference sessions live to a virtual audience and hosted a virtual expo where attendees could book 1:1 video meetings with exhibitors. In-Person Niche Conference. Event Type.

Education 195

Education Sponsorships Conference Contracts 195

Event Marketer

MAY 2, 2024

Of course, this is EMS we’re talking about, so the compelling content was only part of the conference experience. Among insights, Aaron Conk, senior merchandising and trade show manager at Delta Faucet, explained why marketers need to hone in on the handful of KPIs that make sense for their particular exhibit strategy.

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2024 Marketing Trade Shows Sponsorships 121

Eventmobi

MAY 27, 2019

But d idn’t make it to the Collision Conference? Great sponsorship opportunities. Questions on the poster can either be generated by your event team to ask larger industry related questions or can be used as an opportunity to generate sponsorship dollars and have partners sponsor a poster question.

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TicketBud

JANUARY 11, 2024

Characteristics of Hybrid Events Hybrid events have been around for decades – think, televised sports, award shows, political events, or concerts. But more recently, the format has expanded to include seminars, trade shows, career fairs, conferences, and more. But virtually, it must be made more intentional.

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Sponsorships Trade Shows Events Sustainability 126

Eventbase

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Gamification is one of the most intuitive, enjoyable ways to keep your attendees engaging with your conference app and across your event campus. Gamifying your conference app also gives event planners a meaningful way to meet and measure event success metrics. Improve trade show vendor return rates?

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Conference Trade Shows Event Apps Social Media 89

InitLive

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Conferences are an important part of professional development and business networking for all industries. A successful conference can come in all shapes and sizes, from 200 people over a weekend to 15,000 for a week. InitLive has had the privilege of working with many conferences, some of which are the largest in their industry.

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Conference Planning Conference 2022 Speakers 62

Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, before you jump on the mobile conference app bandwagon, think about what you really need. Here’s a quick rundown on 26 of the most popular and best mobile conference apps, in alphabetical order. Perfect for: Conferences that involve lots of networking and matchmaking among attendees. Aventri (Loopd app).

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