SpotMe Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

While hosting in-person conferences and putting out webinars will still be useful, there are several perks unique to the hybrid event format, such as: Increasing your revenue by opening the event up to more people. Providing extra virtual event space if your physical venue is at capacity.

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Unique Venues

MAY 13, 2021

Your customer journey is hiding secret gems in the form of keywords that you can put to use and drive more leads to your venue - right now. Learn how we look at the 5 phases of a customer journey to find new keyword ideas that can be used in SEO, Google Ads, Social Media, Blogging, and Email Marketing.

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QC Event School

MARCH 15, 2022

Alternately, would you prefer to be a freelance corporate event planner and contract your services out to multiple different clients? A social media presence? Venue, supplier, and vendor research and selection. Live-streaming, webinars, and other tech-enhanced event elements. Contract development.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2024

The difference between AI and most technology like social media is that it doesn’t put distance between people,” he said. Learn More: What is AI Good for Anyway Webinar AI Risk-Benefit Analysis Unlike tech engineers, meeting professionals tend to be a pretty risk-averse group. AI today is the worst it will ever be. Guaranteed.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

A webinar by Skyline Exhibits aimed to answer that, hosted by Sofia Troutman, senior digital marketing and product innovation manager, and Jon Althoff, senior director of global marketing. Do you know the venue inside and out? Know what you have to offer (social media hits and access to attendees, for example).

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What should you do when the venue you’ve booked becomes unavailable? Agree upon the KPIs to track the event’s performance, including customer footfall, social media mentions, number of sales, and more. In retail, you can plan teaser ads, social media campaigns, or influencer partnerships. Organize your efforts.

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

It will take a combined effort in order to restart the event industry, both from the planners and venues, in order to begin hosting in-person events again. Venues will have to mainly focus on key areas to provide a safe environment for event attendees by leveraging contactless solutions. . And will virtual events be the new normal?

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Event Leadership Institute

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This looming economic threat is the impetus for a webinar I gave recently for FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Planners) titled Recession-Proofing Your Job: Strategies for Improving Your Value. Are you viewed as a commodity or a business partner? Have you developed and articulated a compelling personal brand? .

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Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Negotiate contracts with various vendors, hotels, caterers, and speakers. After understanding the client’s needs, you need to finalize the venue and/or the virtual event platform based on the event theme, the number of attendees, and the budget. Click as many photographs as possible and post them on social media.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2021

Shelley Hodgkinson, senior director-event solutions at Walmart, described the “new budget” her team is preparing to build in EM’s webinar, Mastering Event Contracts in the Post-COVID Era. “As As people start to work through it, they’ll look at things differently, and look at things they’ve never looked at before,” she said.

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Socio Events

AUGUST 4, 2021

When budgeting, pay special attention to the high-priced items such as the venue, food, activities, entertainment, and technology. Create content around session highlights, attendee and speaker quotes, other event highlights, and share on social media. Choose the Best Event Location and Venue.

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Socio Events

MARCH 27, 2023

Like an architect develops sketches and blueprints before contracting out the construction of their creation, an event planner needs to have the outline ready to go—and well ahead of time. Spread the word on social media A cornerstone of effective promotion in 2023, social media and event marketing cannot be without each other.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Includes personalized schedules, sponsor/exhibitor features, social media integrations, complex session setup. Perfect for: Planners who need a highly customized app and have in-house or contracted developers to build features within the platform. Social Media Integrations. CrowdCompass from Cvent.

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Endless Events

JULY 6, 2018

Subscribe to our blog and get useful industry insights from top #eventprofs via our podcasts, articles and free webinars! You can cultivate these experiences by choosing a good venue and by brainstorming in such a way that out-of-the-box learning is stimulated. Building Attendance through Social Media Influence.

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Endless Events

JULY 13, 2018

And to truly maximize engagement at your next event, take our free webinar. For example, repeat registrants would mean they are really engaged, and a high level of social media activity means they are spreading the word. An Event Venue… for Free? Set Your Venue Priorities. Dig the Data for Attendee Growth.

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Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Select a venue that has function spaces of various sizes. Be candid with the venue and build the option to scale down to a smaller room into your contract. Build the option to move to a more affordable sister property into your contract. In fact, build this into your contracts. There are several ways to do this.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 25, 2017

11 questions from Alan Kleinfeld’s Smart Meetings financial and insurance webinar. In a world of heightened security awareness , Arrive Management Group’s Alan Kleinfeld found himself answering a lot of event planner questions during the Smart Meetings webinar on Security May 25. Short answer: it depends. Where are you holding it?

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Eventsforce

MARCH 11, 2020

The event planner’s guide to free live-streaming tools on social media. Whilst it is good to have healthy relationships with hotels and venues do you want to be responsible (inadvertently) if they help spread the virus. It would be useful to check what contracts and insurance policies you have in place.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

When people come to us in search of a venue management software solution , they often ask how Planning Pod compares to our competitors Tripleseat and Caterease. And these are necessary questions to ask in the early stages while you are researching event management software for your event venue, restaurant or hotel. Additional Fee.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We’ve already seen how transforming the way event planners and venues create, manage, and host gatherings has drastically changed the landscape in the past few years. These resources could include venues, equipment, catering services, entertainment, and more. And it’s only just getting started. Align with sustainability innovations.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 10, 2021

Whether they’re responding to new prospects, following up with them for contract signatures or chasing down clients for payments or vital input for their event, there is rarely any free time in their schedule. Everything is there—invoicing, contracts, floorplans, BEOs, you name it,” Olivia said. “It Planning Pod can help.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 12, 2020

These goals could include things like: Expected sales or donations New clients or prospects Ticket sales or registrations Total attendee turnout Number of attendees trained or educated Increased mission / brand awareness Marketing objectives (list building, social media mentions, etc.) Step 3 – Establish a realistic event budget.

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

An example of augmented reality at events is creating an interactive venue map that attendees can use to explore a venue. Day Delegate Rate (DDR) is the amount a venue charges per attendee per full-day event. It works in a similar way to a social media feed. . Event planning terms: B. Data residency. Desktop app.

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Avoid any national holidays and any big events in the area (especially if you are planning an In-person event.) ( For in-person events) Select your venue. Shortlist potential venue selections. Determine your must-have needs from a venue before negotiating and committing to a venue. Develop an event master plan.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

If you crave a steady stream of how-to information, advice and inspiration delivered to your inbox, be sure to subscribe to PYM and share your stories with us here and on your favorite social platforms. We also offer educational PYM LIVE Events as well as and webinars and certificate programs through our association with the MPI Academy.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Planning Pod

JULY 9, 2021

When wedding planners and/or wedding venues are considering using our software, they often ask how Planning Pod compares to our competitors … that is, Planning Pod vs Aisle Planner vs Honeybook. Venue + Room & Space Management. Proposals & Contracts. Sign up for a free trial ! Aisle Planner. Files & Note Management.

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Food and Beverage Contracts Venues Management 78

ePly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A2Z Events also includes floor plan management software for trade shows and conferences, revenue generation, online contracting and sponsorship membership, attendee engagement and matchmaking, badge printing and check-in management, attendance tracking, and an attendee mobile app.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

For example, start with venue design that both attracts and engages people as they enter your venue. To cement your event in your participant’s minds, why not take our free audience engagement webinar as well? Strategies like selling tickets directly on social media instead of on a ticketing page also got.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 24, 2021

Venue + Room & Space Management. Proposals & Contracts. We built Planning Pod for busy event professionals and business owners who run event- and hospitality-related businesses of all sizes, including: Event planners Wedding planners Event management firms Event venues and spaces Small hotels, B&Bs and restaurants.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Venue Rental. Grants and contracts. Once the budget has been determined, you can then consider your venue, promotions, equipment, staffing and any other elements related to your meeting or event. When booking venues, you often have to put down a deposit, an expense that will likely happen before you sell your first ticket.

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QC Event School

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In this case, you might want to focus your business on providing services such as event planning consultation, venue scouting, or contract negotiation. You can also network with other professionals in the industry, attend workshops and webinars, and/or read books and articles on event planning.

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GEVME

MAY 15, 2020

In other words, knowing about the right software for event planners for running digital events is as essential and useful in the event industry as knowing how to manage a social media account to promote your business. Buffer primarily aims to manage social media accounts in social networks. Tripleseat.

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Planning Pod

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“As a franchise hotel, we were using our own corporate software as well as third-party platforms for things like CRM and billing, but I also needed to use things like Google Docs, email, paper notes, file folders and even a dry-erase board to track things like our booked events and signed contracts,” says Jessica. “It

Hotels 148

Hotels Contracts Management Venues 148

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Business and accounting – For tracking contacts/CRM, leads, legal contracts, proposals, invoicing, payments, revenues and ROI. Marketing and promotion – For creating and deploying event websites, email marketing, event mobile apps, surveys/forms, video marketing and social media promotions.

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Event Management Management 2019 Social Media 112

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

With Allseated Vision, venues can sell remotely, giving clients the ability to visualize events within an event space from anywhere in the world. Launched in July 2019, Cadre is compliantly simplifying event staffing and management from onboarding to contracting to payment. A fee is only applied if staff is contracted.

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Event Technology Technology 2020 Tech 91

Planning Pod

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“As a franchise hotel, we were using our own corporate software as well as third-party platforms for things like CRM and billing, but I also needed to use things like Google Docs, email, paper notes, file folders and even a dry-erase board to track things like our booked events and signed contracts,” says Jessica. “It

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Hotels Contracts Management Venues 78

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Business and accounting – For tracking contacts/CRM, leads, legal contracts, proposals, invoicing, payments, revenues and ROI. Marketing and promotion – For creating and deploying event websites, email marketing, event mobile apps, surveys/forms, video marketing and social media promotions.

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