Event Industry News

MAY 19, 2022

Besides the obvious of having a hot topic and great speakers, here are 4 event marketing tactics that will boost your event attendance: Contents. For example, ask them to complete their profile, accept the calendar invite, answer pre-event questions, join your online community, participate to your pre-event matchmaking….

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Attendease

APRIL 14, 2023

Event email marketing is one of the most powerful online strategies you can use to promote events. By sending well-crafted marketing emails you can regularly check-in with your audience, increase registrations , secure sponsorships and speakers, and grow your brand visibility. Let’s begin!

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

Thus, hybrid experiences will become vastly more common and popular, as event organizers and attendees have first-hand experience with the benefits of attending a virtual and traditional event. Read on to learn more about hybrid events, examples to get you inspired, and tips to help you transition from virtual to hybrid. .

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Event Farm

JULY 25, 2017

As a marketer, if you’re asked to develop an email marketing campaign to help your company achieve a specific goal (more leads, MQLs, and/or pipeline, for example) and show how that campaign performed, you’d probably feel comfortable doing so. And would you feel as confident in your ability to track the event’s performance?

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 29, 2020

As event professionals know, even the best-planned gathering can fall flat without the right marketing. To maximize the impact of and business results from your online or real-world event at a time when some people might be hesitant to travel , it’s vital to start with a comprehensive event marketing plan.

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Event Farm

MARCH 28, 2019

On the surface, event marketing sounds fairly straightforward: you host an event to promote your business. To help marketers think through (and potentially explain to others) what a successful event is, we created this guide. So what is event marketing? Breaking down the event marketer’s role.

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GEVME

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Promotional tools for event marketing are powerful assistance for your event marketing. They help to save time and efforts during the event promotion. You are welcome to look them through and pick the most effective apps for your marketing needs from our top 12 marketing tools list.

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Marketo Events

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Events are often one of the biggest marketing expenses. According to Event MB , 85% of event planners use event registration software, 61% use event marketing tools, and 54% use survey tools. Setting marketing goals is nothing new. Awareness goals include: Event registrations.

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GEVME

JULY 9, 2018

Many event marketers think they are creating value by linking an event invitation with additional resources, while, in fact, they might be diminishing this value. Using multiple CTAs can divert recipients’ attention from the main action they are required to take: signing up for the event. Content focused. Brand focused.

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Expo Pass

MAY 18, 2022

Events need marketing. Attendees need to know when the event will happen, who’s speaking, and it all has to sound like an amazing time. But how can event marketing actually boost attendance and revenue? Why is event marketing important? How to promote an event. This is a fact. Let’s get to it!

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SpotMe Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

How long does content marketing for events take you? And how much of your marketing budget do you spend? If you’re like most other enterprise event marketers, probably a long time and a ton of money. But there’s a way to significantly reduce the amount of time and money you spend producing event content.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 10, 2019

If you’re looking to be inspired by their imaginative event marketing, check out these great examples, complete with actionable takeaways for your next planned live experience. 12 Microsoft Event Marketing Examples. By any definition of the word, the Microsoft brand is an innovator. Microsoft Ignite.

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Attendease

JUNE 20, 2023

As an event planner, you’ve got a lot on your plate. From coming up with a theme, to securing standout keynote speakers and handling the budget and more… you’re practically a superhero! But let’s face it, even superheroes need a sidekick like a good corporate event technology. There’s a better way!

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Bizzabo

MARCH 14, 2019

The examples of their imaginative event marketing that you’ll find below demonstrate how the thought leader weaves together technology and passion in everything they do. Today, Adobe continues to expand on its reign as a multimedia product innovator, creative software genius, and now, marketing technology giant.

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Eventsforce

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As well as encouraging them to sign up, successful event promotion can also drive people to share their experiences more and come back year after year. You can create interest around your event by developing sneak previews of what will be on offer. Related reading: 3 Content Marketing Tips for Event Planners.

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EventBank Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

You can't just put up some ads or posters and expect the world to rush to your doors on event day, there's a certain amount of targeting and care necessary to get the right audience to your event. Event Email Marketing is the best way as we see it.You've got your own contacts likely, and you know them best.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 30, 2020

Is your event-marketing campaign generating enough ROI? Are you feeling like your event-marketing campaign isn’t generating the same kind of spark — or ROI — it once did? Here are a few of our favorite new marketing trends to get you started. 3 Omnichannel Marketing. 4 Word-of-Mouth Marketing.

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GEVME

JUNE 11, 2019

In this way, you can confirm the date up to 6 months in advance (large annual events, dinners, various training sessions), confirm the date and venue–meeting space/accommodation (sign contract and provide deposit), confirm keynote speakers (confirm bio/photo for publicity), and engage secure sponsorship. 3-4 months before the event.

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Eventmobi

AUGUST 16, 2018

G2 Crowd is the leading website for online business software and service reviews, where Event Mobi ranks as a High Performer on the Summer 2018 Mobile Event Apps Report. Event speakers are essential to a successful event marketing strategy. If we can’t deliver on speakers, we’re not doing our job right.”.

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Eventory

APRIL 5, 2018

Reading Time: 6 minutes It all started with passing samples of products on the streets… Experimental, engaging marketing has gone from the edge to the great player in marketing. With events being a spectator turns into experiencing so the participant’s attention is sensitized. The most engaging event marketing campaigns.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 31, 2020

There’s no question that the world of events has been dramatically changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing concerns about large groups of in-person gatherings. More : How to Create a COVID-era Event Marketing Plan. Hybrid events will need to have much more robust online content and experiences than ever before.

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Endless Events

JULY 12, 2018

But, with the ability today to measure metrics and pinpoint specific results, it’s essential to be able to show how event marketing efforts were successful. After all, marketing is allocated a considerable portion of the budget, and we need to be able to show evidence that marketing investments are worth the money spent.

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Eventtia

APRIL 1, 2022

You’ve planned your perfect hybrid event: best venue, best virtual event platform , best keynote speaker, and so on. Yet, all of those efforts will go to waste if you can’t attract enough attendees (both in-person and virtual attendees) to your hybrid event. Planning Two Different Event Experiences.

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EventBank Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Events marketing can be used for brands as a powerful tool to connect with the audience. According to Bizzabo’s 2019 Event Marketing Bench-marking and Trends Report marketers believe events marketing is the most effective channel for achieving business goals. What is Events Marketing?

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GEVME

JANUARY 18, 2019

To run an event successfully, you need to prepare a good event program and an event speaker’s agenda—a schedule or protocol for speakers about what they will say and how they will act on the stage, etc. Reasons to create an agenda for event speakers. Limit the number of event participants.

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Eventmobi

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

One of the biggest benefits of event marketing comes down to the here and now of an event day; it’s all about the meet and greets, networking, and face-to-face interactions. However, as any event marketer will tell you, the success of an event depends on the actions taken well before the event day, as well as the days after.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

Events are one of the most powerful marketing tools because they center around an intentionally designed experience. According to Eventbrite’s research , 77% of millennials say some of their best memories are from an event or live experience they attended. It’s one of the most powerful forms of marketing.

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Socio Events

JANUARY 26, 2023

Whether you’re hosting a conference, workshop, or networking event, there are many things to consider when planning and executing a successful event. From in-person event types to choosing the right event tech, we’ll cover everything you need to know to make your in-person event a success.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Let’s talk everything at the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, April 24-26, in Las Vegas. Events are strategic, challenging, memorable, engaging, bold, exhilarating, and, most importantly, impactful. DEI, for example, has become critical to the success of forward-leaning brands and organizations.

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InGo

APRIL 26, 2022

Managing the logistics of a hybrid event can be more daunting than just a virtual or in-person event and you’ll want to adjust your marketing strategy to ensure you reach both audience types and inspire them to register. Empower speakers, sponsors, and attendees to promote the event. Identify your goals.

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InGo

APRIL 26, 2022

Managing the logistics of a hybrid event can be more daunting than just a virtual or in-person event and you’ll want to adjust your marketing strategy to ensure you reach both audience types and inspire them to register. Empower speakers, sponsors, and attendees to promote the event. Identify your goals.

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Bizzabo

MAY 25, 2018

In this guide, we will review how enterprise organizations can approach event marketing with actionable tips and concrete examples. What is Enterprise Event Marketing? In order to accomplish this task, enterprise organizations frequently adopt a rigorous event technology stack. Consider Electronic Arts (EA).

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Marketo Events

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Events are often one of the biggest marketing expenses. According to Event MB , 85% of event planners use event registration software, 61% use event marketing tools, and 54% use survey tools. Setting marketing goals is nothing new. Awareness goals include: Event registrations.

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Eventory

JANUARY 8, 2019

A step-by-step guide to help you set and achieve your event marketing goals. There’s no doubt, that every marketing activity works better if it has a clear set of goals and KPIs attached. They lead to getting a better grip on the whole marketing process. This rule applies as well to event marketing.

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Eventmobi

JANUARY 23, 2023

So, ensuring you have the right event registration strategies in place is crucial to driving excitement and sign-ups. As an event planner, you’ll know this all too well. There are a lot of moving parts to keep on track—everything from marketing and promotion, ticketing and payments, to data collection.

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The speakers make it shine. The event production was relatively simple — clean webcam feeds and screen sharing. But the speakers are what really made it shine. This event proved that as long as your speakers are interesting, and at the top of their game, all it takes is a webcam to pull the audience in.

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Event Farm

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Last week, HubSpot hosted more than 19,000 attendees from 92 countries at INBOUND—an event that has become the annual marketing and sales conference. Event Farm marketers were among those in attendance, and we took notes for all of the event pros who might want to learn from the increasingly-popular event.

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