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Social Media Changes the Lifecycle of Trends

Smart Meetings

According to recent Smart Meetings webinar host Kate Patay, however, social media has changed all of that. Referring specifically to fashion and the appearance of certain looks first on the runway at Fashion Week and then at the Emmys, she says, “There’s no longer that lag time. Kate Patay.

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5 Valuable Lessons Event Professionals Learned in 2019

Maritz Global Events

Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful. 3 Tips to Boost Your Event Content on Social Media. What does this look like?

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Venue Marketing 101: How Improving Discoverability Generates More Event Leads

Social Tables

Adding your venue’s social media icons and online booking link is also mighty handy, as well as perhaps a photo for those that met you recently. If we think about our referral road map in this fashion, picking unique referral growth opportunities becomes a lot easier and more straightforward. ” 16. Stake your Claim.

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Photo Booths that Revolutionize the Pastime

SmartMeetings

TapSnap is an open-concept, high-tech photo service that allows attendees to instantly edit and seamlessly upload their pictures onto social media. The portraits are drawn by an artist named Jana, who employs a Western- and Eastern-style cartooning that has been heavily influenced by both pop culture and fashion illustrations.

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The Top 25 Event Management Twitter Users You Should Be Following

Capterra Event Management

Lindsay Fultz, aka The Middle Child, is the director of brand strategy at The Amplify , a visual-marketing platform for social media. Fultz is on top of all new social media and visual-marketing trends. Liz King brands herself as an event planning superhero, a queen of details, and is completely tech obsessed.

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10 Tips for Limiting Event Attrition

Event Leadership Institute

For the guests you really want to see, try the “old fashioned” way by picking up the phone and checking in. Social media, newsletters, and even SMS notifications are great ways to connect with guests and build excitement. Taking that extra step to personally confirm can make all the difference! Stay in touch.

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The Top 10 Books Every Event Manager Should Read

Capterra Event Management

Event managers organize staff, decide on event management software , act as idea marketers, and bring guests together in a miraculous fashion. The crew at BOF understand that the new social media tools are powerful but they are in fact only tools. Isn’t Facebook creepy that way? The shirt’s quote isn’t too far off.