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The Abbi Agency Grows Southern Nevada Presence and Expands Clientele in 2022

The Abbi Agency

This led to the namesake agency launching in 2009 by the wife and husband duo, Abbi and Ty Whitaker. After a decade of experience in the PR industry, Abbi Whitaker saw the need for truly strategic and integrated PR in Nevada, similar to the innovative Bay Area and New York companies she worked for throughout her career.

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 Using social media or preferring the physical over digital version of any given thing does not place you in an age group, but rather an interest group. Transient Room Stays Rising Fastest.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

I joined the social media platform Mastodon a year ago. Given recent turbulent social media trends, I’m glad I took the plunge. Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What do I mean by that?

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Hubilo’s Events Reimagined delivers a Netflix event experience and presents the next generation of virtual and hybrid events

The MICE Blog

Vaibhav compared virtual events to social media, which has ‘changed the entire advertising space. In 2009, Myspace was the first company in the social media space to begin stealing a real share of marketing budgets, such as from television and radio. Does this sound familiar?

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How to Save Money on Event Rentals with These 6 Steps

Social Tables

De-de Mulligan has been an active blogger since 2009 and writes meeting and event related pieces for CRE Computer Rentals. She has been published in Social Media Today, Tech Patio, Evvnt, MPI Ohio’s DEFINE magazine, Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s New York Business. De-De Mulligan.

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5 Meeting Industry Trends That Are Changing the Face of Events

Social Tables

As a demographic, they also: Value experiences over material goods Want to share those experiences usually via social media Have higher technological literacy Are 62% more likely to travel than their generation X counterparts As the average screen time per day increases, millennials place more value on face-to-face meetings.

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

Conferences that Work

When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. And, my goodness, I got feedback! Thank you.