Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Make audience input easy. During the registration process, ask people what they expect or want to get out of their attendance; allow audience members to submit questions to speakers in real-time using question boxes or chat functions; use feedback tools to capture audience input at various points during and after the event.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2021

While event organizers are getting good at planning in-person, hybrid and online events, booking the right speakers and keeping attendees engaged are still some of the biggest challenges. Speakers should also be diverse and reflect the audience’s makeup, keeping in mind that online events tend to attract an international audience.

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Dana Communications

AUGUST 20, 2024

They connect with a local travel influencer known for giving their audience authentic reviews and experiences. Within a few short months, the hotel is booked to capacity from this collaboration. Who is their audience? You want to ensure their target audience is aligned with yours. What’s their reputation? billion in 2023.

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Solimar International

JULY 14, 2021

Social media plays a massive role in traveler decision. Learn what makes a successful social media marketing campaign. Emerging around 15 years ago, social media platforms have dramatically changed communication and marketing, including the way we both plan and share our travel experiences.

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Solimar International

DECEMBER 2, 2022

But the explosion of social media platforms between 2006 and 2010 connected individuals around the world like never before, paving the way for another industry upheaval under social media marketing. Read on to learn the history of how social media changed the tourism industry. Let’s rewind to 2004.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2021

Scott Flynn, CEO of team building provider Best Corporate Events , says his company saw a surge in bookings for live events in June only to see interest pivot back to virtual events more recently. Now, in late August, Live events booking are surging again. More : 4 Social Media Tricks for Showcasing Virtual CSR.

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Endless Events

MARCH 29, 2021

How can we bridge the gap between the virtual and the in-person audience? But we are getting ahead of ourselves – tune in and learn what else our lovely hosts have to say about hybrid audience engagement and interactions between the two audiences. How can you recreate that for the virtual audience?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

One particularly overlooked communication channel is the dynamic hold screens that are displayed to the audience before the event begins each day or in between sessions. This makes it easier for those of us who love live-tweeting events as a means of taking notes and sharing key takeaways with our social media followers.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2020

You can create a podcast that features your audience, speakers, and sponsors as a new way to sell sponsorship slots and stay relevant. We break down each step of creating a podcast along the way so that you can use podcasting as a new revenue stream for events and offer even more value to your audience. ” and add-in social proof.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

To start with, it gives you easier access to top speakers who are often booked out. They need to be comfortable looking straight into a camera, rather than at an in-person audience. Live streaming an event, allowing for audiences to attend globally can maximize your reach and create a powerful mega-event.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

We all saw travel decrease dramatically in 2020 as flights and bookings were canceled due to COVID-19. However, even though domestic flights have increased so far for 2022, bookings have decreased by 2.3 Higher fares seem to play a significant part in the booking deficit. percent per month , according to Adobe Analytics.

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Eventtia

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While our focus on this guide is how to use social media to promote our events, we’ll also need to consider the other available channels and best practices. Know Your Target Audience. Figure out the marketing channels and tactics that are effective for this specific target audience, and stick to it.

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Tourism eSchool

AUGUST 31, 2021

10 Steps to Successfully Promote your Tourism Event on Social Media. If so, social media is a fantastic low cost way to let people know about and book tickets for your event. However, too often we see smaller events not making full use of social media to inspire new people to attend their events.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 24, 2018

You need to keep your audience excited and on their toes. These days your viewers aren't just a passive audience anymore. Responsiveness is also a must if you want to engage your audiences. These days your viewers aren’t just a passive audience anymore. Do Your Social Media Promotion Right.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Calendar year 2024 is already forecasted to show a healthy increase in group rooms nationwide, largely due to the number of meetings that had been on the books in 2021, 2022 and 2023 that were postponed or re-scheduled into 2024. The “home” attendee has no social interaction with the live attendees, thus stifling creativity.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

60 percent of travelers post on social media daily. 80 percent of consumers want to book with minimal human involvement. Tod Maffin , president of Vancouver, British Columbia-based social media agency EngageQ , shared six steps to increase your chances of building a viral marketing campaign—and some lol-worthy examples.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If In 2013, Eric de Groot and Mike van de Vijver published this unique, extraordinary, and important book on meeting design. The story is told in the book’s preface.)

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

In the process, you’ll also want to define your target audience clearly, since this is a stepping stone for many aspects of planning and execution. Do you just want a speaker talking to the audience? Do you want the audience to engage? Here you’ll want to keep the audience in mind when choosing the entertainment.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 18, 2023

A great book, and 3. During the short summer months in Northern MI: going to the beach, enjoying outdoor concerts, and reading a million novels on my screened-in porch – please ask me for book recommendations! This month, our theme for social media is Public Speaking. A scary movie, 2.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

If you record the whole thing and then make it available on your website and social media channels, people will keep coming back to it if they didn’t attend when it was happening. Do you think it’s important to provide this feature to your audience? How are you planning on nurturing your audience after the event is done?

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Endless Events

JULY 25, 2018

Planners want someone that enjoys their brand, loves to incorporate technology, is full of charisma, and knows how to work an audience. To really engage the audience you’ll need to find someone that appeals to them and can provide a unique feel to your event. Conference Speaker Must-Haves. They Tell a Story. They are Tech-Savvy.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Booking major venues and event entertainment is something that should be done as soon as possible. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Consider booking your AV team prior to your venue. Start by thinking of your target audience.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

@PGANatl #MeetSmart pic.twitter.com/6wfhaVOJ5H — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) August 29, 2023 A Luxury Mindset To bring home the message that delivering valued meetings requires understanding your audience, keynote Neen James shared her findings from her Luxury Mindset research. James left the audience with one more piece of advice.

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The Abbi Agency

JULY 27, 2021

Quality, context and strategy are often flung out the door in favor of rising social media trend lines or paid media click-through rates. We need to understand that our audiences are not merely transactions that impact our reporting and balance sheets, and instead are fully realized people.”. Faster is better.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

For those on a budget, you can create some chalk art that would instantly transport your audience to a different location or reality. This guide lists seven use cases for augmented reality, such as a virtual tour into the host company’s operations and a virtual photo booth which lets audiences pose with their favorite personalities.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 20, 2021

Hotels have been experiencing a surge of direct bookings during the pandemic. Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Direct booking strategies for hotels. Why is that?

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Hotel Engine

AUGUST 7, 2022

Booking influencer events can accelerate your promotions and bring in sales. The Rising Impact Of Social Media And Internet Influencers. The Rising Impact Of Social Media And Internet Influencers. Thanks to the widespread use of social media, today’s influencers do the same thing but with a much wider audience.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

Read More: Winning at Maximizing Virtual Audience Engagement Prep attendees by asking them to bring plenty of business cards and have their 30-second company infomercial down pat. Speed Networking While matching software is available to identify attendees with the same interests, this option doesn’t have to be tech-intensive.

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Social Tables

APRIL 22, 2021

This concept shapes everything from the type of music performed to the audience, venue, other event activities, and style of event decor and merchandise. If you can, speak to a few members of your target audience to double-check that the concept you’ve come up with is as exciting and engaging as you want it to be.

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Endless Events

MAY 23, 2018

More than ever we are seeing conference breakout sessions used to create a more personal feel that feeds off participation and involvement from the audience. Allowing choice results in more participation and higher levels of audience engagement because the audience is genuinely interested in the topic. Let’s jump in!

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Endless Events

JUNE 29, 2020

Multiple event organizers have switched to omnichannel platforms such as social media, television advertising, and off-premises tools like QR Codes and NFC tags to generate awareness, drive traffic, and promote their upcoming events to enhance viewer participation. . Connecting with audiences is now more important than ever.

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Dana Communications

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Chatbots on your website and social media channels assist guests with common questions, provide recommendations and even allow them to directly book rooms. Guest Apps: Properties can increase engagement and satisfaction AND boost bookings with a flexible, functional app. The Latest Wi-Fi: What’s in a number?

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance. We review event marketing ideas designed to help planners and marketers craft better content, reach a wider audience, and increase event attendance.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

Then, slide in some brain-churning keynotes that gives your audience valuable takeaways. 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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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2021

Breaking down event marketing into stages allows event planners to appeal to different audiences at different times throughout the registration process. Early bird specials are typically available very early in the booking process and most discounts are between 10-25% off standard pricing. Types of early bird registration.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 9, 2018

Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: Intentional Event Design Our Professional Opportunity by Tahira Endean (Book). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Book). How To Engage Your Audience. Diversity in Events. Picking The Perfect Event Venue.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

To hook and WOW audiences.’ . Hubilo creates experiences that are unique to virtual audiences. Today, webinars are a highly powerful marketing tactic that many marketers across the world use to foster connection with prospects, audiences and their employees.’. Vaibhav continued, ‘Today, we have evolved.

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