Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

A long-anticipated reckoning after the boom of investment in virtual meeting platforms during Covid and an aggressive return to in-person events has sent many streaming platform companies scrambling to position themselves in the best light for a possible looming merger and acquisition season. But it isn’t one or the other.”.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 4, 2025

This article explores proven strategies for hotel sales directors to enhance their meeting and event marketing ROI. Sign up for the monthly Behind the Bookings newsletter here The Importance of Data in Event Marketing When you track ROI, you can see which marketing efforts are working and which ones aren’t.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lets be honest: planning an event can feel like a big risk. You book the venue, organize speakers, send out tons of invitationsand then sit back, wondering, What is event marketing really doing for my brand? In this post, Ill break event marketing down into simple steps so you can plan successful events that get great results.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

While they are typically more expensive than in-person events, there are also many ways event planners can save money with a hybrid event and see a higher event ROI. When it comes to hybrid event budgets, let the audience and event goals be your guide. Hybrid Event Budgets: How Much?

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Social Tables

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Event promotion and social media have always been a match made in heaven. Event marketing on TikTok is no different. From event ticket sales to drumming up new event clients, event professionals can take advantage of this creative and far-reaching platform to capture the right audiences.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The events industry is waking up to the importance of event data for reaching event marketing goals and proving ROI. A vast source of valuable data is attendee tracking – one of the most powerful ways event professionals can measure event marketing success. MEASURING AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT.

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Endless Events

APRIL 8, 2022

It seems that the asynchronous communication trend has also started making waves in the meeting and events industry , namely as asynchronous hybrid events. As discussed in our 2022 Event Trends Guide , hybrid events are not simply in-person and virtual events put together. Why asynchronous events?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Event gamification has revolutionized the way we plan events and measure their success. It boosts audience engagement and helps event planners reach their event goals in quantifiable and seamless ways. No wonder it has become one of the most popular benefits of event platforms ! How To Gamify Events?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Whether online or in-person, events are a great way to drive brand awareness, generate leads, and connect with customers. 60% of business leaders and 80% of marketers believe that events are critical for success. People are aching for events. So let’s give your audience what they want. What makes your event unique?

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But if there’s one thing event professionals are known for it’s being flexible. Thanks to this knack for adaptability, a surge in virtual events completely shifted the paradigm, and audiences were introduced to brand new ways to connect and experience the world. Both audiences will thank you! Not Hiring An Emcee.

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. 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.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2024

Events, meetings and conferences today are supported by digital event platforms that make it possible for companies to seamlessly connect with people across the globe and deliver more engaging and immersive experiences than ever before. Here are some best practices for driving audience attendance in digital events.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. That’s why it’s also known as engagement marketing. In a sense, all events are experiential. How To Plan Experiential Events.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 14, 2022

Not just because innovative data science helps us understand our attendees better, but because we can, thanks to technology and event platforms, stay connected with our attendees, sponsors, and vendors throughout the entire year. We’re talking about 365 community engagement: one of the most exciting event trends of 2022!

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

When more than 2,000 meeting professionals gather in person in Las Vegas and 10,000 register to stream Cvent Connect to both learn about new products and experience the platform for themselves. Read More : Hybrid Events: What Cvent Says You Need to Know. An Enhanced Event Marketing and Management Heart. David Quattrone.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This week’s iconic guest is the knowledgeable Gianna Gaudini , an event marketing strategist who understands events inside and out. She worked as Marketing Events Lead at Google for nine years and Head of Events at AWS for nearly two years. ” From event planning to event marketing.

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Endless Events

APRIL 10, 2020

Give as much detail as you can when meeting with a virtual event production company. Virtual Event Platform. A pivotal piece of your virtual event will be the platform. We’ve already covered the reasons why you shouldn’t opt for a jack-of-all-trades style of platform. Would this be of interest to you?

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Endless Events

APRIL 23, 2021

Video has always been a powerful marketing device for event planners, but now that pretty much every event session takes place in this format, planners should spend some extra time considering how much value can be extracted from it. Let’s take post-event marketing, for example. Put Your Videos Out There.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

In Smart Meetings ’ webinar, “ Hybrid How-To: A Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting a Successful Hybrid Event ,” Alyssa Peltier, senior event marketing manager for Cvent , shared strategies to get us there with fewer hiccups. That’s really what you’re aiming for with the virtual audience.” Peltier says. The Numbers.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

It’s rare to get everyone on your team on the same site, so don’t waste it and start your pre-event planning right after. Survey Your Audience To Get Post-Event Feedback. Getting feedback is probably the most important thing you need to do during your follow-up meeting after events. Check Your Event ROI.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Welcome to the golden age of event technology! Back in the dark ages, event marketers had a slim handful of solutions to choose from. While these platforms were good, they were limited. The result was that it was difficult to find event management software that fits like a glove. Source: Capterra ).

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

But its not only about using multiple platforms, its about how they are used. Different platforms serve different purposes and audiences: TikTok is used for discovery, Instagram for engagement, YouTube for education, and X for real-time updates. A strong strategy aligns platform purpose with content type to maximize impact.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In this post, we’ve compiled 51 must-ask event survey questions that you can paste directly into your post-event surveys to gain crucial insights into the attendee, sponsor, and employee experience. It’s an essential step in understanding what resonated with your audience and what needs to be improved.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2022

Here’s what you’ll find: Will’s journey from starting a DJ company as a high school student to being a CEO of one of the most influential event management companies, a candid conversation about audience engagement as one of the event profs’ biggest pain points: are smartphones the enemies or friends of engagement?

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Eventbrite

AUGUST 25, 2022

Cultivating a social media presence is an essential part of your event marketing strategy. This presents a major opportunity for reaching your audience where they’re already hanging out. According to Smart Insights, 58.4% of the global population uses social media — for more than two hours a day.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 2, 2023

In this guide, we will discuss all you need to know about event marketing: the initial concept of event marketing, effective event marketing strategies and ideas you can use in 2023, and how to ensure you are reaching your target audience at the right time. What Is Event Marketing?

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2018

There are also more event-centric platforms like Hubilo, Eventzilla, 123Signup, Ovelt, and many more that not only cater to your specific event needs but also integrate with other tools like analytics and tech interfaces. Here Are the Latest Event Marketing Strategies. Making Emails Target Specific Audiences.

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Endless Events

JUNE 8, 2018

Top-level corporate event planning requires a certain skill set to pull off. You need to get sponsors to foot part of the bill for the event. You also need to do enterprise event marketing and take your management, analytics, and execution to a higher level. Secure Your Sponsors through Marketing. Click To Tweet.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

With hybrid events, attendees can choose between attending in-person or online. You can host the event in a smaller (and cheaper) space, which is a bonus. You just need to hook up sound and audio to your event technology platform and share your content virtually. Just don’t use platforms like Facebook Groups.

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Endless Events

MARCH 15, 2019

They also greatly improve communication allowing attendees to get information 24/7 instantly and i n a world of instant gratification, the ability to immediately assist is what really cements chatbots as a new wave of communication in event support. Chatbots Can Be Used on Many Platforms. Hybrid Events Work With Any Budget.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We love that they place a spotlight on recent events and what organizers did well, helping event profs everywhere find inspiration for improving their own events. It’s great that so many event industry blogs now have podcasts too! Creators of Q&A and polling platform Sli.do Eventbrite. Socialtables. Techsytalk.

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Endless Events

MAY 12, 2022

What would the Brew Crew have event planners do to plan better events? This is a well-rounded and pragmatic episode that touches upon the reality of event planning, budgeting, event marketing, event strategy, proving event ROI, and more. In his view, events look the same as they did in 2019. .

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

“It’s gonna create an ‘easy button’ that you can click, and boom, it will analyze years of unwieldy data, build an event based on those insights with suggested locations, amount of space, speakers, content, length of time for sessions and all the marketing materials you need to promote it. All of these things that take time goes away.”

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2023

Event marketing can be a complex and time-consuming process, but it is essential for ensuring that your event is a success. A well-crafted marketing plan for events will help you reach your target audience, generate interest in your event, and drive ticket sales. Identify your target audience.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Throughout the disruptions brought on by COVID-19, event marketers have not only persevered but learned some important lessons along the way. But did we really listen to our audiences? based events. “I An event’s loyal attendees — and the authentic enthusiasm they provide — cultivate trust in prospects.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 24, 2022

Understanding what your audiences need and want, and framing what sets your brand or event apart from others, will drive home that fear of missing out. It’s important to consider the experiences of those who traveled to attend in-person events since COVID-19 and what convinced them that they needed to meet face to face.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

It would be like a presenter throwing a CatchBox mic into the audience, without telling them why or how to use it. Gamification isn’t about just playing games on an event app. But an event app is an efficient way of recording proof that the intended behavior has happened and then measuring the results. Make it relevant and fun!

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