Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 19, 2023

Have you made resolutions for your 2023 event planning? With the return of in-person trade shows and conferences, event marketers got back to doing what they love — bringing people together for inspiring, educational, and productive experiences. We are marketing to people.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2022

Customers—both B2B stallholders and B2C attendees—expect a professional interaction at a trade show and having the right staff with a customer service background can ensure that people get the experience that they expect. . Frank Derby is a Las Vegas-based event marketing strategist and communications expert working with GoldenMFG.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 4, 2023

In B2B marketing, building meaningful connections and nurturing customer relationships are critical drivers of success. Even in our increasingly digital world, face-to-face interactions can never be replaced, making B2B event marketing essential to your larger marketing strategy and to business success overall.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

Of course, not everyone in a given age range will react identically to an event marketing message. The shift of female attendees at B2B events has made a drastic shift from 20% to 34%. One thing to be aware of is not only the changing face of the attendee majority, but their link with market trends.

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Endless Events

JULY 6, 2018

Getting Business Done in B2B Trade Shows. This is doubly true for B2Bs, since every purchase tends to be a long-term contract. SaaStr’s Dayna Rothman, and The Biggest B2B Event in the World. This includes handling various marketing challenges and inculcating best practices.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 24, 2023

As event marketers, it’s important to understand when to use abstract and concrete language to tell your story. Wharton School marketing professor and author Jonah Berger writes that there are three ways to apply the idea of linguistic concreteness (see On the Web below).

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 26, 2023

What are your event marketing resolutions for the new year? this year’s disruptors were largely positive for event marketers — like AI and new audiences with changing values. By focusing on how we want the recipient to feel at our events, it will allow us to design activations that foster genuine connection.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Plan the event well and you’ll gain the respect of everyone in the organization. eBay Open 2018 Has Some Great B2B Strategies. eBay is not just a pioneer in the field of online selling, it also helped blaze the trail for a new breed of seller events. Events are no longer just venues for networking.

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Endless Events

AUGUST 17, 2018

This Year’s Event Statistics. Eventbrite has compiled some of the most relevant event statistics across various fronts, from event marketing and promotion to social media and technology. Each section has clear takeaways you can implement, covering well-known areas like email, VR, AR, live streaming, event apps.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 30, 2021

Data can be a gold mine for event marketers. To overcome the event impact gap—and create events that deliver fantastic attendee experiences and incredible business results—marketers must look past intuition and tap into the huge wealth of data in their tech stacks. The event rolls around and they join virtually.

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Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2023

But then I realized I should have cut it, and we started new marketing tactics.” The Creator Economy: An Untapped Low-Cost Resource Inspired by suggestions on how to cut marketing, Deanna has some valuable and actionable advice for event marketers too. “I In the B2B space, it’s much more approachable.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Ninety-five percent of B2B buyers said they wanted shorter, highly visual content. So, how can event marketers use visuals to drive audience engagement and event attendance? Showing enormous crowds from a pre-COVID event might do more than bring up safety concerns — it might also set false expectations.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 7, 2023

Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes is chief marketing strategist at mdg , a Freeman Company, a full-service marketing and public relations firm specializing in B2B events.

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Eventtia

MAY 17, 2019

CareerCast.com recently ranked event planning as the 6th most stressful job in its 2019 survey. The task required to pull off an event successfully are a tough and demanding job, even for the most seasoned event marketer.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To see the value in this new approach, event marketers must rethink their tendency to speak to businesspeople only during work hours via so-called professional channels. B2B companies, however, stayed away because of the costs, inflexibility, and lack of targeting options. Read: Wasted impressions equal wasted money.).

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Endless Events

MAY 8, 2018

snöball event influencer marketing. 15 FREE Influencer Marketing Tools to Find Influencers. 7 Great B2B Influencer Marketing Examples. Influencer Marketing Resources. Canadian guidelines regarding Influencer Marketing. Planners Give Events a Megaphone with Influencer Marketing.

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Endless Events

APRIL 21, 2023

Event partner marketing is a strategic relationship between two entities that aim to accomplish common goals, like increasing event attendance, building brand awareness, or marketing your products. Then I landed here as Senior Events Manager, and I love the caliber of events we do here at Endless.”

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And, a majority of marketers agree. In fact, 83% of B2B marketers are heavily interested in events, and 80% of marketers believe events and event marketing are critical to their company’s success. Prioritize Personalization in Email and Event Marketing. I’m glad you asked.

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Endless Events

MAY 14, 2018

But the debate continues whether “consent” or “legitimate interests” can be best used by event marketers when finding a basis to contact those on their mailing lists. B2B and the Women’s Movement. The Women’s Movement has undoubtedly made an impact on various spheres, and the world of marketing is no exception.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 30, 2024

Event marketers can embrace nostalgia by celebrating milestone years in meaningful ways, creating graphic timeline displays showing the industry’s — and event’s — evolution, and creating museum-like vignettes showcasing vintage technology or products. More Event Marketing Find past event marketing columns in our archive.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 19, 2023

If event marketers want their message to resonate with attendees, they must speak the language of event goers — not the other way around. Jargon is pervasive in marketing — and event marketing is no exception. Success starts here!” Content is king!” Keep calm and (fill in the blank).”

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Endless Events

JUNE 22, 2018

Running out of trade show ideas for improving your B2B events? Of course, your event has to run smoothly so as not to distract attendees from why they are in the trade show in the first place. This guide lists two of the most common marketing tools and how to work with event marketing software.

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 19, 2024

Gartner defines event technology platforms as “tools that enable B2B marketers to execute virtual and/or in-person events for external audiences. In this rapidly evolving market, Bizzabo gives event organizers the ability to pivot easily, allowing them to focus on creating experiences, not event formats.

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Endless Events

JUNE 20, 2023

They grew up in the age of 24/7 social media and COVID-19, which gives this generation a unique perspective on marketing—including live events. For event marketers, it can be tricky to understand this up-and-coming generation entering the workforce. How can you market to Gen Z? What events do they enjoy?

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Eventtia

MAY 14, 2019

Audio branding can be essential in differentiating your event brand from the rest. So don’t miss this opportunity and start applying it today. This article will show you how.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this guest post, Bonfire CMO Kevin Penney draws on his experience in the world of custom apparel to lay out proven strategies for effective event merchandising. Whatever sort of events you host, maximizing revenue is likely one of your biggest objectives. B2B events spend 43% of their budgets on marketing and promotion.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 24, 2022

Inspire your event strategy with these event marketing examples from leading brands including Apple, Glassdoor, Marketo, and SpaceX. Events are more than just stuffy meetings and crowded exhibition halls. But how do you take the idea of bringing people together and turn it into an essential marketing channel?

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 3, 2023

If you’re looking for the most comprehensive list of event marketing, event management, and event planning statistics, you’ve come to the right place. The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced the events industry to pause and pivot, but remarkable change and innovation came along with that.

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Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Engaging events are captivating and compelling; they capture the attention of their audience from the start and hold on tight. A 2020 Bizzabo report showed that over 80% of B2B marketing professionals ranked event engagement as an important KPI for determining an event’s success. Get Started Today.

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Eventtia

MAY 31, 2022

And, a majority of marketers agree. In fact, 83% of B2B marketers are heavily interested in events, and 80% of marketers believe events and event marketing are critical to their company’s success. I’m glad you asked.

Promotion 77

Promotion Marketing Marketing B2B 77

Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 22, 2022

Event marketers looking to grow their databases, build awareness, keep audiences engaged, and ultimately increase attendance should consider the following top-of-funnel ideas for creating and optimizing content. that can create virtual or in-person content walls to showcase the digital content from an event. Christine Johnson.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And that’s what makes social proof such an effective tool for marketers, including event marketers. Industry luminaries are often thought of when creating speaker lineups and influencer marketing.

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Eventtia

JANUARY 29, 2020

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Conferences that Work

MAY 27, 2024

She uses it to solve problems together at Community Factory ‘s Spontaneous Think Tanks and Club Ichi , her community for B2B event marketers. The other day, Liz Lathan told me about a version she invented of my core peer conference process The Three Questions.

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Bizzaboo

MAY 27, 2024

Keep reading to learn some of the insights our star-studded panel shared about event industry trends and to access a link to the webinar that you can watch on-demand at any time. The Rise of Conscious Conferencing According to Bizzabo’s The State of In-Person B2B Conferences report, 26.8%

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 19, 2024

Gartner defines event technology platforms as “tools that enable B2B marketers to execute virtual and/or in-person events for external audiences. In this rapidly evolving market, Bizzabo gives event organizers the ability to pivot easily, allowing them to focus on creating experiences, not event formats.

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Bizzaboo

AUGUST 3, 2023

Here are some telling statistics about event tech: 68.9% of organizers say event software has a major impact on the success of their events ( Bizzabo , 2023) 67.4% of organizers say they have changed or plan to change their event management software vendor within the next year ( Bizzabo , 2023) 72.5%

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