What We’re Reading: December 6
This week we’re reading…
BizBash
Podcast: What Events Really Cost
Do you know how much of a difference spending makes in the quality of your event? How about how much you need to spend to take your event to the next level? What about what you get in return for the money you spend? If you’ve wondered about these questions or others regarding your events and costs, listen to this podcast with Texas-based designer Todd Fiscus for the answers you need.
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BizBash
Webinar: How Mobile Technology Can Elevate the Attendee Experience
Innovation in events has a lot to do with how mobile technology enhances attendee experience. In this webinar from Quickmobile’s Kerry Plowman and Glenn Thayer you’ll learn how to use technology before events to increase attendee connections, strategies to inspire participation, and tips for maximizing experience before the event is over to foster success. Register below for the 60-minute webinar on December 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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Eventbrite
How to Create a More Accessible Event Listing
Event listings make events more attractive to potential attendees or cause more trepidation for their prospective attendance. However, there are many simple strategies you can use to make your listing more accessible – adding images, uploading a transcript, and publishing proper information in a FAQ section about relevant information, to name a few. Learn the ins and outs in this article from Eventbrite.
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Eventbrite
3 Questions to Ask to Sell More Tickets
Few event managers have ever bought tickets to their own event. This means that few event managers understand their own “purchase process” and what it’s like. In this Eventbrite article, you’ll learn three questions you should ask yourself to get more familiar with your ticket purchase process and, subsequently, identify a strategy to sell more tickets.
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MarketingProfs
5 Steps to Integrating Your Blog, Social Media, and Email Marketing
Most event managers use a blog, social media, and email marketing as part of their event marketing efforts. However, few integrate all three to work together and maximize the results from each and as a combined whole. Most often, challenges arise in coordination between team members and the challenge of bringing together seemingly disparate channels. Learn how to do so with greater ease with this 5-step plan!
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MarketingProfs
10 Ways to Make Facebook Your Most Powerful Event-Promotion Tool
There are more than 500 million people using Facebook events each month. And, while many of these are everyday people organizing birthday parties, event marketers can use Facebook events too. Learn 10 simple ways you can take advantage of this new tool in the MarketingProfs article below!
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Social Tables
30 Social Media Tips for Events: Learn How to Engage Before, During and After Events
Social networks make it simple to market your event across the globe. However, it isn’t just about engaging attendees to get them to your event. Instead, you must continue to engage them during and after your events as well. Join the Social Tables team with 30 tips you can use at any stage of your event and begin using each platform to its fullest potential.
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Social Tables
The Event Planning Process: Defining Your Goals and Learning From Success
Event planning is time consuming, uncertain, and makes some planners feel as if they’re spinning their wheels when they could have already gotten started with execution. However, taking time to define your goals before planning and building on these goals during the planning process will keep discussion focussed and your timeline on track for your final event. Learn how to do this and more in this feature from Social Tables.
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