Event Technology Expert

Google Analytics for your Event

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:56:00 +0000

See where your audience is located You will see these results using the Google Analytics' map overlay. If your audience is widely distributed geographically, and as a result, some of the...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Social Media Partnerships For Your Event

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Co-branding opportunities: Offer logo exposure on your event website and in onsite printed materials (such as show programs and signage) as a Social Media Partner, while your Partner runs a...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Recent Technology Trends

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +0000

DIY (Do it Yourself) Mobile Event Applications – One of the prime areas of mobile development is the sphere of DIY. It is easy to develop business app across all platforms along with customizable...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

8 Easy Ways to Humanize Your Online Engagement Today

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:51:00 +0000

You Must Remain Human To help companies and associations humanize their organisations online, here are 8 quick tips for remaining personable in the age of social networks and mass electronic...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Use Free Tools to Keep Your Audience Informed About Your Event

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

The biggest challenge facing event organizers and meeting planners today is the ability to drive attendance to their events. How can you increase the awareness of your events, drive attendance, and...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Social Media Trends In 2012

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:43:00 +0000

1. Social TV Integration Many shows have already begun to integrate social TV, either through polling or integrating social elements within the show. See my example of how both the UFC and WWE are...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Successful Hybrid Events

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:01:00 +0000

What are the advantages of producing a hybrid event? The advantages are quite significant when you look at the landscape of our economy at the current time. Travel is challenging and more costly...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Blogging Ideas for Your Event or Event Business

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:39:00 +0000

Your blog is usually the fulcrum of a good social media marketing strategy. So whether you are marketing an event or your event business, it's important to create a site that is engaging and...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Make your meetings iPad-friendly

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0000

1. Use a Stand Whether you're showing something on your iPad or using the device to take notes. 2. Sync Together When you want to share a document with your attendees, there is a new app that...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Conferences Of The Future

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:43:00 +0000

1. The big idea? Successful conference organisers are focusing on one or two big ideas for their conferences. Every onsite experience and session threads those big ideas in some way. Like a giant...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

5 Proven Twitter Marketing Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:30:00 +0000

1. Good content is everything! Create engaging tweets that are much, much shorter than 140 characters. The goal is to create content that will be retweeted. If you’ve used 130 characters for your...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Develop The Long Term

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:53:00 +0000

As you shift from a focus of a short-term, one-night stand conference experience to a long term relationship (LTR) with potential and registered attendees, you need to plan things differently. A...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Digital and Social Media Transforming the Trade Show Landscape

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:47:00 +0000

New research from the Centre for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) and George P. Johnson Experience Marketing (GPJ) suggests that corporate brand marketers and exhibition organizers are using a...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Event Marketers Embrace Digital Marketing and Virtual Events

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:18:00 +0000

Almost three-quarters of event organizers and corporate brand marketers plan to have digital media strategies in place for their events this year, while almost half use virtual events. These are...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Can Social Media Enhance Your Next Meeting, Event or Incentive Program?

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:10:00 +0000

This article was written by Chris Gaia, vice president of marketing, Maritz Travel, and Neal Thompson, director, Strategic Technologies, Maritz Travel. Their company is the global leader in helping...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Events With Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Organise with social media tools Skype: Use Skype for conference calls and chats about event planning. Bouncing ideas back and forth via video or audio can make the brainstorming process move much...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How to Increase Technology Adoption at Events

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:50:00 +0000

1. Show Attendees the WIIFM (what's in it for me) Most events are packed with activities. If you are going to ask attendees to use (or try) a new technology tool, be sure that they (A) know about...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Virtual Event Platforms

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:21:00 +0000

Make it easier to experience Most virtual event platforms are easy to use – on a first-time visit, users tend to grasp the overall user experience and can figure out where to go (and how). That...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Social Media Etiquette

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:40:00 +0000

Professional networking has been made exponentially easier with social media. Years ago, networking meant asking a friend at another company to submit your resume to his HR department. A particularly...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

35 tips to help you manage your Twitter event profile and experience

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:54:00 +0000

1. When setting up your Twitter account, use the full name of the conference or event in the name field, not conference's user name. This way people can easily find the event profile by searching...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Integrating Social Media into Event Strategies

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:18:00 +0000

Social media communication tools are proving to be a valuable resource for successful event marketing—they create buzz, increase attendance and foster interaction long after the actual event. While...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

25 Ways To Use Social Media For Your Next Event

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:07:00 +0000

1. Identify a hashtag for your conference. A hashtag is a key word or abbreviation preceded by the hash or number symbol such as #EC10. Hashtags are adopted by event organizers to encourage...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How to Measure Social Media Marketing Performance

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:29:00 +0000

1: Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Measure Against Them In order to hold any marketing channel accountable, there first must be a framework of metrics that can be tracked, compared to...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

9 Anti-Social Behaviours

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:19:00 +0000

Here are nine anti-social behaviours 1. Don't Listen or Observe. Who really cares what others have to say anyway? It's often uninteresting and usually downright boring. Understanding what your...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Event Organiser`s Social Media Software Feature List

noreply@blogger.com (.) — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:31:00 +0000

Admin/Configuration Organisers have the ability to enable or disable every feature (listed below), subject to certain dependencies Custom Branding Custom CSS and HTML fields allow the event...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Links for 2009-07-15 [del.icio.us]

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

First-of-its kind interactive smart phone application designed specifically for the Exhibition & Event Industry
Exhibitions and Events of any size can use the mobile service to benefit from our revenue sharing programme and there are many uniquely patented features, not found in any other available mobile/phone applications

Links for 2009-07-03 [del.icio.us]

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Links for 2009-06-08 [del.icio.us]

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Links for 2009-05-11 [del.icio.us]

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Conversation Piece Simon Young & Mission Event Software ~ Cater-Hater