While online events are gaining traction, there still are many reasons to have in-person events. Some sponsors prefer in-person booths, some attendees enjoy the chance to leave the office for a few days, and other reasons. However, you may still want the opportunity to reach a larger audience – sponsors who like the option of…
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Virtual Events are Too Expensive!
The cost of virtual or online events is a really big factor when deciding whether or not to host an event this way. Marketing budgets are always pretty tight and approaching the Powers That Be for a budget boost or with a new idea can be nerve-wracking. Luckily, I can set your mind at ease…
Simplifying Online Events
Continuing with the theme of “biggest concerns about online events,” another worry I hear from clients is that hosting virtual events just seem so complicated. This is understandable when you’re approaching a medium you haven’t utilized before or even changing hosting platforms. There is a bit of a learning curve usually when starting a new type…
How to have Successful Interaction with Virtual Events
The most common concern people express about virtual events – webcasts, online classes, or virtual conferences/trade shows – is the apparent lack of communication between the hosts/speakers and the attendees of the event. Without face-to-face interaction, many are concerned that they will be unable to truly connect with their attendees and will therefore not have…
Getting beyond Marketing Emails
Every marketer’s dream is to have their ideal audience and potential clients come to them. No banner ads, spam marketing emails, or annoying commercials necessary – and it make an advertiser’s job easier. Hands-free marketing is the goal, right? How do you make the marketing process so easy that your clients find you before they…
Pre-Record or Broadcast Live?
In-person conferences are only slightly different from online events, but one way in which they are vastly different is the presenting style. In-person events are presented live, with the speaker on a stage or at the front of a classroom-style room, speaking to the audience in real-time. They can step off the stage and answer…
Help Viewers Understand First
Many people approach a webcast or virtual conference session as an opportunity to sell. This ends up driving the content for the session, and it drives the focus and presentation style as well. While it’s certainly possible to present a “pre-sales” type presentation with information about your product or service in hopes of driving the…
Do Virtual Events Hurt Your In-Person Events?
This question comes up quite a bit. The short answer… if you do it right, is… No. If you can market the virtual event in conjunction with the in-person event, you end up boosting the value of the in-person event. If you market one, then move to the other, then back again, the messaging can…
Keep Virtual Event Attendees Engaged
Keeping attendees engaged is a tough battle with an online event. Let’s face it, distractions abound! Email arrives, instant messages beckon, heck just typing a new URL in the browser is a threat to their attention to your event. What can you do to retain attendees – to keep their attention and make the event…
Foolproof Marketing Strategy – Across All Channels
A question people are always asking is, “How do you profit from _____?” The entire point of marketing, digital or otherwise, is always trying to turn a profit. That’s the point of selling products or services, right? Wrong. I’m going to tell you a secret that I’ve learned from endlessly researching “how to market correctly.”…