Category: events
Best Practices for Event Email Marketing
Kim Harwood
Event email marketing is never an easy task. You need to focus on providing accurate, relevant information in a timely manner to your registrants all the while your other event planning tasks are going on. And most importantly, you need to make sure your email doesn’t get buried in your reader’s inbox. Luckily, we are here to help with these event email marketing best practices. Plus, we offer some extra email tips for event planners with event apps.
12 Tips to Increase Event App Adoption
Kim Harwood
Sometimes no matter how much you express the value in an event app, some attendees still won’t download it. Their reasons may vary from not feeling comfortable with the technology to just not knowing about it. Whatever the reason, there are several different strategies event professionals can implement to drive event app adoption.
3 Takeaways from my First Conference at 2015 MPI MAC
Kim Harwood
Do you remember your first event or conference? For me, mine was just a week ago at MPI MAC. And I wasn’t just an attendee, I was also an exhibitor for Results at Hand and sponsor for our conference app. No matter how much I prepared, MPI’s 2015 MidAmerica Conference was like nothing I ever experienced or even expected. So as a first time attendee, here are my top 3 takeaways from the conference.
Event Sponsorship: Connecting Organizers with Exhibitors
Kim Harwood
A recent blog post by Associations Now explored the expectations of event organizers and exhibitors regarding event sponsorship. With a similarity in results, this publication highlights 3 key takeaways for associations to consider. With these in mind, we took it a step further and looked into how having a multi-event app could benefit sponsors
Twitter for #Eventprofs
Kim Harwood
If you aren’t using social media for your events yet, you are missing a wealth of opportunities. Each channel offers different ways to connect with your attendees and to measure their engagements. But you may be asking how do I get started?
How to Define the Best Conference App
Kim Harwood
Finding the right conference app for your organization can be overwhelming. The number of apps out there seem to increase by the day while the new features are also ever-growing with technology. We’re here to help by comparing the major app providers out there to our conference app.
Why Wi-Fi? Part II
Kim Harwood
Our previous blog post on the topic offered event planners a few tips to help make the process of offering Wi-Fi at events a bit easier. During our mobile research, we found an additional resource we felt professionals in the industry could benefit from.
Why Wi-Fi?
Kim Harwood
As the number of connected devices increases, so does the demand for connections. However, current Wi-Fi standards are unable to meet this demand, causing event planners with mobile event apps to find themselves in the dark on the day of the event. So, what can event planners do?
How to Increase Member Attendance for Your Association’s Conferences
Kim Harwood
It happens again and again. You do everything you can to get your members to attend your conference, yet many never show up. Ask yourself- did you really do everything you could? Probably not. A recent blog post by Kalahari Meetings listed tips for associations to use to get members to attend their next conference. Read our blog post for these tips and our own event app take on them.
More Sponsorship Opportunities with Results@Hand
Kim Harwood
Conference apps give suppliers/exhibitors around the clock exposure to their target audience during the entire conference. As an event organizer or host, if you are looking for new sponsorship revenue options, or a way to enhance your current event sponsor packages, or even a new unique exposure option for exhibitors — a conference mobile app, like ConferenceBeat, makes different sponsorship opportunities a reality for your organization.