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New Year, New Resolutions for Event Marketers

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this year’s disruptors were largely positive for event marketers — like AI and new audiences with changing values. As we plan for 2024, mdg’s team of experts is resolving to make the most of the new trends and technologies that will help us identify, reach, and attract new audiences to trade shows and conferences. “I

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3 Reasons to Start Marketing 2027 Events Now

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A slow and steady strategy — with long-term goals and omni-channel tactics — will help win the race to attract audiences for your events. Nothing is going to turn off prospective attendees more than a constant bombardment of promotional emails “screaming” at them to REGISTER TODAY AND SAVE. Event marketers cannot live on email alone.

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Event Marketers, Get Specific — or Don’t — With Your Messaging

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Generic messaging that could apply to any show doesn’t usually resonate with audiences, especially Millennials and Gen Z who are used to customized content and skeptical of overly broad promises. The trick is to embrace the abstract, while avoiding trite phrases or losing connection to the industry or audience’s pain points.

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International Marketing in a Post-Pandemic World

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The pandemic slump is a thing of the past, even when it comes to international audiences. As a result, the markets organizers are prioritizing and how they’re reaching audiences are changing. Invest in data tools and resources to get an accurate understanding of current international markets, audience segments, and demographics.

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5 Small Event Tweaks to Create Big Returns

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Providing docent-led tours of the exhibit hall for niche audiences at an event is one way to provide a more customized event experience for the group. After defining your audience and key objectives — are you trying to attract a certain target market, increase engagement, improve exhibitor satisfaction? — Plan with purpose.

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How to Use Social Proof to Market Your Event

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Here are six ways to leverage this tried-and-true concept to convert attendee prospects: Bring in the experts (and celebrities). Having their names associated with the brand helped prospects see the show as being in tune with their field and trusted by people in the know. Showcase past attendees. Don’t forget the friends.

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When Marketing an Event, Advertise Outside Your Lane

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In light of this major trend and a large retiring workforce, event organizers must continue to prioritize finding and appealing to prospective trade-show and conference attendees who may not be aware of their events. How should you be thinking beyond the traditional so that you can identify and reach colder audiences who are aren’t?