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Cold Prospecting Via LinkedIn Outreach

Gavel International

Parts One and Two of this three-part series discussed due diligence for successful cold email prospecting and social selling. Perform due diligence to know the who and why of your ideal prospect. Include a video introduction so that those who visit your profile can get a 2-minute “meeting” with you. citizenship.

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Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs

Smart Meetings

The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. 4, which covered the basics of the event life cycle, from creating the event and RFP templating to contracting and asking suppliers the right questions. 25 at 11 a.m.

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How to Win a ‘Yes!’ for Renewed Incentive Travel: Meeting Professionals Share Tips

Smart Meetings

Companies looking to reinstate incentive travel also considered the industries of prospective participants in the incentive programs. There were also highly individual considerations for prospective incentive travelers. See also: Contract Negotiation: Post-Pandemic Clauses You Need to Know. The post How to Win a ‘Yes!’

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

Smart Meetings

Establishing the conference fee, contracting with the venue and locking the dates will require some effort. Read More : How Meeting Profs Can Improve Event Engagement Yes, it will cost you money. In the end, however, you’ll reach far more prospective attendees who will hopefully become attendees. Sell refund protection.

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How Many Meetings Hotels Won’t Make It Through 2021?

MeetingsNet

But the multi-million-dollar question is this: Can meetings-focused hotels hold on that long? As a result, the next three months will be a time for meeting planners to pay close attention to the financial situations of prospective host properties for events they’re planning in the second half of 2021.

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3 Easy Ways Planners Can Reduce Risk Today

Smart Meetings

For answers to those questions and more, there are meeting and events legal experts such as Jonathan T. The most common mistake Howe sees planners make is that they don’t read their contracts. Contracts are self-inflicted wounds,” he says. You have no rights or responsibilities unless they are in the contract.”

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

Smart Meetings

Oxford Economics’ Savelli explained that during past recessions, room demand overreacted, with sometimes twice as much of a contraction as the economy overall. Business travel demand is also strong, due in part to the need for r emote workers to fly to meet with coworkers and clients. Travel Priorities First, some history.

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