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Registration Is Down and It’s Almost Show Time?

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A new report from mdg, also not yet published, reveals that 65 percent of registrations come in during the last 10 weeks. All of this means that the two-month period right before an event has become the make-it-or-break-it point for marketers. This is where the power of data science comes in.

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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. Historically, event marketers have focused narrowly — and often, exclusively — on the present show cycle. Event marketers cannot live on email alone.

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5 Small Event Tweaks to Create Big Returns

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These could be focused on certain audience niches, visitors from a certain country/region, bringing concepts from education sessions to life or how trends are manifesting themselves in product offerings. Pre-event meetup opportunities. Consider offering … Docent-led tours of the exhibit hall. Cap and qualify attendance.

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How Events Can Mimic Private Membership Networks

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Some examples: Chief, for women executive leaders; Hampton, for high-growth founders; Swipe Files, for marketers; and Tech Ladies, for women in tech. And what should event and association marketers take from this trend? Ensure networking isn’t confined to traditional spaces or just the days of the event.

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Time to Fine-Tune Your Values Proposition

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Think about how much time we spent as in industry, in the height of the pandemic, working to make in-person events safer as a way of compelling audiences to come back to them. We widened aisles, installed hand-sanitizer stations around every corner, and adopted touchless registration systems. Millennials?are

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All-Purpose Marketing for the International Baking Industry Exposition

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Each edition of the largest industry event in the Western Hemisphere, which brings together 23,000 participants from all segments of the grain-based foods industry, reflects the most current trends, highlights the latest innovations, attracts the hottest celebrity chefs, and features new competitions, education sessions, and demo areas.

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8 Ways to Plan Face-to-Face Events for 2023

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Organizers must respond with elevated event environments, more wayfinding solutions, and an overall attention to reducing friction — like lengthy registration forms, lines, and other logistical hurdles. Read a Convene article looking at event swag through the lens of sustainability. On the Web.

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