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

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In CEIR’s “Attendee Acquisition Trends Driving Growth” series, “messaging that aligns with primary motivations for attending” is listed as one of the top four focus areas for planners. Hear from experts on how using social media can drive more traffic to your pet supply store” gives prospects more information than simply “Hear from experts.”

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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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New Year, New Resolutions for Event Marketers

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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 But unlike the negative disruptors that characterized previous years (COVID, record inflation, supply chain issues, etc.),

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3 Reasons to Start Marketing 2027 Events Now

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Nothing is going to turn off prospective attendees more than a constant bombardment of promotional emails “screaming” at them to REGISTER TODAY AND SAVE. Building and nurturing a database can’t be rushed in the name of meeting immediate registration goals, especially without alienating a high percentage of new prospects.

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5 Small Event Tweaks to Create Big Returns

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The more targeted and closely aligned with prospects’ interests campaigns are, the better. 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. Target your marketing.

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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. On the Web. Read the Forbes article “ The Great Resignation Becomes the Great Reshuffle.”.

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How Exhibitors Can Adapt to Shifting Marketing Realities

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Exhibitors were both thrilled to get exposure with so many prospective Central and South American customers who hadn’t previously attended the event and disappointed that they didn’t have enough Spanish speakers and international sales staff in their booths. On the Web Download the Freeman Trends Report