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Community Event Marketing: March 2011
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Creating your event's core messaging. You can make the process of creating your core messaging as simple or as complex s you want (based largely on the amount of time and help you have). Here is a seven-step process that works well, and you can alter it to accommodate your resources. Make a list of all the reasons people should want to attend your event. Do Internet research, reading about similar events. Monday, March 21, 2011.
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Community Event Marketing: Accessibility, when choosing a location
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Saturday, April 9, 2011. Accessibility, when choosing a location. Talk to the managers of all facilities about their accessibility and make sure that checking this out is an important part of your first site visit. With ADA regulations, most facilities you talk to should be able to call themselves accessible, but you really want to check this out. Are the bathrooms truly accessible? What are the accessible sleeping rooms like? Event Marketing 2.0.
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Community Event Marketing: Getting VIPs to the table
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Getting VIPs to the table. At lunch today, a friend asked how we can manage to get heavy hitters to our events. My true but incomplete answer is that I ask them. That sounds glib, but that is the biggest part - I'm always surprised by what any of us can get when we ask for it. Here are some thoughts about getting VIPs (or anyone, really) to your event:. Do they have something unique to offer? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Community Event Marketing: Event marketing secret -- get the kids and you get the parents
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Saturday, April 2, 2011. Event marketing secret - get the kids and you get the parents. Your business doesn't really cater to kids? Don't know why you might want to do an event that focuses on them? Here's the universal truth - get the kids and you get the parents. This is the discussion I've had many times with clients; and now it seems pretty obvious, doesn't it? Get the kids and you get the parents. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Community Event Marketing: Mailed, paper invitations make a difference
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Sunday, May 1, 2011. Mailed, paper invitations make a difference. Yes, we are in an electronic age. Yes, e-mail is powerful. Yes, social networking tactics are a must. Yes, being as green as possible is important and valuable. Still nothing takes the place of paper invitations for an event. Maybe you want to do fancy printed invitations (as you would for a wedding or birthday). Maybe you want to do a series of multi-colored, oversized post cards.
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Community Event Marketing: Identifying sponsors for your event
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Sunday, April 3, 2011. Identifying sponsors for your event. When considering potential sponsors, what you need to look for are companies (and sometimes individuals) who have a demonstrated interest in the subject matter of your event and/or who want to reach your target audience. Here are three quick examples:. Women in Business Awards Ceremony. This could be a bit of a hybrid, because you’ll be focusing on women in a business frame of mind, but t...
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Community Event Marketing: November 2010
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Saturday, November 27, 2010. A successful event provides multiple rewards. Reprinted from Columbia Business Times, 11/26/2010. Nov 26, 2010. When business owners list the tactics in their marketing arsenals, too few include event marketing. Events also provide a mechanism for multiple businesses to pool resources and create something bigger than they would be willing to finance on their own. Certainly, every business is going to have different event mar...
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Community Event Marketing: December 2009
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Saturday, December 5, 2009. Events as Economic Development. Why don't communities think more often of using an event strategy for economic development? Events generate immediate income from attendees, while exposing the community to potential outside investors. Statewide and national event are magnets for out-of-town money. Event subject matter can be tailored toward the needs of a community. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sponsored by Community Events.
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Community Event Marketing: April 2011
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Getting VIPs to the table. At lunch today, a friend asked how we can manage to get heavy hitters to our events. My true but incomplete answer is that I ask them. That sounds glib, but that is the biggest part - I'm always surprised by what any of us can get when we ask for it. Here are some thoughts about getting VIPs (or anyone, really) to your event:. Do they have something unique to offer? Sunday, April 10, 2011. Events as ma...
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Community Event Marketing: December 2010
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Sponsored by Community Events (www.commevents.com). Monday, December 27, 2010. 10 things to remember about event photos. If you are running the event, find someone else to take the pictures – you’ll always think you have more time for this kind of thing than you really do. Crowd shots have limited value. You need a few, but people like to see faces. Bring extra batteries, or film, or memory cards, or whatever it is you’ll need to keep the camera running. Get people’s names. Wednesday, December 8, 2010.
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