Posts Categorized: What’s New

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Create QR Codes That Work

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QR codes have become one of the hottest marketing tools around. Because of the emergence of the smartphone and free, easy to use scanning apps, QR codes can now be found everywhere from online sites to stickers to tattoos(!) to lampposts. Popular smartphone readers such as Red Laser, ScanLife and ShopSavvy make it easy to scan the codes with your phone camera. For the vast majority of cases, scanning a QR code with a smartphone will result in a website appearing in your default mobile browser. However, QR codes can be created to serve other purposes. For example, scanning the... Read more »

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Event Networking 101: Why Network?

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Perhaps you are out of town at a conference and are attending a related evening event. You have a couple of friends present, so you decide to spend all your time at a table chatting with them. When you get back to your hotel room, you’ve met no new people, but, at least, you’re not stressed out. If this is how you behaved at your last conference or recent event, this article is here to say that you are doing yourself a great disfavor! It is understood that event networking is as about as popular as public speaking. For most... Read more »

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Four Huge Email Marketing Mistakes

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In you are reading this article, your organization probably communicates with its members, followers and interested parties via Email. (We will call them subscribers for the purposes of this article.) If not find out what you need to do to plan an effective email marketing campaign.  While social media is starting to overtake Email as the most effective way to communicate, Email has the advantage of being around for a long time. Consequently, many organizations (hopefully yours) have built up large and relatively accurate Email lists.  Email is still the best method for high access communication with your subscribers. Regardless... Read more »

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Make it Easy for Exhibitors to Give You Money

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Online Credit Card

If you are doing exhibitor management the old fashioned way then you are spending a lot of time faxing or mailing or processing paper forms sent to and from your exhibitors. You probably have huge spreadsheets of information. Likewise, you prospective exhibitor probably has a special “folder” of all the paper that’s been passed and forth, which has consumed a great deal of the exhibitor’s and your time. Furthermore, the money the exhibitor can be sending you is slowed down with mailings and manual credit card processing. Do you want to cut out this paperwork and receive revenue from your... Read more »

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Attracting Event Sponsorships as a Salesperson: Getting Qualified Leads

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Dollar Sign Skeleton Key

In this economy it is tougher than ever to get sponsorships for your event. Every corporation has many more sponsorship opportunities than it can support.  Landing a sponsor now demands new levels of planning, diligence, and perseverance.  Unfortunately, those selling sponsorships often miss some basic, but critical, steps that are needed to reach their goals.  Perhaps the key step lies in the understanding that the process is a “selling” one. Because the sale is for a non-profit, the seller does not like to think of him or herself as a salesperson, but that is precisely what the job is.  If... Read more »

kchopson

How to Use Technology to Green Your Meetings Before It Even Starts!

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In case you didn’t already know, the meetings industry is considered the second most wasteful. Because of this, the industry has made a great deal of effort in the last few years to become more environmentally sustainable. A meeting that implements sustainable practices is called a “green meeting.” This phrase leaves some room for interpretation, but the upshot is clear – consider the environmental impacts through all stages of a meeting and seek to reduce negative consequences. Greening your meeting can be very complicated and difficult to understand especially in regards to things like travel, building usage, food and beverage,... Read more »

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Why Meeting Planners Should Use Software in the Cloud

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One of the hottest words being thrown around these days is the “Cloud.”  Though Cloud seems new and trendy, it actually refers to something almost as old as the Internet. Cloud-based software is very simple to define – rather than software you install on your computer, Cloud-based software runs on the Internet and generally requires little or no installation.  If you are using GMail, HotMail, or AOL you are already “in the Cloud.” Benefits Here are some of the benefits that immediately accrue to you if you move to Cloud-based software.  First of all you avoid the pain of installing... Read more »

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Use Twitter to Promote Your Conference

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In the past few years, Twitter has become one of the most useful and popular tools for promoting events and conferences. Because Twitter posts (called a “tweet”) are restricted to text messages of 140 characters or less, the tool is perfect for generating headline and small news stories. Combined with links to websites, you can make powerful information about your show available to real and potential attendees in an easy-to-read steady stream. This stream is a great vehicle for generating buzz about your conference. The first step in making Twitter work effectively for your conference is to choose a great... Read more »

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Improve Your Event With QR Codes

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Though QR codes have been around since 1994 (when they were created by a Toyota subsidiary), in the last few years these codes have become one of the hottest marketing tools around. QR codes can now be found everywhere from online sites to stickers to tattoos(!) to lampposts. The main reason for this stunning rise in popularity has been the emergence of the smartphone and free, easy to use scanning apps. QR (or Quick Response) codes are simply a different type of bar code. When scanned by a reader the code typically returns a website URL. When using one of... Read more »

January Webinar – Delivering Value to Your Exhibitors and Attendees

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January 24th, 10 AM Click Here to Register! This webinar will highlight two popular features that we currently offer, as well as introduce our newest product. ERShow allows purchase and management of exhibitor booths and sponsorships. ERMatch allows appointment scheduling between attendees or with exhibitors. Our newest product, ERConnect, uses QR codes on the attendee badge so that they can directly connect with other attendees, and share their contact information and Social media connections, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Join us for this informative review of some of our most exciting features!

August Webinar: E-Marketing and Communicating with Your Attendees

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Thursday, August 23 at 10:00 a.m. EDT Click here to register now! EventRebels has recently expanded our Communication tools to include Newsletters and Text Messaging functionalities! Join us for an informative webinar, presented by K.C. Hopson, to explore everything that these new features have to offer and to learn more about our existing e-marketing tools. Conveniently located in the same control center you use to manage your meetings, our communication tools are sure to save you time. No need to jump from website to website just to get in touch with your attendees. Learn how to take control of your... Read more »

Our Latest Software Upgrade: Text Message Your Attendees!

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Use EventRebels Text Messaging software to stay in touch with your conference attendees before, during and after the meeting! Before the event you can use messaging to generate excitement and disseminate information about your show. During the conference texts can be used to keep attendees up to date with last minute changes such as room assignments, speakers, transportation, and start times. Early users of our new software will have the setup fee waived. Contact us to find out more!

Table Tents

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EventRebels now has Table Tents! In just a couple clicks, you can produce table tents already to be printed in landscape, folded over, and placed on tables. Besides the name, you can also add company/organization. You can also filter the output in the ways EventRebels users have come to expect. Hopefully this will save you a bunch of time!