The Value of Event Communications
Suzanne Carawan, VP Global Marketing
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What Makes Event Communication Valuable?
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Making It Valuable
• Good marketing:
• Price
• Product
• Place
• Promotion
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Making It Valuable
• Campaign that is in Writing:
• Purpose
• Goals
• Segmentation
• Offers
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Making It Valuable
• Identified Channels:
• Organizational Website
• Event Website
• Social Networks
• Social Media
• Direct Mail
• Print Ads
• Mini-Events
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Whoa? What’s a Mini-Event
• Time Out for a Trend: mini-events or event-within-an-event
• Speed networking
• Hosted buyer
• one2one meetings
• Mentoring programs
• Event buddy/first time attendee programs
• Roundtables, small groups by topic
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Making it Valuable
• Good project plan:
• When communications go out, to whom and for what purpose
• Spread out the timeframe to make it year-long and consistent
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Making it Valuable
• Good project plan:
• When communications go out, to whom and for what purpose
• Spread out the timeframe to make it year-long and consistent
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Time Out for a Trend: Impact of Mocial
• Event Marketing now focuses on:
• Extended time period of communication
• Increasing the number of “assets” to market
• Increasing the number of touchpoints
• Leveraging the event’s history
• Recognizing participants
• Providing products and services that fit the “new attendee”
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Who’s the New Attendee
• Wireless
• Consistently connected
• Zero focus, zero memory, zero patience
• Empowered: time & purchase power
• Choice due to large supply
BUT
• Loyal and attentive IFF they receive value
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So…..How Do You Design Value into Your Communications?
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Designing for Value
• Respectful
• Focuses on WIIFM where the “me” isn’t you!
• Interesting
• Provides unexpected nuggets of joy (humor, curiosity, knowledge, recognition)
• Consistent, but not redundant
• Sets up a win-win with participant-event organizer
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Standard Event Communications
• Save the Date
• Press Release to Announce Event & Partners
• Emails for Early Registration
• Emails/Website for Attendee Generation
• Tradeshow/Exhibition News
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Save the Date: Valufied!
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Press Releases: Valufied!
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Press Release: Valufied!
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Emails for Early Registration: Valufied!
• Tasting Menu
• Tweet-chats
• Meet-ups
• Blog Posts by Speakers
• Media Coverage
• Snippets of content
• No early bird! No BUY NOW BUY NOW!
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Emails/Website for Attendee Generation: Valufied!
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Tradeshow/Exhibition News: Valufied!
Tradeshow/Exhibition News: Valufied!
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Summary
• Need to be comprehensive
• Need multiple touchpoints
• Need to utilize multiple channels
• Target different audiences with different programs and content of value
• Measure everything to show its value!
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Sales: Steve Mackenzie
• 1-877-386-8248
Marketing and PR: Suzanne Carawan
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