Category: Event Planning and Marketing
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What Should You Look For in a Modern Event Management Platform?
First, some exciting news: If you haven’t heard, RainFocus was recently named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Event Management Technology, Q1 2023 report. The influential research firm thoroughly evaluated 14 of the most significant B2B event management technology players against 28 criteria, and the results speak for themselves! RainFocus received the highest possible […]
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Small Events, Big Impact: Tips for Better Small Events
Events are powerful. Compared to other marketing tactics like emails, even the smallest events can provide a much more immersive, memorable experience. Small events, such as networking lunches, specialized webinars, and user conferences around a particular topic, also lend themselves especially well to building trust and relationships. Right now, with many marketing organizations tightening their […]
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A Look Ahead: Four Trends in the Events Industry for 2023
After a roller-coaster ride in the past few years thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic changes it ushered in, the events industry is ready for anything in 2023. Ever adaptable and bold, leading companies can incorporate past lessons and emerging patterns to continue to run best-in-class event programs. By working alongside many of […]
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The Year in Event Marketing and Management: Our Most Read Blog Posts of 2022
In 2022, we covered a lot in the RainFocus blog, from industry predictions to hybrid event management best practices and everything in between. We also continued our popular Conversations series, which features interviews with RainFocus’ own thought leaders, and introduced a few of our own events. With an exciting year in the events industry coming […]
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What Makes a Hybrid Event Great? Industry Experts Weigh In at INSIGHT Premiere
For most organizations, a hybrid event strategy will remain the best approach for the foreseeable future. Hybrid events, which include both in-person and virtual elements, provide a powerful combination of audience reach, data value and measurability, content ROI, and attendee accessibility. As we prepare to begin another year of bringing together the best of virtual […]
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Winning Social Media Strategies for Your Events
As events and marketing teams seek to gain prospects’ attendance and increase engagement at events, social media is an invaluable tool before, during, and after the event. In fact, 74% of companies are using social media to promote specific activities and features during their event. Social posting not only serves to generate excitement for an […]
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Conversations: Ashleigh Cook on the Importance of Holistic Event Data and a Marketing Partnership
The Conversations series features candid conversations with RainFocus executives and other thought leaders. You’ll find discussion of breaking news and trends, invaluable industry tips, and commentary on the biggest topics of current interest to events and marketing leaders. In this post, we sat down with Ashleigh Cook, senior vice president, marketing at RainFocus, to talk […]
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Which Emerging Trends in the Events Industry Are Worth the Hype?
As teams prepare for their 2023 events, many are actively searching for new trends and ideas to fuel their event strategies. Many may not be yet worth the hype. During a panel session at our annual INSIGHT conference earlier this year, Katie McIntyre, senior event registration and reporting technologist for Opus Agency remarked, “In many […]
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Providing Exhibitors With Value From In-Person, Hybrid, and Virtual Events
At the beginning of 2022, more than 90% of event professionals stated they planned on returning to in-person events as conditions allow. This combination of in-person and virtual events marks a new hybrid era in which exhibitors can truly maximize their investments in events. No longer restricted to just virtual or physical events, they can […]
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Give Your Audiences What They Want: Six Steps to Developing a Hybrid Event Engagement Strategy
The results of our recent State of Events study suggest that engaging attendees is event organizers’ number-one goal for hybrid events. According to the Virtual Event Tech Guide, published by EventMB Studio, “Engagement features are up across the board, and even old standards like live chat grew from 85.9 percent in 2021 to 93.4 percent […]