Expert Opinions

Tips for Small-Budget Marketers


Smaller-budget firms should not give up. Nor should they start looking to do “marketing on the cheap.” Often, the very practices they turn to in order to “save” money do just the opposite.

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Social Media Marketing on a Budget


When it comes to social media marketing, even a bite-sized budget can yield super-sized results, with a bit of research and an understanding of your customers’ tastes.

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Engaging the Generations


No longer can one size fit all. The modern meeting planner needs to create events that speak to everyone from the formal traditionalist CEO down to the fickle Millennial intern.

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Marketing Strategies Made Easy


Understanding your message, audience and buying cycle will help you get the most out of even the smallest marketing budget

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Event Planning Made Easier


Naomi Wagschal, CEM, CMP, of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, each year, plans one of the largest medical meetings in the country, and offers her event-planning tips.

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Destination Misperception


No question, destination misperception—eliminating a city, or even country, from a list of options for incentives, meetings and events, because of the perceptions surrounding it—does happen.

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New Event Technology, Registration & Check-in


New event technology allows planners to streamline the registration and check-in process, while “socializing” their events through quick-scan networking and sharing.

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How “Co-opetition” Can Help Your Business


Wikipedia defines it this way: Coopetition or co-opetition (sometimes spelled ‘coopertition’ or ‘co-opertition’) is a neologism coined to describe “cooperative competition.”

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Mobile Apps How-To Guide


Thinking of creating an app for your next event, but don’t know where to start? Arming yourself with the basics will make your task much easier.

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Change Your Thinking


Letting go of your assumptions will put you on the path to innovation and success.

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