2012 was a busy year for EventSpot’s nonprofit customers. They were holding lots of events, getting more attendees, and bringing in more money. In fact, they had 37% more registrants in 2012 than in 2011. That means they’re building more relationships, educating more people about their cause, and driving more donations. They were holding all [...]
This is a guest post by Howard Givner, Executive Director, the Event Leadership Institute. You’ve booked the perfect venue for your event. It’s a beautiful space that’s just the right size, in a great location, and at a price that fits your budget. Everything seems to be falling into place–that is until you get the [...]
It’s been quite a year for EventSpot (formerly known as Event Marketing)! If you hadn’t noticed, we changed our name. And with that new name came a lot of awesome features and product enhancements to make us bigger and better than ever. We’re always hard at work to make sure collecting online registrations and promoting [...]
2012 was certainly a year of excitement for EventSpot with a lot of great things happening to the product from features to a name change. One particular area of excitement was around some of the relationships we were able to form with many great organizations across the country. Partnerships are very important to us here [...]
A few months ago, we held a Social Spotlight Contest for Constant Contact customers who have been using EventSpot with great success. As part of the prize package, we sent a professional film crew to make a video about the winning businesses to be used as part of their marketing efforts. So, who won? And [...]
It’s no surprise that mobile technology is constantly evolving and giving people the freedom to get their information on-the-go. Whether it’s using their smartphone or tablet as a GPS, texting a friend, checking their email, or looking up the nearest coffee shop, everywhere you turn people are “going mobile.” At EventSpot we’re always interested in [...]
Engagement. Perhaps no single word is doing more to refine the events industry. No longer is it acceptable to hold an event without clear goals or a concrete sense of how the event will advance your organization’s objectives. Special events are a vehicle used to accomplish something, just like advertising, direct mail, or other marketing [...]
EventSpot has radically enhanced our ticket functionality, adding new features and information to make your event check-in process less hectic and more informative for event organizers. Tickets now include: QR Code for mobile check-ins Unique event ticket numbers Visual design improvements Critical registrant information such as: registrant/guest name, payment status, payment method, registration fee type, [...]
This is a guest post by Howard Givner, Executive Director, Event Leadership Institute. This November, over 45,000 runners will suit up at the start of the ING New York City Marathon. By the time the race starts, most of those people will toss aside sweatshirts and warm-up clothing. Ten years ago, all of that clothing [...]
This is a guest post by Howard Givner, Executive Director, Event Leadership Institute. Can you hear me now? Hearing someone speaking at an event is more important than seeing him or her. It’s easy for the novice planner to simply lump all that “audio visual stuff” into a single bucket, but for all the visual [...]