My email is overflowing with seminar information about programs at upcoming trade shows. I’m like every one else whose time is at a premium. How can I maximize my time when I am at the show? How can I stay informed with the latest innovations?
Study Tips For The CMP Exam
The Certified Meeting Planner certification is a classification created by the Convention Industry Council to distinguish meeting planners who have demonstrated their knowledge of special event planning via successful completion of a special CMP examination. Aside from the recognition, achievement and wide acceptance of the certification in the industry, many CMPs use their certification as a bargaining chip or competitive advantage when applying for jobs or attempting to win…
Online Registration Analytics Tips For Event Planners: Hand Out Cookies!
Most people who’ve spent some time browsing the internet are familiar with the concept of cookies, or have at least heard of the technology. Cookies are a very common element in most websites today. They allow a lot of great things like shopping carts, saved passwords and tracking visitors to a site. But did you know they can also improve the registration process for your event?
Online Registration Analytics Tips For Event Planners: Privacy Is Paramount
For an event professional, building a base of fans that trust you to provide a great experience at every event is crucial to being successful. One easy way to upset your regular attendees and lose their confidence is to violate their privacy. With the advent of internet technology that helps plan events and make their execution more efficient, many privacy concerns have arisen.
Make Your Event Website Pop With Great Copy
Once you have created a great website for your event using logos (your parent organization’s and one for the event), color schemes and exciting photography you need to back it up with some great copywriting about the event to really get registrants excited. There are some important considerations when you are writing the information for your event such as the headline, selling your event, providing contact info, adding testimonials, and the general presentation of the informa…
Make Your Event Website Pop With Logos And Colors
The logo and colors provide the face for your event and can help to build credibility. It is always a good idea to include your organization’s logo on registration forms to lend the credibility of that entity to the event itself. However, creating a separate logo for the event itself can help you convey more ideas than your company logo can on its own.
Instantly Accept Payments In Multiple Different Ways
All online registration systems will allow you to automate your event registration by moving registrations from manual to online, but only some will have the ability to process payments online. There should be no PDF downloads, no printed forms, and absolutely no faxing or mailing allowed. You should never have to take credit card numbers over the phone and manually key them in because all registrations should be processed instantly over a secure connection. Registration fees…
How To Take Advantage Of A Free Conference Call
Some conference providers are bold enough to offer a full service conference call. With the entry of too many of them in the market today, the competition is getting tighter by the minute. The companies who choose to conduct free conference calling may be offering it as a lure for possible customers with the aim to make them become regular customers instead.
How To Avoid A Common Meeting Planners Nightmare
Picture this: You sign up for a new online registration service. You learn the system and you begin taking registrations for your event.
How To Cut Your Workload In Half
Using an online registration system for your event can make life for event planners far easier by saving time and removing much of the manual labor of entering data, processing payments and writing reports. However, often online registration systems offer only some of these options and only some of the time. The key, then, is to choose an online event registration system that offers total, integrated automation.
Fully Customizable Registration Forms
Online registration can take the hassle of event registrations by saving you the time of manually completing each step of the process. Online registration systems offer ready-made forms that especially when customizable can make the registration processing easier and more comfortable for both you and you registrants.
A Simple Trick That Increases Attendance By 30%
Did you know that only 50% of people who start filling out your registration form will actually complete it?