How to Select Your Event Management Niche

Choosing an event management niche is a great way to give your business a much-needed boost, establishing your company as a unique entity. Particularly in the world of event management, it’s important that you differentiate yourself from the competition, and find a demographic to which you can sell yourself directly.  As for how you go about doing so, well…there are a few things to keep in mind.

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Six Components of a Successful Networking Event

A successful networking event is the perfect platform to forge new friendships, establish business connections, and build partnerships. These events are also a fantastic way to enhance your reputation as an event planner; attendees who form valuable connections at your events are more likely to remember your brand and attend future events. Additionally, such events offer an excellent opportunity to expand your own network of vendors and partners.

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6 Tips for Serving Alcohol at Events

Serving alcohol at events can enhance the experience but also introduces significant risks. Proper planning and precautions are crucial for a successful event. Here are essential tips for serving alcohol at events to help you manage responsibilities and minimize risks. So, let’s get down to business. How can you keep attendees happily buzzing along while also minimizing the risk in serving alcohol at your event? First, Know Your Plan Before serving alcohol at events, create a detailed plan. Consider the event’s size, the number of bars, types of drinks, and whether you’ll serve hard alcohol. Decide if the bars will…

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7 Last Minute Event Promotion Strategies

So it’s the week before the event and you’re panicking about selling out. Take a deep breath and relax, they’re still some time to try and get more people excited about your upcoming event.

While you should continue to use your normal promotional channels such as email, flyering, Facebook and free listing sites to boost event awareness, we’ve also got seven top tips for last minute event promotion.

Take a look at these seven strategies to see if they’ll work for your gig, show, club night, conference or other event:

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Five No-Tech Tools Every Event Planner Needs

As an event management professional, As an event management professional, no-tech tools are indispensable. In addition to your technological toolkit, there are certain non-tech items every event planner needs in their arsenal. These basic tools – although low-tech – are every bit as important as your Smartphone in keeping your events running smoothly. You may recall, I’ve maintained at several points in the past that an event planner should never let technology control them. Today’s post looks at exactly this idea: don’t let your passion for high-tech toys cause you to lose sight of valuable, no-tech, old school stuff every…

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