I received a “press release” today from the Tide’s Inn, Virginia. This email marketing piece was brilliant in its simplicity. It is simply, the top 10 reasons to choose the Tide’s Inn for your next meeting. Here is the beginning of the email: Here are the top 10 reasons why you should hold your meeting […]
Category: Social Media
Social Media for Events, Meetings, Conferences, Trade Shows
Avoiding a Twitter Pittfall – Listening to the Same Voices
OMG! A twitter pitfall, should I burn for saying such a thing.. will the fail whale fall from the sky and drop on my head, squishing me like a grape underfoot? Nah, that is just my humor. Twitter is one of the best tools of our recent lifetimes for many reasons and I won’t go […]
Unorthadox Works if you Throw Caution to the Wind
This morning got a little interesting for me and it is the perfect example of unorthodox marketing. An ad grabbed my attention, made me think, called me to action (this post) and is now spreading. In fact, an hour ago I had no idea that I would still be sitting here writing…. all because of […]
Forced to use Social Media
As a meeting and event planner, how would you change if you were forced to share unfiltered social media? How would this change the way you prepare content, treat the attendees and what you serve for lunch? How would it affect the session topics, the transportation options, signage and speaker selection? What if you were […]
A Conference Social Media Failure
Late last year I was part of a planning committee for an industry group’s tradeshow. We were tasked with putting together the content, future sites, etc. Typical committee stuff and because we were all in the industry and knew exactly what we were doing, it was even more excruciating than other committees….I am kidding, it […]
