Monthly Archives: January 2012
Why I Invested in Eventasaurus
It so happens I’ve invested in Eventasaurus. I thought I should let you know. Since last week, I became an investor in Eventasaurus. I’ve also taken up an advisory role with the company. I am writing to let you know about it as I do believe in full disclosure and that you, dear reader, need… Read more
Event Fun #3: Social Overload
When too much is too much… Thanks to Chris Shipton of Livescribes, you can find him on Twitter @chrisshipton. Social Media… Read more
imbookin Aims to Be Your One Stop Event Booking Service
imbookin is a new startup on the block willing to simplify the event lover pain of chasing people to book venues and meal options. RFP simplification is quite a hot event startup topic. Event marketplaces are popping everywhere. We all know of Cvent RFP engine and recently Eved got our attention… Read more
Posted in event-startups
Tagged book events online, event marketplace, event online booking, imbookin, request for proposla, rfp
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Use Eventbrite Like a Pro: Beyond Social Media
This is a sponsored post by Eventbrite. For more information about sponsored posts click here. Here is the third post in our featured series about optimising Eventbrite to sell more tickets and learn the nifty little features they’ve been able to pull together. So we’ve looked at its powerful… Read more
Posted in Registration
Tagged affiliates, cascading tickets, event registration, event ticketing, event website seo, eventbrite, facebook, google
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10 Event Trends for 2012 Free Webinar is Tomorrow
Just a friendly reminder that the 10 Event Trends for 2012 Webinar is tomorrow. You can sign up here, it’s free. You can read more about it here. You can check the presentation here. See you… Read more
Plancast Dies
It is with great shock I write the following post. I just finished reading this post at Techcrunch and I can’t really accept the news that Plancast is dying. I’ve been a fan of Plancast. I think they really nailed an aspects of our industry that most event technology companies or startups… Read more
Posted in event-startups
Tagged announce, event marketing, event technology, google, online social networking, Plancast, shut, shuts, social events, social network service, social networking, startup, wake up calls
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Check in Your Guests with CheckInEasy
In the past we’ve covered smart ways to check in your guests. Today I want you to know about a nice little tool called CheckInEasy. CheckInEasy is an extremely easy-to-use guest list & event check-in iPad/iPhone app that was recently used by Google at their holiday party to check-in 2600 guests… Read more
Posted in Registration
Tagged apps, Check-in, event, Event Check-ins, google, guest, guest lists, guests, holiday party, ipad, ipad guest list, iphone, iTunes, multi touch, new york public library, paper guest, register, register events, smartphones
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Event Startups Are Getting Hot
Not sure if you’ve noticed but lately event startups are getting a lot of press attention for their outstanding results and staggering investment rounds. There was a time where the occasional startup offering basic services such as registration would pop up without gathering too much attention… Read more
Posted in event-startups
Tagged attention, event, event management software, investments, startup, startups, y combinator
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10 Event Trends for 2012: Free Webinar
10 Event Trends for 2012 is a presentation I published last week on this blog. I don’t believe any piece of content on event planning has ever had so much attention. The presentation was viewed over 40,000 times in a week. It was downloaded almost 300 times and favorited by dozens. Just… Read more
Posted in ideas
Tagged event marketing, event trends, event trends 2012, facebook, free webinar, google, google+ business, twitter, visual meetings
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