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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Did You Know Twitter Can Livestream Your Event?

It got somewhat ignored by most technology blogs and event planning outlets, but yes Twitter offers live streaming for events. Here is what you need to know. In the past few months we’ve got proof that Twitter loves events. They launched Hashtag Pages with Nascar being among the first to… Read more

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The Key Steps To Setting Up A White House Event

This is a guest post by Endre Rex-Kiss. He is an event production specialist and online marketing manager for companies in the event business. He represents Ellen Michaels Presents, a Los Angeles based event management company.     Any successful event management company knows… Read more

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How to Run the Perfect Meetup

Meetups have been quite a passion of mine for a while. I don’t run Meetups anymore but I learnt a few things planning quite a popular one a few years ago. Therefore when I was invited to answer this question on Quora: What are some strategies, tactics, or best practices for… Read more

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An Event Planner’s Notes from Marrakech

This is a guest post by Carl George. He is an event producer, designer and consultant based out of New York, Los Angeles and Morocco. His clients include Estee Lauder, Prescriptives, Mercedes-Benz, Vogue, Vanity Fair, the Museum of Modern Art, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Sony,… Read more

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How Hotels Can Use Social Media to Attract Meeting Planners

If you are an hotelier and want to attract meeting planners, social media can be of use. Here’s… Read more

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Adding Real Value Networking to Your Conference

This is a guest post by William Thomson. William is Head Honcho at Gallus Events, a small Event Company based in London and Barcelona. He’s been organising events for over ten years. He recently curated “TechFest12” a technology based event for organisers in London. He blogs regularly. Tweets… Read more

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Guest Posting Is On

We are open to receive guest posts. Send yours now. One of the most recurrent requests we get is for guest posts. I’ve had mixed feelings about this practice. Nonetheless, I’ve decided to give space to the hundreds (not an exaggeration) of requests I got through the last… Read more

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10 Elements That Make Events Go Viral

“We hope it will go viral”. I’ve heard this statement several times in boardrooms and event marketing meetings. Dear reader, I am not in agreement with such proposition. For a few reasons… Firstly some events have more chances to become widely shared across the web (going viral)…. Read more

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The Best Posts in June 2012 on @EMBlog

What a great month June has been. Lots of announcements, acquisitions, rounds of funding and events. We all know you should ready each and every single post on this blog, but hey that is not always possible. Here’s a handy recap for you… The Best Posts in June 2012 1. Twitter… Read more

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Google+ Launches Events: The Aftermath

Oh dear, oh dear. This Google+ Events launch was a quite a disaster. Spamming and irrelevance were the biggest issues, but is it all bad? We announced Google was launching an event section for Google+ and so it happened. What I could not forecast was the nightmare sparked from the launch… Read more

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