Event marketing dashboards, are the new hot thing for event lovers. They help you to save time and possibly bring a few attendees in. Here is an overview of some of the most powerful ones. I believe event dashboards are the next big tool for event planners and marketers. In a fragmented social media environment, […]
Event Startups: Does Excitement Mean Success?
A few months ago I was very excited to invest a small capital in Eventasaurus. It so happens that Eventasaurus does not exist anymore. Here is what I learnt from this failure. I was quite thrilled a while ago when I got approached by Eventasaurus. The service was innovative back in July and I really […]
Why #eventprofs Should Start Using Eventifier Now
I just spotted a great little tool called Eventifier. I believe you should give it a go. It doesn’t happen very often that I look at an event tech start up and think: “This makes total sense”. Sometimes I am completely wrong, some other times I tend to nail it. I was just tweeting happily […]
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 showcase the possibilities. Then we […]
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 and the overall feeling […]
CrowdCompass Mobile Apps for Events: Accelerating Popularity
This is a sponsored post by Cvent written by Kevin Long, Director of Marketing for CrowdCompass Mobile Event Apps (at Cvent). For more information about sponsored posts click here. Imagine all the months of hard work you’ve put into your event suddenly disappearing. Your attendees can’t access any event info. A speaker presents to an […]
Google Takes Events Seriously
Few recent moves tell me that Google is giving a lot of attention to the events world. Here is why. Events are hot for companies like Twitter and Facebook. Hashtag Pages are the latest move by Twitter. Facebook is constantly tweaking their event pages and offering integration with major ticketing platform. Google is not a […]
Eventbrite Sold $1 Billion in Tickets
This is a sponsored post by Eventbrite. For more information about sponsored posts click here. Eventbrite just announced they hit the $1billion in tickets sold mark. This is surely great for the company that was started only 6 years ago but it is fantastic news for event startups. The News It was just released on […]
Twitter Hashtag Pages. It’s All About Events.
Yesterday Twitter announced Hashtag pages. This is why you should be ecstatic about it. Twitter has a special bond with Events. Not only current events such as the Arab Spring, but also organized events such as meetings, festivals and conferences. Hashtags are the key tool to make your event trackable and visible on Twitter. They […]
Facebook: Understanding Contests, Deals and Events
Here is a nice infographic that sums up quite nicely how contests, deals and events work on Facebook. Friday is a great day for infographics I think. Our eyes are soared from a week of reading and writing, nice graphics is what we need Here is a nice infographic put together by Pagemodo, Mashable and […]