Comments on: Watch out, storm ahead! http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/tips/bad-event-management-practices The first blog for event planners Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alan Bleiweiss http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/tips/bad-event-management-practices/comment-page-1#comment-1202 Alan Bleiweiss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:06:46 +0000 http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/?p=593#comment-1202 Great article! If marketers don't start shedding old-world thinking about marketing in the digital age, they're going to suffer now more than ever. One thing I would add that is not just a fad either - webinars as an adjunct to / or simultaneous online connection with a live event. As more companies struggle to justify sending people to events out of town, rather than completley losing that audience / revenue / channel, you can hold onto some of it and gain new attendees / eyeballs by offering webinars that people can access from their office. Great article! If marketers don’t start shedding old-world thinking about marketing in the digital age, they’re going to suffer now more than ever.

One thing I would add that is not just a fad either – webinars as an adjunct to / or simultaneous online connection with a live event.

As more companies struggle to justify sending people to events out of town, rather than completley losing that audience / revenue / channel, you can hold onto some of it and gain new attendees / eyeballs by offering webinars that people can access from their office.

]]> By: Julius http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/tips/bad-event-management-practices/comment-page-1#comment-958 Julius Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:19:24 +0000 http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/?p=593#comment-958 <a href="#comment-957">@Alex Gollner</a> - very true! @Alex Gollner -
very true!

]]> By: Alex Gollner http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/tips/bad-event-management-practices/comment-page-1#comment-957 Alex Gollner Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:11:07 +0000 http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/?p=593#comment-957 "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it" - Upton Sinclair “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it” – Upton Sinclair

]]> By: Three approaches to social networks and how to get them started « These Digital Times http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/tips/bad-event-management-practices/comment-page-1#comment-898 Three approaches to social networks and how to get them started « These Digital Times Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:22:56 +0000 http://www.eventmanagerblog.com/?p=593#comment-898 [...] how Julius Solaris, founder of LinkedIn’s Event Planning & Management Group does this very subtly with [...] [...] how Julius Solaris, founder of LinkedIn’s Event Planning & Management Group does this very subtly with [...]

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