Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Events and trade shows are expensive, even if you’re not a sponsor. Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. Identify Who’s Going to the Event.

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Benchmark Email

JANUARY 24, 2024

Trade shows can be a significant investment for businesses, offering a platform for networking, brand promotion, and lead generation. To maximize the return on investment from these events, effective pre-event promotion and post-event follow-up are crucial.

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SmartBug Media

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Mastering the art of trade show marketing requires going beyond conventional strategies. In my years of experience, I've witnessed the evolving landscape of these events and how adaptability and innovation have become more and more important. These priorities intertwine, shaping the intricate evaluation of trade show success.

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Navigate the Channel

AUGUST 29, 2023

In the world of building products marketing, trade shows are a big deal. There is perhaps no more important trade show for building products marketers than the International Builders’ Show (IBS). Building Products Marketers, Take Note. Things to emulate as a marketer, and things to never do in a million years.

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Navigate the Channel

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Trade shows have been a staple in the business world for decades. But amidst the hustle and bustle of these events, one question often lingers in the minds of business owners and marketers: What’s the real Return on Investment (ROI) of trade shows? Trade Shows: What’s The Real ROI?

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Navigate the Channel

JANUARY 22, 2024

Whether your company is preparing for a compact 10′ by 10′ booth or a sprawling 40′ by 50′ trade show exhibit space, the importance of training your booth staff cannot be overstated. Avoid engaging in conversations with colleagues that might exclude potential leads.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Whether virtual or in-person, event planning is a painstaking process. Planners oversee countless details and put in place many event aspects to ensure that events turn out great. Event Budget Management. Event Registration, Marketing, and Promotion. Event Experience. Event Budget Management.

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Webbiquity

JUNE 26, 2018

Most B2B businesses depend (at least to some degree) on trade shows to generate leads, get media coverage, and attract customers. Each time you participate in a trade show, your business must invest (a considerable amount of) money, and you must invest (a considerable amount of) your time. Image credit: Joe Flood on Flickr.

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Webbiquity

MARCH 2, 2021

Event marketing and content marketing are typically the two biggest line items in B2B marketing budgets. Most B2B enterprises allocate 30% or more of their total marketing budgets to events; more than a quarter (26%) spend 50% or more in that area. How to Maximize Event Marketing Content ROI.

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 12, 2021

Event sponsorship is one of the most effective ways of monetizing events and delivering marketing ROI. However, when it comes to virtual event sponsorship, additional considerations are needed to create packages that can be used to attract the best sponsors. Create Special Packages for Your Mobile Event App.

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Lead Liaison

JANUARY 3, 2023

5 ways to increase lead capture adoption at events. With in-person and hybrid events coming back in full force, it’s time to think in-person lead capture again. These apps are great for quickly getting contact data from your event and into your marketing automation or CRM system of choice. 2: Keep it Simple.

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Lake One

JULY 20, 2023

We’ve been going to trade shows since fishbowls, raffle tickets, and QR codes were cutting-edge. Things have changed a bit since then, and today’s digital marketing tools can help companies in every industry take things up a notch and get a better return on their trade show investment. Sponsoring an event?

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Navigate the Channel

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Building an effective strategy that is targeted to maximize your trade show can make all the difference in its success. Create a Press Release Creating a press release that you can distribute online to increase awareness of the upcoming trade show is vital to your ROI. FAQs Why should I create a press release for a trade show?

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Biznology

JUNE 23, 2021

Even traditionally schmoozy get-togethers like trade shows and conferences can be outperformed by online versions in important ways: More attendees. Still, according to a 2021 Forrester study , most marketers admit to having a tough time replicating the “compelling storytelling and lead-generating aspects” of in-person events.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

When it comes to B2B marketing tactics, no strategy has stood the test of time quite like the trade show. A recent survey done by the Content Marketing Institute shows 75% of respondents believe in-person events are an effective marketing tactic. Unfortunately, trade shows are expensive and time-consuming.

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Lead Liaison

JANUARY 31, 2023

Mastering the Art of Team Communication at Events Corporate event success relies on the use of platforms that are capable of acting as command centers with multiple solutions under the hood, and that prioritize best practices in EVENT TEAM COMMUNICATION. Which methods of communication take what priority?

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Webbiquity

JULY 19, 2018

If you are like most business owners or managers, trade shows are part of your marketing plan for the coming year. marketers generated sales using event marketing , and 80% said live events are critical to their company’s success. But live events are expensive endeavors. In 2017, 79% of U.S.

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Lead Liaison

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

How to Create a Touchless Scavenger Hunt for your Trade Show If you’re looking to gamify your trade show with a scavenger hunt, you’ve come to the right place. QR codes (what Lead liaison calls Waypoints) can be positioned in stands or stuck to equipment anywhere in your booth, or displayed on a computer screen for virtual attendees.

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Demystifying APIs & Dev Kits for Event Lead Capture. When Event Organizers & Exhibitors work together, everyone wins! You’ve set up your Universal Lead Capture form, your documents are ready to go, and your team is trained. For most events, especially in the US, you can get contact data by scanning name badges.

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Navigate the Channel

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It’s been a while since trade shows were the must-meet-and-see-events for B2B industries, but recently trade show event space and calendars are filling. Marketing departments and agencies are working to develop trade show themes and slogans, many of them highlighting being back together and pressing the restart button.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo. Since the start of Covid-19, in-person events, conferences, and tradeshows have come to a halt. Lessons learned from virtual events.

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The Marketing Blender

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The emphasis on a digital-first B2B manufacturing marketing strategy has become crystal-clear. In this discussion, we’ll delve into effective strategies that can transform the B2B manufacturing marketing landscape and ensure a steady flow of high-quality leads. Yet, their steep costs and modest ROI present clear downsides.

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Lead Liaison

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Cultivating Quality Interactions on the Event Show Floor. Not all events are the same, but a few attributes all events should have in common are positive community building experiences, conversations that increase knowledge and breadth of opportunity, and positive ROI. Look, staffing a booth at a trade show is tough.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’ve read part one of this two-part blog series, you’ve learned that the ability to connect with leads, acquire customers, and build your brand does not go away when trade shows and events go virtual—or are canceled altogether. What Is the Difference Between Affiliate and Referral Marketing? Referral Marketing.

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Webbiquity

MAY 1, 2018

Trade show or event marketing offers an excellent opportunity for businesses and marketers to gain valuable face-to-face time with potential clients, customers and business partners. However, digital technology, and social networking sites in particular, have fundamentally altered the way events are experienced.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 19, 2018

Searching for ways to ramp up your trade show performance? We’ve seen some amazing trade show performances over the years. To help you avoid these mistakes and capitalize on the wins, here are 12 trade show takeaways that you can apply to your next event. A lot goes into a successful tradeshow event.

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Lead Liaison

JANUARY 10, 2023

Determining ROI on events: Why are you operating blind? One of the biggest challenges event managers seem to have is determining the return on investment for the events they participate in. But, that doesn’t mean event managers and their teams don’t benefit from knowing what a customer or client is actually worth to the company.

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Lead Liaison

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

5 Creative Solutions for Event Organizers. in-person events per year (6% more than in 2019). As trade shows and marketing events start to fill up the calendar, event organizers need creative solutions to bring in more attendees and drive value to sponsors and other stakeholders. Scavenger Hunts.

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Lead Liaison

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Event Innovation: Increasing Engagement & Event Success Post-COVID. We saw the birth of virtual events, the growth of zoom meetings, the influx of Slack / chat between colleagues, and more. Those of us in the event industry understood what was truly missing – authentic connection.

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Square 2 Marketing

MAY 28, 2020

How To Replace The Lead Generation You Were Expecting From Live Events. I saw a new free report called “Getting Ready For The Return Of Trade Shows” from a software company, and I thought to myself, “What trade shows?”. I’m not trying to scare anyone.

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Brandpoint

JULY 26, 2019

You just got out of a meeting with your boss who gave you the news that you were approved to attend a conference or a trade show. Whether you’ll be at a marketing conference , a sales trade show or another industry event, you want to really make the most of this situation. Before the Event. Picture this.

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Webbiquity

JANUARY 25, 2018

Trade shows are a great place to generate new B2B leads and reinforce existing relationships—and the bigger the show, the greater the opportunity. Unfortunately, in spite of the sales-conducive environment of a trade show, sales are by no means a guarantee (imagine if they were!). Trade show buyers tend to come prepared.

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Lead Liaison

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Lead Analyzer: Get Your Leads In Order. In the sales world, you have a lot to keep track of: new leads, existing leads, who needs follow-up, who still needs a touch, contracts sent, contract returned, and so much more! This is why Lead liaison has developed the new Lead Analyzer !

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Lead Liaison

JUNE 14, 2023

17 Opportunity Costs of Not Having a Universal Lead Capture Strategy It’s easy to look at the price of something and consider it a “cost”. Universal Lead Capture is a Strategy, not Software Universal lead capture is often confused as being a software solution; instead, it’s a business strategy. Should this be a deal killer?

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Marketing Insider Group

JANUARY 5, 2023

The main goal for Marketing in B2B companies is to generate leads for sales teams and increasingly to deliver direct revenue. Some marketers define anyone who fills out a form or attends an online or physical event as a lead. This continues to be one of the biggest mistakes marketing makes.

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SmartBug Media

AUGUST 10, 2020

Trade shows and events are important—and often powerful—customer acquisition channels for SaaS organizations. Trade shows give exhibitors (you) and attendees the opportunity to sync face-to-face, which can help build the trust and deeper connection needed to support longer, sometimes more complex sales cycles.

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Leadspace

MAY 26, 2020

Event marketing is one of the go-to methods B2B companies use for lead generation. This is something to which countless B2B marketers can attest. In fact, in 2018, nearly 70 percent of B2B marketers stated that live events generated the most leads. . Create Goals for Your Virtual Event Marketing.

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