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Many companies are realizing the potential of using technology to streamline marketing, improve communications, and create interactive and engaging corporate events. There are several technological approaches you can take to enhance your next conference that you should consider.

• Social Media: Facebook and Twitter aren’t just for college students anymore. By creating a Facebook page for your event, you can increase attendance and save money on printing brochures. Twitter allows employees to communicate throughout conferences and share immediate feedback about event activities.

• Online Registration: Save time and resources by allowing your attendees to RSVP and register for events online. You can set up user-friendly secure login pages that allow access to event schedules and sign-ups, as well as links to the company website.

• Event Website: Let your employees and clients get the most out of your events by creating a website specifically dedicated to your event. You can provide links to marketing materials, an event floor plan, schedule of activities, and social media pages.

• E-mail Marketing: Utilizing e-mail is an effective way to reach your attendees and exhibitors. You can distribute promotional materials, link to online registration, explain live events, and advertise educational sessions for your event. Including a header with your company’s logo will increase recognition and you can even keep track of how many people have viewed your e-mail notifications to gauge general interest.

• Interactive Participation: With the use of handheld devices and laptops, attendees can have input and answer polls taken during large seminars and demonstrations. This keeps people interested, effectively distributes information, provides instant feedback, and increases general communication.  

Meeting Services Unlimited can organize all of the details of your company’s next event and help you include the latest technology to make your conferences and seminars successful. To learn more about us, visit our website or call (317) 841-7171.

The first step in hosting a successful event is to create a registration website that is appealing and encourages participants to attend. You want your registration website to offer relevant information on the event, convince visitors that there is value in attending, and create interest in your company.

Here are some features of successful event registration websites.

1. Eye-Catching: Command the attention of future attendees from the start with images that are lively and inspiring. Use colors in your background, but don’t go overboard—keep it simple and attractive. Provide links to your business’ Flickr or photo-sharing website so that attendees can view more images and find out more about your business.

2. Informative: Tell them the basics up front: when, where, why. Don’t make visitors hunt for reasons as to why they should attend an event. Tell them using call to action words such as “grow your audience by 50 percent with this social media conference.” Provide all relevant information directly on the homepage so that participants know when and where the event will be held.

3. Interactive: Embed videos and employ social media to increase interest in the event. The more interactive you can make your event registration website, the better. For a fun tip, try placing a QR code onto the registration website. QR codes are scanned into a smartphone and direct participants to a landing page where you can show videos, play music, and further drum up interest.

4. Concise: While you should absolutely use videos and images to further the appeal of the event, keep the information concise and simple. Provide testimonials from attendees of past events and break up large text blocks with paragraphs, bullet points, and pop-out quotes.

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