BizBash CEO and Founder David Adler seems to have a gift for connecting seemingly disparate pieces of information in a way that identifies important trends for the future of events and meetings. His presentations on the subject are fascinating and often spark engrossing discussions.
Recently, he agreed to answer five questions on important event industry trends. You can read his answers to my first two questions here. These are the final three questions I asked, along with David's answers.
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Information is gold in social media. Those who share quality information get noticed. Those who create quality content become leaders. It could conceivably be argued that on Twitter sharing links to quality information is the native tongue.
So how should a beginner approach information sharing on Twitter?
Decide who it is you want to attract
1 - Use Twitter search to find your ideal attendees/clients.
You can use the search function on Twitter to explore keywords that they might be using. For mor...
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Founder and CEO of BizBash, David Adler is perhaps one of the most progressive thinkers in the events industry. He is known for being an engaging speaker and is also often the herald of some new trend or technology that seems to overtake the industry within short order.
I recently asked David to share his thoughts on trends in the industry by answering five questions. Not surprisingly, his responses were fascinating and full of useful information on what's coming down the pike. In fact, he gave me enough great con...
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At a time in which the very fabric of society seems in the process of being re-woven, the act of bringing people together for networking, fellowship, education or entertainment is taking on a deeper meaning.
The following facts taken from two articles in Ode Magazine, The Power of Strangers by Serena Renner and No Such Thing As A Thing an excerpt from Lynne McTaggart's book The Bond illustrate a few of the many recent developments and discoveries that directly relate to meetings and events.
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I don't know about you, but I go cross-eyed just thinking about the many app choices there are out there, let alone trying to figure out which of them best meets my needs.
That's why I yelled "YES!" when I literally StumbledUpon a site that compares free apps.
According to the site, "CatchFree is an online service that makes it easy to find the best free solution for anything from streaming music to managing projects online."
While it doesn't list every app category under the sun, the categories CatchFree does lis...
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Facebook's feature allowing you to tag photos with your Facebook page name holds many new marketing possibilities for events. While photo tagging has always been available for profiles, the ability for pages to do it is new.
Just as with Facebook profiles, when you tag a photo that appears on someone elses profile or page with the name of your Facebook page it will show up on your Facebook page. But unlike profiles, the photo will not be seen on your Facebook page wall. It will be seen in the "Photos" section.
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