Event Venues
The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing for Event Venues
If you’re running an event venue business today, social media must be part of your venue marketing strategy. But how can you make sense of the many social media options and use your time effectively? In this post, we’ll help you hone in on the top event social media platforms. Plus, we’ll show you how…
Read More Venue Marketing 101: How Improving Discoverability Generates More Event Leads
How much do you feel you still truly understand venue marketing? In today’s digital world of snaps, stories, influencers and more, it can be hard to keep up. The key to successful event venue marketing is to increase your venue’s discoverability. That’s the only way to generates more event leads. To help with your marketing…
Read More Your Venue Security Plan: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
Long gone are the days when event venue security used to be tacked as an addendum in event planning, with event planners the only corporate staff sweating about it. But even then, event organizers were concerned more about protecting the venue entrance, the assets, and–of course–the occasional unruly guest. Venue threats can and do come…
Read More Venue Hashtags: The Top 7 for Venue Professionals to Follow Trends
Do you work at a venue and want to get event planners in the door? Or has your venue just opened and want to book events in your space? Whether you are on Twitter, Instagram, or another platform, following industry-specific hashtags are a great way to tap new and relevant trends in venue marketing. The…
Read More How to Market a Venue: 4 Lessons in Brand Awareness for Venues
You might be seeing increased competition from the new venue down the street. Or you have state of the art venue amenities and are wondering how to book more events business in the near future. Whatever the case may be for you and your venue, we have the low-down on how to market a venue.…
Read More 4 Unique Meeting Venues Where You Need to Host Your Next Meeting
Unique meeting venues offer more than just four walls for your meeting to take place. It provides a one-of-a-kind backdrop to promote productivity and engagement at your meeting. Avoid the usual conference room by hosting your meeting in one of these unique meeting venues. Unique meeting venues offer a one-of-a-kind backdrop to promote a productive…
Read More Venue Marketing: 4 Ways to Stay Top of Mind with Planners
Marketing your venue will require far more than just word of mouth referrals, and requires you to actively market yourself to your local event planners. Whether they have hosted events with you in the past, or have yet to book with you—the venue marketing tips below will help. Marketing your venue requires you to actively…
Read More America’s 5 Largest Convention Centers to Host Your Next Event
Big events require big spaces. But when it comes to planning a large-scale event, you need more than just a lot of space. You also need a venue that has knows how to handle big crowds and has features that make your job easier. Here are five of America’s best and largest convention centers, primed…
Read More Crowd Control Tips: 3 Best Practices for Venues
Venue managers and staff all have a duty to their attendees to provide a level of crowd management and safe, fun experiences at events. This is first and foremost vital for guest and staff safety, as well as minimizing complaints that may lead to a poor event review. As part of the planning process, be…
Read More 6 Secrets to Getting an Event RFP You Can Actually Use
As event planners, we’re in luck: When it comes to venue sourcing, the market is moving from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market. However, that means we have more responsibility. If we want to build great relationships with venues, we need to submit strong event RFPs to venues. Venue supply growth is expected to…
Read More Conference Space Rental 101: What to Know Before Renting
Conference space rental details can sometimes feel overwhelming for event planners. So how do you narrow down the best options for your client with so many traditional and non-traditional venues out there? Aside from the dates and number of attendees, here are the basics of what to know before renting a conference room space. Picking…
Read More How to Rent a Conference Room: 4 Key Things to Look For
If you need to rent a conference room for a business meeting or corporate presenation, getting started can be the hardest part. It might seem straightforward, but with so many options in your area, you might overlook details that could end up costing you. Not all meeting room rentals are created equal. Note these 4…
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