Despite the rise of digital marketing and engagement tactics, events still play a pivotal role in the channel ecosystem. After all, there is still tremendous value in face-to-face conversations with partners and prospects. “In-person events are still where it’s at because there’s nothing that replaces the face- to-face meeting and the warm handshake,” said Peter […]
Events take time, excessive planning and lots of money to promote and execute. Because events are such large investments, it’s imperative that organizations take the right measures to plan and promote their events effectively. This infographic, courtesy of Formstack, outlines the characteristics of a successful event.
By Brian Anderson, Associate Editor A common mistakes marketers fall victim to while hosting an event is not creating a thriving community across channels before, during and after the show. Whether it is a live event, or an on-demand webinar, improving accessibility across channels is essential to maximizing the effectiveness — and attendee rate — […]
The Problem: Vendors and partners rely on conferences, summits and other events to build relationships, collect feedback and, of course, generate opportunities and leads. However, it is sometimes a challenge for executives to follow-up with new connections in a timely, efficient manner, while delivering the information needed to further the relationship. The Solution: The Pathable event experience […]
By Jared Shusterman, Managing Partner and CEO, SproutLoud Triggered marketing — the practice of basing a marketing communication’s content, timing, and delivery medium on measureable events relevant to the consumer — has been around for some time. Despite that, “less than 20% of marketing organizations today,” are doing it correctly, according to Adam Sarner, […]
The Problem: Traditionally, leads generated at events have been unqualified and lack context. As a result, vendors and partners struggle to understand which prospects are ready to have detailed sales conversations, and which are simply looking for more content and information. The Solution: The atEvent Check-In app solves these problems by allowing event staff to include event […]
The Problem: With local searches constituting 24% of all Google queries, and 45% of all Yelp searches happening on a mobile app, the interdependence of brands and local businesses is more evident than ever before. Businesses rely on brands for marketing resources and assets promoting the products and services that bring customers through the door. […]
Alvarion, a provider of wireless broadband solutions, has announced major enhancements to its Partner Program and Portal. Among the changes are new partnership options, online certifications, incentives and deployment modulation tools. These additions were designed to create business opportunities and resources to encourage partner sales and marketing success. “Alvarion recognizes the vital role that partners play […]
Marketing automation vendor Marketo today released Marketo LaunchPoint, the company’s new partner ecosystem. Launchpoint includes partnerships with more than 65 organizations that provide solutions and services for online advertising, events and webinars, content marketing, top-of-the-funnel conversion, lead-data enrichment, social media, sales, analytics and big data, and lifecycle marketing, among others.