Posts Tagged ‘event planners’
Liz King Events nominated for “Best Thought Provoking Blog”
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
I am completely honored to be included on this nominee list and sincerely thankful for those of you who nominated me! Please take a minute to submit your vote!
Ask the #Eventprofs: Marketing vs. Event Planning
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
In keeping with our "Ask the #Eventprofs" series, here is a question coming from ME that I would love your input on! Got a question you'd like answered? Email it today!
When planning an event for a client, to what extent are you responsible for marketing? Do you integrate the marketing along with the planning, or is everything separate? How do you manage your client's relationships?
Feature on an Event Professional: Carrie Ferenac
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010On a recent trip to Orlando, FL, I had the opportunity to meet Carrie - an energetic and passionate event professional who is revolutionizing event media. She does some amazing things that I wanted to share with you. Please read her interview and connect with her on her blog and Twitter. She'd love to hear from you!
How do you conceptualize your role within the event-planning industry as a whole? Where do you think the industry is headed, and how does your LLC plan to fit those changing needs?
Convention News Television provides a visual, green service that expands the life and reach of an event. We believe that by partnering with CNTV to produce video content, our clients will:
- Increase attendance
- Deliver information
- Create new sponsorship opportunities
Feature on an Event Professional: Lindsay Fultz
Monday, July 19th, 2010Lindsay Fultz has been an integral member of the #eventprofs community as many of you know. In an attempt to get to know Lindsay better, I asked if she would mind if I "interviewed" her and she graciously accepted. Please see her insightful interview below and feel free to connect with her and Grosh Backdrops. They are doing amazing work and Lindsay is always reliable for when you need a tweet to brighten your day or provide some great insight! Lindsay has some great points here about social media and how we as event planners can help set up our suppliers for success. Enjoy!
Question #1: Social media is obviously a large part of your job at Grosh. How has social media impacted your job in ways that you did NOT expect? What has surprised you?
Well I started off as one of two sales assistants at Grosh and I've always been the type of person that no matter what I do, I am going to do it with purpose, pride and passion. I also get bored easily so I was always looking for ways to make the consultants I assisted jobs easier and when I saw that they needed sales and the phones weren't ringing from the print advertising that Grosh had in place I saw a void and looked to fill it. I did three social media proposals and was finally given the green light.
Chat Recap: Natural Disasters and Your Events – How to Prepare
Friday, July 9th, 2010For those of you new to chat (or for those of you who are slower, like me), I thought it might be nice to try and condense our #eventprofs chat into bite-sized chunks. Below, I've outlined the major points in our conversation since there were a lot of great suggestions and links. I've tried to condense it all into a format that should be digestible. Please see the Eventprofs Wiki for the full archive. I'd love to hear your feedback about the format and the conversation!
(more...)Guest Blogging on “Influencing Your Brand Perception”
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Thanks to Jenise Fryatt of Icon Presentations for another great opportunity to guest blog for her! It has been so great getting to know Jenise on Twitter and seeing her huge impact on the #eventprofs world and my blog (you know her from her guest blogs on my site!). Enjoy the read, and please leave Jenise and I your comments and love!
I recently wrote a post called "My Rant: Why Your Customer Service Is Killing Your Business" where I aired my grievances about David's Bridal and many other little shops that don't understand that value of responding to their clients. After posting, I received many inquiries from event professionals and friends wondering if David's Bridal contacted me in response to my post. I have not, to date, heard anything from them.
Now, I'm not a delusional person thinking that the world is tuned into my tweets, but it did signal to me that they are not monitoring their brand. So many organizations are so focused on branding their organization - working with designers to create style guides, creating strategies for their social media accounts - that they completely forget about the brand that is being determined for them without their consent. There is one aspect of your brand that you don't have much control over and means more to your clients than anything you can plan - the image that is determined by your clients themselves.
Continued on Icon Presentations Blog
Guest Blogger Jenise Fryatt on “The Debate on Scheduled Tweets”
Monday, June 28th, 2010
There seems to be some debate over the merits of scheduling tweets on Twitter. Some people find it disingenuous, others say it's a lifesaver for managing time.
On a recent Twitter chat, I had a brief conversation with someone who agreed with the former opinion. What he described was a person scheduling tweets that were comments about their day or opinions on topics. I had to agree, this sounded disingenuous. After all, tweets that share your experiences or opinions are assumed to be conversation starters. But if you aren't there when someone responds, it's kind of like leaving the lights on when no one's home. A fake out.
(more...)My Rant: Why Your Customer Service is Killing Your Business
Monday, June 21st, 2010
I don't know what's in the water, but I have had more than my fair share of bad customer service experiences lately. Sure, I've been a little busier and dealing with more venues and shops than typically, but I also think the standard of service has dropped. Today, I thought I would share my thoughts on why the customer service (or lack thereof) is killing businesses across the country. I'll be honest - it's part rant and part ... well, it's mostly just rant.
Young Professionals Networking Event
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010There is nothing better than meeting people face-to-face so Liz King Events is launching a bi-monthly young professionals gathering and tweet up. I look forward to seeing you there!
This E-Ad was designed by Vivian Jang, a close friend and amazing designer!
Guest Blogger Paul Cook on “Volunteer Series Pt. 4: Become Bi-Lingual”
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Become Bi-Lingual – Learn the Industry Languages Having participated in a number of student events recently where I shared a number of secrets I have as a direct result found myself inspired to put together a Business Boot Camp Series of Secrets/Tips for students. After all, our students today are the talent that will take our industry forward. My advice is that each student needs to differentiate himself/herself from the competition (which includes friends/classmates/non –student employees). Here I share my next tip –Learn the Industry Languages.
