Author archive for Event Marketer
Making Customers Not Sales: The Three Whys of Event Marketing
From webinars to trade shows, event marketing is part of every marketer’s toolbox. Events can be scaled to match your needs and budget—from webinars to full-on trade shows. But before you decide what you’re going to do, you should explore why you’re doing it. As leadership guru Simon Sinek succinctly puts it, “People don’t buy...
Call for Nominations: The 2019 B-to-B Dream Team
It’s that time of year, folks—Dream Team time. Event Marketer is now accepting nominations for the 2019 B-to-B Dream Team, our fourth annual recognition program celebrating the industry’s b-to-b rock stars. Each year, EM imagines what it would be like to start our very own brand, and which marketers—from measurement gurus to trade show masterminds...
Seriously, What is an Experiential Activation? Inside Chicago’s e.a.t. Spots
What is an experiential activation? The phrase is reminiscent of science fiction, like the last thing one might hear prior to having memories uploaded into one’s brain. But it’s not a pitch for Total Recall, it’s a term of art used by brand marketers that’s often conflated with “brand experience” or even “event marketing.” To...