Author archive for Sonia Andresson-Nolasco
Making a Virtual Event a Community
Most event marketers who weathered the recession will tell you, there are no sacred cows anymore. Even the industry’s oldest legacy shows and events are being reevaluated. And that’s nowhere more evident than in the world of customer and user conferences where brands ranging from high-tech to heavy equipment are realizing that it’s more cost...
How Virtual Events Aren’t Replacing the Face-to-Face
When virtual events first came on the scene nearly a decade ago, their main purpose was to mimic physical events. But in the last couple of years that has changed. Virtual platforms have begun to evolve as their very own medium and not just as a substitute or supplement to a physical event. The newest...
Why Trade Show Presenters are Going Authentic
Anyone who has ever worked a trade show has seen his or her fair share of glassy-eyed corporate presenters, reciting their pre-rehearsed spiels along the aisle with plenty of energy and polish, but little in the way of genuine conviction. The presenters, who are often fed a script via an ear prompter and a micro...
Call to Photo Activation
Photo marketing is a valuable tool for a variety of reasons. It’s an incentive to get consumers to interact with your brand, it captures data, it serves as a long-lasting memento and generally drives eyeballs to your website during the photo retrieval process. But what’s next on the horizon for photo marketing? Once that photo...