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B-to-B Events

  • Eight Cause Marketing Activations That Reflect Consumers’ Shifting Priorities

    Brands have leveraged cause marketing tactics to earn consumer loyalty for years, recognizing that younger generations in particular make purchase decisions based on a company’s ethos and whether its values align with their own. The most successful brands have walked the walk by supporting causes not with their words, or even donations, but with action. […]

  • End Game: How Event Marketers are Keeping Attendees from Leaving Early

    Breaking down the psychology of event engagement Experience builders obsessed with the attendee journey know that in the last few hours of an event, attendee attrition—people leaving early—can make the difference between an event that falls a little flat or one that wraps leaving everyone with all the feels. Nobody wants to be in a […]

  • Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

    As event marketers plan for the return of in-person events, they’re budgeting for a fresh slate of technologies and tools designed to attract attendees back to events and keep them safe once there. Shelley Hodgkinson, senior director-event solutions at Walmart, described the “new budget” her team is preparing to build in EM’s webinar, Mastering Event […]

  • Producing In-person Events Post-COVID: Nine Resources for Event Marketers

    As the number of Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 increases and the country begins to reopen businesses, more marketers are beginning to consider producing live, in-person events again. But in terms of logistics, budgets, technology and safety, events post-COVID will differ in key ways from those held before the pandemic. Below are resources to help marketers […]

  • Three Experts Weigh in on Designing Events for Social Distancing

    Five insights on COVID-proofing your indoor events Among the countless aspects of events that marketers have had to rethink in the wake of the pandemic is how social distancing impacts experience design. A heavy dose of creativity is required to deliver stylish spaces that also keep attendees safe, particularly while adhering to ever-changing health guidelines. […]