Mobile revolution arrives for virtual events
In the early days of virtual events (i.e. a few years ago), we used to say that users could attend a virtual event “from anywhere.” Of course, that wasn’t entirely true, as “anywhere” usually...
Author: Dennis Shiao
Six tips for selling virtual event sponsorships
Now that you’ve settled on the title, topic and date of your virtual event, it’s time to rally the sales team to go out and sell sponsorships. We provide six tips on how to...
Generate Sales Leads With Virtual Events
The following is an excerpt from a new book, Generate Sales Leads With Virtual Events. I can vividly recall my first experience exhibiting at a trade show. It was the early 1990’s and I...
Five step guide to virtual trade show exhibits
I work with a number of clients who exhibit at a virtual trade show for the first time. They find that once they complete their first virtual trade show, that each successive show is...
How To: Generate More Effective Virtual Trade Show Booths
My local farmers market had a “Vote 4 Your Favorite Booth” contest. While the contest was active, I noticed that the fruit vendors were much more engaging and the amount of free samples increased...
Trends in the Virtual Worlds Industry
How do you keep up with industry trends? You hear from the people setting the trends. On September 24th, FountainBlue held its annual virtual worlds conference on Cisco’s campus in Milpitas, CA. The event...
Trends in the Virtual Worlds Industry
How do you keep up with industry trends? You hear from the people setting the trends. On September 24th, FountainBlue held its annual virtual worlds conference on Cisco’s campus in Milpitas, CA. The event...
How To Generate Virtual Event Registrations
International Freelancers Day is “the biggest ever (FREE) online conference exclusively for solo professionals.” Want to know how to effectively generate virtual event registrations? Follow this event’s lead. They make it easy for you...
Common Use Cases For Virtual Events
Some event planners just know that they want to produce a virtual event. Others take a circuitous route to a virtual event, considering other options first. For those of you “on the fence” –...
A hybrid model for global sales meetings
One year ago (nearly to this day), Cisco Systems announced the cancellation of their annual “Global Sales Meeting” – in a statement, Cisco CEO John Chambers was quoted: In almost all instances for business...
Virtual events in 2010
Back in August, I jumped the gun a bit and wrote a “year in review” posting about virtual events. Now that we’re in December, I think it’s high time to peer into the Magic...
The Virtual Event Debrief
Philosopher and essayist George Santayana was quoted as saying: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” With virtual events, the “past” is fairly recent. However, the spirit of Santayana’s quote...
Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors
In Virtual Events Year In Review: 2009, I summarized key trends that I witnessed in the virtual events industry this year. The trends for 2009 included global adoption, emergence of new industries (as virtual...
Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009
Coming into this year, I considered 2009 a taking-off point for the virtual events industry. Sure, virtual events and virtual tradeshows have been around for some time, but I felt 2009 would see enormous...
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