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Cheat Sheet: Registration Services |
| Registration technologies make it easy for attendees and exhibitors to sign up for an event, and they open the door to other advantages, helping organizers with marketing, tracking traffic and even security. Learn how to select registration services and maximize your investment. |
June 2008
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Best Practices: A virtual success |
May 2008
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Blogging the Show |
May 2008
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Best Practices: RFID tagging |
March 2008
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Best Practices: Listening in |
March 2008
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Best Practices: Granting total access |
January 2008
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The Wizardry of Web 2.0 |
October 2007
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Best Practices: Perfecting its partnering system |
September 2007
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Exhibit Sales 2.0 |
September 2007
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Hot Contractor Technologies |
May 2007
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Online Analytics: From click-through to conversion |
May 2007
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Synching and securing your customer data |
March 2007
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Cheat Sheet: RFID |
| Find out how RFID works, what it will cost and how the technology applies to shows |
February 2007
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Cheat Sheet: Podcasting primer |
| Tips on using podcasts to promote your event, spread brand loyalty and educate your audience |
January 2007
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Viral marketing |
| Nearly 50 percent of Pulvermedia’s VON attendance comes from co-op marketing campaigns |
November/December 2006
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Making an Online Community Click |
| Supernova conferees connect using the latest Web-based tools, extending an elite networking event into the blogosphere where virtually anyone can participate. |
June 2006
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Hot convention center technologies |
| 7 hi-tech features you gotta have and where you’ll find them |
May 2006
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Cheat Sheet: E-mail promotion |
| Tips on how to ensure your e-mails are delivered and how to improve response |
May 2006
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Step-by-Step: Registration |
| Four steps for finding the right company to fit your registration needs. |
April 2006
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Best Practices: Spin-off services |
| SHOPA’s Buyer 2 Seller MarketPlace generates new revenue stream |
April 2006
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The power of one: Integrated databases deliver |
| Event data is your No. 1 asset. But when you stash it in disparate databases, it depreciates. By creating integrated databases, you can expose the connections among event participants, and leverage that information to improve event management, increase profitability and create more value for your key stakeholders. |
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Step-by-step: Web site design |
March 2006
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Best Practices: Launching a podcast |
| The ad:tech Connect family of products experiments with interactive marketing technologies |
January 2006
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Marketwatch: Show Web sites |
| Expenses outpace revenues |
January 2006
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Best Practices: Loyalty programs |
| Customer relationship management professionals “earn as they learn” with CRMI |
November/December 2005
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Virtual show, real money |
| Reed makes 50 percent profit margin on debut edition of Web-based Wireless Expo |
October 2005
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Step-by-Step: Blogging |
| Five steps for creating a blog that will boost your show and your brand |
September 2005
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Best Practices: My Networkers |
| Cisco builds conference community with free access to on-demand content for one year |
September 2005
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Step-by-Step: Search engine marketing |
| Five steps to help potential attendees and exhibitors find your show by improving your ranking on major search engines |
July/August 2005
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5 Web site success stories |
| An inside look at five show web sites that work. Find out how they got where they are — and what they learned along the way. |
June 2005
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5 essential event technologies (and what you need to know about them |
| From digital programs to wireless Internet access, technology has become a catalyst for adding value to show attendance and content. |
May 2005
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Best Practices: Social networking |
| Birds of a feather take wing with wearable computers that hookup like-minded professionals |
April 2005
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Cheat Sheet: Matchmaking services |
| Utilizing matchmaking services to help the right buyers meet the right exhibitors has been a growing trend, especially in the last year. Many shows are bringing home the ROI of their events by ensuring exhibitors meet their top prospects. Here’s how it’s done. |
March 2005
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Marketwatch: Show organizers make more than they spend online |
January 2005
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Best Practices: Hands-free |
| Name badge uses RFID technology to track satellite session attendance, proving value for grantors who underwrite the sessions |
January 2005
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Digging deeper |
| Case Study: Using its research capabilities, SIA created the Buying Power Index, which reveals that attendees at the 2004 SnowSports Show represent 80 percent of $2.3 billion in industry revenues. Find out how the association mines its extensive database of exhibitors and attendees and uses the data to increase sales and drive attendance. |
November/December 2004
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Best Practices: Paper trail |
| Public filings on heavy equipment financing yield rich data on qualified buyers for the Great American Truck Show |
November/December 2004
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Best Practices: Personal portals |
| SmartEvent calculates the potential connections among Supercomm participants |
October 2004
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Best Practices: Power generator |
| Penton’s online trade show produces steady stream of leads for a handful of exhibitors |
October 2004
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Best Practices: Gone LOOPy |
| MediaLive deploys Web log to hype technology featured at its events |
September 2004
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Best Practices: Speed dating |
| Meet the Market gives exhibitors 8 minutes to court buyers in one-on-one meetings |
May 2004
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Cheat Sheet: Sight and sound |
| Using the latest A/V technologies at your show can be complicated and expensive. Here are some tips for saving money on your A/V bill. |
April 2004
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Exclusive Series: Managing Hotel Shows |
| Part I: Maximizing hi-tech features and services at your hotel show |
March 2004
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Best Practices: e-Venture |
| Regional publisher uses e-mail newsletter to test-market new event |
February 2004
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Best Practices: Jumping the line |
| Online ticket sales for NY Auto Show broaden the audience and shorten the wait to get in |
January 2004
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Webcasting |
| Webcasting, especially live for the masses, is expensive and requires vast amounts of bandwidth. The truth is not every virtual attendee is willing to interrupt his day to attend a Web event. Webcasting isn’t dead, however. Here are some tips for using the medium today. |
November/December 2003
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Gamers get floored |
| E3 creates consumer Web site, extending the trade show’s reach to more than 200,000 video game enthusiasts over three days |
October 2003
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Hotspots: Where you want to be |
| Wireless Internet access leads the technology revolution in convention centers and hotels |
May 2003
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The Gucci factor |
| Case Study: E-Gov gets smart with bCard lead management system |
April 2003
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Taking out the wash |
| Case Study: APTA cleans up housing with Passkey-enabled CVBs |
January 2003
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Point and click |
| Creating exhibitor-friendly Web sites |
November/December 2002
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One-stop shopping |
| Case study: InfoComm selects single source for online services |
September 2002
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Do-it-yourself registration |
| Case study: Managing multiple events with licensed software |
July/August 2002
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Who are these people? |
| Case study: OFC surveys the fiber-optics market |
June 2002
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Site selection made simple |
| Case study: TMC requests proposals online |
May 2002
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Physician, inform thyself |
| Case study: OTO EXPO publishes online daily news |
April 2002
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Handheld leads |
| Case study: IEC exhibitors use PDAs to retrieve barcode badge data |
March 2002
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From Paper to Portals |
| The evolution of on-site communications |
January 2002
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The Power of E-marketing |
| How e-mail marketing can boost attendance in tough times |
January 2002
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Cheap tricks |
| 7 tips for cutting Web site costs |
November/December 2001
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Network growth |
| Case study: NetWorld+Interop's show network matures with the computer industry |
October 2001
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Moving at Web Speed |
| Case Study: Rapid access to relevant information drives the content and design of the CES Web site |
October 2001
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Beyond booth space |
| Operations teams use interactive floor plans to collaborate |
September 2001
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ASP and you shall receive |
| Online registration gets a boost with e-mail marketing tools |
July 2001
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More bandwidth for your buck |
| How to get the best pricing on high-speed connectivity |
April 2001
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10 of the industry’s top show sites |
April 2001
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Taking the lead |
| Internet-enabled exhibitor lead managementsolutions leverage registration data |
March 2001
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Hype and hyperbole |
| Is real-time online housing delivering on its promise? |
January 2001
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New Realities for the New Economy |
| Rules of Survival for the Network Economy: Rapidity, Relationships and Results |
November/December 2000
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Laws of the jungle |
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Book Review:The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding
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November/December 2000
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The Industry’s Killer App |
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Online registration creates efficiencies and improves service
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September 2000
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Virtual Tours |
| Exploring convention and exposition destinations online |
February 1998
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Click to Register |
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February 1997
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High on High Tech |
| Convention and exposition centers ride a wave of new technology into the future |
October 1996
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Registration Revelation |
| Off-the-shelf, customized or contracted -- whatever the source,be sure your system captures data for future use |
June 1996
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Cyber Shows |
| How to exploit the marketplace of the next millenniumusing electronic bulletin boards and the World Wide Web |
October 1995
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Show Management Software |
| Ten off-the-shelf programs that could set you free |
October 1995
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Are Trade Shows Nearing the Brink? |
| The impact of the coming electronic marketing revolution |
February 1994
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