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Social Media Roundup: A Different Generation Gap

Associations Now

Study shows gen X and gen Y bring different mindsets and expectations to events and conferences. Also: When do you start adding social media into your event planning? Trend Report by @ amsterdamrai says Gen Y & X are becoming important to the event industry ow.ly/kl9FR — JPdL(@JPdLEvents) April 23, 2013.

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Social Media Roundup: How Paid Distribution Can Push Your Content Further

Associations Now

A tech giant shows how to lead the way on content strategy through the clever use of paid distribution. Paying to advertise your content may seem crazy to some—for one thing, organic reach is way cheaper—but if your strategy is well-focused, it doesn’t have to be quite so painful. You know who’s good at blogging?

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Social Media Roundup: Email Marketing 101

Associations Now

Also: Create a strategy to ensure that you don’t run out of food at your next event. Then it might be time to revisit your email marketing strategy. — BrightBull (@BrightBull) July 3, 2013. — BrightBull (@BrightBull) July 3, 2013. — Beth Sanborn (@FarFromCamelot) July 3, 2013.

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Social Media Roundup: Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Leadership Style

Associations Now

— Amith Nagarajan (@AmithNagarajan) April 15, 2013. — Jenise Fryatt (@JeniseFryatt) April 15, 2013. To stay relevant in the event-planning field, you must constantly reinvent your conferences to align with industry changes. ” What strategies do you have for reinventing your events? (ht

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Building Your Conference Community Drip By Drip

Velvet Chainsaw

Earlier this year, Seth published his 5,000th blog post. Start With A Conference Blog. You need a conference blog, just like Seth blogs on a daily basis. “A conference blog?” “How on earth will we find the time (and content) to blog regularly? ” you may ask? Who do you follow?

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Confirmation Bias And Why Conferences Need To Become Innovation Labs

Velvet Chainsaw

Strategies that once delivered solid results are sputtering in today’s change-charged marketplace. Adapted from Donna’s Meeting Innovation post on Cvent’s Event Planning blog. If they’re credible, we may listen for a bit, but then it’s back to our safe havens where everyone nods in agreement.