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Five Tips for Conference Sponsorship Pricing

Velvet Chainsaw

In my experience, most large conferences this year are realizing about 80 percent of their 2019 revenue performance. For some of the major annual meetings we’re tracking, sponsorship revenue has been a bright spot when compared to exhibit revenue performance. Pricing methodologies for sponsorship vary greatly.

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Risk, Revenue Recognition and Recovery

Velvet Chainsaw

It remains to be seen if hotels will adjust pricing to market conditions and be more flexible with partial performance and resulting liabilities. The two major variables that impacted 2020 revenue were the dates of your event and whether you have an expo with a conference or a conference with an expo.

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How to Turn Around Your Sponsorship Revenue

Velvet Chainsaw

If your conference is like most, sponsorship revenue is underperforming. There are two benchmarks we like to use to identify healthy conference revenue business models: Industry revenue — 30 percent or more of a conference’s total revenue should come from the combination of sponsor, exhibit and advertising revenue.

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Event Planning Has Risen in the Ranks of Most Stressful Jobs

Velvet Chainsaw

Unless you plan events for a booming industry, your reality working for professional and trade associations is that revenue from your 2022 and 2023 meetings is 15 percent (or more) lower than 2019. Shifting marketing budgets. Price increases. You’re faced with lots of problems, but few solutions.

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Book of the Month—January 2019

Association Success

On one hand this is great news because employers are seeing the value in funding professional development—but it also results in a deep and complex competitive market. Old learning formats and pricing models are failing. The kernel truths workforce disruptions reveal about how to position your learning programs in your market.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.18.19

Reid All About it

In this competitive talent market, this sounds like a must-read for association execs. LinkedIn, Coursera, Udemy and other learning platforms are coming for your market, if they haven’t already. A classic marketing mantra (about pricing) is flawed. Presenter: Jason Askew, Product Marketing Manager, Cvent.

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A Membership Growth Case Study

Membership Marketing

This article is an edited excerpt from the book Membership Recruitment: How to Grow Recurring Revenue, Reach New Markets, and Advance Your Mission. Concurrently with enhancing membership value, ANA launched a membership recruitment program built around market testing and analysis. Find it on Amazon.