Written by: Vickie Sullivan | October 29, 2015
Conferences, Speakers, and Social Media
Yes, we all know that conferences use social media to support attendees and speakers are encouraged to participate. But this recent survey from Successful Meetings magazine has other insights that benefit speakers who have other revenue streams.
Check out these two findings ripe with opportunities:
- Biggest challenge: getting attendees to participate, according to 68% of respondents. (Duh.) But check out challenge #2 at 56% — figuring out how to use social media to enhance the event experience. As a speaker who interacts with the audience (and who doesn’t nowadays), if you had a campaign to help out with the experience, think that would justify your fee? Would that position you beyond being a vendor into “partnership” territory? Let’s share a few ideas and see what happens.
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- As with most new things, very few organizations (15%) have a social media strategy. Only 53% have an informal strategy and a whopping 39% have no strategy at all. If your expertise is marketing and social media, what would happen if you helped out here? Would that elevate you in that organization? Get to know buyers who could use you in other ways? Would invites come more naturally?
Events (and speaking ) no longer happen in a vacuum. The more you can help to create an experience, the more valuable you are.
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