Inner Circle Archive
The End of Blah, Blah, Blah
Millennials: that group born after 1980 and the first generation to come of age in the new millennium. They’re also the group that is most skeptical of traditional marketing messaging. The usual “Make New Connections! See New Products! Get New Ideas!” draws a collective “meh” from the millennial crowd. But it goes beyond millennials. Many audiences have turned a deaf ear to the same old, same old. So what’s a marketing professional to do—or say? Enter disruptive messaging.Read More…
Location, Location, Location
A phrase once monopolized by the real estate industry is becoming the new mantra for marketing professionals worldwide. And it’s all thanks to that little smart device in your pocket. We take it with us wherever we go, and many of us gladly share our location data through the various apps we use—data that marketers can use to serve relevant messages to prospective attendees in real time.Read More…
Use Snapchat to Drive Registration + Engagement
At Social Media Marketing World, a conference dedicated solely to the latest developments in social media, live video was all the rage. But I questioned how it could work for associations and events. Isn’t Snapchat just for tweens? Should mdg clients use a so-new-it’s-unknown platform like Blab? Should events really “go live?” The answers, dear reader, are no, yes, and yes. Here’s how to get into the now and drive registrations (and engagement!) using Snapchat.Read More…
ECEF Panel to Explore New Event Realities
On June 1 at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C., Galen Poss will lead Charlie McCurdy, David Loechner and Deborah Sexton in a moderated discussion about how new technologies, new competitors and the increased pressure for continuous innovation have shaped the evolution of the events business. As an ECEF sponsor, mdg convinced these three visionaries to give InnerCircle readers a sneak peek at their upcoming session.Read More…
