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How To Use Your Event's Professional Networking Opportunities To Encourage Faster Attendee Registration

7/24/2013

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Networking Among Attendees At A Conference To Generate More Opportunities

Are you promoting the networking opportunities created by your event to potential attendees? If not, you're missing out on highlighting one of the primary motivations for people to attend your conference, meeting or trade show. 

Get Testimonials From Prior Attendees
Use your list of previous attendees or existing members to collect testimonials on the benefits and relationships created by the professional networking provided by your event. After collecting these testimonials, include them in your marketing materials including via 
  • Email marketing
  • Social media and 
  • On your website
Be sure to include an image of the person giving the testimonial to increase the effectiveness of the testimonial on your website. You can usually obtain these images from social media avatars or you can ask the attendee for a profile image. 


Highlight Structured Networking Opportunities
Show your potential attendees that you want them to develop long lasting relationships by highlighting the structured professional networking opportunities in your event's schedule. Examples of structured networking opportunities include opening receptions, one-on-one meetings and roundtable discussions. These structured networking opportunities can be highlighted in a similar fashion to your testimonials by including them in your email marketing, in social media and on your website.


Don't Forget About Informal Networking Opportunities
Some of the most valuable relationships I've made at events have been during informal networking opportunities including spontaneous conversations in hallways during breaks, attending tweet-ups, coffee breaks and informal dinners and parties at conferences. Even if you are a professional organization with a high caliber image, do not shy away from the additional networking opportunities created by these informal gatherings. Your attendees are keenly aware of their value so be sure to remind them of these networking opportunities. 

If you highlight these informal networking opportunities in your marketing efforts it will also serve to show your potential attendees that your organization is not in it for itself but about delivering a valuable experience for your attendees. 


Tying It All Together
One of the most effective ways you can promote the networking opportunities available at your event is with a high-quality, brief video designed to cut through the clutter and call attention to the highest value, real networking opportunities your event has to offer. As an example, we've created the following promotional YouTube Video for the California HR Conference that highlights some of the best networking opportunities available at their event. 


Videos like the one above can be syndicated across the internet including in email marketing, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ and can even be embedded on your event's website or that of your most ardent supporters! 

Get a free promotional YouTube video for your event by clicking here

Conclusion
Consistently promoting the networking opportunities created by your event will make it clear to any potential attendee that they will miss out on creating and/or maintaining valuable relationships by not attending your event. 

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