When planning a webinar there are a few simple things you need to do to ensure that your turnout is great and that your attendees sign up for your next event. Check out this video to learn a few tips that I offer my clients that have helped them to increase the attendance to their webinar. Feel free to post your comments!
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Podcasting tips for the newbie podcaster
So, you’re probably asking – what’s a podcast? Well, a podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released as episodes and often downloaded via the web. As an internet marketer, a podcast is a great way to reach folks who may not be keen on reading blog posts, but enjoy listening to and viewing content. Check out this short video on tips to keep in mind, when creating a podcast. If you like to idea of creating a podcast but you’re not quite sure where to start, feel free to send me and email or give me a call. As a video and multimedia virtual assistant, I help clients create and release their very own podcast.
Virtual and web-based events and the opportunities they present for small businesses
Choosing to host your event online is a smart and cost effective way to reach an audience that may not be able to attend your event in person due to lack of time, finances and the many different factors that are contributing to a decline in attendance to conferences, symposiums and seminars that are generally held in a brick and mortar setting. You don’t have to be the owner of a huge international conglomerate to see how cost effective an option web-based events are. Businesses of all sizes can benefit from taking events online or virtually. In today’s blog post I show you with the aid of video, just how easy it is for small businesses to take advantage of the opportunities that virtual events can present. Click here, to view the video.
Virtual Events Industry to Reach $18.6 Billion
Do you know that virtual events is now a multi-billion dollar industry? According to the market report
Get More People to Attend Your Webinar
One of my constant worries as virtual event organizer is that no one will attend the webinar, teleconference, or virtual trade show that I am organizing, especially if it is being offered for FREE.
Virtual Event Planning Lessons from IFD10
Last weekend, September 24-25, hundreds of freelancers from all over the world convened online to attend the first ever International Freelancers Day. The event was sponsored by Social Media Examiner, Freshbooks, Kit Digital, Elance, American Writers & Artists Inc., and The Wealthy Freelancer.
I would say that despite the technical problems experienced during the event, the IFD was a success. This is based on the reaction of those who attended. Attendees were not only interacting through Wibiya chat on site, but they were also interacting in IFD
Virtual Events for Small Business
Virtual events are increasingly becoming a mainstay of corporate events. From teleseminars to teleconferences to virtual business meetings big companies are using virtual events to facilitate faster, real-time communication. In light of this, how can small businesses use virtual events to their advantage? Here are some ideas:
- Training
Making Virtual Event Hosting Easy
According to a report from On24, more and more executives are going to attend virtual events in 2010. This is good news for virtual assistants like me who specialize in producing virtual events for their clients.
Virtual event hosting takes a lot of preparation. Not only do you have to send constant email reminders to everyone attending the event, you also need to work with the speakers and other members of your team. You also have to test the technology you are going to use during the event. In order to make my tasks as a virtual event host easier, I do the following things.
- Assign a customer service person. Virtual events can have a handful or thousands of attendees. Though communicating with them before the event is easy, you cannot expect yourself to attend to all of their concerns during the event itself since you will be busy making sure that the event is running smoothly during its entire duration. This is where a virtual event customer service assistant helps. This person will be the go-to person during the event for all the attendees and the speaker. You can set up an email dedicated for this purpose or opt for live chat. Make sure that your virtual event page has a one-click access to the customer service to make things easier for the attendees and speakers.
- Email access details to speakers and attendees a day before the event and a couple of hours before the event. Not all people are organized. Though it