What happens when an event goes sideways? 🤔 Join Brooke and Meaghan as they dissect a real-life event that went viral because of many "oops" moments. You'll come away with seriously valuable event planning lessons you won't want to miss. From website woes to venue missteps, we'll cover how to avoid your own event mishaps and turn chaos into a win. Tune in for expert event organization tips and real-life event disaster recovery strategies.

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0:00 - Let's get started!

02:51 - Festival Background

05:49 - The Website

11:35 - Ticket Tiers

15:45 - The Venue

18:08 - Registration Desk

23:40 - Sponsor Communication

31:04 - Attendee Activities and Engagement

37:18 - The Romance Ball

43:25 - Lessons Learned (Event PR)

44:03 - Ultimate Fallout

46:58 - Attendee Losses

47:28 - Positive Outcomes and Reflections

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Event promotion strategies don't have to be expensive or complicated! This episode explores easy tactics you can use to get the word out about your events, even on a tight budget. You'll come away with practical tips for using social media, email, content, partnerships, and more to quickly boost registrations!

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00:00 - Get to know The Event Connection Podcast!

01:14 - The Economy, Budgets, Tariffs, etc.

02:00 - Our experience with tight marketing budgets

03:39 - The pressure to "Do more with less"

04:41 - How to research your target audience

09:49 - Promote your event with social media

17:18 - Promote your event with email marketing

27:20 - Promote your event with content marketing

32:04 - Promote your event with sponsors, partnerships

39:58 - Tip: Create urgency and FOMO

44:28 - How to track event promotion data

47:33 - Unconventional (but effective) tactics to try

50:30 - Easy tactics to start doing today!

52:50 - Like, comment, subscribe, and email us!

FREEBIES: Get two cheat sheets ("25+ Free Ways to Promote Your Event" and "Early Bird Event Promotions Cheat Sheet") when you email us at EventConnection@pcnametag.com and mention our "Event Promotion" episode!

Forget your actual horoscope: Brooke, Megan, and Meaghan are once again predicting how the "stars will align" for conferences and events in 2025!

The Event Connection Podcast is back for episode two, and this week, we're talking about what's "in" and "out" for attendee welcome sessions, event badge design, ticketing strategies, and whether or not it's still cool to have conferences in first tier cities (spoiler: maybe?).

Join us for another chat about popular event insights, served with a side of humor from the Tag Team.

---- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Get to know The Event Connection Podcast! 00:28 - Part II: What's IN and OUT with planners in 2025 01:28 - Trend 1: Presentations/sessions created with AI 04:51 - Trend 2: Branded tchotchkes, gifts, and event swag 07:56 - Trend 3: Reverse trade shows 10:31 - Trend 4: QR codes on event badges 12:50 - Trend 5: Welcome sessions for 1st time attendees 16:05 - Trend 6: Events in first tier cities 19:57 - Trend 7: Structured conference schedules 23:31 - Trend 8: Convention centers vs. non-traditional venues 27:03 - Trend 9: Tiered attendee groups (VIPs, general, etc.) 32:03 - One thing we're excited about for 2025! 32:29 - Meaghan reveals her answer 35:34 - Megan reveals her answer 38:05 - Like, comment, subscribe, and connect with pc/nametag!