5 Ways to Bring Your Next Event to Life
- 11 Apr 2019
5 Ways to Bring Your Next Event to Life
Organising an event, or an appearance at an event, can be time consuming and costly. The success of an event is often determined by how much business you achieve, or how many prospects you engage with and so a lot can hinge on whether or not you’ve brought it all to life. Rather than sticking to a handful of leaflets and business cards, this article is going to look at 5 key ways you can really bring it to life.
Banners
Banners are amazing and versatile tools for displaying who you are and what you do. You can use them at local events, tradeshows or even in your office’s reception area. For a fairly low cost, banners are an ideal investment for bringing your brand to life and allow visitors to establish exactly who you are.
Advertising
Let’s face it, no event can be successful without a little bit of advertising. Whether you’re the organiser or attendee, advertising that you’re there is incredibly important. Build alliances with other businesses and share your news with the world. Create giveaways and competitions to engage with prospects and visitors.
You can even invest in things like social advertising to drive numbers or use your email marketing list to reengage with clients you’ve not spoken to in a while. Use the event as a conversation starter and leverage it any which way you can.
(take a look at these top tips about 6 Affordable Ways You Can Promote Your Event).
Portable flags
If you’re looking to really catch the eye of visitors, and to stand out from the crowd of competitors, portable flags are an ideal solution and have the added fun-appeal that can really make a difference. If you’re the event organiser, flags can be a useful tool in helping visitors find your entrance and draw attention to where you are, whilst for those exhibiting at said event can stand out in contrast to their non-flag wielding competitors.
Live acts
No event would be complete without some live acts to keep everything fresh. Whether you’ve got guest speakers, live music, or live entertainment, you need to be thinking about injecting some form of entertainment into the day. It’s not enough to have a bunch of stands in one place, visitors want to be given a reason why they should come and your headline act is exactly what they’re looking for.
Post mounted flags
As part of your advertising, thinking about how you’re going to get people to the event in the first place is important. Post mounted flags are ideal for advertising on the side of the road whilst your more strategic advertising campaigns can appeal to those found online or in other places.
Additionally, when it comes to getting to your venue, your guests and visitors may need a helping hand in finding the venue, and so post mounted flags are a multi-purpose tool that can be a great asset in these situations.
Ensuring your event is a success is all to do with thinking about the visitors and what you can offer them. Whatever it is you have on show, be sure to share it with them in as many ways as possible to create a fun, lively and enjoyable event everyone will love.