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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events

Convince & Convert

It used to be you spent five minutes registering for an event and then showed up on the big day, went to a few workshops, drank two free Coronas, and went home. Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. Linkedin (if it’s a business event).

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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events

Convince & Convert

It used to be you spent five minutes registering for an event and then showed up on the big day, went to a few workshops, drank two free Coronas, and went home. Social media changes all of that, enabling events and their planners to have long-term, nuanced, shifting interactions with attendees. Linkedin (if it’s a business event).

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Building Audience Interaction at Virtual Events

WebInKnow

While a great virtual event is more like television than theater , that is not the whole story. If you only focus on the TV part, you miss the opportunity for the audience interaction. The reality is that online consumer expectations have been highly shaped by social media.

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How Brands Use Digital Events to Engage Their Customers

Pixlee

billion people watched the Apple iPhone event of September 2019 live on YouTube. Samsung’s latest event had over 58 million live-stream viewers across the globe. And today, with all in-person events canceled, digital-live events are gaining unprecedented traction. Crowdsource topics, themes, and content.

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#LoveCapeTown Campaign Shakes Up “Fam” Trip With Crowdsourced Tips for Travel Bloggers

The Realtime Report

Cape Town Tourism’s most recent marketing initiative used a clever combination of travel blogging, crowdsourcing and social media to draw attention to the city, ranked 23rd among the top 25 travel destinations worldwide in TripAdvisor’s 2012 list of Traveler’s Choice Destinations. billion the city invested to welcome over 1.5

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly more widely used because it helps cultivate creativity and innovation. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason.

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Twitter Best in Events and Emergencies

Net-Savvy Executive

I recently experienced two events—one good, one bad—that show Twitter at its best. It was a fairly geeky tool, and it was real-time only, but it was nice to connect with the event I couldn't attend. It's interesting to see that NWS is experimenting with crowdsourcing storm reports via Twitter.