Event Budget: The 6 Biggest Expenses To Consider
Whether you are an event planner or hosting your own event, balancing an event budget can be challenging. As an event planner, it is your responsibility to provide a detailed budget and manage the finances throughout the planning process. We always like to cushion the...
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7 Hotel Concessions Every Event Planner Should Negotiate
Hotel agreements can be extremely intimidating but if you know what concessions can be negotiated you can save your clients thousands of dollars. 1. Sleeping Room Nights – In addition to negotiating a low attrition rate on our sleeping room block, we negotiate 1...
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Wedding Planning Tips – 7 Mistakes Couples Make When Planning Their Wedding
Congratulations…you’re engaged!! Now it’s time to plan your special day. Understanding what goes into planning a wedding is so important but it’s NOT just about the details. There are many important things to consider. Here are 7 wedding planning tips to help couples...
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7 Tips for Dealing With Difficult Clients
As first published in Special Events Magazine. As a service-based event business, we have had our fair share of difficult clients from the know-it-alls, last-minute-changers, Prada-ideas-on-a-Wal-Mart-budgeter, can’t-make-a-decisioner, never-happys, the...
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Important Steps for a Sellout Event
On any given night, people have numerous options regarding how they'll spend their time and money. If you're hosting an event, obviously you want more of those people to give those things to you. However, planning a sellout event is not something that just happens...
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Event Lodging: The Next Best Alternative
When it comes to lodging for an event, most people automatically assume their only option is a hotel, especially if there is a hotel room block available. If you want room service, a business center, gym, and all the other amenities that come with a hotel then that is...
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7 Tips For Hiring Event Staff
by Annette Naif The success of an event can be a disaster if you don't hire the right event staff. Start Your Search Early On It's always best practices to have your event staff in place as early as possible. Quality and experienced staffers are in high demand and...
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TSE 2015 Recap
I just returned from the 2015 Special Event Conference & Tradeshow the other day. This year (I think I've been the last 10 now...I've lost track.) I taught 3 classes: -The TRUTH about Planners and Vendors! -How to Be REALLY Profitable -Do You Want to Know What I...
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The Stages of Great Event Sales
by Annette Naif As most of you know, selling event tickets is no easy task. One thing you must keep in mind while selling is the entire marketing and sales funnel. Doing this effectively should create a happy customer base that will be much easier to sell to the next...
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5 Risky File Sharing Habits to Avoid
by Annette Naif Sharing files with my colleagues and clients has become a very important part of running my event planning business efficiently. It is extremely important to make sure that you are using the right file-sharing systems and policies so you are not at a...
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