http://joelewi.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/if-i-was-there/ Let's Put Butts In Seats! Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://joelewi.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/if-i-was-there/#comment-1083 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:54:35 +0000 http://joelewi.wordpress.com/?p=3436#comment-1083 To #2, yes, social media is now a part of conference strategies for each of our clients. We find it a fantastic way for them to connect to the attendees year round, push out promotions and elcit feedback. Some groups are better than others at integrating but overall I would have to say it is a success.
Andy McNeill, CEO
http://www.americanmeetings.com

]]> http://joelewi.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/if-i-was-there/#comment-1082 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:46:45 +0000 http://joelewi.wordpress.com/?p=3436#comment-1082 The biggest thing we’re doing to get butts back in seats is to return to a true consumer experience where guests are actually benefiting from any event that we plan. We’ve found that our patrons have gotten so used to the same event experience over and over so we’ve needed to step outside our typical ‘box’ and get them engaged again!

]]> http://joelewi.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/if-i-was-there/#comment-1080 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:09:08 +0000 http://joelewi.wordpress.com/?p=3436#comment-1080 To answer #4, what I read when the news first broke, was that Ticketmaster buildings would be prohibited from putting any of their events on “daily deal” platforms that weren’t Groupon. That basically ties the hands of all TM buildings into their preferred platform. I read this on a communication from TM. It may have changed since then…not sure?

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