Event Hacks: Is your event missing a social media strategy?
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Is your event missing a social media strategy?
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219 million people
That’s how many more people got in on social media this past year.
www.slideshare.net/wearesocialsg/digital-in-2016
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By end 2016, 47% of businesses will rely
on social media as their primary tool to reach new customers.
www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/marketing-and-sales/our-insights/demystifying-social-media
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Where do you start?
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event
Here are ways to leverage
social media to promote your
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1 RUN TARGETED ADS
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Make your ads eye-catching and relevant to increase click through rates to your event page.
Run targeted ads on social media
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Be specific about who you want your ad to be shown to.
Run targeted ads on social media
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Indicate your target demographic, location, behavior, right down to the kind of mobile device owned.
Run targeted ads on social media
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2 AMPLIFY YOUR
EVENT PRESENCE
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Identify influencers whom have a significant following amongst the target audience you’re trying to reach.
Amplify your event presence
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Approach them to share your event on their social media channels, give them free passes, or a promocode for their followers.
Amplify your event presence
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3 HOLD CONTESTS
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Give your target audience something they’ll value.
It could be free tickets, limited edition merchandise, or exclusive meet and greet sessions with the speaker or performer.
Hold contests
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Make giveaways more engaging through contests with a low barrier to entry.
Hold contests
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4 USE HASHTAGS
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Coming up with an event hashtag is an art.
Use #hashtags
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The wonders of a hashtag is in its ability to collate all social media engagement with your event under one thread when
you search for the hashtag on social media platforms.
Use #hashtags
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Hashtags also allow you to engage with your target audience before, during, and after the event itself.
Use #hashtags
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5 WORK WITH PARTNERS
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Extend your virtual reach with partnerships. Propose a win-win situation where partners can benefit from
promoting your event through their channels.
Work with partners
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Work with partners
Partners can include the media, vendors, speakers, performers, and even organizers of other events in the same genre!
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At the end of the day
Review and reflect on what works, what doesn’t, and what you can improve on. Having set clear goals for what you
want to achieve with social media will go a long way.
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Suling Wong
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