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Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links April 11-17, 2010

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1 – 3 steps to achieve marketing success in any venture by @MarketLikeAChik

2 – Social media’s impact on business, decision-making by CEO’s, managers: 12 key findings

3 – #EIR – How 2 find click-worthy links to tweet, quickly & easily

4 – How to fit branding into your busy life [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links April 4-10, 2010

1 – Engage, inform & retweet! These #eventprofs are masters!!

2 – #EIR – Actions speak louder than Twitter backgrounds

3 – Lead generation for event companies

4 – Are social events the new corporate?

5 – MPI President Bruce McMillan on hybrid live/virtual events, more

6 – 3 foolish things you’re doing badmouthing your competition [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links March 28 – April 3, 2010

1 – Events industry it’s time to step out from behind the curtain

2 – Follow list or individuals. These are the thought leaders of #eventprofs

3 – We are the problem. We are selling conference snake oil

4 – 20 things you should share on social media

5 – How meetings are changing – post [...]

Events industry: It’s time to step out from behind the curtain

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OK so it looks like maybe the events industry is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Business is starting to pick up, albeit slowly.

The mistaken perception that corporate events are solely the realm of  tax-money wasting, Wall Street fat cats has been devastating. The accompanying blow leveled by the [...]

Attendee driven conferences: An interview with Adrian Segar

Adrian Segar is a former elementary particle physicist who, dissatisfied with traditional conferences, created the first peer conference in 1992, and has been refining it ever since. His book, Conferences that Work, is a one-stop resource of practical information and tools to help plan and facilitate a safe and supportive attendee-driven peer conference.

I was fortunate [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links March 7 – 21, 2010

1 – Tradeshow Presenter Emilie Barta shares examples of Worst/Best tradeshow exhibits (video)

2 – How to manage your Twitter following & followers

3 – The REAL bucket list!

4 – How to use social media to market a large event

5 – Cool tools: Twitter sheep – know your followers

6 – Actually, it’s easy being green!

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Finding the right audio visual match for your event

photo by Karen Horton

If only there were an E-Harmony for event planners and AV companies!

In lieu of that, I offer a few tips that may save you time, energy and money in the latest issue of Planet Planit’s Event IQ

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links March 7 – 13, 2010

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1 – Top 10 dirtiest hotels

2 – Dressing for success in 2010

3 – Leadership, marketing & stupidity: An interview with Justin Locke

4 – 4 ideas for charitable activities at your event

5 – Ideas for cutting costs from your printed program

6 – 3 reasons why you should speak the universal #tradeshow language>

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Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links Feb. 28 – March 6, 2010

1 – Face to face marketing: Why it matters now more than ever

2 – 5 rules of etiquette for the tradeshow floor

3 – The best and worst of tradeshow giveaways

4 – Online communities for events: An interview with Clinton Bonner

5 – Article marketing on Twitter: The art of the retweet

6 – 2 ridiculously simple keys [...]

Leadership, marketing & stupidity: An interview with Justin Locke

Folks in the #eventprofs Twittersphere may be familiar with Justin Locke. Justin’s event profession is that of a speaker. He tells amusing stories of his life as a professional musician, and shares a unique artistic approach to management, leadership, marketing, and creativity. He’s also been known to drop in on the #eventprofs Twitter chat from [...]