Study Tips For The CMP Exam
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
The Certified Meeting Planner certification is a classification created by the Convention Industry Council to distinguish meeting planners who have demonstrated their knowledge of special event planning via successful completion of a special CMP examination...
Offering A Guarantee: Increase Attendance By Promising Value
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Many event planners, especially in the seminar and commercial events verticals, are always looking for new and innovative ways to increase attendance and revenue...
Access Control: Who Has Access To Registrant Data?
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
As a busy event planner – in seemingly endless contact with venues, catering companies, and the oh-so-demanding event sponsor – can you afford to spend time developing registration spreadsheets, keeping track of each registrant’s information, recording travel and hotel details, and taking and processing credit card info...
Make Your Event Website Pop With Great Copy
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Once you have created a great website for your event using logos (your parent organization's and one for the event), color schemes and exciting photography you need to back it up with some great copywriting about the event to really get registrants excited...
Online Registration Analytics Tips For Event Planners: Affiliate Programs Don't Have To Cost You Money
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
The introduction of analytics programs integrated with online registration systems represents a great leap forward in thinking for the event planning industry...
Online Registration Analytics Tips For Event Planners: Hand Out Cookies!
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Most people who've spent some time browsing the internet are familiar with the concept of cookies, or have at least heard of the technology...
A Simple Trick That Increases Attendance By 30%
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Did you know that only 50% of people who start filling out your registration form will actually complete it...
Fully Customizable Registration Forms
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Online registration can take the hassle of event registrations by saving you the time of manually completing each step of the process...
How To Avoid A Common Meeting Planner’s Nightmare
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Picture this: You sign up for a new online registration service You learn the system and you begin taking registrations for your event...
How To Cut Your Workload In Half
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Using an online registration system for your event can make life for event planners far easier by saving time and removing much of the manual labor of entering data, processing payments and writing reports...
One Simple Technique To Make Your Event Special
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
As the landscape in the conferences, seminars and meetings industry becomes more crowded and more competitive event planners are looking for more ways to make their event a unique experience for their attendees, vendors and other participants...
One Easy Method To Help Reduce Your Attendees' Stress Level And Improve Event Satisfaction
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Event planning can be a stressful exercise When you've got an entire conference hall full of hungry attendees, waiting on caterers who are running late, while you've been on your feet since five in the morning to make sure the coffee was hot and your speakers had everything they needed...
What Everyone Ought To Know About The Differences Between Online Registration Systems And Html Registration Forms
Submitted by: Ryan Bell
Recent surveys show that at least 20% of corporate meeting planners do not use any kind of online application or website to assist in their registration process...
Akiles Wiremac M Review
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Long one of the more popular binding systems on the market, the Akiles Wiremac M works with double loop wire and comes in either a two to one or three to one pitch configuration...
Home Business Tax Advantages
Submitted by: Jason Kay
Nothing beats having a home based business to call your own that you can rely on to pay all the bills and let you have the freedom to say goodbye to the nine to five grind...
A Review Of Backpage Classifieds
Submitted by: Jason Kay
It used to be that if you wanted to sell your unwanted items in the classifieds that you had to go down to where the newspaper was printed and fill out all kinds of forms and pay money to run an advertisement; that has all changed with online classified sites such as Backpage...
Deciding Whether to Start a Business? Take Stock of Your Life First
Submitted by: K. MacKillop
The current recession has had an enormous impact on American workers Job security is quickly becoming obsolete and many are looking to make major changes in both their work and home lives...
An Introduction to Dahle Letter Folders
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Folding invoices and correspondence can be a frustrating task for even the most professional office worker...
An In-Depth Look at the Unibind XU238 Binding Machine
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Unibind binding machines are some of the easiest machines you can use to bind your documents The Unibind system eliminates the need for punching your documents, making the binding process essentially a one-step affair...
An Introduction to Intimus Specialty Shredders
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
The word "shredder" tends to conjure up images of deskside paper shredders whirring away in an office and spitting out long shreds of paper...
An Introduction to Quartet Prestige Cubicle Boards
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Office communication doesn't just mean telephone calls, faxes, e-mails, and instant messaging It also applies to good old-fashioned communication via whiteboards, calendars, and bulletin boards...
An Introduction to Quartet Easels and Room Dividers
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
If you need to show off your work, give a big presentation, or make your office more efficient, a Quartet easel or room divider could be just the thing you're looking for...
An Introduction to Swingline Portable Staplers
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Due to the demands of the fast-paced business world, everyone is on the go these days In fact, many business travelers often find that they must take many of their office supplies with them, including cell phones, laptops, and other accessories such as staplers...
All About Awareness Lanyards
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Using a lanyard has its practical purposes, such as holding on to a work ID or proximity card, but a lanyard can also help you make a social statement...
Choosing a Badge Holder - Exploring the Many Different Types of ID Badge Holders
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
A work badge or ID is one of those things that is way too easy to misplace Losing a work badge can be, at best, embarrassing and frustrating for the employee, and at worst, expensive for a company...
The Five Best Ways to Bind Thick Documents
Submitted by: Jeff McRitchie
Binding thick documents can be tricky, especially if you are new to the practice But even if you are a seasoned pro, you might still run into trouble...
Cheap 800 Numbers For Small Business
Submitted by: Jason Kay
It used to be that in order to have an 800 number you had to be one of the big boys in the world of business and those with a small business were simply out of luck...
Defining the Distribution Channels For Your Business Startup
Submitted by: K. MacKillop
Whether you are still developing your business idea or already know exactly what you want to do, it is important to define the best distribution channels for your product, for your customers, and for you...