5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Buying a Business for Sale If you’ve ever considered business buying, you know that it can be an incredibly lucrative and exciting way to invest your money. However, before you jump in head-first, make sure that you truly understand what it takes to buy a business and what the … Read more
Why Franchises Are Becoming a Popular Business Opportunity Despite the growing popularity of small business ownership, many people are still hesitant to take the plunge into self-employment and start their own company. One way to ease some of those fears while still experiencing the financial and career freedom that comes with small business ownership … Read more
This is a guest post by Beatrice Whelan, Global Content Manager for Social Media & Events at Sage and author of Trending: The Complete Guide to Social Media For Events. You can contact Beatrice via LinkedIn or Twitter. Measurement is an essential part of any social media strategy for an event. Every event that uses … Read more
Technology, and your access to it, has revolutionised the way events are organised. It’s also changed the way event sponsorships are won. To get sponsored today, you’ll need to prove the value of sponsoring your event by digging deep into your event data. For decades, organisers who wanted to accurately measure their event data needed a … Read more
Does your event need sponsorship? The answer is usually “Yes!” Event sponsors give you the resources you need to take your event to the next level. But they’ve become hard to win — and harder to retain. So, how do you find and secure sponsors these days? New and affordable technology has changed event sponsorships … Read more
This is a guest post from Fiona Whitehead, Expansion Lead at General Assembly,a pioneer in education and career transformation, specialising in today’s most in-demand skills. Any trainer knows, it’s not easy to get positive feedback across the board. Sometimes, it’s a challenge just to get people to give feedback in the first place, and it’s important … Read more
This is a guest by Beth Kruszynskyj, editor at HeadBox, a network for creative, inspiring and off-site meeting spaces. You can follow them @headbox. There are thousands of venues in London, from colossal conference centres to elegant private dining rooms, practical hotel boardrooms to corporate party places. You name it, there’s a venue for it. But here we’re thinking … Read more
Securing a headline sponsor can provide the vital funding that makes your event possible, but with so many events vying for support, how can you stand out from the crowd? We spoke to three event organisers with a track record of securing sponsorship to find out exactly how they did it, and how you can do … Read more
For owners of young events it can be incredibly challenging to make realistic financial projections. However, if you’re hoping to secure investment, borrow from the bank or simply want to stay in business, it’s a necessary exercise. Whether you want to put together the business case for your brand new project or make a multi-year … Read more
Happy Monday everyone! We hope you had a great weekend. As always we are helping ease you back into the working week with a round-up of last week’s main event industry news, including any interesting stories and insights that can help you improve yourself, your company, or your events. Enjoy! Event News Scotland to ‘Innovate the Nation’ VisitScotland … Read more