Cvent

In today's digital world, people rely on the Internet as a source of information for nearly everything, and meetings and events are no exception. Promoting your event online can be a successful tactic for driving your event attendance. Consider the following 10 ideas that Cvent suggests to its clients for promoting meetings and events on the web:

1. Link to your event web pages from your company website and other social networking sites, including:
- www.linkedin.com
- www.facebook.com
- www.myspace.com

2. List information about your event on your blog. If you don't have a blog, then start one for the event!

3. Get other bloggers to write about your event and encourage their readers to attend.

4. Issue a press release announcing your event. Considering using PRWeb, whose SEO-driven press release system will make your release available to others quickly and easily.

5. Contact local media and get them to include your event on their event calendar.

6. Add your event to the new free directory at http://events.linkedin.com

7. Place your event in event listing directory sites, including:
- www.zvents.com
- Upcoming.yahoo.com
- www.eventful.com

8. Use Google, Yahoo, and MSN paid advertising on related keywords to promote your event web pages.

9. List your upcoming event on craigslist for free.

10. Consider using social messaging tool Twitter to promote your event.

These are just a few of the many ways we have had success promoting events online and increasing event attendance.