At some point, all great businesses will have to attend a corporate event. You’ve probably heard this before. But if your business is just starting out, then the whole thing might sound a little daunting. AMEX Global Travel, a worldwide leader in corporate event management, says “From industry benchmarking to post-event analytics, business intelligence helps you uncover opportunities to lower your costs, reduce risk, and boost return on your meetings and events.”
So, as you can see, corporate events are taken very seriously for the world’s top brands. But everyone has to start somewhere and so here is a quick beginner’s guide to corporate
Examples of a corporate event
Of course, “corporate event” sounds like a vague term. And it kind of is. When people think of corporate events, they usually think of something like trading events.
Something where multiple businesses will all get into the same building and start marketing away to visitors and each other. For the most part, that’s what we’re referring to.
But they’re not the only type of corporate event, of course. You could arrange an event that is a sole venture of your company. A promotional event, for example, is a smaller type of event that you can probably host locally.
Understanding the potential
Corporate events have an amazing array of great benefits for your company. They allow the public, as well as other businesses, to see you in a more personal setting.
They can see the face behind the business, which brings more personality to your company. It’s a chance to network with some very powerful people in your industry.
For most business owners, the biggest benefit is the marketing potential. Marketing in the modern business era has become very expensive.
But at a corporate event, you‘re essentially marketing yourself to everyone at the event for hours on end. It’s a much cheaper alternative to things like television commercials!
The importance of preparation
When business owners think of corporate events, they usually think about travel. And they’re right to do so. Most corporate events will take place outside of the city in which your business resides. It may even be in a different state, or a different country! That means that your travel preparations have to be flawless. Especially as you’re likely to be taking a lot of employees with you!
Make sure you get the transport to this location booked as soon as possible to get the best deals. It’s also worth making sure that everyone keeps the required travel documents at the office the night before you all leave (Assuming the office is where you’re meeting up before heading out!).
You’ll also want to arrange for transport at the destination, not just to it. When a lot of employees are taking part, most business owners will consider a bus rental for a corporate event.
Marketing yourself
You need to make sure that people know you’re going to be at this event! That way, people can keep their eyes peeled for you. Remember that you’re probably going to be in a room full of competing businesses.
Visitors will be overwhelmed when they first arrive. They’re probably going to first visit the names they recognize the most. And those businesses will probably get the most time to impress them!
So make sure you take care to ramp up your marketing efforts before the event. That will give effect of the event that extra oomph you need!