Tips on Keeping Your Event Attendees Always Engaged
Your potential event attendees could be hanging out in social platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat or LinkedIn right now. To get their attention to your event, it's essential that you keep on posting updates, offers, or reminding them about the upcoming gig frequently in the social media.
Let's face the harsh truth – every time you post something in Social Platform, you're competing with thousands of other posts in people’s Newsfeed
In order to successfully utilize the momentum in popular social media, here are some tips to increase the engagement from attendees:
1. Pre – Event Hype Ideas for Social Media
- Post on a regular basis about early bird offers and registration deadline
- Perform giveaways for those with FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
- Tease speaker or artist lineups or special guests in a creative manner
- Share behind the scenes images long before the event starts
- Re-share attendee’s photos on Instagram
2. During – Event Hype Ideas for Social Media
- Set up a photo booth
- Share content from speakers
- Take followers behind the scenes with backstage photos and videos
- Create polls to interact with your audience
3. Post – Event Hype Ideas for Social Media
- Press coverage
- Ask for feedback
- Highlight Reel
- Influencer, VIP & Speaker Mentions
- Use #TBT hashtags to showcase previous content
- Extend event excitement by offering rewards for attendees
These are some of the practical tips to keep your target audience excited about your event. For more exclusive strategies about particular social media, go through the original guide on how to successfully promote your event in social media.
Also, feel free to include more effective tips and share your own experience in the comment section. I'll be happy to get some valuable insight from you.