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SpeedRFP Update: Week 2

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Well, SpeedRFP has been out for about two weeks and we’re getting lots of useful feedback from you. We’re hearing about some great possible features and some absolute must-haves. Our development team typically works in month-long cycles but we’ve integrated a couple of key features for you that we know were sorely missed at launch. As always, please let us know what you think of these features and if you [...]

by Brad Pirman on April 16, 2010

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It’s Alive

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Updated: Please check out the “SpeedRFP Launches” press release for more information. I’m like a proud, yet mad, scientist (picture Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein) who’s spent months in the laboratory with a team creating what will hopefully save people countless hours of wasted time. SpeedRFP.com was conceived about 15 months ago and it’s now public for you to use. The concept was born from our truest intentions to provide [...]

by Brad Pirman on April 1, 2010

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Coming up to the Starting Line

It’s Friday night, I’m more than halfway through a bottle of Zinfandel, music’s playing, and I’m chipping away at the few remaining open issues for the beta version of SpeedRFP. Our entire team is excited to see SpeedRFP hit the racetrack and perhaps no one more than me. Years ago, a friend of mine imparted a morsel of wisdom, “We can make more money, we can buy more things, but [...]

by Brad Pirman on March 26, 2010

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Grow Locally before Growing Globally

To often social media is looked at as solely as marketing and business development tool for growing your exposure among those who have never, ever, heard of a product. It is seen as an avenue that will cut down the all the noise and bring in the new. The same ideas have been applied to meetings, and tradeshows, with many organizations using these tools in an effort to boost the [...]

by Mark Ley on March 18, 2010

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Beginners guide to Social Media

Are you unsure what do with social media? You’re not alone. Many meeting professionals  feel overwhelmed by the idea of establishing a presence in the social media world. Social Media Marketing is on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. Most though are unsure how to use these new mediums and struggle with understanding where to get started. Fortunately, it’s easier than you think. Meeting professionals that want to increase [...]

by Mark Ley on December 22, 2009

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Building interest in your event with Content Marketing

Traditional marketing is crazy aggressive when you think about it. Rather than focusing on information that enriches the lives of others, marketers generally choose methods that interrupt your flow of thought and aim to imprint their message on your psyche. Doesn’t sound like fun to me. In contrast, you have the idea of content marketing. Let’ start with the basics….what exactly is Content marketing. I consider it a term that [...]

by Mark Ley on December 10, 2009

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New Technology changing the Face to Face Meeting

One of the great joys of our business is the development of new technologies that transform and enhance the landscape of our industry. The development of FaceTime was one such technology. From it’s inception for our own use at the Elite Meetings Alliance through the most recent IT&ME, we have seen it change the way that suppliers and buyers interact. It has provided a space for more open communication and [...]

by Mark Ley on December 1, 2009

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How to build and promote and event on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the “Go To” network for today’s professionals. It provides a solid platform for networking and endless possibilities for business development. With over 50 Million members it has passed the infancy stage breezed through puberty and is now into it’s life as a young adult. With so many members it only makes sense to use it as a platform for driving attendance to your event and cementing buy in [...]

by Mark Ley on November 25, 2009

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5 Reasons every hotel should adopt FourSquare

When asked about FourSquare, Dennis Crowley (a founding member), described it by saying “What we wanted to do is turn life into a video game. You should be rewarded for going out more times than your friends, and hanging out with new people and going to new restaurants and going to new bars–just experiencing things that you wouldn’t normally do.” Having just read that statement, you’re probably now wondering. “Why [...]

by Mark Ley on November 25, 2009

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PhoCusWright Conference 2009 – Travel Innovation Summit

We really didn’t know what to expect when we entered the Travel Innovation Summit this year. Would we be chosen as one of the 32 presenters that are able to demonstrate their latest technologies? If so, how could we possibly pack everything we had to say into only 10 minutes of a presentation? We were about to find out. Word was delivered that we were chosen to present and we [...]

by Mark Ley on November 18, 2009

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Tomorrow’s Tools

“You can’t expect to meet the challenges of today with yesterday’s tools and expect to be in business tomorrow.” As Meeting and Event professionals it is easy to get caught up in the world that we know. We spend a great deal of time managing, or better yet, taming, the chaos of the group mind. The process of planning an event is time consuming and challenges us to be creative [...]

by Mark Ley on November 11, 2009

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SpeedRFP in the News

Here are a few quick links to learn more about SpeedRFP and our coverage within the industry! Elite Meetings International to Present SpeedRFP™ at the Travel Innovation Summit@ The PhoCusWright Conference SpeedRFP™ is Introduced at the 2009 Motivation Show Press Conference – 2-minute Highlight Video Full Press Conference Video Article & Mentions Elite Meetings International Introduces SpeedRFP Speedier E-RFPs? Frequently Asked Questions SpeedRFP FAQs

by Brad Pirman on May 16, 2012

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