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Guest post: Winning Pitches via Online Meetings

March 19, 2015 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell Leave a Comment
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Nowadays, more and more of our business is happening virtually, from online retail to video conferences. While unable to achieve the same intimate quality that face-to-face communication can, virtual meetings are more cost-effective and bring international businesses together with a few simple clicks.

 

When delivering a sales pitch or new business proposition, your personality can play such a big part in winning the trust and support of your audience. It’s much harder to achieve that same level of personal connection via webcam, but that doesn’t mean a virtual pitch can’t be just as successful.

 

Before you even begin your pitch, make sure you thoroughly research who you’re pitching to, even if you have interacted with this person or company before. Things could have changed, and you need to be as up to date as possible. This will help you tailor your material so it only contains directly relevant information, and could help bridge a more solid connection between you and your listener.

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Filed Under: Business Tips Tagged With: Citrix, Gemma Falconer, Gotomeeting, online meetings, video conference, virtual meetings

Guest post: 10 Must Have Event Management Apps

November 18, 2014 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell 2 Comments

Event management appsGreat event managers were born with a keen eye for detail, creative flair and excellent time management and organisational skills. However, when you have 101 things on your to-do list, the phone just won’t stop ringing and you have back to back meetings with suppliers, it can be difficult to know where to start and how you’re going to get through it all.

 

Whatever the size of your event, here are 10 must-have apps that can help every event manager to stay on track with tasks, and work through that to-do list with ease.

 

1. Dropbox

With any event it’s inevitable that you will have a number of important documents – guest lists, booking confirmations, risk assessments… Using Dropbox means that you can sync all your important event documents across all your devices. Storing all of your important event documents online also means that they can be accessed by the rest of your team, meaning that no one is ever caught short without access to essential paperwork.

 

2. Evernote

Planning an event is a creative process – which means that you’re no stranger to having great ideas pop into your head at any time of the day; when you’re sat waiting for the train or before you fall asleep at night. Evernote allows you to gather all of those last minute ideas, handwritten scribbles or bookmarked websites together in one place. Evernote even has search functionality, so you won’t be caught short hunting through your notebook to show a client that killer idea.

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Filed Under: Business Tips Tagged With: apps, DropBox, event management, events, Evernote, Gotomeeting, Hootsuite, Oliver Hinton, Pinterest, Scanner Pro, Ticketebo, Toptable Planner, Waze, Wunderlist
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