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Top 5 essential tools for running an event your company needs

Feb 8, 2022 | Business, Co-Sell Webinar, Event Industry, Marketing, Microsoft, Virtual Events

The world has gone online. How are you planning your events now?

Since the global pandemic started, SaaS and cloud solution companies have experienced unprecedented growth. And it seems that they will continue doing so.

Unfortunately for us, the pandemic came to stay, and the future looks online.

This brings to the table whole new opportunities for businesses to grow, and it’s the perfect time to think about embarking on an adventure with your own online business.

This applies to online events. Online events are now one of the best options to promote your business, generate new leads, and create new connections.

Now ask yourself the following questions: When is the date for your next online event? Well, just considering that you’re into the online event game.

If you’re not, don’t panic. It’s not too late. We’re here to help you catch the wave on time.

We created this blog post to vanish your worries and fears about planning and running online events. And we’ve come up with five essential tools for event management you and your company need.

Let’s start from the beginning: Follow-up and planning.

Before you dive deep into the whole planning and running of an event, one may think that the first thing you need is a plan. Do you agree with me?

Our mission is to make things easier for you.

Forget about complex Excel spreadsheets and having the information scattered all over your hard drive (or cloud service).

One thing we love about Airtable is its flexibility. You can create databases, tasks lists, schedules, all in one place.

Also, it gives you the option to create new interfaces and grid views for those who are more visually functional.

Collaboration is the name of the game for Airtable. You can connect with other collaborators and share your content. Everyone gets updated with the information.

Another great feature is the ability to integrate other services into Airtable. Now you can connect with Asana, Dropbox, Eventbrite, LinkedIn, Google Calendar & Gmail, Slack, and so many others.

You can sign-up for free for individuals or small teams by visiting their website.

You need to manage the ticket sales for registrations for your event.

Eventbrite is our favorite service for selling tickets for your events.

It’s super user-friendly and has many features that you’ll find extremely useful when going through this step of your event management.

With Eventbrite, you can create the landing page for your event with a direct link to the streaming service you’re using. It has Zoom integrated by default, but you can specify the link to other services like Remo or Microsoft Teams.

You also don’t have to worry about considering making it a free or paid event. Eventbrite will give you both options to choose from.

Another great feature that will help you with your marketing strategy is creating discount codes for people to use when purchasing tickets.

Don’t forget about your presentation.

If you’re having an event, that means you have content to share, right? Beautiful.ia is a great option.

Although it is paid, the amount of time you will save using Beautiful.ia will make it worth it.

Mainly because you can work with your entire team. Perfect for collaboration.

Beautiful.ia offers you tons of gorgeous and curated slides templates, so you don’t waste any time designing your slides from scratch.

But you can go even further. It also offers you presentation templates! Just make a few tweaks and adjustments and get your presentation ready in no time.

Create beautiful visuals for your promotional content

This one is an easy one to recommend. Forget about spending crazy amounts of money on designing companies for your promotional content and visual creatives.

And yes, we’re talking about Canva. You can do fantastic work with your creatives using this incredible service.

And the best part? You can create a free account and start working. That’s it! However, it has some limitations.

If you want to have complete control of the creative process and access tons of resources, you can also get a paid subscription.

If you have a team or a group of friends who want to use Canva, you can pay their monthly subscription divided into members. Saving money is music to our ears.

Manage your email communications—and more!

We left the best for the end.

The speakers are one of the most critical aspects of an event in general (it doesn’t matter if it’s in person or online).

And if you have managed an event previously, online or not, you know it can turn into absolute madness.

If you have run an event in the past, you know how chaotic and time-consuming can be to manage the communications for your event.

You have to create a contact list database, organize them by sessions, create your emails one by one, follow up on their response, connect with your attendees, and the list goes on and on.

That indeed requires several platforms and services to carry one. And that translates into investing time learning how to use each one of these platforms.

Speaker Engage: The one solution to rule them all

Luckily for us, we have Speaker Engage. Speaker Engage is the all-in-one event automation platform. And it for sure must have its place in our top 5 essential tools for event management list.

But what exactly is a communications engine? Let’s take a look at some of the Speaker Engage’s features:

You can manage multiple events at the same time.
You can link the registration website to the events you’re creating.
You can create application forms for event speakers. And you can set up a database for your speakers with all their information!
You can create email templates for your communications.
You can add resources for your emails.
You can manage all of your speakers and send invitation emails within the platform.
You can automate and schedule emails and save time with your speaker curation.
And much more!

Speaker Engage is a real game-changer for speaker curation and email communications. The old Excel spreadsheet days are gone for good.

BONUS: The Ultimate Co-Sell Event Planning Toolkit

We couldn’t let you leave without a final surprise.

Although this is not a platform or a service, our Ultimate Co-Sell Event Planning Toolkit is, without a doubt, an essential tool for event management.

It is good to have all of the tools you need for managing an event, right? But, what do you do next? What are the next steps, and how do you plan and run an event?

Well, we thought about it, and guess what? We’ve solved that problem for you.

With all of our years of experience planning, running, and managing live events, we’ve come up with a solution that will get you on track for your events in no time, especially if you’re looking to plan your next Co-Sell event.

Not convinced yet? Let us list five reasons why you need this essential tool for event management and why it gives you a complete insight on every step of making a Co-Sell Webinar.

With this toolkit, you’ll be able to:

Set up your co-sell webinar plan.
Set up your co-sell webinar communications engine.
Set up your co-sell webinar registration platform.
Develop your co-sell webinar creatives and presentation
Publicize your Co-Sell Webinar.

Sounds good! Keep reading to find out how to get it at a very special price.

Conclusion

Now that you have the Swiss army for essential tools for event management, no one can stop you.

First, you have a great tool to serve you as a communications engine. Time is money, and we know it. Speaker Engage is the best tool for two of the most time-consuming event management processes: email communications and speaker curation.

You can visit the Speaker Engage website and get more information about it. You can also request a demo and get a 30-day free trial.

Second, after all of our years of experience, we’ve learned one thing: frameworks work.

Frameworks make your life so much easier! They’re a step-by-step to success and perfect execution.

And we want you to go through all of this process flawlessly. That’s why we developed The Ultimate Co-Sell Event Planning Toolkit. So, you don’t have to go through the same mistakes people make when planning online events.

You can get the Toolkit now in Appsumo at a special price!

There’s a new opportunity to learn how to Co-Sell with Microsoft for you

We’re full of surprises this time!

We’re thrilled to announce that we have launched a new Udemy Course: The 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge!

Subscribe and learn how to plan & host your Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft directly from the experts! No prior webinar experience is required. You’ll learn the step-by-step process for setting your webinar from scratch.

The only requirement is that you must be looking for a great opportunity to promote and sell your cloud/SaaS solution through webinars, and preferably be a Microsoft partner. Click here for more information!

Cloud/SaaS Solutions Marketing and How To Make It Right

Dec 1, 2021 | Business, Co-Sell Webinar, Marketing, Microsoft, Virtual Events

Since the beginning of the pandemic, online businesses seem to be the new normal. Day after day, we’ve seen even more and more companies going online, which only means: more competition. However, the pandemic is not the only trigger for companies going online—especially SaaS businesses.

SaaS businesses can be anywhere in the world. They can provide services to anyone worldwide. Let’s take Speaker Engage or Airtable, for example. A company in Rome needs to plan and manage their next co-selling event, or a marketing team based in Lisbon needs to use a system to follow up.

Nevertheless, despite having the whole world at your disposal, sometimes it gets hard to get new clients and make your business grow, right? Perhaps, you’re facing one (or some) of the challenges that SaaS companies face:

Cloud/SaaS products are dynamic. They’re constantly changing and updating.
Since it is a niche market, you need to be accurate about who you’re selling to.
Sometimes, your clients may need your solution, but they don’t understand your terminology.
In a world full of competition, it’s hard to stand out.
B2B has short-term sales cycles, so it’s crucial to build a loyal database of customers.
And many others.

If that’s your case, then you’re not alone. Many B2B companies have the same challenges when it comes to getting new customers.

The best strategy is through Event & Education-Based Marketing.

But not just any kind of marketing. SaaS customers tend to be more logical than emotional when it comes to decision-making. That’s why marketing should be focused on another point of view: value.

Educational-based marketing is a tiny but valuable part of content marketing. People are always looking for content on the internet. Especially content that can help them grow or add some value to their lives or businesses.

Let’s put it this way. When people start to realize that your brand is giving them some kind of value, you begin to generate awareness towards your brand. Therefore, you’re already marketing your brand and services with little effort.

However, to generate awareness, you don’t necessarily have to focus on selling. In fact, you shouldn’t. Instead, you should focus on creating a story and a narrative for your brand. This will generate interest, and your brand will be on everyone’s radar.

Always remember, people, buy from other people, not from brands. That’s why it’s so important to generate trust. And people will actually trust your brand if you educate them, always keeping in mind that you’re doing it because you don’t want them to struggle. You’re actually helping them to avoid or overcome the obstacles you faced along the way.

Once you create your narrative and generate trust, it’s time to develop authority. Because let’s face it, if you have to go to the doctor, you’ll definitely feel calmer if they are well prepared and inspire confidence. The same happens with marketing. The more you share your knowledge with others, they’ll start looking at you as a reference on the matter. That way, your brand will be known as a reliable source, and you’ll get new potential clients for that.

By doing all of the above, you’ll also be qualifying your sales funnel. If more potential customers trust you and know how valuable your brand is, it will make becoming a customer much more manageable.

And of course, the best strategy to optimize your lead generation with content creation is through virtual events.

Virtual events: a valuable way to enable event-based marketing for your business

Virtual events are a resource that SaaS companies (and every company in general) have to showcase products and services to create more opportunities and connections.

Have you and your team ever considered making a webinar? If not, your should! Webinars are the ultimate marketing tool. Here are some reasons why you should start planning your next online event:

They are an excellent way of creating quality content for your audience.
It’s the perfect scenario to reach new boundaries and regions, which translates into new potential clients.
60% of companies design their webinars to convert attendants into paying users.
Around 73% of business-to-business (B2B) marketers think they can get high-quality leads thanks to webinars.
About 54% of professionals watch webinars every week.
You can generate income just by people attending your webinar.
Between 2% and 5% of the attendants will buy from you.

This last fact may not sound like a lot. But it is. Depending on the success of your event’s marketing campaign, that 5% may translate itself into an exciting number of new customers.

Just imagine that you sent 16.000 invitations for your event. If 5% of the people you invited to attend your event actually do it, you’ll have around 800 spectators. And if 5% of these spectators purchase your product or service, then you’ll have 40 new customers at a single event.

If you think that these numbers are great news, we have an exciting announcement for you.

We’re excited to announce that the 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge will be available for all of you eager to learn how to finally partner with Microsoft and generate more leads and opportunities for your company.

Signing up is very easy! You can follow this link and register. You’ll get access to the course (including our fantastic Office Hours) for just $49,99.

We can’t wait to have you on board!

5 Reasons to Manage Your Co-Sell Events with Speaker Engage

Nov 1, 2021 | Business, Event Industry, Marketing, Virtual Events

Managing co-sell events doesn’t have to be rocket science. As you may know, Co-Selling is the Holy Grail of tech companies, especially those that offer solutions, apps, and services. It’s no secret that everyone wants to co-sell with big companies such as Microsoft, Google, IBM, or AWS. Maybe that’s the reason why you’re here in the first place!

However, the hassle doesn’t end when you get your ‘Co-Sell Ready’ status. That’s actually where the fun begins! Hosting a co-sell webinar with Microsoft is an excellent opportunity to expand your audience, generate leads and increase profitability in your business. It’s the perfect place to showcase your most valuable products and services to Microsoft’s incredible communities (and, of course, your potential clients).

Despite that, year after year, millions of dollars allocated to co-marketing programs get unused. The reason is that, to access these co-marketing programs, you need to either develop a tech solution, host a co-sell event or build a multi-mode digital marketing campaign together.

Let’s think about it for a minute, shall we? Don’t forget that you have a business to run, meetings to attend, a team to lead, emails to answer. I’m not here to tell you all of your responsibilities. You undoubtedly know them better than I do! But, I can tell you that managing your next co-sell webinar shouldn’t make your life more difficult.

Thankfully, there’s a cloud-based solution that is here to solve all of your co-selling event problems. And although I wouldn’t say I like to brag, I’m talking about Speaker Engage.

Here are 5 reasons why you should use Speaker Engage for your next co-sell event:

You can handle multiple online events.

Although everything is centralized, every event has its place. Get all the info you need for each event, curate your speakers, manage sponsors, create event campaigns, and more for each event. You can stay on top of everything without losing track of the details. How convenient! Right?

Increase the productivity of your team.

Productivity is critical in process management; it makes our jobs easier. With Speaker Engage, you can forget about the endless Excel and Google Sheet files. Thanks to our dashboards and user-friendly user interface, team collaboration has never been easier and straight to the point. Everything is done faster.

Manage all of your speakers

Curate your speakers. Quickly determine which speaker suits you the best for each session. Get all the information you need about them at a glance of a click. Manage tasks, make requests, and send information to your speakers. Speaker Engage is the Communications Engine that will power your event.

Email Marketing. Easy. Fast. Convenient.

Speaker Engage makes email marketing and communications so simple. With preloaded Templates for your email campaign, you’ll never have to start from scratch. Just adjust, schedule, and move to the next task!

All you need for your co-sell event in one place.

Forget about surfing between hundreds of apps, jumping to your calendar, login into your email marketing service, and then switching to your mail to get in touch with your speakers. It sounds really messy! But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Having all of your marketing and communications in one place will reduce the workload by A LOT! The key to success is working smarter, not harder.

Planning and managing an online event may sound complex. But it doesn’t have to be this way. We’ve created The Ultimate Virtual Event Planning Toolkit just for you! So you can start right away and crush your next webinar! You just need to click here to download it.

The bottom line: focus on your business. Speaker Engage will take care of the rest.

Time is money. There’s no doubt about it. That’s why having a cloud-based platform such as Speaker Engage for your next online event is the right move! It will help you reduce the stress, and the hassle of organizing and managing your online event will save you time.

With the best cost-benefit relation, Speaker Engage maintains an affordable price, while being the best tool to help you reduce the workload, contact management, promotion management and streamline all the email systems in one place for your co-sell events.

We want to make online event management convenient and straightforward. But, we also want you to really know how to do it. And what better way of learning than participating in our 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge!

It will be jampacked with information about co-selling with Microsoft, in the hands of the very experts of the industry. By the end of the challenge, you’ll be able to:

Set up your Co-Sell Webinar Plan.
Set up your Co-Sell Webinar Communication Engine.
Set up your Co-Sell Webinar Platform.
Develop your Co-Sell Webinar Creatives & Presentation.
Publicize and Promote your Co-Sell Webinar.

So, what are you waiting for? Sign-up here and step up your co-selling game.

Speaker Engage. You stay on top of things. Your events run smoothly.

Take your cloud business to the next level with Meylah’s 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge

Oct 19, 2021 | Business, Event Industry, Featured, Marketing, Tech, Virtual Events

Learn how to plan and run a Microsoft Co-Sell Webinar!

Register now to Meylah’s new 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge!

Are you ready to start crushing your business game? Because at Meylah, we are 100% prepared to help you and your company get to the next level. But, how tho?

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Our team has invested hundreds and hundreds of hours developing a new 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft Challenge just for you. If you got to this point, it’s because you heard (for sure) about ‘Co-Selling with Microsoft‘ somewhere.

First, you must understand that Microsoft is looking for software companies that offer solutions, apps, and services that might fit their clients’ needs. Becoming co-sell ready is the magic sauce to accelerate your market growth and profitability. So that’s an excellent opportunity for solutions that already are “Co-Sell ready”.

You may be wondering, why is it important to Microsoft that you co-sell with them? Well, here is your answer….There are 4 main reasons:

Gaining access to customers to get insights and expand markets
Product Differentiation and Filling Product Gaps
Extending and Expanding Their Sales Teams
And last, but never least, catalyzing cloud consumption

Now that you know what they care about, let’s discover the ways you can partner with Microsoft and their channel partners to co-sell

The first is selling through their Cloud Marketplaces by publishing your solution, service or consulting.
The second is getting access to Partner-to-partner relationships (P2P) through Cloud Solution Provider engagements.
And the third is Traditional Co-Selling which is selling via their inside sales and/or enterprise field sellers.

As you may think, the first two options are the ones that have the most revenue. Why, tho? Simple. With these, your company is exposed to an enormous audience, which translates into more potential clients and opportunities.

The thing about co-selling is that it’s very similar to crypto; everyone wants a piece of it, but few people really know how it works (stay tuned for that). And even if you do know what Co-Selling with Microsoft is, are you even sure how to run your next webinar with them and generate leads to your business?

Run your next Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft like a charm

From shopping to watching your favorite TV shows and movies, everything is done online nowadays. That’s also the case for businesses (and big companies) that want to present their shiniest and newest products and services to the public. Why should YOU be the exception?

Sometimes, running an online co-sell webinar may be a little overwhelming. But that shouldn’t be the case for you. With the correct tools, tips and tricks, it can be an excellent opportunity to create new connections and opportunities for your business.

That’s what the Meylah 5-Day Co-Sell Webinar Challenge is all about! You will get incredible insight into how things are done and what others you must keep in mind when preparing your next co-sell webinar with Microsoft.

We really want everyone to participate. And $500 worth of tutorials, tools, and other features, you can join us at this event for just $147.

Still not convinced? To make it more appealing for you, we’ll be offering a $100 discount for the first 30 participants that sign up for the challenge! The only thing you have to do is use the code [20COSELL] and you’re good to go!

What are you waiting for? Don’t miss the offer!

Join the Challenge Now!

But, hurry! Before someone else grabs your spot!

Take a look at some of the incredible features you will get by signing in to the Challenge for this fantastic price:

You’ll learn how to run your next Co-Sell Webinar with Microsoft.
Access to our most useful Ultimate Co-Selling Webinar Planning Toolkit.
Exclusive access to our Office Hours & extra content after every Challenge day (from 5 to 6 PM PST).
Access to industry experts to guide you to run your perfect co-sell webinar
Permanent access to the videos and all the Challenge content post-event
Access to cloud software discounts to run your next webinar!
And so much more!

Starting on November 1st. Stay tuned for more information!