In today's episode of the Inspire Podcast, Bart Egnal interviews Liam Austin. Liam is a Virtual Event Planner & Online Conference Consultant.
Join in as Bart and Liam discuss what conferences will look like in our new virtual world, & how conferences could work when we're not travelling and getting together in large crowds.
Here are some moments from the conversation:
Virtual event strategist - 04:08.0
What started the virtual event business? - 05:27.5
From LinkedIn groups to webinars to virtual events - 06:34.1
Higher conversion rates with virtual events - 07:29.6
Attendee costs much better with virtual events - 08:08.6
Real vs virtual summits... - 09:06.2
Accountability - 10:58.2
Engagement - 11:33.6
Accommodating people's attention spans - 11:51.6
Blocking time and mixing up presentation with engagement - 12:14.5
Building technical comfort and confidence in participants - 14:32.0
How to build engagement - 15:12.2
Mistakes to avoid in online events - 16:41.8
Start with the end goal! - 17:14.1
Free and VIP participants structure - 17:24.6
Free event - generate new prospects - 17:39.2
Example of an event mistake - 19:42.4
Build rapport, bring value before up selling - 22:59.1
Targeting niche interests important for conversions - 23:31.9
Preparing speakers for virtual events - 24:12.6
Common speaker mistakes - 26:28.3
Is business for virtual booming? - 27:41.6
How to find more.... - 29:41.7
