88% of marketing and event professionals are using AI

Kaltura, a video experience cloud firm, has released a new report titled 'Riding the Wave: 2024 Survey Report on the Use of AI Technologies in Marketing Teams'.

Based on a global survey involving hundreds of marketing professionals, the report provides a comprehensive overview of AI’s influence on the marketing and events industry, exploring how they harness AI to enhance their marketing operations. 

The marketing industry has largely embraced AI tools, with 88%...

7 November 2023 | Automation

81% of marketing teams would host more events with the right tools

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Economic headwinds, changing B2B buying behaviors, and fewer resources are some of the critical challenges facing event practitioners in 2023, according to the 3rd annual Events Outlook Report from Splash, an event marketing technology company that serves enterprise companies and their event, marketing and sales teams worldwide.

The survey of 670 event marketers and professionals in North America, Europe, and the UK, conducted in late 2022, found that despite 85% of event...

8 February 2023 | Event

How Kinly’s videos and events attracted 100,000+ viewers

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Kinly is a global provider of AV collaboration services and support. After 20+ years of experience in the AV and video collaboration industry, the company now has around 1,200 employees working with more than 2,500 clients across the world.

The problem:

Kinly offers audio and video solutions, with the majority of its business coming through conferences, services for events and broadcasted EXPOs. The company supplies live broadcasting services for a range of industries...

23 February 2022 | Case Studies

Creating the right strategy for virtual and hybrid events

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The pandemic has allowed marketers to wipe the slate clean when it comes to their event strategies.

Following the initial shock of the pandemic, when many events were postponed or canceled, some early-adopting brands quickly brought their events back to life in a new digital form, holding them online. Many countries and global regions are beginning to lift restrictions, yet there is still a considerable proportion of brands that are lagging when it comes to adapting their events...

24 June 2021 | Event

What virtual event tech means for event marketing

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In its purest form, technology helps bridge gaps between users and their desired outcomes — whether they seek convenience, efficiency, or togetherness.

All three of those objectives are a high priority for event marketers. That’s especially true as they used whatever solutions were available to stay connected to their audiences during the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s why event marketing software company Banzai recently raised $15 million in venture funding and...

24 June 2021 | Event

Virtual events set to grow in popularity post-pandemic

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Virtual events provided a lifeline for many businesses and individuals in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic led to the shut down of physical events around the world. 

But it’s not just a flash in the pan. Virtual events were already growing in popularity pre-pandemic, with the sector valued at almost $78 billion in 2019. It is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 23.2% from 2020 to 2027, strongly suggesting this is anything but a temporary...

1 June 2021 | DMWF

How to convince audiences that virtual events are still worthwhile

Opinion Nothing went according to plan in 2020. Trade shows, conferences, concerts, and all other business- and consumer-driven in-person events were either converted into online experiences or canceled altogether. This year, we’re left questioning where virtual events will go from here.

Several companies have committed to hosting immersive digital experiences in 2021 — from the Consumer Technology Association’s CES to Adobe Summit to SXSW. Typically, these in-person...

19 May 2021 | Event

Five account-based marketing trends to follow in 2021

It is a trend that’s perfectly in step with the times. Account-based marketing (ABM) is becoming one of the dominant forms of marketing today, and with good reason; in an age where marketing is ever-present, mass marketing efforts are a lot less effective than individual marketing targeted at specific potential customers. From individually tailored marketing efforts, messages can be more targeted and avoid some of the stigma from marketing saturation today.

While ABM is a trend...

1 April 2021 | Best Practice

Covid-19 has created a new kind of audience – and it is vital event marketers cater to it

For event marketers, Covid-19 has fundamentally changed the nature of an audience. With the pandemic confining people to their homes and drastically limiting or downsizing in-person events, audiences now tend to exist behind a screen, participating in events through their mobiles, tablets or laptops. But this new, primarily digital, audience opens up new possibilities for enhancing and extending the level of engagement companies have with their audiences. By adopting a blended approach to...

18 March 2021 | Advertising

The key elements to thrive in the new digital era: What is ahead of us?

It’s been exactly one year since the Covid-19 pandemic became global. Looking back, as the generations who are inexperienced with the pandemic, we have certainly underestimated the impact. Things have changed dramatically in the past 12 months. We are in the midst of the worst humanitarian challenges in a century, which will cause an imminent restructuring of society and global economic order. We face an unexpected event or sequence of enormous scale events at an overwhelming speed,...

17 March 2021 | DMWF