{"id":5952,"date":"2015-09-15T16:52:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:30:55","slug":"event-pr-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/event-pr-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Event PR in a Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Issue #951 Sept. 15, 2015<br \/> Publisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Event PR in a Box<\/li>\n<li>The State of Online Courses<\/li>\n<li>Meet Me in Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale<\/li>\n<li>Hound Video of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>This Week in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I watch the Green Bay Packers on TV but turn down the volume and listen to the play-by-play on the radio. When the radio and the tube are out of sync, it&#8217;s a drag. If you do this too, you&#8217;ll love a helpful video I found that explains how to sync AM radio with TV. You can also use this <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easy Radio Delayer App from Google Play.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>1. Event PR in a Box<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5953\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/eventPRinabox-279x300.jpeg\" alt=\"eventPRinabox\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/>Hosting or attending an event and need help with PR and publicity?<\/p>\n<p>HubSpot and Eventbrite have a free &#8220;Event in a Box,&#8221; a slew of resources that will help you with planning your event, all the way through to follow-up. You&#8217;ll find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 Tips to Optimize Event Promotions<\/li>\n<li>Event Emails Explained: Best Practices &amp; Example Copy<\/li>\n<li>6 Event Registration Best Practices<\/li>\n<li>A Tip Sheet on How to Use Social Media During the Event<\/li>\n<li>A Tip Sheet on Event Follow-Up<\/li>\n<li>A Handy Guide: How to Network at Conferences (building relationships without being awkward)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use this for a meeting you&#8217;re hosting, an open house, book signing, conference, trade show, business dinner, award ceremony, holiday party, customer appreciation event, charity fund-raiser or even a press conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/offers.hubspot.com\/event-in-a-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to download &#8220;Event in a Box.&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2. The State of Online Courses<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5954\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/the-state-of-online-courses.jpeg\" alt=\"the state of online courses\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the best ways for authors, speakers, experts, entrepreneurs and nonprofits to promote their expertise, and profit from it, is to create online courses.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s easier said than done, according to a survey by Firepole Marketing on the $107 billion online education industry. Less than 15 percent of the entrepreneurs surveyed have built and presented an online course. Of those, fewer than one in three consider it a success.<\/p>\n<p>Find out why, and the barriers you&#8217;ll face if you&#8217;re considering offering your own and marketing it online. The results are in a helpful infographic at my blog on <a href=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/dont-just-promote-your-expertise-make-money-from-it \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The State of Online Course Creation.&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In the next few weeks, I&#8217;ll share more with you about how to create and market online courses.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Meet Me in Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be in Orlando in early January for a speaking engagement and in Ft. Lauderdale in late January for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PublishingatSea.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publishing at Sea cruise<\/a> with authors to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in either of those two cities and want to book me for a speaking gig for your event, let me know now before I make travel plans. You&#8217;ll save on my airfare.<\/p>\n<p>Also, we squeezed three extra cabins out of Royal Caribbean in case you decide to join us Jan. 24-31. But we have to know now.<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"mailto:JStewart@PublicityHound.com\">JStewart@PublicityHound.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Hound Video of the Week<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5955\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Purin.jpeg\" alt=\"Purin\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meet Purin, the dog that made it into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6xWpo5Dn254&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Guinness Book of World Records<\/a> by catching 14 balls with her paws in one minute.<\/p>\n[Tweet &#8220;Publicity Tips from @PublicityHound&#8211;Event PR in a Box #EventPR #PublicityTips&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>The Publicity Hound&#8217;s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Issue #951 Sept. 15, 2015<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Event PR in a Box<\/li>\n<li>The State of Online Courses<\/li>\n<li>Meet Me in Orlando, Ft. 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