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Workshops, seminars, fairs, exhibitions or any other event is a great way to multiply your marketing efforts for your business.

Organizing events is an effective way to get your prospects/customers actively involved in your business, and attract new customers to your business as well.

It is also an effective way to build credibility for your business and be seen as an expert in your field.

An event is considered successful when it is packed with spectators/delegates.To achieve success for your events, it is important that you get the word out, to as many people as possible

Online Marketing TacticsCreate a landing page on your company website/blogContribute articles about key topics related to your event.Write and distribute news releasesPublish videosCreate promotional emailsPromote event using social media

The Social MediaThe social media is one of the options you can employ to promote and market your event online.Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, Google Plus are some great social media tools you can use to market your event online.

Facebook The worlds largest social network, with over 1 billion users.With the amount of users facebook have, your events, whether business, social, or technical, has its audience here

To create an event page: Go to the Events tab on the left side of your home page

To Create An Event Page: Click Create Event in the upper-right corner of the page

Then, enter the appropriate information i.e. Name of event, Date, Description etc.

Begin inviting your friends on facebook by clicking the Invite Friends on the upper-right corner of your event's page.

Facebook Events: HostsYou can also add more hosts to your event.

Facebook Events: Hosts

The advantage to adding more hosts to an event is:Hosts have the ability to invite more people to the event, appoint other hosts and edit event content. Any host can add more hosts to an event by clicking Edit at the top right of the event and adding names to the Host field.

Learn More You can visit facebooks help center to learn more on events pagewww.facebook.com/help/events

Linked is the biggest professional social network, with more than 175 million registered professional users.This is a great tool that you can use to promote your event. Especially seminars, workshops, trainings or other business related event.

To promote your event on Linked In, one must first have the events application on His/her profile.Go to More, click on Get More Applications and add Events to your applications

Add your event

Promote Your Event On Linked InShare your event with your connectionsSend link of your event to your connectionsShare link to appropriate groupsSend promotional messages with event link to your connections

ConnectNigeria.com is an online search portal, where one can search for and find almost anything in Nigeria.

Push Your Business Related EventsWith thousands of business related queries, the site is a great place to target entrepreneurs and business professionals for your business related event.

Push Your Social EventsYou can also target an audience social events using ConnectNigeria.com

How To Add Your Event On ConnectNigeria.comSignup [if you are not already a registered user]Login

How To Add Your Event On ConnectNigeria.comClick on Add/Edit/Explore drop downClick on Add Event

How To Add Your Event On ConnectNigeria.comFill the form appropriately, with Name Of Event, Venue, Time, Description etcSave

To promote your event on ConnectNigeria.comRecommend the event via Facebook, Twitter and Google plus.Share the event details to your email contactsGet Featured on ConnectNigeria.com

Featured eventsConnectNigeria.com throws its support to select events, provided it meets the sites standards.

Featured events on ConnectNigeria get an extra boost on:The article sectionNewslettersSocial media platforms Twitter And Facebook

To get your event featured on the site, send a request via email to info@connectnigeria.com

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