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The Impact of Coronavirus on B2B Tech Marketing: Replacing Trade Shows as a Lead Generation Activity

Ishmael's Corner

By Mark Pinsent, Managing Director, Hoffman Europe In light of restrictions on movement and the risks of bringing large groups of people together, one of the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the cancellation of tech trade shows and conferences.

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More than half of tech companies may pass on 2021 trade show circuit

Agility PR Solutions

As the COVID crisis continues to shake up the business world, new research from tech PR firm ARPR reveals where tech PR and digital marketing efforts are headed in 2021. The agency’s new study, Marketing in a Post-COVID World, found that 49 percent of respondents said their companies are unsure whether or not they will […].

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B2B Marketing During a Pandemic Crisis: An Interview with Chris Schermer

MaccaPR

If you’re a B2B marketer, right about now you’re frantically testing which marketing strategies will help get you through the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, the worst pandemic since 1918 and the most widespread racial upheaval since 1967. Long-expected marketing budgets are being eliminated.

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Why Your Event Needs a Crisis Communications Plan

Cision

conferences, trade shows and company-hosted events rated among the most effective marketing tactics for lead generation and brand-building. ET, James will be joined by Finsbury’s Peter Land for a conversation about the crisis communications tactics brands need to master to effectively manage a big event. Protests. “In

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How to Book Speaking Opps In The COVID Era

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Even B2B technology companies – normally resistant to many ups and downs – rely on PR from event marketing to drive business development, brand awareness, and thought leadership. Event marketers and executive thought leaders should now set sights on Q4 and 2021, of course. New speaking opportunities will open in 2020.

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Controlled Chaos: 86 Comms Pros Explain How Communications Work Has Changed

Sword and the Script

More crisis work. “A A lot more crisis work in addition to more duties usually shared between departments. The addition of marketing, analysis, trade show consultation, managing professional organizational memberships and everything else has made every day a whirlwind of tasks, to-do lists and semi-controlled chaos.”.

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The Competition and Industry Gets a Vote on Your Marketing

Sword and the Script

The competition gets a vote in your marketing too. When the business does pop it’s head up, it usually only because it has something to say, to make an announcement or exhibit at a trade show. See these related posts: Your Marketing Predecessor was Probably a Hot Mess [UML]. Marketing, Strategy and War Analogies.