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August 18, 2019

Why We Do Event Marketing

event-marketing-Here at Myers PR, we didn’t go off looking to be an event planning company. But as we grew and provided more and more in-house marketing and PR offerings, we realized that one of the best ways to show off our mixed-use retail spaces was to provide a community experience that people enjoyed and associated with our client. 

A quote by Maya Angelou that we often share in the office is, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

And despite the chaos that is planning an event, it’s totally worth it to create an experience that people will remember, treasure, share, and hopefully return to.  Cornell psychology professor, Thomas Gilovich’s research over the past decade says that experiences bring people more happiness than possessions. Thus, our goal is to create those neural pathways of happiness and make sure they’re associated with our clients – marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing but is still highly effective for your brand.

When we start planning an event, we think through the following to create a low-stress, high-enjoyability customer experience:

  • new_seo-39-512audience-appropriate activities
  • audience-appropriate food and beverages
  • smooth event flow layout (not long lines)
  • enough event supplies (nothing makes people sadder than running out of stuff)
  • a variety of things to do, see, taste, buy, sip, and take home
  • extra surprises not advertised (keep ’em pleasantly surprised!)

It seems counter-productive – focusing so much on the attendees instead of focusing on promoting the client, but all the love and attention pays off in very happy attendees that were given a memorable gift by the brand or company you represent. Happy customers = loyal customers!

A paragraph by EventCrazy, a search engine for fun things to do, puts it very beautifully…

“Events are the life blood of a society. They are occasions that gather people together united in a common theme, cause or celebration. …. Events can be as simple as a child’s kindergarten graduation or as dramatic as the Super Bowl. It doesn’t matter what your preference is or even if it is constantly evolving. What does matter is that you are “experiencing” something that will give you great satisfaction and a lifetime of memories. “

Think about that next time you go to a community event or plan a birthday party!