The most successful sales professionals use every available tool to garner lead prospects and research competitors. The enhanced MINT+ is one resource for meetings and event salespeople at destination marketing organizations (DMOs). Our recent webinar, “10 Impressive Ways Your Sales Peers Maximize…
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As DMO sales leaders eye the ongoing recovery in the meetings and events market, understanding where they are pacing against their competition in both current and future years has never been more important. Now, comp sets are the newest automated feature in the FuturePace portal for subscribers. As…
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Historic, hip, and happening — Mobile, Alabama, has a vibrant 300-year history with stories to tell and long-standing traditions celebrated regularly. Although representing a city steeped in history, Visit Mobile, the destination marketing organization (DMO), is all about the modern values of…
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The pandemic toll on Toronto’s visitor economy was over $8 billion, and when the Greater Toronto region is included, the economic losses grow to more than $14 billion. The meetings and events industry saw 464 event cancelations one year into the pandemic, resulting in a loss of $833 million and lost…
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When it comes to closing leads, sales managers know how to get the job done — but what are some of the issues that are slowing down their process? We’re going to break down three struggles that you may deal with as a sales manager and how Simpleview CRM enables you to tear down the barriers holding…
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Read time 3 min — Marketing automation is a buzzword that often gets thrown around. Most destination marketing organizations (DMOs) know they need it, but many don’t know where to start, don’t have the time to dedicate to it, or don’t possess the knowledge to execute it as part of their marketing…
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Destination marketing organizations (DMOs) often play an integral role in the success of their local businesses and workforce — perhaps never more than since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020. Take NYC & Company, the official site of New York City’s destination marketing organization…
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So you're ready to host an event, be it in-person or online, and you want to invite your contacts, manage their responses, send the appropriate follow up communications, and track attendance. The amount of manual work a program like this requires is extremely time-consuming, but don’t worry — read…
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Are you ready to take your email marketing strategies to the next level? Strategic email marketing can be used to create highly personalized messages to specific target audiences in your CRM, meaning you can reach the right people the most effective way. By learning more and even becoming certified…
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Destinations International was founded in 1915 in St. Louis by sales representatives of 28 different U.S. destinations. Then called the Association of Convention Secretaries, the organization had many purposes, one being to share information between communities about meetings and conventions that…
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