by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog
The big winner location-wise in the meetings industry is Nashville. Events grew an incredible 30% in September, with Los Angeles/Long Beach coming in at 22% over last year. According to Knowland, an event intelligence group, Oahu, Las Vegas, and Denver rounded out the...
by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog
The business of speaking is a lot like acting. A lot of rejection. It takes many “no’s” to get to a “yes.” That’s the norm in speaking. I tell new speakers to be prepared for a first year that may look like this: “Be prepared to spend 98% of your time selling yourself...
by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog
Consider these remarkable statistics gleaned from MeetingsNet. • In just 12 months, the median number of room nights booked for meetings and incentives by MeetingsNet’s top 25 companies increased fivefold. • The median staff size for these companies grew from 95...
by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog
There is an interesting article (via MeetingsNet, link below) on Force-Majeure and meeting planners. Thinking about speakers and this subject is interesting with COVID in the rearview mirror. (Hopefully.) I don’t remember hearing much about Force Majeure before COVID....
by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog
If you speak about change, leadership, or team building, there are many opportunities you may not have considered a fit for your business. I posted a while ago bout a pharmaceutical company merging with another. Anytime you see two companies merging (and it’s...
by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog
I come bearing news of great joy to all the world, especially for speakers! According to Knowland, data provider in the meetings and events business, US volume for July 2023 was up … are you ready … 22% over a year ago. That’s quite a jump and a reason for...
