The Event Marketing Institute

The EMI offers “trends, training, and tools for event professionals.” Membership to the EMI gives you full access, but without membership you can access their current webcast and one of their research snapshots. EMI’s strong point seems to be their research; they publish research reports covering various topics in the events marketing industry, as well as regularly producing webcasts on topics such as “Tactical Social Media: The Do’s and Dont’s of Engaging Bloggers at Events” and “Emerging Exhibit-Technology Trends.” Some great stuff here for events marketing professionals who want to stay on top of what’s happening now and what’s turning into a trend for the near future.

Corporate Event Marketing Association

CEMA is the “premier community for senior level technology event marketing professionals” according to their website. A nonprofit organization, CEMA works to help those in the events marketing industry build their careers and boost the industry itself by providing tools and events for professional networking. Besides an annual conference, members of CEMA can also take part in regional meetings and web seminars. The regional meetings and the annual conferences offer great opportunities for events pros to meet industry leaders, learn what’s happening in the industry, make new contacts, and stay at the cutting edge of the events marketing world.

Apple Rock

Apple Rock is an events marketing firm, and they’ve put together a great list of industry resources for others in the world of events. If you need information on venues for corporate events, best practices for event design, help and ideas on building exhibits, or information and insider tips on expos and trade shows, check their list out for some websites that are full of info.

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Here’s our official definition:

Eventgistics [e-vent-gist'-ics]: 1) n. Event Logistics Solutions Company; valuable resource. 2) v. Communicate, respond, deliver in an extraordinary way. 3) adj. Experienced in events logistics; flexible; quick. 4) v. To ship, warehouse, distribute, fulfill; complete processing of event marketing stuff. 5) adj. Stress-free; reliable; organized; equipped; dependable; flexible. 6) n. A company that cares [see Endangered Species].

Eventgistics, basically, refers to all the logistics and details involved in pulling off a successful marketing event. It’s about putting together the scheduling, shipping, fulfillment, and team to get your stuff where it needs to be, when it needs to be there. It’s what we specialize in, and every person in the events marketing industry knows how important it is to get this right. You can’t pull of a successful marketing event without Eventgistics, And we’re all about Eventgistics. Hey, we invented the word!

Events marketing is different than any other industry around. There’s no room for trial and error, or even the tiniest slip-up. For those of you in the events marketing industry, you know it’s a dance of pulling together a million details into one, cohesive, successful event. You’re dealing with all sorts of last-minute changes, unknowns, and the greatest unknown of all: the people. After all, an event is about the people. You need them to show up to your event, to get interested, and to respond to what you’ve worked so hard to put together. And you need the people on your team to know what they’re doing and do it right.

We’d like to take at least one unknown out of your next event. When it comes to that hugely important part of an event we call Eventgistics, we will make it happen. It’s our promise, our guarantee, that everything we do for you – from logistical stuff to loading and shipping – will be done right and right on time. So give us a call. Take a few of the unknowns out and pull off that next event with a little less stress and even more success.

We’ve put a new look together, streamlined our navigation on the site, and added more information to help you – the specialists in events marketing – find out exactly how we – the specialists in Eventgistics – can help you with your next marketing event.

There are a couple of features we’d like to point out on our new site:

The “How We Compare” page.

If you’re wondering what we offer than you can’t get from those other shipping companies, check this page out. In a word: specialized. The big shipping companies specialize in shipping, period. We specialize in Eventgistics, the fine art & science of handling all the shipping and logistical needs for the events marketing industry. There’s a big difference in the services we provide. Speaking of services, have you seen our…

Solutions page

Here you’ll find a breakdown of all the Eventgistics solutions that we offer. We’re always working to keep on top of changes in the events marketing industry and tailor our services to fit exactly what you need. From delivery options to fulfillment and kit assembly, we’re a one-stop events marketing shop.

Online Inventory Management

You’re going to love our online system for inventory management. If you’ve ever spent hours on the phone trying to track down inventory, get an accurate count, or get a detailed description of what you’ve got in the warehouse, you’ll know how frustrating it is to try and get answers. Our online inventory management system changes everything about managing your events inventory. Check that page out. Our clients love it. You will, too.