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Culinary Finance 101: Food Costs for Restaurant Owners

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Pro tip: Build sustainability into your brand by advertising your sustainable practices on your website and social media. The post Culinary Finance 101: Food Costs for Restaurant Owners appeared first on Planning Pod Blog.

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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

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Their curriculums typically consist of courses, such as experience design, event marketing, event financing, venue management, agreement negotiating, and more. Some universities and colleges offer event management and event planning. However, there are many ways to prepare for a career in event planning through formal education.

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How to Start an Event Venue Business: Two Experts Share 20 Secrets for Opening an Event Space

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This document can be quite lengthy and in-depth because it fleshes out every detail regarding your venue business – from facility and organizational structure to finances, budgets and marketing. Six months out from opening day, you need to begin your social marketing,” added Michael. Starting an event space?

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Minimizing operational costs and unnecessary expenses for event businesses

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Use tools like Google Analytics and Hubspot to track website traffic, social media engagement, and conversions to measure the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns.

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Event Marketing in 2019: The Definitive Guide

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Social media. You Can’t Avoid Using Social Media. In terms of free promotion, social media is one of the best tools. For more ideas, read 5 Ways to Promote Your Event Using Social Media. Social Media Basics. That’ means a lot of social media use. Email Marketing.

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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

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Hidden Barn relied on a makeshift system of various tools and systems to manage their venue bookings, wedding planning, party rentals, invoicing, finances and more. If there is one thing inefficiencies can do, it can distract you from maximizing and growing your business.

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How to Host an Event: The Basics and Beyond

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Even if you are running a nonprofit event, you still wouldn’t want to overspend on your event and hurt your organization’s finances. Social media: it’s fairly obvious to market your event on social media, where most of your target attendees are active nowadays.