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Planning a successful event takes a lot of work. Here are a few tips from our team of event planning experts to help you get started.

When planning an event, regardless of your target audience, there is a lot of work that goes into the process. Along the way, you are sure to be faced with a variety of questions. Which venue is best? How many people do we need to hire to ensure success? What problems could come up along the way?

While you may be bogged down with many details, wondering how you are ever going to put everything together, if you stay on the right track you will eventually reach all your goals. It’s not possible to know all of the answers but the trick is being prepared to ask the right questions – to garner the information you need for event planning success.

Here are several event planning tips that will help you achieve great success

1. Hire professional help. Unless you know exactly what you are doing, while also having a large staff to rely on, you need to call in professional assistance at some point.

Sure, this is going to cost some money, but what you get in return makes the investment well worth it. There is nothing better than knowing that you have professionals on your side from beginning to end.

2. Do something different. Let’s face it: some events are downright boring. The reason for this is that they are the same as every other one that people have attended in the past.

Rather than go down this path, it is important to consider the benefits of doing something unique with your event planning. This includes but is not limited to:
Experiential marketing
* Product launches
* Stage productions
* Sample giveaways

3. Start planning as far in advance as possible. If you overlook the importance of this tip, you could find yourself in a challenging situation soon enough.

Once you get word that it is time to plan an event, you shouldn’t wait a single day to get started. The planning process often times takes longer than you think. If you don’t leave yourself with enough time, you could end up scrambling around, hoping to put everything together but never knowing for sure if you are overlooking an important detail.

4. Be ready for anything and everything. You want nothing more than your event to go smoothly from day one until the last person walks out the door. But can you really expect this to happen?

From bad weather to a power outage, you need a plan for anything that could go wrong. With a plan in place, anything that comes up can be dealt with accordingly.

These are the types of event planning tips that can help you achieve great success. It doesn’t matter if you are planning your first event or have many years experience under your belt, this advice can come in handy along the way. For more tips on event rentals and related topics, follow our blog for regular updates and information.

Serena Holmes
Serena Holmes
Serena Holmes (formerly Schwab) is the President & CEO of Tigris Incorporated. She is a Broadcast Journalism graduate from Ryerson University. She began working in events in 2000 and started with Tigris as an events staff in 2004, was promoted to management and later accepted partnership. Serena took over operations of the company in 2008. Since that time the roster has tripled and the company continues to grow at a healthy pace. Some keynote clients include Rogers, Motorola, GTAA, CHIN Radio, Appleton Rum and many others. Google PLus Profile:

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