Event Organizers Plan for Stretched Budgets in 2019
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Event planners are being tasked with producing more events with limited resources. Better technology can help them maximize their marketing efforts, but word of mouth remains the most effective at attracting attendees to an event.
It may be a new year, but event organizers are still dealing with the same issues they grappled with in 2018.
Eventbrite polled 1,200 event creators on its platform on industry trends and their experiences managing events in 2018. The respondents were primarily from small organizations that run six or more events annually aimed at education or community building.
While half of those polled said they expect their budget for 2019 to remain the same as the previous year, 49 percent also said they are expecting to be respo
