How to organize bloggers event

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BLOGGERS EVENT

Marcin ChirowskiGlobal Head of Content Marketing

HOW TO ORGANISE SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL BLOGGERS EVENT

@MarcinLondon

Problem vs. Solution

How we’ve done it

Examples with results

@MarcinLondon

97% organic traffic growthFrom 3,6mln to 7,1mln monthly UV in one year

36,8% organic traffic growth/ 17 markets

162% organic traffic growth/ 19 markets

+ 192%

WHO ARE YOU?

AGENDA

@MarcinLondon

REQUESTS OVERLOAD

AGENDA

@MarcinLondon

BUILD RELATIONSHIP

AGENDA

@MarcinLondon

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING PYRAMID

1 on 1

Conference

Meetups

Event

LinkedIN

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

Google Plus

Hig

her V

alue

Hig

her E

ffort

ITALIAN BLOGGERS EVENT / ROME

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British vs American English

RESULTS

@MarcinLondon

Top2 ranking for high volume KWs: “corso di inglese”

400+ individual engagements on Facebook & Twitter

300+ contacts for future events

Established connections with over 50 reputable bloggers and positioned our brand in trendsetting niche

55 high quality backlinks

+68% increase in organic search traffic

124 competition participants after event24 bloggers promoting competition

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Tools vs Toys

FRENCH BLOGGERS EVENT / LONDON

Unprecedented # of tweets on our French twitter account

High volume keywords “cours d'anglais” / “apprendre l anglais” jumped into Top5 in Google France

Connections with 17 influential French bloggers / priceless

Competition blog post reached 1578 shares600 competition participants after event

106 new users sign up to EF Englishtown school

#loutilparfait / #englishjourney / #efenglishtown hashtags were collectively used in 186 Instagram pictures

49,654 combined likes of photos tagged and referenced the event

RESULTS

HOW WE’VE DONE IT?

@MarcinLondon

Before Event

Set objectives

Select target

audience

Research with local

person

Connect via Social

Send custom

RSVP invite

Stay connected

During Event

Give the best

experience possible

Connect with each

person

Capture media

After Event

Online follow up /

Competition

Involve bloggers audience

Stay connected

AGENDA

@MarcinLondon

CONNECTION ECONOMY

“In the connection economy, there's a dividing line between two kinds of projects: those that exist to create connections, and those that don't.” Seth Godin

TAKE ACTION

@MarcinLondon

Host your own event

Who would you like to connect with?

How that would benefit your business?

What event would you organize?

How would it look like?

Where would it be?

Organize a meetup

Connect via:

THANK YOU

Twitter.com/MarcinLondon

LinkedIn.com/in/Chirowski

chirowski@gmail.com

www.Englishtown.com

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