Professional desk showing systematic event marketing calendar planning versus reactive deadline-driven approach

Why Event Marketing Timelines Are Backwards (And How to Fix Them in 2025)

Dan CharlesEvents, Marketing Leave a Comment

Time: 4 Minutes well spent!Most event businesses have their priorities completely backwards. They’ll spend months planning an event but mere weeks planning the marketing to fill it. It’s like training for a marathon by only running the week before the race. This fundamental misunderstanding of marketing timelines is quietly bankrupting event agencies across the industry, creating devastating feast-or-famine cycles that keep otherwise talented professionals …

Competitive business moat protecting strategic market position from competitors

The Event Marketer’s Guide to Building Competitive Moats Through Trend Positioning

Dan CharlesMarketing, Events Leave a Comment

Time: 5 Minutes well spent!Key Takeaways How Forward-Thinking Event Businesses Use Strategic Positioning to Capture Market Leadership Your biggest competitor just won a contract you thought was yours. The client said they chose them because “they really understand where the industry is heading.” Sound familiar? While most event businesses compete on price, portfolio, or proximity, the smartest ones are building something far more valuable: …

Why Smart Event Businesses Are Investing in 'Zero Search Volume' Content (And You Should Too) 1

Why Smart Event Businesses Are Investing in ‘Zero Search Volume’ Content (And You Should Too)

Dan CharlesSEO, Events, Marketing Leave a Comment

Time: 5 Minutes well spent!Key Takeaways The SEO Tool Said Nobody Was Searching. We Created the Content Anyway. Three years ago, I made what seemed like a terrible business decision. My team at Codarity was working with an event client who wanted to focus heavily on sustainability content. We pulled up the SEO tools, typed in variations of “event sustainability,” “sustainable events,” and “green …

Event Marketing Diagnostic Framework: When to Scale vs When to Stop 2

Event Marketing Diagnostic Framework: When to Scale vs When to Stop

Dan CharlesMarketing, Events Leave a Comment

Time: 5 Minutes well spent!Stop panic-killing campaigns that are actually working. Here’s how to diagnose what’s really broken. Key Takeaways Most event businesses approach marketing campaigns like a light switch – either everything’s on or everything’s off. When results aren’t perfect, they panic and kill everything. When something works, they’re afraid to scale it. After nearly a decade in the events industry and helping …

The Power of Personalization in Event Marketing: Why Most Event Businesses Get It Backwards (And How to Fix It) 3

The Power of Personalization in Event Marketing: Why Most Event Businesses Get It Backwards (And How to Fix It)

Dan CharlesAI, Events, Marketing Leave a Comment

Time: 4 Minutes well spent!Key Takeaways The £100k Plateau Problem Meets the AI Reality Your event business can create incredible experiences AND deliver measurable ROI through personalization. But if you’re approaching AI and personalization like most of the industry, that’s exactly why you’re stuck watching competitors win showcase projects while you compete on price. Here’s what I see constantly: Event businesses think personalization means …