A New Era in Event Planning: Event Automation
For business owners, it can be difficult to find enough hours in the day to accomplish all the tasks you hope to complete. Even if you are a great manager and delegate many tasks to your team, there are some things that are so vital you may want to handle them yourself. Finding a way…
The Value of Using Venue Management Software
For your guests, the perfect venue is a space that allows everyone in a party to come together, whether it's for a business conference, a wedding, or a Christmas party. Each event hinges on all of the guests being together at the same time and having a seamless experience like no other. As an Event…
Navigating the Organizational Challenges of Running a Catering Business
Amidst the chaos of an event, wedding, or fundraiser, one thing that brings everyone together is the food. However, as a caterer in the events industry, you know the food is only one part of the equation. It's the experience you create for your customers – from the first meeting to the final invoice. Your…
The Importance Behind an Integrated Payment Processing Solution
When you started your own business, maybe no one warned you how much time would be spent being your own accountant: creating proposals for clients, drafting invoices, chasing payments. This is all before you even begin looking at your books to determine profit margins and business liquidity. From your customers' point of view, a lengthy…
Event Management: Staying on Budget with Accurate Staff-Forecasting
When it comes to putting on a successful event, the occasion itself is just the tip of the iceberg compared to the amount of planning that leads up to it. As your planning develops, it's important to keep track of the usual expenses you encounter during the process, and also the expenses you know are…
Event Management Software vs. Project Management Software: What's the Difference?
There is nothing like working in the events industry. It is the job equivalent of the person spinning plates in a talent show because there are SO many things going on all at the same time. Managing the chaos can be made much easier with the right software. While you are looking for the option…
Effective SMS Marketing Strategies For Event Businesses
In the events industry, being accessible to your clients is essential. These days, it's not difficult to stay connected. Between social media, websites, email and SMS, there are any number of ways that your clients can contact you. It is obvious, though, that most potential clients will prefer the convenience and speed of SMS texts.…
Event And Venue Management Software Should Be Simple & Affordable
What if your clients enjoyed their business experience with you so much that they just couldn't stop talking about you, your venue, and your company? Event and venue management software tools are about customer relationships at their core. These tools should ultimately improve your customer experience and simplify your operations. If you get the customer…
Releventful vs. Honeybook: A Competitive Analysis
Choosing event planning software for your business is a big decision. After all, it is going to be the cornerstone of how you operate your organization for years to come. Ultimately playing a large role in the growth of your business. As you weigh the software options available, our goal with the blog series is…
What's Needed to Run a Successful Catering Business?
There is more to running a successful catering business than making delicious food – though let's be honest, that part definitely helps! When it comes to running your own business there are a lot of moving pieces to navigate and all too often we see entrepreneurs spending more time in the kitchen and less time…
How To Run A Successful Event: Your Event Planning Checklist
When it comes to planning and running a successful event for your client, there are a lot of moving parts you will need to navigate. So, we've created a checklist we thought would be helpful. 5 Tips for Running a Successful Event 1. Make sure your proposals and contracts cover EVERYTHING! Nobody likes surprises, so…
Releventful vs. Dubsado: A Competitive Analysis
If you're in the market for event planning software, chances are, you are currently doing your homework and researching different companies and their respective platforms. So, we've decided to compare our event planning platform to another popular company called Dubsado and their business management platform. Dubsado is a California-based company that offers a business management…