About Us
Our event planners have 30 years experience working with large corporations and medium-sized companies to celebrate and promote their success. From company picnics to product launch parties to corporate anniversaries, we've done it all. Choose from our large list of popular themes or select a unique corporate event idea of your own. You have enough to do, let us handle the rest. From decor to music to the perfect venue location, we take care of it all.
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"Best event planners on the planet without question. Great for corporate event and can handle the..."
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"Best event planners on the planet without question. Great for corporate event and can handle the biggest and most complicated of events. You can't go wrong with Event Solutions."
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Food and beverage catering includes professional chef, wait staff, creative displays and interactive stations. Custom menus and branding options av...
Brand your brand into their minds with branded burgers, food displays, sand & ice sculptures, company swag and custom lighting at special events!
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"Excellent professionals with outstanding communication skills. Experts in SEO and dev work"
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As a company, we serve thousands of holiday meals each year on behalf of businesses at their annual parties. As an individual, I tend to make a dish and help at the in-laws who host most holiday meals.
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As a company, we serve thousands of holiday meals each year on behalf of businesses at their annual parties. As an individual, I tend to make a dish and help at the in-laws who host most holiday meals.
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Christmas dinner
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Christmas dinner
Potatoes - in all forms!
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Potatoes - in all forms!
We consider much more than just food safety. We also look at all kinds of dietary restrictions (including those for religious reasons and preferences).
Our company caters and works with other caterers to provide food and beverages at company-sponsored events (like the holiday party or...
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We consider much more than just food safety. We also look at all kinds of dietary restrictions (including those for religious reasons and preferences).
Our company caters and works with other caterers to provide food and beverages at company-sponsored events (like the holiday party or company picnic). As such, we deal with all kinds of requests, and we take each as serious as if your health depended on it.
This is a topic we feel incredibly well rehearsed to discuss. We wrote a blog about it recently, Catering to Dietary Restrictions, that we think you would find informative from a poll we did here on Alignable.
Director of Marketing with 10+ Years Exp. here so sorry for the long answer.
In short:
Your BEST and most EFFECTIVE method of marketing is a mixed method.
Let me explain:
Here is a little insider secret from a former SEO Director; SEO does not work in a vacuum. SEO is the RESULT of all...
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Director of Marketing with 10+ Years Exp. here so sorry for the long answer.
In short:
Your BEST and most EFFECTIVE method of marketing is a mixed method.
Let me explain:
Here is a little insider secret from a former SEO Director; SEO does not work in a vacuum. SEO is the RESULT of all your marketing efforts. Blogging each week about a topic does not work as it did ten years ago. The algorithms have grown smarter and are less inclined to manual manipulation. Instead, it is a reflection of the measurements of "good business." The GOAL OF SEARCH ENGINES, indeed any good business, is to give the customer what they are looking for.
Good, White Hat SEO includes an active social campaign, the support of a paid campaign (PPC/Adwords), fresh content, backlinks*, measurements from traffic (like direct traffic from billboards, radio, word-of-mouth, aka "traditional marketing").
*Backlinks happen from making connections and partnerships with other entities online. Giving and receiving credit. It is the "Community Board" of the online world where you proudly post a picture of the local soccer team you supported, that award for best something, your clip from the local newspaper on your charitable efforts and other noteworthy contributions to the community.
The better question here would be what campaigns you should put more focus on? That answer comes from researching your client base. Who are they? What do they like? What matters to them? Where are they? and How do you reach them?
Answer questions and put together a profile of your current client list. Pay extra attention to your best customers profiles. How do they differ from the rest? What do they all have in common? Then create a campaign to reach them and those like them. This may mean several campaigns to reach different "pockets" of groups.
FB is a LARGE group of mixed people, but what if your target audience is young (14-24) females who are fond of food pictures, animals and short videos in the United States? In this case, Instagram would be your focus and FB would serve only as support.
Perhaps your target is older (30+) professionals who like long engaging articles? In this case, LinkedIn is your best resource with FB as support.
(Note: I recommend a professional, active, FB account for every business as it adds authenticity and trust for users as well as search engines).
Overall, SEO will help in every platform you use (even social sites use SEO to help determine feed placement), so it is a good idea to have a foundation in its guidelines no matter what your campaign goals are.
I will leave you with this:
PAID advertisement is a SUPPORTIVE feature and can be very useful in "listening in" on what your customers are looking for (or how they are looking for YOU). After you sift through the noise, make your paid campaigns as sharp shooting as possible to target your best customer profiles with the highest ROI.
We have several people monitoring inbound communication so that we can respond quickly.
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We have several people monitoring inbound communication so that we can respond quickly.
This seems like two different ideas. First for the unhappy people - Anger and dislike are feelings that stick around a bit longer in our heads. It is much harder to keep the good feelings around long enough to get a review. Often, you need to go above and beyond what your industry standards...
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This seems like two different ideas. First for the unhappy people - Anger and dislike are feelings that stick around a bit longer in our heads. It is much harder to keep the good feelings around long enough to get a review. Often, you need to go above and beyond what your industry standards are or they will feel one of a few ways #1 INDIFFERENCE - They got what they PAID for so why give the company more payment with time and effort of a review (this is for basic services, you gave them what they paid for but little else) #2. POSITIVE - They got more than what they figured they paid for (i.e. excellent service, a connection with an employee, a freebee, something *extra* ) and therefore feel you are WORTH the extra time and effort to write a review. OR #3. NEGATIVE - They did not get what they feel they paid for. This is tricky because it is not just what YOUR company provided, but also all the past experiences in the same industry. If they had extraordinary service from the next company over or from their past visit, you fall into either #1 (because you were cheaper or faster, but not BETTER than their past experience) or, sadly, #3 and they feel they did not get everything they should, therefore, they let everyone know via a review or bad mouthing. Best way to increase interaction with all clients on social media is to: 1 FIND THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA (sign up during the transaction, discounts for followers, new ideas, news and info that THEY will find relevant) 2 SAY THANKS (in a timely manner!) 3 MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE A WINNER (everyone wants the better deal and to be recognized...i.e. customer of the month, content winners, great deal recipient, etc) 4 GET INDUSTRY SPECIFIC (auto sales might take pictures of first-time car buyers and post on social media, TAG the person (with permission of course!) and encourage employees to get social too!)
I am blessed to work with an extraordinary team that has yet to do so poorly as to generate a "bad" review. That does not mean I do not prepare for it. I've worked with a lot of companies on their marketing in the past and I can tell you that you should have a plan in place for all types of...
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I am blessed to work with an extraordinary team that has yet to do so poorly as to generate a "bad" review. That does not mean I do not prepare for it. I've worked with a lot of companies on their marketing in the past and I can tell you that you should have a plan in place for all types of situations, including a bad review.
I personally reply to each and every single review for Event Solutions and have advised companies in the past to assign someone they trust to do the same (we all know that one person who is excellent at talking to unhappy clients - use this person). Address both the good and bad points - you want the client to know you are listening to them and care what they think.
At the end of the day we are all human and just want to be heard and treated with respect.
One tip I have picked up along the years is this:
"Imagine your talking to your grandmother - how would you treat her in this situation?"
Good reviews happen, in my opinion, when your team leaves an amazing impression that lasts past the service transaction. Timing is important, be sure to get in touch with the client while those "good feelings" are still fresh. Perhaps you send an email with links to where the review would be most helpful or perhaps it is a phone call. Test and find out what works for you.
Hope that helps and best of luck in your marketing efforts.