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Whether you work in event management, or are responsible for advertising an event, it takes a lot of dedication and diligence to pull it off. Hosting an event can be extremely difficult and there are a lot of factors you need to think about.

You need to consider what sort of event you are hosting, the types of people who are going to be attending, and what sort of entertainment you are going to provide. If you get this wrong, you may find that guests become very bored or you could get very few people turning up.

So, how can you maximise event engagement to ensure your project is a success? That’s what we are going to find out below.

1. Understand your audience

Take a look at the event you need to organise. The first thing you need to think about is who is going to be interested in your event and how you are going to let them know about it. If you are advertising to a younger audience, you may want to use social media and online videos. However, if you are advertising to an older audience, you may wish to use emails, television advertisements and physical advertisements, like flyers, posters and billboards.

The more you appeal to different demographics of people, the faster your message will spread and gain awareness. This will make it more likely that you will sell tickets and be able to support a higher turnout of people.

2. Influencers

No matter what type of event you are hosting, it’s important that you get the right people to come and advertise your event. Nowadays, you can use influencer marketing to help you with this engagement.

Influencers are popular personalities on the Internet or in certain careers that can easily network and advertise your event to other people. If these people decide to join your event, you will find that it will attract more attention than if you just generally advertise it. What makes it better is that they may also have other people join them who are well-known in certain industries. So, it will help make your event more popular.

Influencers can receive a free invite or you could offer them a financial sum to advertise your event. If they come to your event, make sure to encourage them to take pictures, and use this visual material to show off how much fun they are having. This will bring more engagement from people who like and follow the given influencer.

3. Happy memories

When your guests turn up for an event, it’s natural that they are going to have their phones out and are going to be constantly taking pictures and videos of what’s happening around them.

After a while, these photos may become a blur. That’s why you may want to offer additional photographic services that may become a core memory of the event. You may find that most events, both serious and relaxed, would enjoy our Oxford photo booth hire or photo backdrops. When it comes to photo booth hire for corporate events they may use this service to help people relax and chill out after a few hours of important networking. Make sure to ask your guests to tag you online if they place their photographs on social media.

4. Social media

Social media is extremely useful when it comes to your event. Not only can it show off what your event is all about, but it can be a free form of advertising that can encourage people to look into your brand.

If you want to maximise the engagement of your event, make sure to constantly upload pictures, videos, and snippets of the occasion. You will want to actively speak to your viewers through comments and make sure to answer their questions. If you can actively engage your viewers, you will find that they will follow your events and might even purchase tickets for future events of yours.

5. Mobile devices

Nowadays, event engagement needs to be managed on a range of devices. This includes mobile devices. You may be able to advertise yourself on mobile apps or through event apps that can allow tickets to be downloaded and reminders to be added to mobile calendars.

The more flexible you are with your event, and the more advertising you do for it on a range of platforms, the more accessible it will be for different people. What’s better is that a mobile device can even be set with an alarm for the event day. This means that the people who go to your event will be reminded about it in advance.

Here at Event Rhino, we can help you run a successful event with our London photo booth hire ensuring that we capture all the best memories from your event!

Planning an event involves a lot of organisation and hard work to get it right. Not only do you need to arrange any speakers that might be attending, but you also need to book caterers and entertainment.

The last example is not always easy to do, especially if you have a group of people who don’t like to get involved. However, something like digital photo booth hire can encourage people to take part and break the ice.

Here, then, are five types of events for which digital photo booths could be beneficial.

1. Graduations

If you are holding a graduation event, then it is the perfect opportunity to organise digital photo booth hire. If there is one event that will often get the cameras snapping, it’s a graduation party. This doesn’t have to just be for young adults leaving university; younger kids are now experiencing graduation ceremonies as well.

Having a photo booth for hire there will encourage students, parents, and perhaps even teachers to have a photo taken together. Not only will it add to the fun, but it will also provide a memorable keepsake afterwards.

2. Fundraising

People usually organise a fundraising event to raise awareness and highlight an organisation’s work. Many such events are geared towards raising money for research into medical conditions or to help those less fortunate.

Because the aim is to help people donate to the mission, you will want to relax them and let them have some fun, as well as tell them the reason they are there. A branded photo booth can be a great way to break the ice and encourage people to relax.

If people have a good time at your fundraising event, they will also be more inclined to donate and support your cause.

Sometimes, you might have corporate sponsors attend your fundraising events as well. This could be to encourage them to donate, or as a ‘thank you’ for donating. Corporate photo booth hire might be a good opportunity to use some corporate and organisational branding as well.

3. Parties

One of the most popular reasons for requesting digital photo booth hire is the need to provide a focal point when one is organising a party. You might choose to have one or maybe even two photo booths to capture those fun moments at the party.

If you also add some fancy dress and other accessories, you can create some fun photos and make them even more memorable than they might have otherwise been.

Not only will you have the confident people wanting to have their photos taken, but the presence of the photo booth will also encourage the quiet ones to have a go.

If the party is for a brand launch or new products, then this is the perfect opportunity to add branded hats, t-shirts, and other accessories to the photo booth.

4. Award ceremonies

Just like graduation events, an awards ceremony is a great event for a photo booth. You can have people who won awards getting their pictures taken with friends or family. You can also get team photos in a more relaxed and fun way.

Although awards ceremonies are usually formal events, that doesn’t mean you can’t inject a little fun into it, especially after the awards are presented.

These photos along with others taken at the event can then be used on the website (with permission), and on the walls of the team room. This will add an element of fun and nostalgia for those who have taken part at previous events.

5. Competitions

If you are holding an event, there could initially be some hesitation among the attendees to actually use the photo booth. But holding a competition on the day of the event could encourage people to give the photo booth a go.

Let people know at the beginning of the event that you will be giving prizes to the best photos taken at the photo booth. This will give the attendees a reason to get their picture taken and have some fun along the way.

You may want to add a theme to the competition photos, or you might leave it to the attendees to decide. Don’t forget to have some outfits, hats, and other accessories nearby so that people can get creative.

Conclusion

There are many other types of events that benefit from digital photo booth hire. Even those that might seem relatively dull, such as networking events, can be transformed with a little interactive fun.

It is important to remember to use company branding if appropriate, especially if the public are attending, as images from the event could be shared on social media.

Are you ready to start discussing the possibilities of photo booth hire in London with our own team at Event Rhino? If so, it could scarcely be any easier to get in touch with us.

If you are a regular to events either as a stallholder or a visitor, you will know that they can all start to look the same after a while.

Although individual stalls will try to do something different, what you need if you are to hold or exhibit at such an event yourself is something unique, yet also fun and engaging.

One such feature could be a photo booth. So, let’s take a look at three types of events that photo booth hire could really help to elevate.

1. Corporate event

Corporate events can sometimes be a little dull, especially when some of the stalls have limited budgets to work with.

However, dedicated photo booth rental in London for events can be reasonably priced enough to make such booth a worthwhile way to engage with your audience. If you have ever used a photo booth, especially the kind used at parties and similar events, you will know how much fun they can be.

If the list of attendees of your corporate event is likely to be long, this can make corporate photo booth hire an even more attractive option, as a lot of people will be tempted to get involved, and might even encourage the shy ones to have a go with the booth.

Branded photobooths can also be a great way to introduce people to your product, especially if you can incorporate advertising into the booth using frames or hats.

Such a distinctive feature as a photobooth at your corporate event is likely to pique the interest of prospective buyers or customers, which might make it likelier that they will wish to keep in contact with your brand long after the event is over.

2. Weddings

Weddings are special occasions that everyone wants to remember forever – for the right reasons. There are many ways that you can achieve this, but a fun thing to do is to have a photo booth set up at the wedding reception.

You can set out a theme for the photo booth if you want, or just have a range of accessories and dress-up clothes to spark the imagination.

Another good idea is to have photo sets of family members together such as the bride and groom, the parents, siblings, and so on.

Once the photos are printed out and given to the guests, they will also be great mementos of the evening. In addition, using our wedding photo booth rental can make for more fun and spontaneity in the capturing of visual memories of your big day, than depending solely on the services of a professional wedding photographer.

Wedding photo booth hire can also be a great way for the wedding couple to keep some photos to put towards a wedding album. They can then remember the event with a traditional album, as well as a more relaxed version.

3. Company events

Having a special internal party for your employees is a great way to reward them for all their hard work. This could be a holiday party or perhaps a summer event.

Wherever the event is held, having a photo booth there will help you capture the best moments of the party.

While perhaps not everyone will be willing to take part at first, the fun and excitement of everyone having a good time may eventually persuade people to get their picture taken.

It is also a good way to show your customers and suppliers that you are working to give your staff the best relaxation possible. It will show, in the process, that you are a conscientious employer and you care about rewarding your staff.

Other possibilities

Together with the above three examples, there are other events to which you can introduce a photo booth to add another dimension.

• Birthday parties are always a good place to have a photo booth. Whether it’s a kid’s or adult’s party, a lot of fun can be had. You could even incorporate the photo booth into a party game where attendees are judged on the best photo or outfit.
• Proms and school events can be good occasions for our Cambridge photo booth hire. Of course, there would need to be permission from parents, but it would be a lot of fun for the students.
• Sometimes, you may find yourself organising an event where you know it could be difficult to get people working together or engaging with the content of the event. So, to help break the ice, why not add a photo booth as part of the event? You could introduce the booth either at the beginning or during lunch, and encourage everyone to have their photos taken. This will help make the event more memorable for the attendees and a lot less difficult for the hosts.

As part of these ideas, you can either make the photos available to take home or leave them as just ‘part of the event’. You can also give each person the choice so that they can decide at the time.

Conclusion

Photo booth rental in London can be a great way to engage with people and ‘break the ice’ at any of an exceedingly broad range of events. It can also help to get people more deeply involved in your event if they’re shy. For a more in-depth conversation about the possibilities for having a photobooth at your own event, why not contact the Event Rhino team today?

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