 Hey meeting partners if you work at an off-site venue this week's two-minute tip Tuesday video is just for you It's how to attract meeting planners to your venues So if you are one or you know someone who works at one make sure this video gets in their hands and here we go Everyone it's Liam from liankulderwood.com and recently I did a video for meeting planners about why? Hosting some elements of their program and an off-site venue will Increase attendance and increase energy for their programs. So now we've got some meeting planners that want to do off-site events We need to find the right venue for them. And if you're working at a venue, we need to get you in front of them So here are some ways that you can get your venue in front of those meeting planners So they can book you for their next meeting Tip number one social proof You've got to point those meeting and event planners to the way of your facebook page Your instagram feed your twitter feed your linkedin group Whatever it is and especially with instagram because all the pictures of your venue will show so nicely on an instagram Profile make sure that they can find it. So make sure they have all of those handles in hand Tip number two host an event for event planners This is the easiest way to showcase your venue is to actually host them and show them what you're all about Show them your space Dazzle them with your food and beverage your lighting your av team all of those things you can do in a hosted event And then they will refer you to others as well Tip number three make sure you work within their budgets So event planners often the offsite venue is the last consideration And so they're already budgeting for the food and beverage at the hotel And for all of these other things and now poof They've got to add in an offsite venue and all the expenses that come with it Now i'm not saying to give away your venue and your food and beverage for free But try and work within their budgets and see what they can manage And then you can still get the delegates at the venue and everyone wins Tip number four make it easy for them to work with you Often offsite venues will have things a la carte where Lighting an av will be one and decor will be another and chair rentals a third thing If you're able to bundle elements and and help the meeting planner get everything in one package That's going to make it easy for them to do business with you and easy for them to return Also, if they you can work within their food and beverage budget because again They've got a food and beverage at a host venue. They're worrying about Try and make it easy for them to work with you on that as well and have menus that adapt to different budgets And final tip for making it easy to work with you. It's transportation to and from the venue How can they get there easily help them out with those details so they're not scrambling trying to figure out all the logistics So offsite venues, I hope these tips were helpful because meeting planners, they want to do business with you They need to learn about you They need to see all the great things that you can give to their delegates and to their programs If you have any success stories on how to work better with meeting planners I want to hear them and so does your community Please comment below this video and share your best practices for attracting meeting planner business Thanks for watching this week's two-minute tip Tuesday. We'll see you next time. Bye for now