Labor Day might be this weekend and the heat outside might make you want to spend a day at the beach, but if you haven't planned your year-end holiday event, it won't be as long as it is now. at change that. The end of the year is a busy year for everyone, whether you're selling, fundraising or making a purchase, and despite everyone's best efforts, January came much sooner than we would have liked. That's why, if you have any intention of organizing an end-of-year event that will bring your customers and supporters together, now is the time to start planning.

An event gives your business or organization an opportunity to create intimacy and create a more personal connection with the people you come in contact with. When you invite customers and members to a special year-end event, you're building relationships the traditional way - with direct, personal contact. Here are some year-end events that businesses and organizations can combine to bring in customers, clients, members, sponsors, potential customers and others on the occasion of the year-end event. :

1. Customer gratitude night. Create a fresh twist on year-end sales or promotions by hosting a special VIP night. Your year-end event could be a private preview of holiday gifts or a new product line, an invitation to consult with an individual shopper, or a giveaway to the first 100 people to walk through. our door.

2. Special guests entertainment performance. Between work parties, holiday travel and family gatherings, the holiday schedule is as tight as Santa's red suit. Entice people to put your event on their calendars by inviting a special guest, artist or expert. It could be an author, a political candidate, a music entertainer, a professional shopper or gift wraper, or someone who has benefited from the work of your year-end event organizer. . Anything that complements your business and draws people in will be an enjoyable break from holiday shopping.

3. Joint year-end event with other local businesses. Invite all the merchants on your street to hold an event with you. If you're an entrepreneur working out of a home or small office, invite other relevant businesses to host a get-together for all your clients. Chambers of commerce are particularly good at these types of year-end events, bringing in businesses and communities.4. Fundraising events, the holiday period keep everyone in the spirit of giving, so bring the community together once later this year to raise more funds for a good cause. Whether you're a nonprofit or a business that supports an organization, your year-end event can bring in the charity's missionary. Invite donors, members, volunteers and other interested supporters to meet those involved in the charity's work and hear its success stories first-hand.

5. With some thinking, planning and promotion, you can end the year starting the planning process now. What year-end events you are planning. Does it correspond to what we have mentioned above? Please leave information with us.

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