All about eCommerce Show North

This week we’re profiling our newest expo, brought to you by Prolific North and Don’t Panic – eCommerce Show North.

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eCommerce Show North is the only exhibition outside of London dedicated to eCommerce and reflects the huge commercial marketplace that is the North.

Taking place on the 11 & 12th October 2017 at EventCity, Manchester, eCSN will be the biggest ever gathering of eCommerce companies, vendors and suppliers held in the North.

A host of leading global, national and regional companies, suppliers, vendors and agencies have signed up to engage at eCSN. From giants such as Oracle and WorldPay to multinationals including dotmailer, Finch, Nosto and Temando through to dozens of UK national and regional companies, the huge variety of services and expertise already confirmed and on offer at eCSN is enormous. And best of all, the majority of these names have never exhibited in the North before so we have created an entirely new platform located in one of the world’s most digitally engaged and commercial economic regions.

Our seminar sessions offer you the chance to learn from the North’s key influencers and experts, featuring the latest industry developments through real-world case studies. Across the two days, the seminar sessions will feature inspirational talks in all things eCommerce, from high profile brands such as AO.com, icelolly.com, Kelloggs, Royal Mail and Virgin Trains.

By attending our conference sessions, you will gain clarity on the future objectives and ambitions for your business, while crucially comparing yourselves with competitors. Our talks give you the opportunity to discover the brand-new innovations and tech that will deliver the growth you’re looking for, as well as hints & tips on how you can become more effective in day to day work.

Who should attend #eCSN17?

– MDs, FDs and other Directors of ambitious companies
– eCommerce, Digital and Marketing professionals
– Owner Managers of SMEs
– IT, Data, Security, Logistics, Operations and Sales managers
– Anyone interested in increasing sales through eCommerce

Entrance for attendees is free for those who register on the website. Register for Free Here.

 

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UK Public Sector Communications Awards & Conference 2017
Tickets for the UK Public Sector Communications Awards & Conference are still available, but we are selling out fast. Be sure to book today to secure your team’s place at the conference & awards.

The UK Public Sector Communications Awards celebrate and reward excellent communication strategies and campaigns, teams and individuals in local and national government, emergency services and not-for-profit bodies from across the UK.

Benchmark Search Conference 2017
Apply for your place at Benchmark Search Conference 2017 to get practical, profitable ideas from search marketing innovators who are at the top of their game. Learn how they’re shaking things up at their own brands as they discuss their success stories and share the latest strategies and techniques.

Benchmark Search Conference is the North’s breakthrough marketing event, offering an inspiring, engaging and entertaining day where world-class experts discuss the latest strategies and techniques, and share their own success stories. To find out more information and apply for your place, visit benchmarkconference.click.co.uk

US Search Awards 2017
The US Search Awards returns to 2017, with entries now open until September 8. In association with our headline sponsor Bing, and now in their fifth year, the US Search Awards is a competition that celebrates the very best in SEO, PPC, Digital and Content Marketing in the US.

Each year the awards attract hundreds of entries from some of the leading search and digital agencies and professionals from across North America and beyond. Don’t delay – get your entries in today!

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Don’t press the panic button yet!

With less than one month to go, the UK App Awards 2017 entries are open for submission until the 22 September 2017.

A new awards for 2017 that celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. There are 29 categories rewarding exceptional design and UX in a range of verticals and awards for agencies, individuals and in-house teams. You can find out how you can get involved and enter here.

About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.

About the Speaker Bureau

The calibre of a presenter is critical to the welfare of an event. A funny, enlightening, or motivating after-dinner speech will make an award ceremony live long in the mind. A credible DJ will get an audience jiving into the wee small hours. Matching the wrong personality to the wrong audience is a tragedy. Don’t Panic.

If you need a peer-approved keynote speaker, a conference or panel chair, an MC, a host, even a Voice of God, we manage a diverse roster of regional and national personalities, public speakers, and thought leaders from business, technology, politics, academia, and the arts, to help you with your event planning. Contact Sarah Power, Speaker Bureau Manager on [email protected] for more information.

Our Guide to Entering Awards

Over the past week we’ve been beavering away getting ready for our next events in September. As we’re returning to the awards entry deadline season, we thought we’d give you the lowdown on the best practices when entering awards…

Our Guide to Entering Awards

When entering an awards competition there are a few things to consider when planning and completing your entry that will give you the best chance of winning. Here are some of our thoughts, which you may find useful:

Follow the entry instructions
Each awards website includes full instructions on the ‘How to Enter’ page and you should also read the ‘Terms & Conditions’ of entry. Take note of the format your entry needs to be in, the time limits for work entered, how to make payment for your entry, the deadline date, the word count etc. Judges don’t take kindly to incorrect or late entries!

Pick the right category
You won’t have a chance of winning if you enter your work into the wrong category – read the description and if you are still unsure, give us a ring as we’re happy to offer advice. Remember that you aren’t restricted to entering one category. If your campaign fits into more than one category you can enter as many as you wish but do ensure you tailor each entry form to the specific category criteria.

Read the judging criteria
Ensure your entry covers the judging criteria for the category you are entering, and answers all questions for your category. Judges can only mark you on what is included in your entry form so make sure all important information is included and all criteria adhered to. This leads on to the next point…

Stick within the word limit
Judges may mark entries down, or even disqualify them, if they exceed the stated word limit. Please ensure your answers are clear and succinct – don’t waffle! Judges love clear, concise entries – use bullet points or infographics to effectively illustrate points.

Link your results to your objectives
If there is one thing that judges hate, it’s when outcomes don’t bear any relation to the objectives.

Evidence Your Results
Judges love quantified results and want to see some proof of what you’ve achieved – include facts and figures, quotes from clients or the media, pictures and graphs.

Get the judges attention
Remember that judges will be reading a large number of entries, so you need to make your entry memorable. Make sure your entry is passionate, tells an interesting story and is backed up with statistics and evidence.

Watch your language!
Always write in clear, concise English, avoid jargon and never copy and paste from existing materials. Do ask someone to check your entry reads well and is free of typos.

Take your time
Winning award entries take time and effort to perfect. Again we’d highly recommend you get someone to proofread your entry before you submit it.

Get approval
If you are submitting work on behalf of a client, make sure they are happy for you to do so. It would be devastating to spend days writing an entry and then have to withdraw it.

Provide supporting materials
Use a selection of documents and URLs to provide context and background to your entry. These can be in Word, PDF or JPEG format and must be below 2MB each.

Picture perfect
Attach an image or logo to your entry form. This will be used in the event brochure and presentations should you be shortlisted. Ensure this represents your organisation, the campaign or product you are entering.

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Here’s our top three events you need to know about this week…

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UK App Awards 2017
A new awards for 2017 that celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. There are 29 categories rewarding exceptional design and UX in a range of verticals and awards for agencies, individuals and in-house teams. You can find out how you can get involved and enter here. Entries close on 22 September 2017.

UK Agency Awards 2017
The UK Agency Awards celebrate and reward all creative, design, digital, marketing, advertising, media and public relations agencies that are based in the UK. The event will take place on Wednesday 13 September 2017 at the prestigious Montcalm Marble Arch, London. Tickets for the event are now available, and can be purchased here or by contacting Elle Kersh on 01706 828 855.

Northern Finance Director Awards 2017
The Northern Finance Director Awards are all about recognising and celebrating the exceptional talent of finance directors and their teams across the North of England. The awards will be presented at a black tie gala dinner on Thursday 5 October at the Radisson Blu Edwardian in Manchester. You can request tickets to the event by emailing Sarah Belcher on [email protected].

Don’t press the panic button yet!

You’ve still got time!

Tickets for the UK Public Sector Communications Awards & Conference are still available, but we are selling out fast. Be sure to book today to secure your team’s place at the conference & awards.

About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.

The Cool, Calm Events Collective

We’re full swing into the summer holiday season, but that doesn’t mean that the events business stops!

Since the beginning of August, the events team have been keeping busy with promo work for Transport for Greater Manchester’s new GetMeThere card and services. We’ve been travelling across the Greater Manchester region handing out delicious brownies to members of the public.

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This week, we’ve managed the On the Tools Awards judging session, where our finalist for 2017 event we’re decided. You can now vote for your winners in selected categories open to nomination here. The winners will be announced over a lavish gala dinner with awards ceremony at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Friday 20 October.

June & July Overview

Don’t Panic have been keeping busy over the past few months with events non stop! From corporate awards to digital conferences, we’ve been keeping our fingers in all event pies that we’ve been too busy to blog!

FSB London Business Awards
The FSB London Business Awards took place on Thursday 20 July and rewarded exceptional small businesses from across the region. The 2017 awards took place on at the Emirates Stadium, London, where over 100 guests joined us for a fantastic night of food and celebration.

SAScon
The annual SAScon conference brought the best UK’s digital marketers, social and search specialists to the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Taking place over two days on 20 – 21 July, the conference showcased the latest thinking and technologies in digital marketing, with talks from big brands such as SnapChat, Facebook and JustEat.

PRCA DARE Awards
In July, we wrapped up our five regional events for the PRCA Dare Awards – with the final ceremony taking place at the Emirates Stadium in London. The PRCA Dare Awards strive to seek out and reward the very best PR and communications professionals across the UK. We handed out 83 trophies to our well deserved winners across all five regions.

Everyone Matters Awards
Another successful event to take place in July was the Everyone Matters Awards, an annual celebration of the contribution that Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Trust employees, as individuals or teams, have made to the service. It truly was an hour to recognise the individuals and teams who have shown exceptional quality, going above and beyond what is expected of them.

You can take a look at photos from each event on our Flickr account here.

Hot off the press

Here’s our top three events you need to know about this week…

Search Camp 2017
Take a little summer into winter by attending Search Camp 2017, a brand new venture from the creators of the Search Awards Series. Search Camp is a two-day residential search marketing conference, taking place on 13 & 14 December at one of the UK’s best loved holiday parks; Butlin’s in Bognor Regis. The event will explore cutting edge thinking, innovation, best practice and futurism in SEO & PPC. Featuring 17 keynote standard speakers in a solo track format across two days, it will attract over 200 senior level search marketing practitioners from across Europe.

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CIPR National Conference 2017
The annual Chartered Institute of Public Relations National Conference will this year take place on 31 October 2017 at the British Library in London. The day will include a line up of keynote and panel speakers from the UK and Europe’s leading PR and Marketing Professionals. Due to popular demand, the first 50 super early bird tickets have now sold out. Tickets are now charged at an early bird rate of £195 + VAT for members of CIPR and £250 + VAT for non members (available until 13 October 2017).

UK App Awards 2017
A new awards for 2017 that celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. There are 29 categories rewarding exceptional design and UX in a range of verticals and awards for agencies, individuals and in-house teams. You can find out how you can get involved and enter here. Entries close on 22 September 2017.

Don’t press the panic button yet!

You’ve still got time!

Tickets for the UK Public Sector Communications Awards & Conference are still available, but we are selling out fast. Be sure to book today to secure your team’s place at the conference & awards.

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About Don’t Panic

Don’t Panic is a full service events agency that specialise in seamlessly delivering all aspects of awards, conferences and more! We pride ourselves in producing innovative and profitable events, based on our strong relationships, attention to detail and unique approach.

From awards dinners to annual conferences, international exhibitions to experiential projects, we are the cool, calm events collective.

Don't Just Take Our Word For It

Testimonials

Don't Panic has been an invaluable partner to the Craft Beer Marketing Awards.

Their unwavering dedication and expertise has played a pivotal role in the evolution and growth of the CBMAS competition each season.
Jimm & Jackie
Craft Beer Marketing Awards
From the initial planning stages to the execution of the event, their team demonstrated unparalleled professionalism, creativity, and attention to detail. Don’t Panic perfectly understood our vision and went the extra mile to ensure it was brought to life. It was like having an extended department within our business!
Dale Hicks, Director
The Fashion Network
We've sponsored multiple events in conjunction with Don't panic over the last couple of years. It's been a key route for us to, develop sort of brand visibility and brand recognition. Coming to the awards gives us the opportunity to get in front of 50 or even 100. The events are so well run, everything works like clockwork.
Richard Ingles, Sales Director
Diginius
Don’t Panic Events continues to raise the bar of their events each and every year. Participating in each of the Search Awards is always a special experience for us as an organization, they provide an opportunity to celebrate the successes of our amazing industry with so many of our clients, partners and colleagues, all in one room.
Jennifer Hoffman, Marketing Director
Lumar (formerly DeepCrawl)

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