September Product Updates: Seat Planner, Landing Page Builder, Chat Networking & More

We are back with another suite of product updates to help you plan, launch, and manage your events. Whether it’s providing engaging ways for your attendees to discover, network, and engage through chats or giving them the ability to self-select their seats, update them with each details via push notifications in live events, or saving your time by building a professional-looking event website, we’ve got something for you.

Let’s explore these exciting features in more detail.

Mobile App Updates

Inform Attendees with Live Event Updates via Push Notifications 

Need support with the limitations of traditional event communication? 

Our mobile app now has push notifications, an instant tool for event organizers and event owners that allows them to connect with attendees directly through the mobile app. Now organizing large events and sending last-minute updates is not a problem.

What makes it beneficial for you?

• It provides important announcements, changes, or reminders instantly to all attendees which means no more information lag.
• Send a message directly to attendees’ mobile devices, eliminating the need for multiple communication channels (e.g., email, social media).
• Skip the backend login! Create and send push notifications directly within the mobile app, saving valuable time during hectic event periods.

Watch this demo video to see how the feature works.

Motivate Attendee Participation in Polls with Leaderboard Points 

Introducing leaderboard points for completing polls! This exciting new feature helps attendees engage and compete in your events. Attendees will receive points for completing each unique poll within your event and you will be able to track attendee progress on the leaderboard and celebrate top performers. This feature:

• Encourages active participation.
• Adds an element of fun and competition to your event.
• Allows you to analyze poll responses to gain insights into attendee preferences and interests.

Scan All QR Codes with A Single Scanner

Having separate scanners for each event feature makes it difficult for your audience to understand. Let’s make it easier with a single scanner. Now users no longer need access to multiple screens to scan for each type of engagement feature. Whether they need to exchange contact, participate in a scavenger hunt, attend a session, or go to any booth, they can scan every QR code with a single scanner. The scanner will recognize the type of QR code it is scanning and perform the relevant activity.

Add Breakout Sessions Associated with Each Parent Webinar

Is it difficult for your attendees to find the desired webinar and associated sessions? We have introduced breakout sessions to solve this problem for everyone. These sessions are directly linked to their parent webinar to show attendees which breakout sessions are part of the sessions they are attending. This will:

• Help attendees easily identify and navigate between sessions.
• Create more dynamic and interactive events with breakout sessions.

Badge Printing App Updates

Experience A New Dashboard for Event Analytics

Understanding event analytics and extracting insights that help make future events better is crucial for event organizers. The new badge printing event analytics dashboard will make it easier for you by providing a clear and organized view of all the data including information about attendees, speakers, booths, event admins, and every event detail. This will help you track key metrics and gain insights with enhanced visualizations of your badge printing operations.

Virtual Event Platform Updates

Make Attendees the Owners in Self-Selecting Their Seats

Give attendees the ability to self-select their seats at your event!

Now your attendees have the freedom to choose and reserve their preferred seating arrangements. This interactive registration will help you fill the seats faster than a traditional registration. 

Why do we make that happen?

• A seat planner is a DIY feature that naturally makes your audience happy and satisfied.
• It helps you gain a better understanding of seating preferences and optimize event layout.
• It simplifies the registration process by allowing attendees to select their seats during registration.

Build Your Event Landing Page & Create AI-Powered Content

Creating a landing page for your event requires coding knowledge, time, and a lot of money. So, why not delegate this task to a professional, save money, and have time to focus on the other aspects of your event? 

Now you can create a professionally designed landing page for your event in no time with built-in templates and customize it with the self-serve landing page builder. This is not it. The AI content assistant enables you to write content with expert-level suggestions and inspiration for your landing page. 

This feature will help you:

• Choose from our library of pre-designed templates. No need to start from scratch.
• Customize the landing page the way you want and match your brand and event theme.
• Get a content with consistent tone and messaging that aligns with your brand voice.

Connect, Collaborate, and Discover with A New Chat Platform

Whether it’s providing engaging ways for your attendees to feel more connected through chats or helping them find out which speaker will have which session, everything will now be available in a chat platform. The new chat platform not only comes with 1:1 and group chats but now you can also view attendee profiles, exchange contacts, find out speaker information, join different rooms, and find out new people to connect with. 

Session Updates

Navigate Sessions with List or Grid Format

Oftentimes, attendees miss out on important sessions due to difficulties in navigating complex event agendas. The revamped sessions provide a clearer agenda format with a list and grid view to let attendees navigate through your event’s agenda. With customizable viewing options and clear session details, attendees can easily find and engage with the sessions that interest them.

This feature will help:

• Choose between a list view or grid view for a preferred layout.
• Identify titles, times, durations, speakers, and associated tracks.
• Filter sessions by assigned tracks to find relevant content quickly.

More on Sessions

Countdown Timer

In the new UI, a countdown timer is added for embedded videos and sessions within the webinar detail view. This feature provides a clear and concise way for attendees to track the remaining time of a session.

Session Duration

Now you can display the duration of each session in the agenda listing view, below the session’s date & time.

Handout in Session Details

Attendees can now access session handouts directly from the session details section. These handouts are associated with each session and prominently displayed within the session details area.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates as we continue to innovate and improve vFairs. Book a demo today to see how our platform can make your events exciting, engaging, and unforgettable.