Happy Birthday to… us!

For 15 fabulous years this August, we’ve been celebrating and rewarding professionals in the digital, creative and marketing industries, and we’ve had an absolute blast along the way.

Full of energy and laughter, with global expansion mixed in, we’ve developed into the Don’t Panic we are today thanks to our great team and incredible supporters. We’ve enjoyed meeting each and everyone one of you at our international events, whether it be at an awards, expo or conference.

As a thank you for your continued support over the years, we’re offering an exclusive 15% discount on category sponsorship across all Don’t Panic Awards for the whole of August!

To get your company in front of an engaged digital audience, all you need to do is contact Elisha Savage on elisha.savage@dontpanicprojects.com and quote the code ‘15BIRTHDAY‘, with the awards you are interesting in partnering on.

You can find the full list of active Don’t Panic Awards here: https://live2.dontpanicprojects.com/events-tickets/

Discount expires 23:59 on August 31, 2020.

We look forward to continuing celebrating with you for the next 15 years!

Why you should attend eCommerce Show North

Looking to take your eCommerce business to the next level? Here’s how attending eCommerce Show North can help you…

Free registration is now open – confirm your place here.

Knowledge
Believe it or not, there are only three definitive ways to increase revenue in an eCommerce business:
1. Increase the total number of customers;
2. Increase the frequency of transactions per customer;
3. Increase the average order size from each customer.

Knowing what to prioritise can be the difference between a standard year of growth and a phenomenal one. So, what’s your next move? Look above at the overall ways to grow revenue and you may notice each has a common theme: the customer. It can be a transformative moment if you start with what your buyers want (and perhaps more importantly, what they don’t want or need) and let them be your guide for everything you do.

If you’re not on top of all things eCommerce, you’re falling behind, losing sales and waving goodbye to customers, who’ll flock to more digitally savvy competitors, without sparing you a thought.

But knowing how to do this can be tricky without seeking the proper advice and guidance from the game-changers in eCommerce. Bursting with great advice, technical expertise and real-life examples of effective eCommerce strategies from global eCommerce companies, eCommerce Show North provides you with everything you need to know in one space.

New Business
An obvious point but new business means new revenue. By attending eCSN, you can gain great contacts and warm leads for your business – all whilst seeing what your competitors are up to. Senior figures from global brand such as Amazon, AO Retail, Asda, DHL, IMRG, Jaguar, Matalan, Missguided, Music Magpie and Virgin Media are all in attendance.

Meet Experts & Influencers Face to Face
eCSN is the perfect opportunity for attendees to mix and mingle, form new relationships, and strengthen existing ones. Over coffee, lunch, or just walking around the exhibition space, you may make a connection with the perfect provider or prospect. At one of our seminar sessions, you may find yourself sitting besides your next customer! If you don’t go, maybe your toughest competitor will be sitting in your seat…

New Tools
In the exhibition space, companies will have on display unique tools and new products that you may have not seen before. Apps and products that make your business faster, sleeker, less prone to costly mistakes or give your eCommerce business that edge can all be found at eCSN. Whilst all these tools can be found online, there’s nothing more engaging than speaking to someone face to face with a hands on demonstration, where you can ask relevant questions specific to your business needs.

eCommerce is the fastest growing tech sector and better eCommerce can pay off big time, for businesses large and small. Over 100 leading global, national and regional companies, suppliers, vendors and agencies have signed up to engage at eCSN. From giants such as Barclaycard, Microsoft and WorldPay to multinationals including dotmailer, Finch, Nosto, Oracle | Bronto and Temando through to dozens of UK national and regional companies, the huge variety of services and expertise on offer at eCSN is enormous. Take a look at our full confirmed exhibitor line up here.

So with all said, can you afford to miss out while your competitors gain insights, expert knowledge and exclusive deals? Register your attendance here.

Hot off the press

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

On The Tools Awards
On The Tools is the largest Online Construction Community in the UK. The On the Tools Awards will celebrate and reward construction workers, sub contractors, tools and equipment manufacturers and construction companies from across the UK. The awards will be a unique opportunity for every element of the construction industry to come together and celebrate our sector. The event will attract over 300 guests from independent brickies through to major house builders and training providers to tools manufacturers. It’ll also be one hell of a party… The winners will be announced over a lavish gala dinner with awards ceremony at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Friday 20 October, book your tickets today!

OTT Awards 2017

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. Book your place here.

Search Camp Ticket

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, takes place on Wednesday 18 October at the Montcalm Marble Arch in London. The awards celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The finalists were announced on the 8 September, you can view the full shortlist here. Secure your tickets to the biggest event yet here.

Some Comms 2017 Banners Twitter Card

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 sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

The Search for the Shortlist is over!

Welcome to our weekly Don’t Panic blog – if you’ve been keeping up with our fantastic events and innovative developments, you will know that we aim is to inspire, inform and celebrate through the fantastic events we are privileged to be involved in. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Announcements

This week we’ve had a few awards announcements…

US Search Awards
The search for the shortlist is over… the 2017 US Search Awards finalists have been announced! The US Search Awards, in association with our headline sponsor Bing and now in their fifth year, is the premier celebration of 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 – and this year was no exception. We had a record breaking number of entries from some of the biggest names in search from across the US and beyond, as well as entries from the smaller but just as impressive start-ups & growing businesses. The winners will be announced at a lavish awards ceremony and gala dinner at one of Las Vegas finest hotels, Treasure Island, on Wednesday November 8 during Pubcon Las Vegas. Join us on the night and secure your ticket to the event here.

EU Search Badges(2)

Pride of Tameside Business Awards
This week we also released the Pride of Tameside Business Awards Shortlist! The quality of entries was extremely high so we’d like to thank to our judges who had the unenviable task of choosing our shortlisted entrants.

The awards will be presented at Dukinfield Town Hall, and include a welcome drinks reception, followed by a three course dinner with wine and entertainment. So join us for a night of sumptuous food and great entertainment to celebrate and reward exceptional businesses from across the region. Book your tickets here.

Pride of Tameside Shortlist Badge

Hot off the press

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

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The shortlist for the 2017 awards can be seen here.

eCommerce Show North
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.

Free registration is now open – confirm your place here.

eCommerce Show Web Banner-06

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. Book your place here.

Don’t press the panic button yet!

The UK App Awards entry deadline is today! But don’t panic, we’re extending the entry deadline for a further two weeks. However, entries submitted after the first closing date of 22 September 2017 at 23:59 will be charged a late submission fee. The cost per entry after 22 September and up until 6 October will be £150 + VAT.

The UK App Awards will celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. Submit your entries before it’s too late – enter here.

UK APP Awards Twitter Card

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 sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

What we’ve been up to this week…

Welcome to our weekly Don’t Panic blog – if you’ve been keeping up with our fantastic events and innovative developments, you will know that we aim is to inspire, inform and celebrate through the fantastic events we are privileged to be involved in. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Announcements

This week we’ve had a few awards announcements…

Pocket-lint Gadget Awards

Firstly, the Pocket-lint Gadget Awards longlist was released to the public after a first round of nominations. The awards, as in previous years, will be judged by leading industry experts, the public and the Pocket-lint team. Some awards judge products based on all public and no experts, all experts and no public, or even just members of the editorial and advertising teams, but we like to do things differently at Pocket-lint, making sure everyone has their opinion heard.

But don’t worry, you can still submit your gadgets! Nominations are being accepted through to when the shortlist is announced on 3 October 2017. Nominations can be made using the online form. There is no entry fee or charge to nominate and you can nominate as many products and times as you wish. The online form is simple, fill out a few details, note down the gadget name and tell us why you think this gadget should win!

We want to hear what your favourite gadget of the year is, so submit your nominations and votes to make sure the best gadget of the year wins! Find out more here.

Northern Marketing Awards

The Northern Marketing Awards shortlist was announced this Thursday 21 September. The awards celebrate the excellence, creativity and achievements of the marketing industry in the North so our congratulations go to all who made the cut – it truly is an honour to showcase and reward the very best marketing campaigns and agencies across the north. You can view the full lists of finalists here. The quality of entries was extremely high so we’d like to thank to our inspirational judges who had the unenviable task of deciding!

The awards will be presented on Wednesday 1 November 2017 at the Hilton Deansgate, Manchester. Join us for a night of sumptuous food and great entertainment to celebrate and reward exceptional marketers across the north. Early bird tickets are available until this Monday 2 October. You can book you place via the Don’t Panic website here.

This week’s events

This week we’ve had the pleasure of managing the annual Benchmark Search Conference for Click Consult. The event took place at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday 21 September 2017. 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.

Tonight, the events team are located in Liverpool managing the Make a Difference Awards, taking place at the BT Convention Centre, ACC Liverpool. The awards celebrate the significant contributions made to improving the health and wellbeing of patients and staff, recognition of individuals who have shown exceptional quality above and beyond what is expected and teams that have demonstrated improvements in working practices that have, or will benefit patients.

Hot off the press

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

UK Social Media Communications Awards 2017
The UK Social Media Communications Awards, hosted by Connor Phillips, celebrate the very best in social media communications and reward the individuals, companies and organisations who are using online platforms to communicate in fresh and innovative ways. The shortlist for the 2017 awards can be seen here.

eCommerce Show North
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.

Free registration is now open – confirm your place here.

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. Book your place here.

Search Camp Ticket

Don’t press the panic button yet!

The UK App Awards entry deadline is today! But don’t panic, we’re extending the entry deadline for a further week. However, entries submitted after the first closing date of 22 September 2017 at 23:59 will be charged a late submission fee. The cost per entry after 22 September and up until 22 September will be £150 + VAT.

The UK App Awards will celebrate and reward excellence in apps developed in the UK. Submit your entries before it’s too late – enter here.

UK APP Awards Twitter Card

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 sarah.power@dontpanicprojects.com for more information.

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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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