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Event planner leads for local service businesses

Build your own list of event planners, fill in missing emails and offer your services to businesses in their own region to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for event planners
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source

Selling services to businesses in their own region to event planners

Event planners range from freelance wedding planners to agencies running conferences and corporate events. They book venues, suppliers and technology on behalf of clients, so they are both buyers and gatekeepers for many other businesses.

Local service businesses mostly grow through word of mouth, a vehicle with their name on it and a listing in a few directories. A lead database of nearby companies lets you approach the right businesses in your own area instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

The event planners that need services to businesses in their own region are listed publicly. What most local service businesses lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What local service businesses run into with event planners

You know which companies are nearby but have no organised list of them.

Paste a directory page into the scrape tool or import a list, then keep every company in one place with its own status.

Contact details on local websites are often just a web address.

Derive role addresses such as info@ and office@ from the domain with email from domain.

Planners are on site at events and slow to reply.

Open tracking shows who read your mail, so a short follow-up goes only to the interested ones.

Wedding planners and corporate planners are mixed in one list.

Tag event types and save a filter per type.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of event planners from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

Paste and collect in Riftjaw: a pasted web page turned into a table of companies
A pasted web page split into name, website, phone, address and city columns.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with hello@, info@, events@ and enquiries@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags
Contacts in Riftjaw, one row per company with phone, email, segment and campaigns.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your services to businesses in their own region to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Contact panel in Riftjaw with pipeline status, tags, details and campaign history
One record per company: New, Contacted, Replied or Customer, with tags and every campaign it got.

Angles that work with event planners

Pick one angle per campaign and write it once, with placeholders like {company|your team} for the details.

  • Show how you make their events run smoother and make them look good to their clients.
  • Share examples from similar events, with details on logistics and timing.
  • Offer to be their reliable backup for last minute needs, which planners value highly.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Fields worth recording for event planners

Record these and you can split the list later, write sharper mails and see who fits your offer.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Event typesWeddings, corporate events and festivals need different suppliers.
Event sizeTypical guest numbers shape what they book.
Area coveredPlanners work locally, nationally or abroad.
Preferred suppliersWhether they keep a supplier list you could join.
Lead plannerThe person who chooses suppliers.

Questions people ask

Reach out outside their peak season with examples of relevant work, then follow up. In Riftjaw you track each step with statuses, tags and notes.

Yes. Add tags or a field for event types and save a filter for each group.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as hello@, info@, events@ and enquiries@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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