Event Planners in Chicago: build your lead list
Stop renting contact data. Put every event planner in Chicago you can find into your own database and work the list week after week.
- Public sources for event planners in Chicago
- Missing emails derived from websites
- No credits, no rented data
Why event planners in Chicago are worth a list of your own
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.
Working event planners in Chicago goes faster with one clean file for the city and a segment per neighbourhood or nearby town such as Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Detroit. Status and tags show who is new, contacted or already a customer.
Every week you wait, the event planners in Chicago that are ready to buy talk to someone else. The businesses that reach them first with a relevant offer are the ones that get the reply.
Build your Chicago list of event planners in four steps
Nothing is written to your database until you confirm it.
Collect event planners in Chicago
Export event planners in Chicago from event industry association member lists or wedding and event directories as CSV, or paste the results page into paste and collect.
Import into one lead file
Drop the file into a lead file called Event Planners Chicago. Columns are matched for you and duplicates are flagged before anything is saved.
Fill in the missing emails
No email in the export? Tick hello@, info@, events@ and enquiries@ and addresses are derived from each website.
Reach them in small batches
Pick the segment, keep only status New, write one mail with placeholders like {company|your team} and send it in small batches.
Fields worth recording for event planners in Chicago
Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.
| Field | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Company name | The key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website. |
| Website | Needed to derive an email when the export has none. |
| Event types | Weddings, corporate events and festivals need different suppliers. |
| Event size | Typical guest numbers shape what they book. |
| Area covered | Planners work locally, nationally or abroad. |
| Preferred suppliers | Whether they keep a supplier list you could join. |
| Lead planner | The person who chooses suppliers. |
What slows down prospecting event planners, and the fix
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.
Relationships grow over several seasons.
Notes and history on each contact keep the context when you reach out again next year.
Openings that work with event planners
Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with event planners.
- 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.
Why people build this list in Riftjaw
No credits, ever
Import, derive and export as much as your plan allows without a meter running per row or per email.
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Named segments
Every import goes into a segment you name, with a contact count, ready to pick as a campaign audience.
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Gentle batches
Campaigns go out in small batches with placeholders, a test send and an automatic skip for unsubscribes.
Read moreEmailing event planners in the US
In the US, commercial email is covered by the CAN-SPAM Act, which does not require prior consent but does require honest sender details and subject lines, a valid physical postal address and a clear way to opt out. Opt-out requests must be honoured within ten business days, and some states add their own privacy rules. This is general information, not legal advice.
Early in the week and outside peak event season are best, since planners are on site most weekends and during busy seasons. Read the deliverability guide before your first send.
Questions people ask
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.
No. Riftjaw is not a data vendor. You collect the event planners yourself from public sources or your own files and import them. That is why the list is yours and why there is no credit meter on it.
Yes. Put Chicago in its own segment, or keep a City field and save a filter such as city contains Chicago. You always see which part of the market you already worked.
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.
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