"My Long Lunch" - a phrase not being used that much nowadays you might think? Well... you might be surprised to know this type of long lunch is going down like chilled Bollinger on bonus night!!
MLL has been running events for the last 10 months and is becoming the fast and popular way of bringing both media sales & professional agencies together in a "speed dating" type of scenario.
How does it work? Well, in a nut shell, 15 selected media representatives pay for the privilege to pitch their relevant sites and services to suitable agency personnel relevant to the theme of that particular event. Each meet lasts 10 minutes and can involve a brief presentation and a little time to chat. You then simply change around whilst perhaps grabbing a swift drink and a sausage roll on the way!
It would definitely suit those who hold an advertising budget and are decision makers in their business perhaps looking to review current suppliers, advertising spend or basically looking for some fresh new ideas. I like it as it's targeted accurately, quick, well organised and specific. All the matching is done for you beforehand but the event still maintains a relaxed social networking feel.
It's all done in a positive informal environment with food and drink supplied and is completely free to the Recruiters!! We all need to advertise a lot in our profession of course so what a great chance to get out of the office and meet the Media guys in person and more importantly cut back on the countless and irrelevant sales pitches over the phone which ultimately cost us time and money. The feedback from previous events is superb - check this out for more information
As you know we are big on this type of event as it works! We are therefore working with the guys at MLL on some recruitment specific events this year. There will be regional events planned over the next few months so keep an eye out for more news posted here.
Our first joint event is being held on the 11th March from 3pm at The Gate in Farringdon, London. It's entitled "Recruitment but not as you know it". With the popularity of this event and due to the limited availability we suggest you register as soon as possible via this link. What are you waiting for?
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