How do I list my health fair?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
It's very easy to get started on Health Fair Connections (HFC).After you create a profile (free & takes 30 secs), you'll click, “create a health fair.” It will take you to this creation form:Listing your health fair is four easy steps and that's it!The information needed is location, date, time. insurance coverage, employee #, etc.. Basically, the information that vendors need before joining the interested vendor list.From that point, you'll be taken to your dashboard: As you can see in the picture above, there will be a tour (the orange box) that will show you how to use all the featur...
How Does HFC Vet Health Fair Vendors & Exhibitors?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
Health Fair Connections (HFC) has ramped up its parameters and hurdles before vendors can access your health fair interested listOnce you list your health fair on Health Fair Connections (HFC), the vendors in HFC's ecosystem that are in a 25-mile radius of your location will be notified about your event and are then able to join your interested list for your review. For vendors we reach out to that are not yet vendors with HFC, they have to create a profile before they even see all your health fair details or before they can join your interested list. Not only that, they agree to a code of ...
Does HFC charge vendors?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
For the most part - NO.Health Fair Connections (HFC) is nothing like other health fair companies.Over 80% of vendors will not pay anything to be on Health Fair Connections’ (HFC) platforms -- OR -- to be in your health fair. Most vendors go the free route with a free ad when getting on the interested vendor's list for health fairs.*We do give vendors the option to where they can pay for a premium ad to be on your interested vendor's list, but few select it. They can also pay a small fee to follow up after attending a health fair to showcase their workshops, lunch’n’learns, screenings, and m...
Will HFC charge my vendors?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
To answer your question: No, we will not charge your vendors a single dime!Yet, we have a feature where you can easily invite them via the "Invites" section on your dashboard or you can use the "manually register" button to add them directly to your online vendor list. And trust us, you'll want to add your own list of vendors to your online vendor list.It's going to make the entire planning process much easier on you.See below the benefits of inviting/adding your vendors to your HFC dashboard:1. They'll receive all communication including:Parking instructionsAnnouncementsConfirmation emails...
How does HFC make money?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
Health Fair Connections (HFC) offers two options for vendors to advertise their services when joining a list of interested vendors a health fair:Basic Ad (Free)*Premium Ad (Paid)We want to make sure we have a free option for vendors that do not have the marketing budget, yet can still provide a great booth at your health fair.Not to mention, we would never charge the vendors you already have a relationship, but want to invite/add to your online vendor registration list.You can see below the two options (and the benefits of both) presented to the vendors when joining the list of interested v...
What's the cost to use Health Fair Connections?
Posted on Friday November 11 2016
There’s no cost associated with using Health Fair Connections (HFC) - zero, zip, zilch.Most HR managers and benefits professionals find this hard to believe, so it can take 3-5 mins to for this to really sink in that there is no cost to use HFC :)This means all features on your dashboard are free, as well as what the vendors you select bring to your health fair.But to be clear, HFC is not a service-based event planning company (rather a tech platform that performs better than a serviced-based health fair planning company). We do not send reps to your health fair - that’s on you. However, w...
Why Should My Health Fair Exhibitors Register via HFC?
Posted on Tuesday November 8 2016
Believe it or not, there are numerous groups (out of the 693, last year alone) that used HFC's platform to manage their own vendors - not to find new ones. Reason being: the platform makes it easier for you to manage all vendors and it does the work for you. Below are the event-dashboard features that are going to make planning your health fair a breeze:Mass Communication with the click of a button...Stop trying to search your email or adding more folders you can hardly keep up with when trying to talk and manage all your vendors. With HFC, you can keep all your health fair messages and com...
How Can I Get More Health Fair Vendors and Exhibitors via HFC?
Posted on Tuesday November 8 2016
HFC has over 7500 vendors in all the major metro markets across the nation, and if your health fair is one of those areas, you can find vendors & exhibitors for your event within minutes. However, if not in those areas or maybe you just want specific vendors that you already work with, you'll want to use the platform's invite features. They make it easy on managing vendors outside of the platform and getting them to register online...with little to no effort. See how easy it can be done below:1) Upload an Excel file (csv. format) or copy/paste in the vendor invite section of your dashbo...
HFC behind the scenes
Posted on Tuesday November 8 2016
HFC's platform and team are working hard in the background to make sure your health fairs are successful, while at the same time, giving you piece of mind. As you know, HFC is a free platform for HR managers and benefit pros - all we ask is that you all respect our resources and commitment to your health fair and don't cancel without warning, as we've devoted many resources and hours to making sure your happy; this is despite HFC not being a 3rd party event planning company, but rather a tech platform. HFC's platform does the following in the background once your health fair is approved:Not...
Tips for accommodating vendors
Posted on Monday November 7 2016
Tips for Accommodating Health Fair VendorsHR managers and benefits pros -- all vendors have different needs. In the example above with the cooking show demonstration health fair vendor, this vendor needs help bringing in his display, in addition to electricity, two trash cans, access to a sink, and plenty of space. Most companies have anywhere from 10 to sometimes 50 vendors for their employee health fairs. It's important that you collect vendors special needs before the arrive at the health fair. As you might already know, Health Fair Connections (HFC) does this for you. But not so fast, t...