by Tim Patterson | Mar 30, 2010 | Event Marketing, Public Relations, Tradeshow marketing
If you’re new to tradeshow marketing, how do you find a tradeshow that’s appropriate for your company? After all, you don’t want to invest a wheelbarrow full of cash and find out that your target market doesn’t come to the show. Not that you’d do...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 25, 2010 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Lists, Tradeshow marketing
Bored at the tradeshow? Here’s a list of things to do that will lively up your experience! I remember in my early days in radio a record promoter once told me that she loved my enthusiasm and willingness to drive 50 miles to see an unknown band that she was promoting....
by Tim Patterson | Mar 22, 2010 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Public Relations, Tradeshow marketing, Uncategorized
You may have a good grasp about your overall BIG PICTURE tradeshow marketing plan. But what about the DETAILS? Overall execution of your plan at the show may be great, but if you slip on details, someone – a potential customer, perhaps – is bound to notice. Some...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 19, 2010 | Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow visitors
Just back from the Natural Products Expo West show, where some 3025 exhibitors had their wares on display. Interpretive Exhibits, where I’m the VP of Sales and Marketing, had eight various custom client booths on display, including Bob’s Red Mill,...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 18, 2010 | Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Twitter, Video, YouTube
What does skiing have to do with using social media to market your tradeshow booth? Very little. Okay, it’s a biiiiig stretch! But nonetheless, earlier this week I managed to get up to Hoodoo Ski Bowl in central Oregon to do a little skiing…and daydreaming...
Tim Patterson has been helping companies navigate the trade show world since 2002. He owns TradeshowGuy Exhibits and writes here about exhibit design, marketing, industry trends, and lessons learned from more than two decades on the show floor.