On today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, we latch on to an interview with Electric Impluse‘s President, Leslie Ungar. What’s important about communication? How do we get our message through clearly in a very busy world?
Also, on the Tradeshow Tip of the Week: 8 Ways to Upgrade Your Exhibit for Under $500!
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: Natural Products Expo West.
How can you use tradeshows and conferences to jumpstart your blogging career? Eric Rosenberg tells us on the interview in today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee.
ONE GOOD THING: Slate’s Watergate podcast: Slow Burn.
On today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, I wander around the slopes of Hoodoo Butte in Central Oregon, and then finally sit down with Ruth Failer, CTSM.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville.
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Vikram Rajan of PhoneBlogger.net tells an interesting story of working with attorneys, speaking and attending conferences, tradeshows and similar events all in the pursuit of promoting his business. A very engaging and interesting conversation. Also on today’s podcast: Tradeshow Tip of the Week on how to take better exhibit and tradeshow photos with your smartphone.
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This week’s ONE GOOD THING:
In the USA it’s TradeshowGuy. In Dublin, Ireland and across Europe, it’s Stephen Murtagh, known as The Exhibition Guy. We ran into each other on LinkedIn and connected a short time later for an intercontinental interview.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: Casey Neistat’s YouTube Channel.
Anders Boulanger is a professional presenter that works the tradeshow circuit with his company The Infotainers. I’ve know Anders for years – long distance – and finally got a chance to meet in person several months ago when our paths crossed in Las Vegas. As a guest on the TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, Anders talks about his business, who he works with, how he does it from Winnipeg, Canada, and much more:
ONE GOOD THING: Scruff the Rescue Dog.
Jim Palmer is a business building coach and marketing expert and host of the Dream Biz Coach TV and Dream Business Radio. Yet, somehow, among all of that, he found time to chat with me from his boat in Florida recently about business-building:
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And today’s ONE GOOD THING: Cool Sheets (click!)
Author, keynote speaker and event expert Steve Miller joins TradeshowGuy Tim Patterson to talk about his new book “Uncopyable,” and to discuss the event industry.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: the movie Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill.
Welcome to a new year – so glad you found us online! This week’s interview on the TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee features the author of a new book called “Flying Cars, Zombie Dogs and Robot Overlords.” Charles Pappas, a senior writer at Exhibitor Magazine, was kind enough to sit down with me and discuss this unique historical look at expos, exhibitions and tradeshows:
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: The new Beck album, Colors.
When I started the TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee a year ago, my intent was to hold forth weekly about some aspect of the tradeshow world, mix in personal and no-tradeshow or event-related business discussion, and have the occasional guest. After a while of doing that, I decided that I needed guests more regularly – it’s much more fun and entertaining! And you learn a bunch from other people, too.
Looking back on the past year, a whole lot of interesting folks stopped by. Here they are, in no particular order):
Mike Duseberg of Magic Means Business – entertaining your tradeshow or corporate crowd.
Ashley Blalock of the Ashley Avery Agency – using hired crew and models in your tradeshow booth.
Dale Obrochta of Put a Twist on It – drawing a crowd at a tradeshow booth with entertainment.
John Halvorson of Transgroup Global Logistics – shipping and tradeshow logistics tips from a pro.
Mel White of Classic Exhibits in Portland – should you rent or purchase a new exhibit?
Ellen Goodwin, Productivity Expert.
Dianne Weiss Jones of DJ Public Relations – how to let the world know about you through PR.
Lynn Maria Thompson, business advisor and ghost writer, and author of the new book The Feline CEO.
Gwen Hill of Exhibit Force – keeping a handle on all of those tradeshow record-keeping tasks.
Jay Tokosch of Core-Apps – using an app to share your catalog, and track and analyze data.
Peter Shankman, author and keynote speaker – on the release of his net book Faster Than Normal.
Richard Erschik of TradeshowLeadstoSales.com – on turning leads into dollars.
Lou Bortone, one of the top video marketers in the world, on what it takes to consistently create good online video interaction.
Dan Paulson, author and business consultant, discusses his new book Apples to Apples.
Brad Kleiner of Flywheel/Sandler Sales Training – on using a sales system that works.
Mel White of Classic Exhibits again, this time on rental exhibits and changes to the Exhibit Design Search.
Katina Rigall-Zipay of Classic Exhibits, 3D exhibit designer on what it takes to create a great exhibit design.
Oz du Soleil of Excel on Fire – Excel spreadsheet trainer.
Roger Courville of Connectorship.com – on making connections in a changing world.
Matt Kazam, stand-up comic and entertainer – on making the switch to tradeshows and corporate events.
Don Svehla, publisher of Exhibit City News.
Booth Mom Candy Adams on the management of tradeshow exhibit programs.
TED talk veteran, Emmy-winning Executive TV producer Bill Stainton. What it takes to be a keynote speaker, and how he changed his career.
Paul Jackson, Executive Producer of When Calls the Heart, on what it takes to make it in the TV/movie industry – and what today’s producers are looking for.
Hey, that’s quite a line-up – let’s see who we can speak with in 2018.
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