by Tim Patterson | Sep 20, 2010 | Event Marketing, Fun, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow visitors
You’re at a tradeshow, it’s time to close up the booth and head out for dinner and drinks. Maybe catch a Tweetup. Or maybe it’s still several weeks to the tradeshow and you want to schedule a Tweetup. How do you find a good place to meet, or to have...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 17, 2010 | Podcast
Eric Lukazewski, the Marketing Director and trade show ninja (according to his Twitter bio!) at Echelon Exhibits in Chicago, discusses the company’s revamped website, social media marketing and Manny Ramirez’s arrival in Chicago.
by Tim Patterson | Sep 15, 2010 | Event Marketing, Facebook, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing
The year: 2016 The scene: a busy tradeshow floor in Chicago The situation: almost half of the exhibitors at the show are welcoming visitors to the show, who are ‘checking in’ via Foursquare (or some similar app – who’s to know what will survive...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 13, 2010 | Fun
Life lessons are sometimes slow to present themselves. It wasn’t until I hit my 40s that the idea of ‘ask for what you want’ really came true for me. Now I do it all the time. Well, when I think of it and when it makes sense. But it is amazing what you can get if you...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 10, 2010 | Podcast, Promotional Products
There always seems to be something new in the promotional products world. I recently was introduced to Matt McCabe of PromotionalProducts.org, who consented to be interviewed for a brief podcast.
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.