by Tim Patterson | Jun 30, 2011 | Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Twitter
I suppose I could make the simple point of this whole article and squeeze it into the length of a tweet: Wow, even shorter than 140 characters! But of course there’s more to the idea than just a tweet. Tradeshows will continue to thrive. Yes, even in spite of...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 27, 2011 | Facebook, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Twitter
The stats are unreal and the numbers keep rising: Facebook has over 688 million+ users Twitter: 200 million+ LinkedIn: 100 million+ YouTube: 300 million+ Wordpress: 130 million+ blogs Covering all of those bases takes a lot of time and effort. So if you can’t...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog, Client Relations, Social Media
So you hear that blogging is a good idea, but you’re stuck on how to start the whole process. After all, there are a lot of questions you have around blogging. F’rinstance: It’s time-consuming, so how do you justify the extra time to make it happen? If you’re...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 17, 2011 | Event Marketing, Podcast, Social Media
CVent bills itself as the ‘largest event management software company’ in the US. With 800+ worldwide employees, CVent obviously has its fingers in a lot of places. So to speak. But what really caught my attention was the release a couple of weeks ago of...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 13, 2011 | Social Media, Twitter
The news headlines seem to have daily cautionary tales on what NOT to do with Twitter. From Anthony Weiner’s ‘accidental’ tweeting of photos of privates to VodaphoneUK’s employee’s accidental posting to the company’s account a tweet...
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.