by Tim Patterson | Jan 2, 2018 | Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
Did your recent tradeshow appearance live up to your expectations? Do you consider it successful or a failure, or somewhere in between? How do you measure how successful it was? Where do you start? Often, it’s a matter of knowing what to expect. If you go into a...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 1, 2018 | Podcast, TSGMMCPodcast
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...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 29, 2017 | Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Shipping
Oh yes, tradeshows can be very expensive, so what should you do to save money when exhibiting at a tradeshow? Let’s take a look at just a handful of ideas. Partner with a bigger exhibitor. You may be a perfect complement to a partner with a much larger booth presence....
by Tim Patterson | Dec 19, 2017 | Case Study, Event Marketing, Marketing, Pre-show marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow visitors
Over the years I’ve suggested that companies create a tradeshow-specific landing page for each appearance they make at a show. But frankly, I don’t see too many of them. But I recently ran across a tradeshow-specific landing page from Digimarc that caught my eye....
by Tim Patterson | Dec 18, 2017 | Podcast, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
A fun and engaging conversation to end the year of podcasts/video blogs: I sat down with “When Calls the Heart” Executive Producer Paul Jackson to discuss the upcoming 2-hour season opener on Christmas night, what it takes to make it in Hollywood as either...
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.