by Tim Patterson | Feb 7, 2019 | Custom tradeshow booth, Logistics, Shipping
I’ve been chatting and emailing with clients and shipping companies this week to schedule pickups and deliveries of crates for tradeshows. Perhaps it’s time to share some notes and thoughts that have come up in those conversations. Some of our newer clients have...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 5, 2019 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Networking
As an exhibitor, try to schedule some time to talk to other exhibitors. Depending on how many other people you have on the booth staff, that may be easy or difficult. But give it a try. And I mean more than just the pleasantries with your neighbors that you’ll...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 4, 2019 | Podcast, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
How often do you back up your data? Do you have digital versions of your analog items (photos, cassettes, albums, whatever)? Do your photos on your phone automatically back up to Google, Dropbox, Amazon or some other service? (I’m checking out Backblaze…)...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 29, 2019 | Client Relations
Client relations is an important key to creating a successful project and a successful business. Over the years in both radio, where I spent 25+ years dealing with radio advertisers, and in the tradeshow world, where I’ve spent 17 years working with companies that are...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Need to keep visitors at your booth a little longer to go over some business with them? Adding a charging table gives them an opportunity to stay and gives you a chance to open up a longer dialogue with them. Admittedly, you may not want every passerby to stop and...
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.