by Tim Patterson | Jun 28, 2018 | Booth Design, Branding, Custom tradeshow booth, lead generation, Post-Show Follow Up, Pre-show marketing, Social Media
I’ve been in the tradeshow industry for almost 20 years, and it seems like we’re moving into what may be the Golden Age of Tradeshow Marketing. Usually when you think of the “Golden Age,” you’re thinking of that long-forgotten past. A time of fun, peace and prosperity...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 22, 2018 | Booth Design, Branding, Custom exhibit, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow presenting, Tradeshow staff training
How do you find great information – tradeshow tips – from people that go to a lot of shows and see a lot of exhibits? The first thing most of us do is fire up your favorite search engine and just plug in “tradeshow tip” or “tradeshow...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 3, 2018 | Branding, Event Marketing, Marketing, Pre-show marketing
Got a tradeshow appearance coming up, but aren’t sure how to exactly get people to come to your booth? Maybe you’re tried emailing people, or spent a lot of time leading up to the show and during the show pitching things on social media but aren’t...
by Tim Patterson | May 8, 2018 | Branding, Budgeting, Tradeshow marketing
If you’re new to the world of tradeshow marketing, one of the most difficult challenges is this: how do you find a tradeshow that is a good fit? And by a good fit, does it have your target market, does it have buyers and decision makers, and will there be a lot of...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 25, 2018 | Branding, lead generation, Logistics, Networking, Pre-show marketing
Of course, we always want to make sure our tradeshow best practices are out on display for everyone at all times. But as Steve Miller says, “Perfection is your enemy.” And…we’re only human. That means you’ll find that your booth staff will sometimes be eating in the...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 19, 2018 | Branding, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
You might think it’s easy enough to determine your tradeshow marketing goals. Just sell sell sell – increase your business and you’ve done the job, right? But in fact, it’s not be as cut and dried as you might think. Every show is different, and your goals may vary...
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.