by Tim Patterson | May 26, 2021 | Booth Design, Branding, Case Study, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
In all the years I’ve been attending Natural Products Expo West (and Expo East a few times), one of the things that I see time and time again is the number of small unknown brands looking to get a toehold in the crowded natural foods industry, and then to see them a...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 3, 2020 | Budgeting, Case Study, Event Marketing
Exhibitor Magazine has been doing a superb job of keeping their fingers on the pulse of the tradeshow industry. Since the pandemic essentially closed down the industry in March, they’ve done numerous surveys of exhibitors and exhibit industry suppliers. They recently...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 25, 2019 | Case Study, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Tradeshow marketing
Not every company where there’s a sales conversation turns into a tradeshow exhibit client. In fact, it’s probably a fairly low percentage. However, each encounter has its own distinct flavor and outcome. And of course, learning experience. No matter what company...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 25, 2019 | Case Study, Event Marketing
We all wish we had that idea that spread like wildfire. Hotmail, or Napster, for instance. But with so many millions of ideas floating to the surface of people’s minds on a daily basis, how do you get something to spread? Tradeshows, surprisingly (or maybe not...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 8, 2019 | Case Study, Event Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos
I shouldn’t be surprised, but every year when the full exhibit floors are open, I am still a bit astonished at how many people are walking the floors. With over 80,000 attendees, Natural Products Expo West is a huge show. Not as big as the Consumer Electronics...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 24, 2018 | Branding, Budgeting, Case Study, Event Marketing, Marketing, Mobile Marketing
Since we made the decision to exhibit at a regional cannabis show in January, the Portland Cannabis Collaborative Conference at the Portland Expo Center, we’ve been tossing around a lot of ideas on how to approach it. Thought it might be fun to share some notes about...
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.