by Tim Patterson | Mar 11, 2015 | Booth Design, Branding, Case Study, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow visitors, Twitter
After 62,219 steps, a couple of achy legs and a few foot blisters in four days of Expo West, it came to me: “Tradeshows ain’t for wimps!” Certainly not if you’re walking the floor, nor if you’re an exhibitor who’s shepherding a booth (and staff) from the...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 22, 2014 | Booth Design, Case Study, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Graphics, Tradeshow marketing
This is number 5 in a series. Check the previous articles here: Where to Start Budgeting Pre-Show Preparation Which Shows to Attend Let’s tackle the BIGGEST part of your tradeshow strategy – at least in terms of potential cost. The BOOTH. We can agree that booths come...
by Tim Patterson | Aug 12, 2014 | Case Study, Client Profile, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow presenting
Outdoor Retailer is so big sometimes I wonder why it’s not in Vegas. But no, Salt Lake City is the perfect setting for this fun, extravagant and energetic national tradeshow. With mountains only a short drive away, SLC is positioned perfectly to host this confab of...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 26, 2013 | Case Study, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing
I first encountered GoPro at the 2009 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show in Salt Lake City. Nick Woodman was making a spectacle of himself. About once an hour, he would get on top of a platform and start yelling at the top of his lungs. He would exhort visitors to...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 14, 2013 | Case Study, Client Profile, Client Relations, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Public Relations, Tradeshow marketing
(Warning: self-promotional blog post. Not recommended more than once or twice a year…) It was my 11th year at Expo West as a representative of a company that provides exhibit booths for exhibitors. First: 11 years? Kidding, right? No. The first booth client I had way...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 4, 2012 | Branding, Case Study, Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Twitter
Late in 2011, Mel White, the VP of Marketing and Business Development at Classic Exhibits Inc., contacted me to ask if I’d be interested in guiding their social media efforts at EXHIBITOR 2012 in early March. “Sounds intriguing!” So we set out a plan. Our main goal...
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.