by Tim Patterson | Apr 16, 2019 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Marketing, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing, Video, YouTube
Big video is, well, BIG. It seems like ‘the bigger, the better.’ Admittedly, the quality of big video walls has improved noticeably the past few years. I can’t speak to the price – if the increased competition and quality has driven costs down,...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 11, 2019 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos
Having never attended the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, I did not have a full grasp of the scope and size of the show. And once I was walking the floor earlier this week, it still took a few hours to fully comprehend how freaking big it is....
by Tim Patterson | Apr 2, 2019 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing
Is that a weird question: what does your exhibit remind visitors of? But think about it. We all have triggers. There are things that we see in the present that reminds us of the past. Maybe it’s a song that takes you back to your childhood. Maybe it’s a smell that...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 27, 2019 | Booth Design, Branding, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, sustainability, Tradeshow Exhibit
When you ring up your custom exhibit house and order a new custom tradeshow exhibit, do you ever consider your company’s sustainability initiative? Of course, there are a lot of things that can go into a company-wide sustainability initiative, such as having it as...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 19, 2019 | Booth Design, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Marketing, Post-Show Follow Up, Pre-show marketing
I’m guilty of sometimes thinking that once a tradeshow is over for the year, it’s over. For a long time. Until next year! But that’s not really the case, no matter how much I’d like to be done! As a tradeshow manager, or someone who attends or exhibits at tradeshows...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 11, 2019 | Booth Design, Branding, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos
The exhibit halls at the Natural Products Expo West closed Saturday at 4 pm. By then, exhibitors were handing our their remaining samples, packing up things they could and getting ready to grab flights home. The last day of a big show like this one is always a bit...
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.