by Tim Patterson | Mar 30, 2021 | Booth Design, Branding, Client Profile, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Marketing
What happens when you, as a company, take a stand on an issue important to you on the tradeshow floor? As with pretty much everything, the answer is: it depends. Dave’s Killer Bread’s support of Second Chance I don’t see it all the time, but there are a...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 12, 2021 | Branding, Budgeting, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, lead generation, Logistics, Post-Show Follow Up, Record Keeping
Ever have one of those moments when you wish you had a picture of something from the tradeshow appearance you did, oh, six months ago, but you can’t find it? Setting up your exhibit at a tradeshow is a fleeting moment, and the more photos you take and the more...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 26, 2021 | Booth Design, Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Logistics, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing
When putting a budget together for a new tradeshow exhibit, there are more things to consider than just the cost of the exhibit itself. Here are a handful of things that will likely come into the...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 23, 2021 | Budgeting, Client Relations, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, lead generation
With the pandemic slowly winding down (fingers crossed), what does the future hold? I’m no prognosticator and I’m definitely not an economist, although I pay attention to a lot of what’s going on in the economy. Last summer, in a conversation with a colleague, we...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 22, 2020 | Booth Design, Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Marketing, Rental Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing
When I first speak with a new client about what they want in a new tradeshow exhibit, it usually comes down to one of two approaches. Either they want to start from scratch, in a sense, and have a good idea of the potential layout and scope of the exhibit, and they...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 15, 2020 | Booth Design, Branding, Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Marketing, Rental Tradeshow Exhibit, Sales, sustainability, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing
The tradeshow and event industry has been gasping for air for months and months. Exhibitors are putting off investing in new exhibits while wondering if they’re even going to appear at any shows in 2021. In steps Classic Exhibits, our main exhibit manufacturer,...
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.