by Tim Patterson | Jul 23, 2020 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Video, YouTube
Another quick look at an aspect of tradeshow marketing. This time it’s the inside game. What exactly is...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 21, 2020 | Branding, Budgeting, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
A few recent newsletters that have popped up in my inbox have gotten me to thinking about B2B in the age of a pandemic. The tradeshow world is virtually shut down. Conferences aren’t happening. Events are 99.9% gone. Many of the writers behind these newsletters offer...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 25, 2020 | Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
Exhibitor Magazine just sent out a pair of reports detailing research on how tradeshow attendees view the coming return to “normalcy” for tradeshows, events and conferences. In the first report, Enigma Research polled 2000 live event attendees to gauge...
by Tim Patterson | Jun 1, 2020 | Event Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
What is the future of tradeshows, events and conferences? While most people in the industry I speak with think things will (mostly) get back to normal at some point, that may still be some time away. Which leaves virtual events as one way of keeping the clock moving...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 16, 2020 | Event Marketing, Lists, Logistics, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
The tradeshow, event and conference industries are not dead. It’s just sleeping. It’ll awaken at some point again and roar to life. In the meantime, time on your hands. Maybe, maybe not. I certainly have time on my hands. And I have to bring in a little income. So,...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 6, 2020 | Event Marketing, Logistics, Marketing, Podcast, Public Relations, Record Keeping, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
While many of us are working from home, trying to juggle work schedules with kid demands and more, we are looking forward to a time when things return to at least semi-normal. On this week’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, I chatted with Heather Haigler of Switch...
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.