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 | Feb 25, 2019 | Branding, Event Marketing, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Networking, Podcast, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
There are a lot of basics to marketing, and we all often think we’re doing everything we should. Then we hear someone like Ronnie Noize spelling out some simple steps and we think “hmmm…might have missed something!” Ronnie Noize of DIY...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 19, 2019 | Booth Design, Branding, Event Marketing, Post-Show Follow Up, Pre-show marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow staff training
When it comes to tradeshow exhibiting, is it wrong thing to think, “Well, there’s always next time!”? Maybe your most recent tradeshow didn’t go as well as it could have. You didn’t meet all the people you had hoped to and didn’t bring home as many leads as you were...
by Tim Patterson | Feb 5, 2019 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Networking
As an exhibitor, try to schedule some time to talk to other exhibitors. Depending on how many other people you have on the booth staff, that may be easy or difficult. But give it a try. And I mean more than just the pleasantries with your neighbors that you’ll...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog, Event Marketing, Podcast, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow visitors, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
Just got back from the Cannabis Collaborative Conference 6.0 at the Portland Expo Center last week, and put together a podcast-slash-video blog about the event. Got a chance to interview half a dozen exhibitors about what they see as big challenges and best...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 20, 2018 | Event Marketing, Video, YouTube
Here at TradeshowGuy Exhibits, we’re doing a little planning for 2019, but frankly, not much will change. Over the years I’ve recognized that some things work better than others, so I tend to focus on the things that work and not spend much time on things that haven’t...
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.