Two conversations I had this week starkly illustrated the vast difference between companies and their approach to show prep and post-show follow up. In one instance, I was speaking with a potential client about their upcoming schedule for 2016. The gentleman told me...
Tradeshows cost time and money. A lot. So how do you differentiate from the thousand other exhibitors all vying for attention? One way is to become a person of interest at the tradeshow. Here are a few ways to stand out from the crowd. Be a speaker, or participate in...
A tradeshow is a perfect opportunity to track stuff: sales, leads, visitors, and so on. Here’s a quick list of things you might consider measuring at each show. It’ll give you a chance to not only compare different shows, but it’ll help you track trends at different...
Doesn’t every Tom, Joe and Susie have a newsletter these days? After all, they can be very useful in getting your message in front of eyeballs on a consistent basis. The fact is, my inbox is filled daily with dozens of newsletters of all sorts: news, marketing,...
As part of the promotion of my new book Tradeshow Success: 14 Proven Steps to Take Your Tradeshow Marketing to the Next Level, I assembled 14 videos. Each short video focused on a specific step as detailed in the book. If you hang out on Twitter or LinkedIn and follow...
This week is the launch of my new book “Tradeshow Success: 14 Proven Steps to Take Your Tradeshow Marketing to the Next Level.” I’m doing a lot of the normal launch things an author would do: sending copies to industry media and bloggers, along with...
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.