by Tim Patterson | Mar 11, 2015 | Booth Design, Branding, Case Study, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow visitors, Twitter
After 62,219 steps, a couple of achy legs and a few foot blisters in four days of Expo West, it came to me: “Tradeshows ain’t for wimps!” Certainly not if you’re walking the floor, nor if you’re an exhibitor who’s shepherding a booth (and staff) from the...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 3, 2014 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors
Naah, I don’t want your tradeshow exhibiting experience to suck. But if it does, perhaps its because you did one of the following: Don’t have a plan. Next time you walk a tradeshow floor as an attendee, try to determine which exhibitors actually know what...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 29, 2014 | Client Relations, Event Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow presenting, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors
This is number 6 in a series. Check the previous articles here: Where to Start Budgeting Pre-Show Preparation Which Shows to Attend The Booth So you’ve got a great booth. You’ve done a fair amount of pre-show planning and marketing. The products are terrific. Yet at...
by Tim Patterson | Aug 12, 2014 | Case Study, Client Profile, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow presenting
Outdoor Retailer is so big sometimes I wonder why it’s not in Vegas. But no, Salt Lake City is the perfect setting for this fun, extravagant and energetic national tradeshow. With mountains only a short drive away, SLC is positioned perfectly to host this confab of...
by Tim Patterson | Apr 16, 2014 | Client Relations, Event Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos
Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this ongoing series. Tradeshow pre-show preparation and marketing involves more than just a short look at how to attract visitors to your booth, or determining what graphics you’ll need to update on your booth. While there are more areas...
by Tim Patterson | Mar 11, 2014 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Uncategorized
Just returned from Expo West in Anaheim where I had a number of tradeshow booth clients, including Bob’s Red Mill, gDiapers, Aisle7 and Hyland’s. One of my goals at this particular show was to do informal assessments of a couple of dozen booths, including booths that...
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.