by Tim Patterson | Oct 27, 2020 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Networking
We don’t know when tradeshows will return, or what “normal” tradeshow schedules will look like. We don’t know how many attendees will plan on going because we don’t know how they feel about mixing with thousands of other attendees. We don’t know how many fellow...
by Tim Patterson | Oct 20, 2020 | Event Marketing
If you’re used to going to a handful of tradeshows each year, meeting potential buyers, distributors, partners and colleagues, now that shows are off the table for the time being, what other options do you have to get the word out about your products and services?...
by Tim Patterson | Oct 13, 2020 | Custom exhibit, Event Marketing, Logistics, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow visitors
In March and April of this year, when tradeshow organizers realized the gravity of the pandemic and how it would be affecting upcoming shows, many of them “postponed” the shows. I say “postponed” in quotes because many believed that whatever issues the COVID-19...
by Tim Patterson | Oct 12, 2020 | Event Marketing, Marketing, Podcast, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Virtual Tradeshow, Vlog, YouTube
What happens when your business needs a quick pivot to survive? Not all companies have been able to do that successfully. On this week’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning, I chat with Entire Productions’ CEO Natasha Miller about how they made the switch to...
by Tim Patterson | Oct 6, 2020 | Branding, Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Virtual Event
The use of virtual tradeshow exhibits may not be exploding, although my sense is that it is increasing. Some big tradeshows have gone completely virtual for the next year or so, maybe longer, depending on the depth and breadth of the COVID-19 pandemic. Which leaves...
by Tim Patterson | Sep 24, 2020 | Booth Design, Branding, Client Relations, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, lead generation, Logistics, Marketing, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors, Video, YouTube
Are you guilty of any of these? Don’t feel bad. We’re only human, but if we know ahead of time what things to know, what to avoid and how to prepare, we can have a much better and more successful tradeshow exhibiting...
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.