On this vlog/podcast, we learn more about Exhibit City News during a conversation with Don Svehla, Publisher and Founder:
Show Notes:
Tradeshow tips from USA TODAY.
It’s snowing in the Oregon Cascades! Here’s a link to Hoodoo Ski Bowl, my “home” resort.
One great thing about doing a weekly podcast with guests is that I meet a lot of people. This week it was a pleasure to meet and talk with Roger Courville, who helps learning leaders prepare to reach, teach and lead in the Connectorship Age.
It was a fun conversation about events and tradeshows, how to bring value to attendees and much more. Take a look:
Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING is the reggae-tinged band Noiseshaper. I’m not sure if the band still exists or is active, and the website looks to reflect that: the last update looks to be about 8 or 9 nears ago. But they left some great music behind.
Matt Kazam joins me for today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee: Matt has done stand-up comedy in Las Vegas for years and is moving into the corporate and tradeshow world, so we sat down to discuss how he’s approaching that and some of the challenges that come up around that endeavor.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: Sandler Sales Training from Flywheel.
Entrepreneur and Author Peter Shankman has a new book out – his first ‘non-business’ book – and I got a chance to talk to him about it on this week’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee. The book is called “Faster Than Normal,” and the topic was a good one for discussion:
Find the book “Faster Than Normal: Turbocharge Your Focus, Productivity, and Success with the Secrets of the ADHD Brain” here on Amazon.
Peter’s Faster Than Normal podcast is here.
ONE GOOD THING: Tickets to an upcoming Foo Fighters concert!
Richard Erschik of TradeshowLeadstoSales.com joins me for a fun and very useful conversation about how to generate (and follow up with) great leads at your next tradeshow. What are the five questions you need to ask before you’ve identified a good lead? Watch or listen now:
This Week’s ONE GOOD THING: Clean My Mac software.
Lou Bortone is one of the top video marketing masters in today’s marketing world, and it was great to be able to chat with him this week about, you guessed it – video marketing! Take a look/listen.
You can find Lou’s website here.
This week’s ONE GOOD THING: Brand new Foo Fighters album: Concrete and Gold.
Author and business consultant Dan Paulson joins me on today’s podcast to talk about how to differentiate your company from your competition. His book, “Apples to Apples: How to Stand Out From Your Competition,” was the kickstarter for our discussion.
Check out Dan Paulson’s home page here.
This week’s tradeshow tip comes from ProExhibits – thanks!
ONE GOOD THING: The incredible catalog of great music left behind by Tom Petty.
Got together with Brad Kleiner at Flywheel/Sandler in Wilsonville, Oregon, to discuss a couple of aspects of sales, and how it can be used on the tradeshow floor. As we all know, nothing happens until a sale is made, and Brad is a great and experienced Sandler Sales Trainer.
Learn more about Flywheel/Sandler Sales Training here.
My ONE GOOD THING for this week: The Monterey Jazz Festival.
This week you are about to hear and see an interview with a professional 3D exhibit designer, who will walk you through the various challenges that come up when assembling an exhibit design. Katina Rigall-Zipay of Classic Exhibits sits down and shares a look at some of her designs on this video blog/podcast:
Our ONE GOOD THING (S!):
Katina said having her third-grader start school was a good thing: first day of school!
I also was in a seasonal mood and decided that the coming of FALL was my ONE GOOD THING!
We are awash in data, no matter what business we’re in. TradeshowGuy Tim Patterson talks with Oz du Soleil of ExcelOnFire (YouTube channel) about how to handle all of that data: how to make sure it’s clean, how to analyze it and much more.
ONE GOOD THING: For Oz, it’s cigars. For me, it’s the beginning of football season – college and pro!