by Tim Patterson | Jan 12, 2011 | Event Marketing, Facebook, Mobile Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
One of the most effective methods to get involved in mobile marketing is to create a QR Code and display it openly at a tradeshow. It’s a somewhat familiar-looking graphic widget but not everyone knows exactly what it is or how it works. Invented in 1994 by...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 10, 2011 | Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow visitors
guest post by Darren Hart of TrafficHappens.com Before we get any further, let me warn you that this not about imagining your way to a shiny red bicycle. This is about using an attraction to get attention. When done properly, attractions can be an incredible tool....
by Tim Patterson | Jan 7, 2011 | Client Relations, Contests, Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
How can you work with a partner at a tradeshow? What can collaboration do to cut your tradeshow marketing costs and help spread your company’s name around a bit more? While there are some benefits to be gained by working with partners in any endeavor, there are...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 5, 2011 | Event Marketing, Presentation, Promotional Products, Tradeshow marketing
After walking the floor of many a chaotic tradeshow, I’m always interested (and somewhat amused) by what catches my eye. And what doesn’t. So what works to bring ’em in? What is like honey to the fly? Here, in no particular order, are several things...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 1, 2011 | Blog, Event Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing
Depending on what your company’s involvement is in social media, there are a number of approaches you can take to moving forward during the first quarter of 2011. And that’s the KEY: MOVING FORWARD from wherever you are at this moment. With the forward...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 21, 2010 | Blog, Event Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing
When speaking in Jacksonville at the EDPA’s annual conference earlier this month, I asked for a show of hands to see how many bloggers were in the audience. A few hands went up. I expected more. Many more. Not sure why…maybe my expectations are...
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.