by Tim Patterson | Dec 17, 2010 | Event Marketing, Lists, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing
What is there to love about tradeshow marketing? After all, it’s expensive, it’s hard work and you have to travel and set up stuff. And then stand for hours a day talking to hundreds or thousands of people. And then tear it down, pack it up and head home....
by Tim Patterson | Dec 7, 2010 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing
In the wake of the presentation I gave last week at the Exhibit Designers and Producers Association Access 2010 conference, I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about what it takes to build community. In the event industry, it’s my opinion that social...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 24, 2010 | Event Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing
The International Manufacturing and Technology Show is a bi-yearly affair that attracts 80,000+ attendees and thousands of exhibitors to Chicago’s McCormick Place every other September. This year saw an explosion in the use of social media to enhance the experience...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 19, 2010 | Book Review, Branding, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow staff training
I’m halfway through a little book called ‘Branding Basics for Small Businesses’ by Maria Ross, which is full of helpful information, and while reading the book, it occurred to me that there is no better place to showcase your brand than at a...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 12, 2010 | Public Relations, Tradeshow marketing
If you want to get the most out of your tradeshow exhibit, you should do your utmost to let people know before the show that you’ll be there by using a tradeshow pre-show publicity guide. Not only will it give those folks who can’t attend the show a chance...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 8, 2010 | Event Marketing, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Twitter
Denise Quashie shared so many ideas on how she’s utilized social media in conjunction with events that it’s not surprising to discover that her pet dog on Twitter led to the launching of a successful conference. In my recent call for social media tradeshow success...
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.