by Tim Patterson | Mar 25, 2015 | Event Marketing, lead generation, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow visitors
Earlier this month I attended Natural Products Expo West at the Anaheim Convention Center. Yes, it’s a big show with a few thousand exhibitors, and over 70,000 attendees. And it continues to grow. I spoke with literally a few hundred exhibitors, and almost all of them...
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 | Jan 21, 2015 | Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow staff training
The following is a guest article by Margaret Colebeck of Vantage Advertising LLC. When it comes to preparing for an upcoming trade show, first impressions are everything. From trade show displays and signage to product demonstrations and presentations, the first...
by Tim Patterson | Jan 15, 2015 | Branding, Client Relations, Custom tradeshow booth, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors
When it comes to your Exhibiting Toolkit, I don’t mean the screwdrivers, masking and duct tape and scissors (although those and other items will come in handy), but what about the various bits and pieces that will help draw visitors to your booth and capture more...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 8, 2014 | lead generation, Marketing, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors, Video
Tradeshow colleague Ken Newman’s Magnet Productions just released their newest demo reel. Since all they do is draw mobs of crowds to tradeshow booths, this is probably something that you should see. As Andy Saks of Spark Presentations said in his Facebook post...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 21, 2014 | Booth Design, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow Photos
When it comes to sourcing a tradeshow exhibit builder for a new custom booth, you can do a number of things, such as ask colleagues who they have used, ask exhibitors at shows who built that booth, search online or perhaps pull out your tarot cards. No doubt there 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.