by Tim Patterson | Jan 4, 2021 | Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Networking, Podcast, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Virtual Event, Virtual Tradeshow, Vlog, YouTube
Building software to host a virtual event poses a million questions, many of them hoping to address the user experience. And the exhibitor experience. How to keep people engaged, how to keep them from being bored, how to have conversations, how to connect, how to give...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 21, 2020 | Event Marketing, Networking, Podcast, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
Bill Stainton was a guest on this show three years ago, and I wanted to catch up with him to see how he is doing in the midst of the crazy times. We ended up talking about an article from Entrepreneur he had flagged in his latest newsletter that looked at five trends...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 14, 2020 | Marketing, Networking, Podcast, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
It’s been a couple of years since I checked in with author, keynote speaker and consultant Peter Shankman, and I was delighted when he said he would be glad to speak with me. I was curious how his business was going, how he was working with clients on how to...
by Tim Patterson | Dec 7, 2020 | Marketing, Podcast, Tradeshow marketing, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
A little of everything in this week’s quick vlog: a chance for you to vote on the three finalists for a musical theme; a glance at John Lennon and Roy Orbison; another glance at the Pearl Harbor attack. Jump in: tim-patterson · TradeshowGuy Monday Morning...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 19, 2020 | Custom exhibit, Rental Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow Exhibit, Tradeshow Photos, Video, YouTube
Our online exhibit-finder, Exhibit Design Search, would be hard-pressed to get much better. It’s chock-full of 1000s of exhibits, rental furniture, accessories, helpful article, photos and much more. Yet it keeps improving. Over the last few months a few new...
by Tim Patterson | Nov 12, 2020 | Branding, Budgeting, Event Marketing, Graphics, lead generation, Social Media, Tradeshow marketing, Tradeshow staff training, Tradeshow visitors, Video, YouTube
When it comes to being a tradeshow marketing manager, a lot of different skills come into play. Let’s take a...
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.