Podcast Interview: Jay Tokosch of Core-Apps
With their “Follow Me” app for iPhone and Blackberry, Core-Apps started serving the tradeshow market. What is an app? Even if you know what an app for your iPhone is, how does it…
Bravo! Show Hits 15 Years in Portland
I spent a couple of hours this week at the Bravo! Live Tradeshow in Portland at the Oregon Convention Center yesterday, produced by BravoEvent.com. The event features businesses…
Increasing Tradeshow ROI
Here’s a guest post by Kevin Ehlers of Event Technologies of Long Beach, California In today’s economic climate, increasing tradeshow ROI is as important as ever. While we can…
Using Social Media with Tradeshows and Other Events
Pulled out the Flip Video Cam and recorded a few thoughts on using social media with tradeshows, conventions, conferences and events: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJiDj8C6vQ
7 Ways Your Tradeshow Staff Can Sabotage a Deal
Tradeshow consultants and trainers sound like a broken record when they harp on how important it is for your front line people – the tradeshow staff – to be “on” all the time. To…
Customer Profile: Jason Graham-Nye of gDiapers
Interpretive Exhibits designed and fabricated a shelving back wall with signage (photo below) for gDiapers a year or two ago, and since then have gotten to know several of the…
Thinking Tradeshows? Think Video!
Submitted by Rose Esposito of the Marcomm Group Video is an increasingly important way for businesses to promote their products, services, and brand online. Tradeshow videos…
Tradeshow De-Briefing Questions
You’ve just returned from a tradeshow. You’re exhausted. Gotta get the expense sheets done and get any leads or contacts to the right folks. Send out thank-you notes. But wait!…
Top Ten Tradeshow Superheroes
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no it’s — it’s a guy on a ladder that’s about to fall! All tradeshows have their cast of characters – both heroes and villains -…
Spy. Vs. Spy
Next time you’re at a tradeshow, throw on your trenchcoat, dapper hat and shades and go undercover. The name? “Bond. James Bond.” Admittedly, playing spy can be fun. And it’s…
About Tim Patterson
I’m the founder of TradeshowGuy Exhibits and have been helping companies navigate the trade show world since 2002. I write about exhibit design, marketing, logistics, lead generation, and the occasional unexpected lesson from the show floor.
Books by Tim Patterson
Two books of practical trade show advice.
What Clients Say
“Thank you for all the incredible work that went into designing the Wedderspoon Expo West stand and getting it installed so seamlessly. It was a defining moment for the brand on the biggest stage of the year. I received a lot of commentary from competitors and other exhibitors about how it was one of the top stands and brand expressions.”
Let’s Talk About Your Next Exhibit
Planning a new exhibit, updating your current booth, or just have a trade show question? I offer a free, no-obligation consultation to talk through your project.
Trade Show Survival Guide
EXHIBITOR Magazine interviewed me about what exhibitors are doing right, what they’re missing, and how better planning can improve trade show results.