Marketing Without Tradeshows
If you’re used to going to a handful of tradeshows each year, meeting potential buyers, distributors, partners and colleagues, now that shows are off the table for the time…
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, October 19, 2020: Anders Boulanger
There are hundreds of thousands of event, tradeshow, and conference-related jobs that have gone by the wayside, at least temporarily, while the pandemic sidelines all of those…
Stuck in a Tradeshow Exhibit Design Checklist?: Video
It’s easy enough to get caught in the checklist approach to tradeshow exhibit design. This week’s quick video goes over some thoughts on how to avoid that, but still make sure…
Tradeshows and Events Will Return, But When?
In March and April of this year, when tradeshow organizers realized the gravity of the pandemic and how it would be affecting upcoming shows, many of them “postponed” the shows….
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, October 12, 2020: Natasha Miller
What happens when your business needs a quick pivot to survive? Not all companies have been able to do that successfully. On this week’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning, I chat with…
10 Reasons to Change Tradeshow Exhibit Houses: Video:
Hiring an exhibit house is a big task. It’s a commitment to a business relationship that, ideally, you’d like to keep in place for years. But everything must come to an end, and…
16 Things You Can Do in a Virtual Tradeshow Exhibit
The use of virtual tradeshow exhibits may not be exploding, although my sense is that it is increasing. Some big tradeshows have gone completely virtual for the next year or so,…
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, October 5, 2020: Civic Duty
Yup, thought since it’s less than a month from election day here in the states, a little podcast/video blog about civic duty and so on….
The Zen Ten: Video
Let’s get a moment of Zen. Or maybe more than just a moment. Here are a couple of handfuls of Zen moments you can grab. This week’s Quick Hit Video:…
Limited-Time Rental and Sales Offers Appear
We’ve worked with Classic Exhibits for nearly a couple of decades, even before TradeshowGuy Exhibits was a thing. Which means we know the quality of their work, and their…
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.