Natural Products Expo West 2018: Day One
More or less a quick diary of Natural Products Expo West 2018 Day One: After some twists and turns, we finished setting up the final client booth – Dave’s Killer Bread/Alpine…
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, March 5, 2018: Leslie Ungar
On today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, we latch on to an interview with Electric Impluse’s President, Leslie Ungar. What’s important about communication? How do we get…
7 Traits of Tradeshow Super Connectors
You’ve probably run into a tradeshow super connector and didn’t even realize it at the time. Not until later, when you got to thinking about that person you talked to. The one…
10 Tradeshow Best Practices
Seriously, you could compile a list of 50 tradeshow best practices and still add to the list. For the sake of brevity, let’s whittle it down to a reasonable number and see what…
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, February 26, 2018: Eric Rosenberg
How can you use tradeshows and conferences to jumpstart your blogging career? Eric Rosenberg tells us on the interview in today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee….
Who’s Got the Natural Products Expo West Pre-Game Jitters?
Natural Products Expo West has got to be the biggest natural products show in the world, amiright? Seventy-thousand or more attendees. Thirty-five hundred odd exhibitors….
Reverse Engineering Tradeshow Success
What do ya mean, reverse engineering tradeshow success? If you ask Wikipedia, you get this: “Reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the processes of…
TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, February 19, 2018: Ruth Failer
On today’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, I wander around the slopes of Hoodoo Butte in Central Oregon, and then finally sit down with Ruth Failer, CTSM….
You’re a Tradeshow Manager? Face It: Your Job is Never Done
As a tradeshow manager, your job is never done. Is that a bit daunting? Not every tradeshow manager job is the same, but I would hazard a guess that many of the duties are…
7 Tradeshow Exhibit Add-Ons for Less Than $500
Your tradeshow exhibit may look great. It may function well. But once the show is underway, you find yourself always ducking into a storage room to grab some paperwork or…
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.”
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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.