In this First Day of Spring vlog, I discuss skiing in the rain and sun on the same weekend, listening to podcasts by Peter Shankman and Chris Ducker, and the logistics of shipping your tradeshow exhibit: One Good Thing: the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Audio Podcast...
Long days on your feet. Snacking on tasty samples from one side of Anaheim Convention Center to the other. Setting up tradeshow exhibits. Tens of thousands of industry people checking out products, thousands of exhibitors vying for attention in crowded halls....
On this week’s coffee, I spend some time going over the question of asking better questions. If we learn to ask better questions, we’ll get better information. So what does it take to ask better questions? Take a look: Notes from this week’s vlog:...
Seriously, isn’t that an absurd question to ask about tradeshow marketing: are you Hendrix or Hemingway? Or maybe not. Let’s have a little fun for a moment. Picture Jimi Hendrix standing at the edge of your tradeshow booth, or on a small stage in your booth,...
Had a great chat with Ashley Blalock of the Ashley Avery Agency in NYC, an agency that provides models and spokespersons for tradeshow exhibitors. It was a fun and informative chat – check it out: Ashley’s One Good Thing included two books! Zero to One by...
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.