One hundred. 100. One-zero-zero. A C-note. A 10×10 booth. CWT. I know in the realm of blogging, 100 isn’t a lot. But the number 100 has significance in the trade show industry. A 10×10 booth, the basic building block unit of a trade show floor, is 100 square feet. Everything on a floor is based
…….but the size of the effort does. Today’s case in point is the Dallas Business Journal’s outreach to the DFW business community. While this may be a small exhibit, it plays by all of the rules to make it work and produce results for it’s owners. What more could a committed exhibit marketer ask for?
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Here’s why trade shows are really important: they are newsworthy and a showcase for an industry, a market or a business segment. Our case in point today is CES, the Consumer Electronics Show. Here, datelined Las Vegas and shown on Yahoo, is a product announcement about the latest netbook: https://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/32540 from Sony. This is exactly
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I was talking with a client/friend of mine this morning and comparing notes on trade shows. He told me of something that is probably maddening to more than one of you out there. Ineffective set up instructions. Really now, can we NOT have the engineers who design most portable or pop-up exhibit systems write or
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It’s coming around again–the Exhibitor’s Show in Las Vegas. It’s hard to believe it’s been a year, but the package (actually, the latest one) came in the mail yesterday. It was like Christmas for exhibit people–lots of options for training and interaction. The crowd who attend are really a who’s who of the trade show
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A story in today’s Dallas Morning News Business section spells out a few reasons why we chose to market via trade shows. The story focuses on CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, opening in Las Vegas this week and the 30-plus Dallas-based companies attending. Big or small, these companies see the value in being at a
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As we enter this new year, don’t forget to find time for you. I realize that we all live busy lives when we’re on show site and, actually, all of the time leading up to and following a show. But one does need to recharge one’s batteries or all of your work could be moot.
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January has always been a big month for trade shows. Going back in my career, we had a number of shows that kicked off the year in a variety of industries. Now that I think about it, several industries anchor their years with January shows. The National Retail Federation (NRF) is always at Jacob Javits
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If there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that patience is a virtue when it comes to managing a trade show program. Like a marriage, you are in it for the long haul. You can plan and plan, but things don’t always fall into place as you think they will or should. Just because you
Let’s ring in the new year with some ideas on how to save and make your exhibit marketing dollar (peso, euro, lira, drachma) go further. There are several ways you can make your investments and expenditures go further. Here are three ideas: Streamline current processes. Review your freight plans. Standardize configurations. Streamline current processes. Take
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