The best way to evaluate a potential addition to your show schedule is to actually visit the show. Whether you have to buy an airline ticket and plan a trip or park near your local exhibit hall when the show comes to your town, it will payment immense dividends for you to walk teh floor […]
Show evaluation: walking a show Read More »
I was reminded of this process and experience recently when a business acquaintance told me he had to make some changes to his program. Whether it’s cost-, geography- or personality-driven, sometimes a change has to be made. Moving your exhibit properties is a big deal–or not Others in the industry have written exhaustively (and well)
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It never fails. The client wants to bring all of the brochures and collateral the company has on its shelves to a show. While the printed word in a 2-D form is a great supplement to an effective trade show, it can also be a distraction or a detriment. Three things come to mind when
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I admit it, I’m a convert. I always thought you had to own a custom booth to be a big player. But with the pressures of financial performance a daily reality, having a quality image on the show floor has to be rethought. Enter the rental custom booth. There are three reasons I like this
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The show is about to start, so it’s time to gather the staff for a briefing before the attendees flood onto the show floor. At NACStech, we had a staff of about 12 for the 7 workstations. The meeting was led by the two main sales people for the business unit. We took 15 minutes
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I’m at the National Association of Convenience Stores Technical Show (otherwise known as NACStech) this week. The show runs Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. The show participation is down this year (about 100 exhibitors as compared to 125 last year in Nashville) according to
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It is always a good thing to show up early to the show floor. You can see if your frieght has arrived, among other things, but basically get the “lay of the land.” Once you get past the usually who-ha of wrist bands and where things are, you get to the booth space to see
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Getting the exhibit to the show is one of the last links in the chain, but a critical one: the show has to go on and it can’t (effectively) without your goods being at the show. When arranging a truck or van to pick up and drop off your shipment, remember: What are the size,
They are the third leg of the three-legged stool that supports your show experience. Along with booth structure and booth staff, graphics tell your story for you. While they are standalone elements many times, they are conversation starters and what catches the eye of the show attendee in the 3-second “walk-by” of your booth. This
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The real work begins when the show closes. Yes, the exhibit has to be torn down, packed and shipped back to wherever it is stored. But there are a number of things that must be attended to besides the crates and equipment: Be sure to collect and pay all bills associated with the show in
