Trade Shows

Report from the Field: Farnborough 2010

Our colleague, Kimberly Williamson of Aviall, attended and worked the 2010 edition of the Farnborough Airshow. Here is her report: Aviall’s presence at the show was a flurry of activity between interviews and a full staff being on board. The economy is showing signs of improvement with many companies sending multiple personnel as opposed to […]

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Report from the Field: Observations on Four Types of Booth Staff

Our colleague, Scott Cytron, and I recently were trading stories about trade show experiences. Scott comes from a different circle of shows than I do, but his experiences are very similar. He came up with this report talking about the four types of trade show reps: “I’ve told this story quite a few times over

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Relationship Management: Retaining a Client

It’s part of good relationship management: retaining that important client. I had a couple of lessons this week that helped me understand this concept. Statistics show that it costs more to gain a new client that it does to retain a client. Plus the longer you have a client, the better you understand their business,

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Report from the Field, Farnborough 2010: To Chalet or Not To Chalet

Our colleague, Peggy Keene of Esterline Corporation, was at this year’s Farnborough Air Show in the UK this past two weeks. She filed this report for us to paint a picture of what is happening on the international trade show scene: In more than 25 years’ work experience, I’ve never seen more austere times. Nobody

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The Triad

In a conversation with my consultant-mentor Francisco Escobar last evening, we discussed why and how clients do business with you. At least we talked about the elements of the process. We came up with these three “steps” that people go through when choosing to do business with an individual or client: Gaining or having credibility.

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Report from the Field: Eurosatory 2010 in Paris

Our colleague, Peggy Keene at Korry Electronics/Esterline, was at Eurosatory 2010 in Paris this past month. Here is her report from the show site. Defense trade shows pose a unique challenge to exhibitors, as witnessed at this year’s Eurosatory exhibition, held every other June at Parc des Expositions, north of Paris. How do you tastefully

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At the Exhibitor’s Show, Day 2: Using Surveys

This seminar is one of the key reasons I came to this show: to learn how to apply my company’s services to the world of exhibitry. Ian Sequeira of Exhibit Surveys was the presenter. Again, a full house and a good discussion. Less audience participation and dry slides, but a good, informative discussion. Ian spoke

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