Tag Archive: tradeshow best practices

Co-Locating Your Conference Can Be Risky And Rewarding

Tweet Co-locating your conference can be a high-risk, high-reward proposition. Before you decide to co-locate your conference with another conference, you need to view the decision through a strategic long-term lens. Defining Co-Location At the basic level, co-locating a conference is placing two or more conferences at the same location, at the same time. Some…

Would You Like Fries With That Booth?

Tweet Attendees are changing the way they plan and consume trade shows. If you’re still using static PDF floor plans and exhibitor listings, you’re missing out on the opportunity to upsell — and to connect buyers and sellers. According to research conducted by CEIR (Center for Exhibition Industry Research), nearly 75 percent of young professionals…

Three Trending Tradeshow Sales Strategies

Tweet The trend for exhibit and sponsorship revenue is shifting away from the show floor. Brand marketers value marketing and sponsorship opportunities more than the exhibit real estate. The Facts…Are Changing 85% of a trade show’s revenue comes from space.  15% is from sponsorship and advertising. Source: Doug Ducate, President and CEO, Center for Exhibition Industry…

Calculating ROI For Your Tradeshow Booth

Tweet Was exhibiting at that tradeshow worth your time and resources? How would you know? In today’s world where so much business is conducted on the phone or digitally, meeting customers, prospects and other stakeholder face-to-face is extremely important. At the same time, you want to effectively keep your costs down and use your time…

Five Tips To Improve Your Tradeshow Exhibitor Communications

Tweet Recently, I’ve been doing a bit of research and consulting on exhibitor communications. While I’ve lived in and around shows for many years, in the past my focus has been more on revenue, lead management and ROI, and not so much on the service, hand holding and communication of confirmed exhibitors. Most tradeshows have…