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What Associations And Meeting Professionals Want In Tradeshow Partnerships

Tweet Imagine this scenario. A nonprofit trade association decides it want to add a tradeshow to its annual conference. It’s never produced a tradeshow in the past and wants to secure a third-party planner to produce the show. Typically, an association tradeshow should have a potential of $150,000 or more in revenue to justify securing…

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…

Virtual Trade Show Business Plans

Tweet Tradeshow organizers and exhibitors are leveraging virtual technologies for their benefit. Virtual events are helping them reduce costs, increase lead generation, improve ROI for the exhibitor and attract future buyers. At IAEE’s 2010 Expo! Expo! Nicole Buraglio and I presented a sesson on Virtual Trade Show Business Plans. We explored several business and go-to-market strategies for…