What Bigfoot Can Teach Us about Trade Shows
Advice about Trade Shows from the Big Guy Trade Show Tips from Sasquatch Sasquatch is no seven-foot dummy. He (she) has a brain to match that brawn. Bigfoot understands marketing, knows PR like a Madison Avenue insider, and can out Kardashian the Kardashians without taking a step outside the Pacific Northwest. Here's what our ancestral brother from another mother can teach us about trade show...
Why is Trade Show Marketing So D@mn Hard?
How to be successful with trade show marketing. Trade show marketing is less structured, more unpredictable, and frankly, messier than other forms of marketing. It can be difficult to measure the results.
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The Three Rules of Trade Show Marketing
Trade Show Marketing isn’t complicated. It can be reduced to three simple rules. Everything else is a business decision. Here’s the difference: Buying a 10 ft. portable vs. 20 ft. custom island — that’s a business decision. Staying at the Hilton vs. the Quality Inn — that’s a business decision. Getting a professional presenter for the booth — that’s a marketing decision. Confused? Here’s ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about trade show marketing to be successful.
What Smells? Top 11 Trade Show Odors
Like me, you probably attend two, three, or 30 trade shows every year. Trade shows are mesmerizing, not only for the creativity but also for the visual and auditory over stimulation. The larger the show, the more the sensory overload. It can be exhausting, but for most of us, it’s exhilarating for those two or three days.
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“I’ll Know It When I See It”|’s Nightmare
Nothing is more fun than diving into a project and delivering a design that meets all the client’s needs: functionally, aesthetically, and fiscally. We are good at addressing these requests before they become a frustrating experience for all parties involved. But . . . that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few “Design Red Flags.” Here are some we’ve identified over the years.
10 Common Myths about Trade Shows
If you’ve ever attended a trade show, you have an opinion about trade shows, trade show marketing, or exhibit design. I won’t try to dispel every myth, but here are 10 Common Myths about Trade Shows.
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Portable Trade Show Exhibits are an investment in your exhibition marketing.
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