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[T1207]Trade Show And Convention

by Ellen M. Mccarty, Ell

We suggest viewing the Trade Show in three parts and call them the Before, During and After units of creating a successful outcome every time.

The Before Unit is about creating a buzz. This is the first step to ensuring a great trade-show experience. Create a buzz with pre-show mailings. There are a variety of creative ways to insure those who attend the Trade Show will show up at your booth.

Eric Johnson, Vice President of Marketing and Development at Halls & Company, Brooklyn Park, Minn., suggests mailing half of a promotional product to a predetermined customer list. In this mailing you could inform them to stop by the booth and pick up the other half. ?You might send them a luggage strap and tell them to stop by your booth to pick up the luggage tag for their trip home? he said.

Another creative approach is to mail a letter telling recipients to bring it along to the booth to receive a free item such as a tote bag or water bottle. As a distributor, this is a wonderful way to showcase your capacity to service your clients. Coordinating the mailing with your clients upfront and then getting the second half of the product to the exhibitor booth positions distributors well in the eyes of the end-buyer.

For the During Unit, it's all about maintaining the buzz. A great way to do that is with food, of course. This is tried and true in every culture all over the world without exception. In fact, it has been scientifically proven that food is one of the triggers that activate emotion and feelings of joy. Custom printed cookies, popcorn and trail mixes in individual serving sizes can really give a boost to those walking the miles of the showroom floor. With the capacity to print logos on these packages, the treats themselves tell the whole story. Personal care items such as lip balms, mints, and hand sanitizers are also a great bet. Exhibitors would also do well to have a supply of games, pens, T-shirts, hats, and miniature electronic products such as fans.

The After Unit is all about sustaining the buzz. This is where the rubber meets the road.

The Trade Show is over and the goal was to collect names and new contacts. What will you do with them now that you have them? In this model, the distributor can really shine by working with their customers to create a mailing campaign. Suggest sending brochures, letters or even follow-up promotional items to continue the buzz created at the show.

Being proactive in assisting your clients to generate booth traffic will no doubt create value for your clients. An informed distributor with a plan can become an invaluable asset to their clients. When value is received it becomes perception, and that adds up to referrals and repeat business beyond the miles walked at the next show.

One of the most difficult parts of preparing for a convention is renting and setting up the trade show display for your company. There are dozens of companies offering dozens of different products for rental to display items for the trade show and having the right equipment and advertising can make your trade show experience even more effective. So what should you be looking for when renting a trade show display for your next convention? There are a couple of things that you should keep in mind.

One of the most important things that you should keep in mind when renting a trade show display for your next convention is how much space you will need for the display. As the size of the display gets larger, the price of renting the display increases, so you will want to get the smallest size that will still be adequate for the amount of information that you will want to display. You will need to be careful not to choose a display that is too small because a small display will have all of the information crowded together in a cluttered and unattractive fashion. People tend to ignore things that they cannot easily see or read, so a small crowded display may be worse than having no display at all.

Another thing you should look for when you need to rent a trade show display is an attractive price for the display. Different vendors will have different prices for their products, so you may be able to find a great deal on a rental display by shopping around for the best price. Be careful of deals that seem too good to be true or prices that are significantly lower than those from other vendors in the area because there may be a problem with renting from that vendor, such as a very low quality display or a scam that steals money from the company. Ask several different vendors for their prices and base your decision on the price and the reputation of the vendor.

The reputation of the vendor that you are thinking about renting the trade show display from is another important element that should be taken into consideration. Trade show display vendors that care about their company know that a good reputation is very important in the business community. The old saying goes "nothing travels faster than bad news" and that is especially true for a vendor that has repeatedly given bad service to those in the business world. If the majority of the information that you hear about a vendor, either by talking to business associates or reading reviews on the internet, is negative then you will want to find another vendor to rent your trade show display from.

In some cases, the price of renting the trade show display includes the cost of a professional assembly at the location of the trade show but in other cases, the renter will be responsible for assembling the display on their own. If this is the case, then the person renting the display will want to make sure that the display is one that will be easy for them to assemble. Even though more complicated types of displays may be more attractive, not being able to assemble the display in a reasonable amount of time and the frustration that is causes is not worth the appearance of a complicated display.

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