by Tim Patterson | Jul 26, 2021 | Branding, Budgeting, Custom tradeshow booth, Event Marketing, lead generation, Logistics, Tradeshow marketing
If you’re a fan of Robert Heinlein’s classic science fiction book “Stranger in a Strange Land,” you know the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who was born on Mars, raised by Martians, and comes to Earth in early adulthood. He ends up in a political power...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 19, 2021 | Budgeting, Client Relations, Event Marketing, Logistics, Podcast, Tradeshow Exhibit, TSGMMCPodcast, Video, Vlog, YouTube
As the tradeshow world returns to something resembling normal, it does so in fits and starts and a few bumps along the way. In this week’s TradeshowGuy Monday Morning Coffee, Jim Wurm, Executive Director of the Exhibitor Appointed Contractor Association talks...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 16, 2021 | Booth Design, Branding, Budgeting, Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Marketing, Tradeshow Exhibit, Video, YouTube
Is it time to downsize? What things are worth considering when discussing the size of your exhibit? Here are a half dozen quick things to...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 13, 2021 | Custom exhibit, Custom tradeshow booth, Lists, Logistics, Marketing
I tend to make a lot of lists. Not as many as I used to (maybe I think I have enough lists by now!), but I still write things down. You’d think this makes me organized, but that’s not necessarily the case. Several years ago, not long after I got married, I sat down...
by Tim Patterson | Jul 5, 2021 | Client Relations, Event Marketing, Marketing, Networking, Podcast, Tradeshow visitors, Video, Vlog, YouTube
One way to learn how tradeshows are progressing in this soon-to-come post-pandemic era is to walk the floor of a major show in Las Vegas and observe. If you can’t yet, the second-best thing is to talk to someone who did just that. And that’s what...
Tim Patterson has been helping companies navigate the trade show world since 2002. He owns TradeshowGuy Exhibits and writes here about exhibit design, marketing, industry trends, and lessons learned from more than two decades on the show floor.