Trade Show and Event Marketing


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Covers all aspects of trade show marketing - setting objectives, planning, promoting, executing, measuring performance, generating leads, working with the media, following up, and much more. Real-world case studies put the book's tips and techniques into action, and forms and illustrations are included where appropriate.




Exhibit Marketing and Trade Show Intelligence


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"Exhibition organizers and venue managers must have a thorough knowledge of their customers and they must be very close to the industries they serve. We must react rapidly to their changing needs and even be ahead of the curve in providing the tools and services which they’ll need to successfully meet their business objectives. This book, Exhibit Marketing and Trade Show Intelligence, will assist all those in the exhibition industry to stay on top of trends and changes as we work to improve our customer’s ROI and at the same time strengthen our own bottom line." Paul Woodward Managing Director UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry "The Exhibit and Event industry has been rapidly expanding over the past several years and offers many global opportunities for a fascinating and rewarding career. Exhibit Marketing & Trade Show Intelligence provides those interested in a career in Exhibit and Event Management a solid foundation on how to become a valuable asset to any organization." Jim Wurm, Executive Director Exhibit & Event Marketers Association (E2MA) "Dr. Klaus Solberg Søilen's book is a vital handbook for all marketers who work with exhibitions as a marketing tool. The book provides clear and extremely useful recommendations for actions before, under and after the exhibition has taken place". Svend Hollensen, author of "Global Marketing"(Pearson) and Associate Professor of International Marketing at the University of Southern Denmark.




Trade Show 411


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"Whether you are a trade show novice or are looking for some insights into how to improve your trade show marketing strategy and tactics, Trade Show 411 is must-read. It's a perfect balance of experienced insights and explanations to help you understand the mysteries and mechanics of successful trade show marketing." - Patricia Hammond, Co-founder and CEO, The Business GuildAre you pulling your hair out in frustration trying to manage your company's trade show exhibit? Discover the insider tips and actual steps you can take to maximize trade show results. Trade Show 411 gives you both the strategy and action plan to set you off on the right foot. By linking your pre-show marketing strategy to onsite activities and post-show follow-up, you'll get the most out of your sales and marketing efforts and maximize your trade show results. In Trade Show 411, you'll discover: - What revenue generating tactics you can implement on a limited budget- How to secure valuable media outlets for in-booth interviews- Tips on assembling the perfect staff- Hidden expenses that can cost you if you don't know how to manage them effectively- The way to stay on track when your trade show gets turned upside down by issues outside your control- Four steps to selecting the perfect show- How to transform your leads from ho-hum to sales qualified with the right questions- . . . And so much moreIf you like the help of a step-by-step roadmap but want to be able to tailor the insights to meet your challenges and achieve your objectives, then this essential guide is a must have.




Exhibitions, Trade Fairs and Industrial Events


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This book is the first to take an in-depth examination of the breadth and scope of exhibitions, trade fairs and other industrial events as a marketing tool or channel. Industrial Events are planned events that are staged with the primary aim of marketing businesses, industries and products. This may lead to direct sales through these events, as well as the development of brand image or building brand awareness; penetration of new markets; trials of new products and knowledge diffusion. These business goals might be future-focused, with meetings of strategic players from across an industry or sector contributing to the shaping of future innovations and development. Industrial events act as a marketplace, but rather than seeing them as temporary or isolated activities, they can be understood as cyclical clusters. This is a multidisciplinary book written by an international group of leading academics, offering a wide range of case studies that feature countries such as the United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. It will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of cultural studies, history, tourism, sociology, economics and management




Powerful Exhibit Marketing


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A complete guide to successful trade shows and exhibitions Trade shows, consumer shows, product launches, sporting events, and other opportunities to interact face-to-face with customers have become an important part of the marketing mix. Recent studies show that the percentage of the total marketing communications budget spent on event marketing ranged from over 9% to a staggering 29%. In 2003, North America alone hosted over 13,000 trade and consumer shows, each one with hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of visitors. Beyond traditional trade shows, there are countless other opportunities for exhibitors to interact with their customers directly and improve the bottom line, such as mall displays, corporate events, road shows, and permanent displays. Well chosen and executed events can shorten the sales cycle significantly and put you miles ahead of the competition, but you need to have an exhibit plan that's well thought out, organized, and executed. While some large organizations have a dedicated exhibit staff, often the role of exhibit management lands on the desk of an unsuspecting, overworked, or unwilling sales or marketing person who needs to get results from their exhibit investment, but doesn't know where to start. The Power of Exhibit provides the step-by-step advice you need to exhibit successfully. This definitive guide to trade shows and other event marketing shows how to set objectives, budget for your event and measure its success in ROI, choose the right show and find the right audience, turn leads into business, design booths, work the show, gather information and intelligence, and much more.




Trade Show Management


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Extensive overview of all aspects of trade show and convention management from the perspective of scientists, operators, exhibitors, associations and service industry. The articles especially focus on strategic and operative decision making problems. The reader gains perspectives, approaches to solutions and recommendations on the whole process in decision making. The conceptualization of successful trade shows and conventions is demonstrated by numerous best practices.




Events as a Strategic Marketing Tool, 2nd Edition


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Fully updated and with new case studies throughout, this second edition reviews the way organizations use events to connect with their visitors. It covers the development of the experience economy, the steps from strategy to concept, event design and touchpoints. It also considers the areas of marketing within which experiences play a role, such as branding, relationship marketing and city marketing. Concluding with a chapter on effect measurement and evaluation, and including a wealth of internationally relevant examples, the book gives a thorough insight into the way events can help reach strategic marketing goals.




The Social Trade Show


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Today's new social and virtual platforms and technologies can help you transform the way you market through tradeshows, exhibits, and events - helping you supercharge performance on every metric that matters to you. The Social Tradeshow is the first practical guide to using these new tools to reach more prospects, close more sales, and earn more profits. Renowned industry consultant and thought leader Traci Browne covers every step of the process, revealing what works (and what doesn't). She offers practical advice, realistic examples, and actionable ideas for companies of all sizes, in both B2B and B2C markets. Discover how to: * Create goals, measurable objectives, and strategies * Identify the tools and techniques most likely to work for you * Integrate social media and virtual events with existing pre-show, at-show and post-show tactics * Avoid older "virtual" techniques that have been proven to fail * Make the most of live streaming, video interviewing, mobile polling, and other innovations * Expand and enhance your community of customers and prospects year-round * Demonstrate the value of social media to key decision-makers




The Event Marketing Playbook - Everything You'll Ever Need to Know About Events


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Are you interested in learning how event marketing can drastically improve your business and profits? Are you tired of getting nowhere fast? The event marketing playbook is a strategic guide that explains how to setup, promote and profit from events. Whether you are planning events for a nightclub, conference, trade show, executive retreat, golf outing, corporate or customer appreciation events, company dinner, holiday party, fundraising gala, team building events or even product launch events, this book will teach you how to create events that attract new customers, referrals and a consistent flow of sales that you can rely on. This book will teach you the importance of event marketing, reveal 26 ideas on how to get paid more money, and best practice examples and templates for the event planning process. If you want to learn everything you’ll ever need to know about event marketing, this is the book for you! What is inside of this book? >> Event Marketing Basics Benefits of Event Marketing 26 Ideas for Getting Paid More Event Marketing Goal Guide Examples of the Event Planning Process Sample Event Action Plan >> 3 Month Event Marketing Timeline Top 10 Ways to Generate Sales at the Event 5 Social Media Strategies for Event Promotion Top 3 Event Management & Ticketing Systems 10 Questions You Need to Ask Venues 21 Types of Venues Who Will Accommodate >>How to Attract Corporate Sponsors 15 Types of Staff You Need to Hire 11 Reasons Sponsors Will Give You Money 8 Strategies to Generate Massive Exposure Where to Hire Temporary Event Staff >> Top Revenue Generation Strategies 10 Ways to Increase Revenue on Event Day Over 15 Event Marketing Resources with Links FAQ's on Events and Getting Started




The Platinum Rule for Trade Show Mastery


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In a few short years, the trade show and event marketplace has grown and is now considered an investment that adds to or subtracts from the bottom line. This work explains how to increase profits from trade shows even as managers deal with shrinking budgets.