Tricks of the Trade – Vendors
Engage Without Being a Sleazy Salesman
It’s time to dust off your sales and people skills. You are about to be back in a trade show booth, attempting to engage passers-by to tell them about what you have to offer. Being a good booth rep is a delicate balance of being friendly and unintimidating while also [...]
Get Your On-Site Materials Organized
We recently published a tip in our Experienced Exhibitor newsletter about getting your processes in place for the return of in-person trade shows. I've created a checklist for planning and a checklist for packing that we use when we exhibit and encourage all her clients to use as well. You [...]
Get Your Gear in Gear for On-Site Events
Finally, we are seeing a cautious return to in-person events. Yes, they may be hybrid (both an on-site aspect with virtual), but that means we are on the brink of more events where we will all be face-to-face again! Given, the forecast, now is the time to dust off your [...]
We’re creating even more tools for you…. use them!
This month launched our latest newsletter series: The Experienced Exhibitor. For the last ten years, we (Ann and Sarah) have been immersed in the podiatric space - spending countless weekends in your shoes... on the exhibit hall floor. We created PodiatryMeetings.com with the goal to serve the industry. This [...]
Realizing the Value of DPM Data (vs. only closing sales)
Experienced exhibitors know one thing to be true - closing at a conference is seriously tough! Why then, do we keep coming back to the same conferences year after year? Well, there are a few reasons: Conferences give us face time with our current customers we don't normally get [...]
You Can’t Reach Your Exhibiting Goals if You Don’t Establish What They Are
At the end of each year, we tend to reflect back on the work we've completed throughout the last 12 months and determine whether or not that work is deemed successful. While it can be easy to give a general statement of whether or not you feel you've performed [...]