Event Marketing Through Trade Shows

event marketing through trade shows

Trade Shows Can Create Huge Profits

Trade shows offer you a unique selling opportunity. It is one of the few venues you have to get face-to-face with a pre-qualified audience to reach your marketing goals. It is unique because the buyer is coming to you, and they are interested in your company and its products and services. Most exhibitors are caught up in the logistics of the event and not the strategy of how to position their company for success. Sales Creators has participated in, and has been helping other businesses with the total planning of their trade shows for two decades.

Four Key Areas of Consideration When Thinking About Trade Show Participation

  1. Why do you want to be an exhibitor?
    • - New Customers
      - Creating product awareness
      - Recruiting personnel
      - New markets or segments
  2. Which show is best to attract your target audience?
    • - National or Regional
      - Who is the audience that is attracted to the show and what is the projected attendance?
      - How many of the attendees are buyers?
      - What is the number of exhibitors and total net square footage (traffic patterns)?
  3. What is the budget?
    • - Booth space and services are about 45%
      - Exhibit structure about 20%
      - Transportation is about 11%
      - Promotion is about 10%
      - Personnel expenses are about 10%
      - Miscellaneous 4%
  4. What are your specific goals (sales, prospects, number of visitors)?
    • - What is the message you want to communicate within the first 3 seconds?
      - What is the projected number of sales at the show and within the next 6 months?
      - What is the number of qualified leads?
      - What type of handouts and materials do you have, and what are the purposes of each (for awareness, education, etc.)?

Preparing For a Successful Show

With the basic answers to the questions listed, Sales Creators can help your company select and prepare for a show that will produce results and have a great ROI. Sales Creators knows the importance of event marketing for companies and can develop a detailed marketing plan for your event, exploring the purpose and all options. We utilize proven cost-effective systems for booth placement and development to increase traffic flow and promote customer building.

There are many tasks needed to have a successful show. Our expertise includes show preplanning, aid in the exhibit design and materials, pre-show promotion to attract the best customers to your booth, instruction on the dynamics of "working the booth" to make sales now and after the show, and budget management. An in-depth training program is established for participants who will "work" the show including techniques to achieve sales during the show, assistance on the most effective follow-up programs, and the implementation of a system to keep the sales coming after the event. When the show is over, we provide a complete performance assessment and review it with management.

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