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Get tips to help you handle the many facets of trade show planning

Check out our latest blogs, designed to help you maneuver the many facets of tradeshow and event planning!

Designing for Diversity: Creating Inclusive and Accessible Exhibit Spaces

Why should you consider inclusivity and accessibility when designing your next exhibit space? To welcome and accommodate visitors of all abilities, backgrounds, and preferences, ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to engage with and enjoy the event.

Ten Event Marketing Challenges Facing Companies in 2024

Dive into the top ten challenges currently shaping the world of event marketing, from technological integration to evolving audience expectations. And our solutions to help you navigate your options.

January 11, 2024

Time for Outdoor Marketing & Events

Spring is approaching, and warmer temperatures mean more people want to be outside. That's why it's the perfect time to start thinking about hosting or sponsoring an outdoor marketing event that will draw a crowd and boost your brand's visibility. Outdoor marketing events can be any event that can draw a crowd of interested people, with whom you want to learn more about your product or service.

After Four Months of Live Events, what do we Know?

Over the last few months, we have had staff and clients active on the show floor. So we have compiled some helpful tips from what we have learned.

October 6, 2021

Create Your Own Event

Now is a great time to create your own event to stay in front of your customers. Whether it is an Open House (by appointment only), hotel meeting or full-on mobile marketing event, do what works best for you and your customers. It is up to you to make it happen, and we can help.

Look Outside for New Opportunities

Along with the promise of warmer weather is the promise of new opportunities, and business. Granted, many states are still under various restrictions, but we are seeing outside events opening up sooner than trade shows. More than ever people will be ready to get outside for fresh air and safe gathering.

Have A Plan: 3 Things You Should Do Now

Let’s fast forward a couple of months… what do you see? I see a busy freaking summer! Shows that were never there before are filling in our summer schedules, and soon enough we will have fall shows nipping at our heels too. I have one very important question for you, and it’s not about hand washing or toilet paper – ARE YOU READY?

VLOG #1: Ways to Stay In Front of Your Customers

We are living in different times right now with COVID-19 causing delays, closures and shifts in business plans. Let us help you get ahead of it with alternative ways to stay in front of your customers.

Back To School For Event Planners

The back to school routine triggers the same type of response in Event Managers. It’s time to get ready for the upcoming Trade Show Season. With careful planning and thoroughness you too can get straight A’s as a student of the Event Planning arts. Learn more...

August 11, 2018

The Many Facets of Rentals: Activations and Corporate Events

Displays are just the tip of the rental iceberg. Outdoor and indoor corporate events and summer activations also benefit with rentals. Let’s take a look at some rental options you might not have considered and boost that ROI.

Checklist for Trade Shows – Event Planning the Right Way

You are just days away from the trade show, and you want to make sure you have all your bases covered. Are you prepared and ready for the moment the show floor opens? Follow these tips to help guide you through the details.

February 3, 2018

Execute Multiple, Back-To-Back and Simultaneous Events with Ease

As marketing professionals, we inevitably oversee numerous events spread around the country, often in quick succession or concurrently. Using rentals across your event marketing calendar can truly optimize your budget ROI and allows you to highlight your brand specifically for each opportunity.

October 6, 2017

Create A Winning Trade Show Program Timeline: Month by Month Timetables for Success

Exhibiting in trade shows is time consuming and potentially confusing, especially if you don’t know where to start or what to plan for. Follow this sample timeline and fill in your dates based on the show dates to help you keep track of what you should be planning and when.

September 6, 2017

10 Quick Tips For Planning Outdoor Events

If you are new to planning outdoor events or tackling a new type of corporate or public happening we have some quick tips to make your task easier.

Need Portable Outdoor Displays? Inflatable Tents Solve Your Problems

Do you need a new ultra-portable and durable portable tent display solution that can be configured in multiple layouts in all kinds of environments?

Prepping to Exhibit at PACK EXPO 2016 in Chicago Illinois

With your big industry trade show just a couple of months away, you probably think you have plenty of time to finalize plans and prepare. Yes—and no. It is enough time, but you need to use it wisely.

September 6, 2016

Start Your Install Off On The Right Foot

The first person to arrive on the trade show floor is vital to starting the event off on the right foot. Ideally you want someone to arrive before your exhibit installation has begun – whether it be a supervisor from your exhibit house or one of your employees.

November 12, 2015

Trade Show Overages and Ways to Minimize Them

As an Event Planner, your goal is to put on a hugely successful event while staying within (or under) budget. On the trade show floor there can be things that happen that push you over your expected spend. While it is suggested to budget about five to ten percent over the anticipated expenses in order to account for these type of add-ons, some can exceed this extra padding. To help you stay on budget and be aware of the possible costs, we want to share with you the typical show floor overages to watch for and ways to minimize them.

October 21, 2015