{"id":2981,"date":"2008-08-12T06:28:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/many-trade-show-fails-for-these-6-reasons\/"},"modified":"2008-08-12T06:28:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T11:28:30","slug":"many-trade-show-fails-for-these-6-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"Many Trade Show Fails For These 6 Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"
by dexter<\/div>\n

Trade shows are a great place to show new products and services. They are also are a great place to view new products, meet possibly client and mingle with colleagues. Many trade show exhibitors leave the convention hall feeling disappointed about what they received for their hard earn dollars. There are many reasons why they feel this way. Here are some of the reason why they do.<\/p>\n

Some of the main reasons for failures are as follows: The exhibitor did no preshow marketing: word of caution, never exhibit at any trade show without doing preshow marketing. Do not just rely on foot traffic at the show alone, help it along. Attendees are looking for certain companies. They know of these companies through preshow marketing.<\/p>\n

The next reason for failure is that your trade show booth is not up to par: You have to show up to a trade shows ready to do business. Your trade show booth should look the part. In other words make sure your booth is attractive and well suited for the environment. It should not just be attractive but it should attract attendees to your product.<\/p>\n

Reason three, your company used no promotional l material: You show up to the show without any promotional material, this is a no no. Your promotional material should well thought-out; it should be DVD, Brochure or some sort of promotional items educating attendees about your company and products. How else will someone remember your company and or your product?<\/p>\n

Reason four lack of a trained staff: You booth staff should be well groomed and product savvy. You should have a schedule clearly defining who is working the booth from what hour to what hour. They should be well versed to handle any sales questions that may come up.<\/p>\n

Reason five you provided no giveaway item at the show: Believe it or not people like free things. Provide some sort of product giveaway that relates to your business. This helps the attendee remember your booth and most of all your company.<\/p>\n

Lack of lead follow ups are also another factor that can make a trade show seem bad. Always follow up on trade show leads in a timely manner. Never just expect a potential client to call you first. These leads are the ones that turn into sales.<\/p>\n

I certainly can understand if attendance was down at the show, but yet if done correct your company should be able to leave that show or event with some sort of leads. Your product should have been seen. If Pepsi Cola enters the auto show and never gave away anything, had no promotional items, I am certain they would not be a splash at that event. Any trade show you enter you should be able to leave an impression about your company.<\/p>\n

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Trade shows are a great place to show new products and services. They are also are a great place to view new products, meet possibly client and mingle with colleagues. Many trade show exhibitors leave the convention hall feeling disappointed about what they received for their hard earn dollars. There are many reasons why they feel this way. Here are some of the reason why they do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1485,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertising","tag-advertising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}