Quick Movies for Trade Shows

Moving pictures, AKA Videos, can dramitically draw attention to your booth space at a trade show.  Many companies do not have the technical expertise to create their own video nor budgets to do so.  What most companies do have are pictures and with these pictures very simple movies can be created.

If you use a Mac the iPhoto is the program of choice.  Below are a few resources that show you how to use iPhoto.
http://www.marialanger.com/2007/03/19/creating-a-slide-show-for-idvd-with-iphoto/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iphoto/ip4-1.html

If you use a PC then Photo Story 3 by Microsoft is your program of choice.  Photo Story 3 can be downladed for Free as well!  Below are a few resources that show you how to use Photo Story 3.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx
http://www.updatexp.com/microsoft-photo-story-3.html

Trade Show Display Product Highlight
Hanging banners are attention getting as they are hung from the ceiling and can be seen from almost all areas of the exhibition floor.  There are a winde variety of shapes and can be printed on vinyl and fabric substrates.  Fabric tension ceiling banners are very sleek and can even be backlit providing dramatic effects!

How to get more from your next trade show.

Going to your next trade show could be the difference between keeping or losing your job.  In todays hyper competitive business environment the knowledge learned and contacts gained could easily be the difference between being a mediocre and outstanding employee.  Medicore employees eventually fall by the wayside.  The following tips enable you to get the most from each show.

1.) Get a pre-show schedule of events, seminars and exhibitors and use this to map out your day to day activities.  Align these activities so that you get the most out of each day and possibly night.

2.) Call or email event organizers, speakers and exhibitors and let them know you’ll be there.  Ask the event organizers who else will be there, especially if you want face time with a targeted prospect or associate.  See if the event organizer can seat you next to that contact on purpose.  Submit questions to speakes in advance so that the presentation is custom tailed to the questions you have.  Arrange meetings with exhibitors so they can prepare solutions in advance, this way the sales cycle doesn’t start at the show.

3.) Comfortable shoes, comfortable shoes, comfortable shoes…enough said. 

4.) Bring along a standard assortment of business supplies just in case they aren’t provided in the seminars.  Some attendees have even gone as far as to tape and or video record a session, although this may be prohibited.

5.) Extra business cards.  You never know how many you may give out and the last thing you want to have happen is run out.

6.) Follow up.  Don’t just email contacts when you get back from the show.  Go ahead and draft a formal letter referencing your conversation at the show and mail it.  Keep the letter genuine and sincere on how excited you were to make their aquaintance.  It seems a little “old fashioned”, however, it’s a very effective way to make this person a contact for life.

Trade Show Booths Product Highlight
Portable trade show displays are becoming more and more advanced and with these advacements come new display types emerge from the crowd.  Smash Hit Displays is pleased to annouce that the arrival of Echo by Abex.  The modular systems use stunning trade show graphics and when combined with other displays like banner stands and custom trade show carpet you can create a truly one-off display system.