PowerPoint Tips……………..Not! (Spoken in Borat Version)

OK, I came across a funny video about how not to deliver a PowerPoint presentation.  I hope you enjoy and have a great 4th of July!

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What Not To Do at Trade Shows….Revisited

I’ll keep today’s post simple by letting you read a post on the following blog…

 Exhibiting in a bead show…

Come on…drinking beer in your booth space, who would ever think this to be acceptable or even allowed.

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Hardwood flooring for trade shows is beautiful, but heavy!  Keep this in mind if deciding to use this type of flooring as it muct be shipped via a common carrier / freight company.  A wide varirty of colors and woods are available and all have wire management channels so power and computer cords can be placed under the floor.

What’s your weakest “Trade Show” link?

Most of you are aware of the quote, “You’re only as strong as your weakest link”.  When evaluating your trade show strategy have you identified your “weakest link” in order to improve?  Might it be your display, outdated, bad graphics, etc.?  Maybe it’s the lack of having a plan?  If there is a “worst weakest link” it would have to be “people”.  This is the curse of death because even if you have the perfect pre-show campaign, a beautiful display and a plan, we “humans” can easily screw things up!  Don’t let that happen by having pre-show meetings as well as daily “morning” meetings at the show to access how well things are going.  These “morning” meetings will also encourage your booth staff to get to bed early and get a good nights sleep.

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Pop Up Displays are the most common type of trade show display in use.  Why are they so popular? Pop up displays that are 10 ft wide or narrower usually pack in one wheeled case that can convert to a table or podium.  This simplified system of rolling in your display, setting it up, and rolling it out makes them very convenient.  Although you will find many different pop up displays on the market, they aren’t all created equal.  Smash Hit Displays pop upsare offered with various case options giving exhibitors lots of sizes and styles of tables that can be created with the cases.  In the end, you should by the exhibit that best fits your needs.

Hurricanes and Web Traffic – How Relational Are They?

Originally posted in October 2005

Natural Disasters, like Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita, reek havoc not only the specific geographical areas but the rest of us as well. Though traffic for your site might be at the same levels as before the Hurricane’s devastation; that hasn’t translated recently into direct sales. Take for instance the month of September. One would have thought after the first two weeks, September numbers would have blown away same store sales the year prior. But, business dropped off the map the last two weeks of the month which speaks volumes for the repercussion forces of mother nature. The Hurricanes kept trade show display customers at bay. Traffic to sites remained high but the sales did not. That was in direct correlation to Katrina and Rita. One would speculate in the next couple weeks the forces of both storms would dissipate and customers would appear again in the form of orders. But, until that time we are all in a wait and wonder situation.Natural Disasters, like Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita, reek havoc not only the specific geographical areas but the rest of us as well.Though traffic for your site might be at the same levels as before the Hurricane’s devastation; that hasn’t translated recently into direct sales. Take for instance the month of September. One would have thought after the first two weeks, September numbers would have blown away same store sales the year prior. But, business dropped off the map the last two weeks of the month which speaks volumes for the repercussion forces of mother nature. The Hurricanes kept trade show display customers at bay.Traffic to sites remained high but the sales did not. That was in direct correlation to Katrina and Rita. One would speculate in the next couple weeks the forces of both storms would dissipate and customers would appear again in the form of orders. But, until that time we are all in a wait and wonder situation.