Showing posts with label trade show tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trade show tips. Show all posts

Thursday, February 9, 2012

How To Choose Trade Show Display Boards

Seeing is believing. Visual aids, such as presentation and display boards, add impact to your message. Whether you use presentation boards as a silent sales tool or to complement a verbal pitch, they reinforce your communication efforts. Small businesses can use presentation and display boards in a number of ways:
  1. Tabletop or booth display at tradeshows
  2. Visual aid in a sales presentation
  3. Tool for in-house meetings
  4. Silent salesperson in your company showroom or office

Keep the design simple

Whether you're using your presentation board in a sales meeting or setting up a display board at a tradeshow, the same design rules apply. The overall design should be clean and simple — think big, bold images and big titles that read like headlines.
Try: For design dos and don'ts, check out the "Deadly Sins of Visual Presentation" and "10 Tips for Designing Effective Presentation Visuals".

Choose tradeshow display boards

Having a display board containing product or service information at your tradeshow booth is one of the most effective ways to communicate your message. Attendees can browse the information on the display board while the booth host demonstrates or discusses the product. Choose from one of many varieties of tabletop display boards.
Try: Portable foldable displays are one the most convenient for tradeshows that require air travel. Wave boards made from flexible plastic roll up and slide into a tube for easy transporting. Fabric pop-up displays are also easy to install by attaching them to a lightweight aluminum frame.

Print your own sales presentations

It isn't always cost-effective to have presentation boards professionally printed for sales calls. Presentation boards can look professional and neat if you do them yourself. By having a stock of blank display boards on hand, you can affix posters and artwork to them.
Try: Find a variety of tri-fold sized blank display boards at FoamBoardSource.com. To create a great display or storyboard, head to your nearest FedExKinko's store for four-color large format prints that can be pasted to the storyboard. Avery Sign Kits lets you print display boards using your desktop printer.

Use presentation boards for meetings

For in-house meetings or brainstorming sessions, use blank display boards and jot down ideas as they come up.
Try: Dry-erase boards and chalkboards are available at ErgoInDemand.com. If you have a lot of notes or prefer to save brainstorming notes, try easel pads available at Staples.com.

Find additional uses for tradeshow displays

Put your tradeshow display boards to use even when you aren't at a tradeshow. Large stand-alone tradeshow booth panels do double duty as a visual communication tool when displayed in your office lobby or showroom.
Try: Pop-up tradeshow booths are available from Trade Shows For Less.

  • To quickly make storyboards for a client presentation, use spray adhesive on visuals and affix them to blank foam-core display boards.
  • To convey your message, limit text to essential information that gets the message across and support it with visuals such as photos, graphs or charts. Too much text will make the viewer lose interest.
  • When giving a verbal presentation with visual backup, make sure to put only brief titles or subject headings on the display board with the supporting photos or charts. Putting too much information on the display board can make people lose track of what you're saying because they're too distracted by reading your visual presentation.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Table Top Display Benefits at Trade Show Events

As we well know that trade shows are getting increased fame since it stands as the best promotional tool for business. Trade shows and events can occur anywhere and it is not possible for us to know it each and every time. Sometimes we may hear it later, so at that time we rush to get the displays during last minute. At those anxious moments, it is not possible to implement a big booth with proper structure and items so it is better to look for the compact trade show displays so that you can easily transport it. But at the same it should be professional, attractive and should save your money. Trade show display that satisfies these conditions is none other than table top displays since it is quite compact in size and makes your product more visible in trade shows. Below reasons states the reasons to opt for them


It is the exhibit that suits for all budgets and available in small and large sizes. You can easily assemble and also you can switch over to different information based on your company needs.
  • It helps to incorporate your brand, theme and logo with exact color scheme and consistency. As said above you can set up your booth in the last minute easily without any stress.
  • You can point out your company or product in a better way by using table top exhibits and also it makes people to come to your booth to notice your products.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Trade Show Supplies in Orlando

Getting exposure for your company these days can be tricky given the amount of competition you have to fight against. When advertising your business you always have to have either the hottest signage or biggest advertising budget to outwit your competitors so you can stay on top. Because of these factors you should always make sure to grab your trade show supplies from a company that will provide you with the best prices especially if you are a frequent customer.

Trade Shows For Less is located in Orlando Florida and has a staff of the most talented and customer service oriented employees of any company I have every worked with during my time in the advertising industry and they always get a project done on time for a price you can afford.

Check out some recent projects from their personal portfolio, when your done give them a call at 407-447-9045 or visit there website at TradeShowsForLess.com and tell them you’re ready to work with a company that cares ;)

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Trade Show Tips For Event Exhibitors

I’m a huge fan of “best practices” benchmarking. I’m not alone obviously, but I’m always amazed when companies don’t seek out the best practices from successful companies. Here’s a handful of event and trade show tips from companies that have achieved astounding success (Nike, Reebok, Underarmor, etc).

1. Set a goal for your event or show. It’s not enough to show up, set up your booth and staff it. You have to decide what you want to accomplish well before the event or show. More PR? New product launch? Line extension? New marketing strategy? All of these demand a different strategy for your show. Set a reasonable goal and build your event presence around the goal.

2. Integrate your messaging. Your brand is probably visible in multiple channels. Make sure your show presence does as much as possible to leverage these channels. For example, put your URL on your display. Run an LCD with video clip that you usually host on your webpage. Think holistically about the messaging opportunity.

3. Differentiate. You need to do something to pull prospects to your booth. Think creatively. Consider a raffle. Add video. Hire extra staff to give your booth more traffic.

4. Activate off your booth footprint. Do something to pull traffic from areas outside your booth line of site. One company’s best ROI idea? They hired a few staff from an agency to walk to event venue clad in T-shirts with their booth number and a question mark. It worked like a charm  - people dropped by to see what it was all about.

Sure, these ideas can expand your budget. But there’s not much sense in attending a show and saving the last 10% of your budget that could actually drive traffic. Think about it – if you really wanted to save money you’d stay home. But you’re going to get zero ROI on this investment.

However you plan on approaching your next exhibit TradeShowsForLess.com can set you up with high quality trade show booths for a price that won't clean out the bank.

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