October 25, 2011 12:04:13 PM by Rena Patton
posted in Trade Show Advice | Trade Show Marketing | Trade Show Tips
Tradeshows offer branding and marketing opportunities, potentially allowing your company to significantly increase sales in a short amount of time. Because of the major impact these events can provide, it is important to do everything necessary to make your experience as successful and beneficial as possible. Tradeshows take major planning, but one thing to emphasize is the trade show exhibit.
In planning your trade show booth design, you will want to put the time and effort into making a significant display with a powerful message. To make the most of your booth, use the following tips:
• Recognize the significant impact a display can have. Carefully consider what message you want to convey, how you want your brand to be portrayed, what purpose you want the display to serve, who you want to market to, and other objectives you may have for the convention.
• As you start to plan your exhibit analyze costs, and examine benefits to determine how to get the most impact while still staying on budget. One alternative for funding such a setup is to look for a sponsor, which can give you a bigger budget for your design.
• When you are designing a tradeshow display it can be a complicated process. Take advantage of consulting services available from the company providing your exhibit and let them help you plan, strategize, and execute your trade show booth design ideas in order to optimize the potential impact.
• Consider the value of promotion, before and during and after the event, in order to help maximize the publicity and attention your company is able to get.
• Once you have determined conceptual requirements, consider which physical elements will best achieve your event goals. Will you need a large exhibit or a small one? How willgraphics, presentation components, and structure work together? How will your elements attract potential customers and then keep them interested after their approach?
• Once you know what your specific event goals are and have your booth worked out, consider what you want to actually happen during the event and who will get the job done. An effective appealing design is not enough - make sure your staff is trained and motivated to be the driving force that makes your layout rise to the top.
• With larger scale exhibits consider renting instead of purchasing, especially if a display of this size is not one you will use on a continual basis.
Your tradeshow display needs to stand out from the crowd in order for you to be noticed. With the tips presented here, you can make sure your trade show booth not only makes a statement but that really steals the show.