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7 Arguments for Hiring Top Trade Show Staff

Smart Meetings

Running a trade show both an art and a science. Aligning all aspects of your show from getting the right venue, to publicity, to staffing is a job for professionals. You may only get the chance to get an annual show right once a year, so it is essential that you get it right. Saves Time. Customer Service Enhancement.

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Five Trade Shows and How They Grew

PCMA Convene

These are interesting times for trade shows. Earlier this year, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reported that the industry finished last year on a down note — with the performance of B2B shows declining in the final quarter of 2016 after 25 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth.

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2019 Event Marketing Statistics, Trends and Data

Bizzabo

Get ready for the most comprehensive list of event marketing statistics, event management statistics and event planning statistics on the internet for 2019 and beyond! Plus, we've added industry-specific insights into live event marketing for 2019. Event Marketing Budgets and Trends. the average marketing budget on live events.

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A Door of Opportunity

PCMA Convene

NAAA reasoned that the new door not only would benefit NAAA, which promised to commit to future conventions in Savannah, it also would enable SITCC to host other groups that exhibit aircraft as part of their trade shows.

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25 Ingenious Offline Marketing Examples

Bizzabo

Inspire your marketing strategy with this list of 25 creative offline marketing examples. In the 1990s, online marketing—the practice of driving actions on the internet—exploded. While online marketing isn’t going anywhere soon, offline marketing—formerly known as just “marketing”—has had a recent resurgence.

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Brand USA: How to Market America in the Trump Era

PCMA Convene

Only created in 2010, the destination marketing organization is tasked with promoting travel to the United States. On the buyer side and the media side, it’s everybody in market — travel agents, meeting planners, meeting facilitators that help facilitate travel, and then the travel media that help us tell our story. All of it.

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Connect Is Coming to Louisville in 2019

Connect Your Meetings

The appointment-only trade show brings together the most active planners, suppliers and experts in association, corporate, expo, sports and specialty meetings for one-on-one Marketplace appointments. “We The destination previously hosted Connect in 2010.

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