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EMS 2024: Five Takeaways for Trade Show Exhibit Experiences

Event Marketer

If standing room only was any indication, leveling up trade show activations was a hot topic for attendees of the “Trade Show Exhibits X Experiential = The Future” master class that kicked off the 2024 Experiential Marketing Summit, held April 24-26 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Sustainability steps matter.

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Trade Show Booths: 100 Best Ideas for 2022

EventMB

In this extensive guide to trade show booths, we provide ten creative examples in each of the following categories: 1 Trade show booth ideas for small budgets. Trade show booth ideas that attract visitors. Creative trade show booth ideas. Trade show booth ideas: 10×10.

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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. Customer Service Enhancement. Team Morale.

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Event Marketers’ Power Tools: TikTok, Reels, YouTube

MeetingsNet

Last year was a watershed for short-form video, and especially for videos less than four minutes in length—perfect for event marketers who want to deliver maximum impact before interest in a piece of content fades among potential attendees and exhibitors.

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The Push to Digital Gave Trade Shows a New Business Model

PCMA Convene

The new business model for trade shows is producing highly valuable, branded, multi-media content. I fear a decline in Year 2 will then set the tone for the following years as the industry gets a reputation as not being a must-have tool in the B2B omnichannel marketing mix.

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IAEE Scholarship Winners featured on Trade Show University Podcast

Event Industry News

Trade Show University Podcast for Virtual and Live Events is launching a special series of episodes running from Monday December 7 through December 16 on the Future Leaders of the Event and Exhibition industry. The Trade Show University Podcast, a Virtual Events Institute partner, is developed and hosted by Jim Cermak.

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The Challenge of Virtualizing Trade Shows and Exhibit Halls

PCMA Convene

Trade shows are the lifeline of many associations but their nature makes them challenging to virtualize — and then monetize. The exhibitions industry watched as the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which hosts CES, the largest annual trade show in the U.S. It’s up to trade-show organizers to keep that spark alive.