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Tradeshow Training Minute: Exhibit Selling

Posted on the 18 November, 2009 at 2:12 am Written by Susan Friedmann in Videos

In this episode of the Tradeshow Training Minute, Susan Friedmann, CSP, The Tradeshow Coach, gives you the five keys to exhibit selling — the most important things your people need to be doing on the tradeshow floor.

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Written by Susan A. Friedmann, CSP, The Tradeshow Coach, Lake Placid, NY, internationally recognized expert working with companies to increase their profitability at tradeshows.

Author: “Riches in Niches: How to Make it BIG in a small Market” and “Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies.” www.thetradeshowcoach.com & www.richesinniches.com
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  1. Max Miller 2 February 2010 at 1:06 PM permalink

    Those are some very good tips. I think it’s particularly important that your trade show booth stands out. You cannot do what everyone else is doing, or why would people go to you instead of your competitor? You need some showy arrangement to funnel business to your booth.

  2. Susan Friedmann 2 February 2010 at 1:53 PM permalink

    Yes, your display is important. It needs to look professional. However, the whole purpose of the booth is to attract the right people, so that you can achieve your marketing objectives. Your booth will never sell. It’s your people who sell their company, products/services, and themselves. They are company ambassadors. They represent everything the company stands for. The display is a micro representation of the macro, i.e. it also represents the entire company, and what that company stands for. As a tradeshow visitor, I may never have any other contact with your company, except the experience I have with you on the show floor. Based on that experience, I will make many judgments (rightly or wrongly), therefore, the experience better be a good one!


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