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Face-to-face marketing: Driving traffic to your expo seminar

by | Oct 5, 2010 | Advice & Tips

When you conduct a seminar or presentation within an expo environment, how do you encourage the best possible crowds? Here are some ideas:
·         Sign up early. Work with the show producer to get the best possible time. Try to avoid speaking immediately after the show opens or right before it closes. Those are times when most people will want to visit booths. The best times are mid-day when people are ready to take a break and sit down to rest their feet.
·         Arrange for seat fillers. Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd! Ask friends, family and employees to attend your seminar.
·         Use the show producer’s pre-show marketing opportunities. Ask how you can be mentioned in the producer’s broadcast emails, publicity campaign, advertising and other marketing materials.
·         Ask about being mentioned on promotional posters at the expo.
·         Mention your seminar on your website. If possible, invite visitors to pre-register online.
·         Hold a prize drawing during your presentation. Promote it in everything you send out from letters to invoices. Don’t forget to include it in your voicemail or ‘on hold’ message!
·         Use social media. Tell people something valuable they’ll learn, or that they could win, by attending.
·         Hire a “street” entertainer. Carnival barkers know how to draw a crowd. We’re not suggesting that you employ someone to yell and annoy nearby exhibitors, but you can use magicians, mimes, jugglers, etc. to grab people’s attention. Brainstorm with the entertainer about ways to incorporate a few of your key product messages into their routine.
Written by Robin Miller

Written by Robin Miller

Robin will coordinate the writing for your newsletters, social media posts, website, blogs, newsletters and press releases. “I like interviewing clients and spokespeople, hearing their stories, getting to know their personalities and listening to how they phrase their thoughts,” she says. “It’s fun to transform what I’ve learned from those conversations into media-grade content.” Robin enjoys shaping content to ensure that the message will be clearly received. “When someone understands the relevance of what they’re writing and can position it properly for their audience, their work tends to be more convincing and on point. I’m fortunate to have a very diverse background, which gives me a good perspective whenever we bring on a new client.” An IABC- and Mercury-award winner, Robin says her practical experience in the health sciences has proven particularly beneficial as she interprets clients’ scientific information for mainstream media. “But it’s no longer sufficient to write well,” she cautions. “As marketers, we must now comply with the intricacies of digital marketing. That involves a whole set of rules, which are constantly evolving.”

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