Trade Shows: Do They Work?

Posted by exhibit on Mar 7, 2012 in Trade Shows and Exhibits | Comments Off on Trade Shows: Do They Work?

Trade Shows, Trade Fairs, Industry Expos, Business Mixers – whatever the name, these events have one common theme: to bring people who want to buy a product together with people who want to sell it.

Regardless of how large or small, these events attract people who have a credible interest in your product. They have already been buying it, or want to start buying it. In either case, they are highly quali?ed prospects with money they intend to spend – so why shouldn’t they spend it with you?

Certainly, there is a “see and be seen” dynamic to these events. Most exhibitors would agree that there are strong bene?ts to simply being there: exposing and building their brand, extending name recognition, and augmenting credibility. These intangibles are certainly important. But as an exhibitor, your tangible objective is to gather leads. And Trade Shows may be the most effective way to do this, as regards both cost and impact.

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And this last statement isn’t grounded in self-interest, but based purely on the metrics: studies show that it costs less to close a lead generated from a Trade Show than from other traditional sources; that a Trade Show presence reaches potential clients seven or eight times faster than traditional sales efforts; that the Trade Show accelerates the sales process; that it reaches prospects otherwise outside the scope of traditional marketing; and, as noted above, that Trade Shows attract prospects that are high potential.