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Trade Show Trends B2B Marketers Need to Know

B2B Marketing Traction

One expensive tactic on the chopping block for a lot of companies is the trade show. Since 2001 (9-11), business travel and trade show attendance dropped. In our current economic environment, trade shows are suffering even more because marketing and sales departments are cutting out shows they’ve attended for years.

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Trade Show Trends B2B Marketers Need to Know

B2B Marketing Traction

One expensive tactic on the chopping block for a lot of companies is the trade show. Since 2001 (9-11), business travel and trade show attendance dropped. In our current economic environment, trade shows are suffering even more because marketing and sales departments are cutting out shows they’ve attended for years.

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B2B Tradeshow Marketing: No Booth, No Problem

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If you decided late in the game that you must attend a sold-out trade show, there’s still hope. For years I have been saying that there are many ways to market at trade shows without buying an exhibit space. Kudos to Atlanta-based Arketi Group for providing the marketing approach for the show.

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B2B Marketers: Integrate Marketing for Response Compression

B2B Marketing Traction

Then, Joe gets a postcard in the mail that tells him the same company will be at the trade show he is attending next month. At the trade show, Joe sees a brief demo of the product and asks for more information. At the end of the webinar, the rep offers an incentive to buy the software within one week.

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4 Ways B2B Marketers Can Benefit from Pinterest

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I have folders at home that I organize my ideas into, including books to read, places to go, recipes to try (that’s a large recipe box), home improvements, gardening, and things to buy (including fashions I like). Karlie recommended a board for best tips for trade shows.

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B2B Marketer: You Paid for TOFU. Do you have MOFU?

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You paid for search engine optimization (SEO), email and direct mail campaigns, trade shows, perhaps even advertising campaigns to get leads for your sales department. This was your TOFU, or your activity generating leads at the top of the buying funnel. But don’t just expect sales to do all the work from here.

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Positioning is Key Factor for Social Media (and All Marketing) Success

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For these companies, a decision to buy their product would probably come down to price, unless a buyer could discern a material difference in the product. Why do your customers buy from you? I’ve seen many companies think that their customers buy their product because of price. But there may be other reasons they buy.