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Why Spending More on Your Trade Show Increases ROI

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You see, what most businesses do is just show up. Trade shows are hard! To add insult to injury, everyone is too busy to follow up with the trade show leads. That’s why over 70% of trade show leads are never followed upon. If you do commit to a show, I encourage you to do it right.

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8 Social Media Marketing Ideas for Your Trade Show Exhibit

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Skyline’s recent webinar, “Social Media for Trade Show Promotions,” was full of great ideas. View Skyline’s webinar here or view the slideshow itself. It turns out YouTube is great for all phases of trade show promotion. Create a LinkedIn Group for the show.

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Trade Show Trends B2B Marketers Need to Know

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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

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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 Marketers: Integrate Marketing for Response Compression

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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. Joe signs up and attends the webinar. The postcard invites him to visit the booth to get a cool gift.

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2015 B2B Content Marketing Survey – 3 Takeaways You Need to Know

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webinars, 3.) That means webinars (#2 most effective), videos (#3), blog posts (#4) and case studies (#5) are a better use of your time than eNewsletters. Use webinars, videos, blog posts, articles and case studies to connect with buyers when they are ready. At the top of the list for tactics used were 1.) eNewsletters, 3.)

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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. Now it’s time to also focus on MOFU, middle of the funnel qualified lead nurturing and development.