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IAEE Launches Social Media Task Force By Stephanie Corbin - 03/22/2010
Do you think Facebook is a book with people’s faces pasted in? To you, is Twitter just a bird call? If so, don’t worry. Help is on the way. The Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events wants to help people with those misconceptions and others who just want to apply the tools better. More
Leading the Way With Leads By Stephanie Corbin - 03/22/2010
Exhibitors who don’t follow up on leads after a tradeshow have been the bane of tradeshow managers almost forever. Everyone’s heard the commonly repeated factoid that 80 percent of tradeshow leads are not pursued. Lead retrieval companies are trying all kinds of things to encourage exhibiting firms to change their ways.
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New Business Contracts 07/27/2009
In recent new business contracts, Smart City Networks signed on to provide the Los Angeles Convention Center with event technology services, and the Green Building Focus Conference & Expo, July 28-29 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala., awarded its lead retrieval contract to Bartizan Connects.
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Smart City Wires Pittsburgh for G-20 By Rachel Wimberly - 07/06/2009
On most days, events coming in and out of the SMG-managed David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh range from the Pittsburgh Auto Show to the Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting to even a dog show. But, come Sept. 24-25, the center will be hosting a much more high-profile event – the G-20 (Group of Twenty) Global Economic Summit.
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Lead Retrieval: Going to Great Lengths By Joalien Johnson - 05/04/2009
Historically, the conventional wisdom in the tradeshow business has been that, while exhibiting companies talk a good game when it comes to ROI, few follow up on leads they get from the showfloor the way they should. So, one might wonder, in the midst of a serious economic downturn, with heightened pressure to make sales, if exhibitors finally have gotten the message.
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Nimlok Grand Rapids Makes a Buy 05/04/2009
Troy, Mich.-based Nimlok Grand Rapids, a provider of custom, modular tradeshow exhibits, has bucked the trend of holding onto its money and scooped up Exhibits Now, another local company. The new company will operate under the name Nimlok Metro, as a subsidiary of Nimlok Grand Rapids.
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Alliance Tech Purchases nTAG 04/06/2009
Austin, Texas-based Alliance Tech, a company that provides RFID-enabled event measurement, recently bought Boston-based nTAG, which has a focus on face-to-face social networking technology and created the first interactive name badge. The sale was a fortuitous one for both companies: nTAG was in bankruptcy, and Alliance Tech was looking to branch into the type of technology nTAG offered.
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Web Sites: Seamless and Successful By Rachel Wimberly - 03/30/2009
One way tradeshow companies could make an investment in technology to get ahead of the pack now, instead of waiting for the economy to take a turn for the better, would be to take a good, hard look at their shows’ Web sites and ask themselves, “Do they all seamlessly, successfully serve attendees and exhibitors, as well as the company itself?”
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BEHIND THE STORY Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week March 16, 2010 Arms Around Chicago
Thank goodness the editors and writers at Tradeshow Week are not forced to write abou... More
Behind The Story Michael Hart, Editor-in-Chief, Tradeshow Week March 5, 2010 UBM’s $1 Investment
Elsewhere on our Web site you can see the news that United Business Media will repris... More
OFF THE SHOWFLOOR Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 26, 2010 The Other Side of the Pen
Back in December, I gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Tiffany Hsu, one of t... More
Off the Showfloor Stephanie Corbin, Senior Assistant Editor, Tradeshow Week February 9, 2010 A Badge of Honor
Last week, I visited my home state, Ohio, for a few days on invitation to attend the ... More
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