What is the main reason your company exhibits at trade shows? To get leads! Because lead acquisition is so important, you need to make sure your lead management processes work smoothly before your next big event. Take a look at our six tips to improve your lead generation strategy and compare it to what your team is doing now.
Buyer personas are becoming more and more of a necessity when it comes to marketing. When creating your buyer persona(s), consider including customer demographics, behavior patterns, motivations, and goals. The more detailed you are, the better. Check out our tips on creating a trade show attendee persona that will help your company attract the right buyers.
You put a lot of planning and expense into your trade show presence, so it’s vital to make sure that your event leads are properly captured and nurtured. Effective lead management involves a combination of technology and process management — all to ensure that the right data is collected, all leads are effectively scored and routed and that a follow-up plan is used to guide your prospects through each step of the customer journey.
Mobile apps are rapidly replacing rented badge scanners as the preferred means of capturing leads on the trade show floor. These apps put customer data instantly in your hands, rather than having to wait to have information routed to you days later. We’ve cherry-picked some apps that are especially useful to event staff that integrate with at least one of the popular CRMs, and to those that are available for both iOS and Android devices.
There are a thousand ways to draw people into your booth; games, giveaways, handing out candy and playing a cool video to name a few. The problems arise when booth staffers don’t know how to capitalize on a busy booth. Check out these tips on how to take advantage of your booth promotions.
Don’t make your follow-up sales efforts overwhelming. Ensure that your trade show lead generation efforts help you identify true sales leads with these six lead management steps.
You’ve got to be able to prove an ROI (Return on Investment) of your next trade show or event in order to continue attending the show. Here are 4 helpful tools to use to measure the effectiveness of your next trade show or event.
New to the trade show and events world? I’ve put together definitions of common terms related to the events and trade show industry so that when your boss asks, you’re prepared to talk shop.
Whether you’re attending your first trade show or your fiftieth, you’ll meet lots of interesting people.
By creating a lead generation program that turns prospects into customers, you can maximize on your exhibiting experience. Here are 5 steps to help.