Monday, April 26, 2010

Re-write the script for tradeshows and events for todays world

The Oscars and most award shows are over. We have seen all of the glamour and jokes and gowns and suits for the year. Now if we could go back in time which we can due to google. We can see how much the way the information and the way people are communicating and enagaging has change over the last few years.
Everything you see now has follow us on twitter, friend us on facebook join us here and link-up now.

So the script has changed as we all should expect it should. We are now living in a google, facebook, fliker, twitter, droid, blackberry, iphone, tablet world. And yes linkedin in as well. Another one blogging.

So when you are thinking about the new script think about this. How much does it cost your customers now to engage? The cost continues to go down with every new evolution of technology.

We cannot however rely on strictly digital because of the sheer magnitude of the filtration systems to deliver our message. We need to balance our new script with current practicalities and balance. For most events there is not one medium that can deliver the results we need. We still need to be involved in all marketing vehicles. However paradigm shift has happened and we need to move with it.

Our vendors and suppliers offer new products and we need to embrace some of them and encourage them via direction to make better products.

Another part of the script that has changed is the media. Who is the media. The blogger, the b2b magazine, association? Probably all of the above. What that means is we need to engage them all to ensure coverage of our events.

Part of the medium is the influencer he or she has a big impact on their reccomendation on whether or not to attend your event. See like it, digg it, thumbs up etc.

It's all changing and we need to come up with a new script. Just like hollywood adds new character, hd, or 3d we need to be ready to do upgrade our events as well. Hopefully we can do a better job of just recycling old ideas, but instead come up with new lines. Yes we need some new lines and special effects, buzz, sex to draw our groups.

Remember barnum bailey, now see circus olea (spelling) You get the point. Revenue has shifted due to a lack of understanding that the script needed to change along with an updated version of characters.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to your comments or suggestions.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

New Technology

Is it time for  us now to embrace new technology that before may have seemed like somthing we didn't need? I don't the answer I only know that there are alot of tools out there that we need to explore and research to determine if they can work for our programs.

If you know of a technology please let all us know. Sorry for the quick blog but let's look at all of the options.

I have a follow-up to this blog and that is why do the suppliers not work with management to create the technology that we all need? Maybe they do and I just missed the boat on all those ideas.

Also we should be the leader in incbuation for ideas on services. I have not yet met one company that has the crystal ball for the future of our needs. Nor have I found any willing to the  r&D on us.

Hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments. Remember technology drives all industries.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Face to face

This is what we do correct? We bring the f2f together, we connect people we help make it happen to propel the industry correct?

To the beginning of time the f2f has existed and there is nothing better in life than putting people together to engage. This is our mantra and we need to keep this moving along as we feel this is the bases of our revenue existence. There is nothing in this world more valubable than putting people together that have paid x amount for exhibit to reach the y attendees.

The exhibitor wants to reach every attendeee that is possiblity for their product. Now the reality is that is going to hapen.Not everyones product that we have on the horizon is a perfect anectdot for improvment and survival.

So they are buying from us based upon the f2f, we need to make sure that happends. No matter what the size of your show conference, meeting planing etc. the key is you need to put buyers and sellers under one format.

We continue to udertand the requiments of f2f how ever we need you to undertand the aprace coninutue the race to reach opoeple