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The decline of B2B tradeshows frees B2B marketing to experiment with more efficient channels; virtual events surface buying signals The pandemic is certainly changing marketing – but we might all do well to shift our thinking towards what might become quasi-permanent. Offices won’t be gone – but remote work won’t be exceptional.
In person events like tradeshows and conferences usually rank high on the list of priorities for B2B marketing organizations. For example, the most recent B2B lead generation report by Chief Marketer listed live events as the second top source of leads. Are TradeShows still a Good Place for PR Launches?
A few weeks ago, I attended my first tradeshow on behalf of a client in three years. It was a rather large tradeshow and I was tasked with social media strategy and execution during and after the show. But, for many brands, tradeshows are still content goldmines. Your customers are at tradeshows.
When companies plan communications for the year, they tend to time out major company announcements around tradeshows for fear that announcing it at a show could take away from the big news — keeping a good pairing apart. Following are six examples of company announcements that can be paired with an event.
Whether your brand is making a splash at a tradeshow or an executive is speaking at a conference, professional events combine direct customer contact with press opportunities. And the biggest of these events – like the Cannes Advertising Festival, the Consumer Electronics Show, or the E3 Expo, attract equally high-profile media.
Tradeshows and events offer the perfect opportunity for companies to experiment. For example, SXSW is an event that has grown in size and scope since its inception, but has always attracted an enthusiastic group of techies, music fanatics, and content lovers. So how do you decide whether to take a risk?
This renewed sense of purpose and drive is one of the many reasons companies choose to send employees to tradeshows and conferences year in and year out. Event speakers are a beacon for events that amplify the overarching message and attract multifaceted tradeshow audiences.
There are many advantages to timing new product or service announcements around tradeshows. For one, getting the media attention is easier since the press are already looking for big announcements coming out of the show. Before the show.
For example, if you have a big charity event in December, you could schedule a few posts in the weeks beforehand to tackle a related topic and promote the event. If you attend industry tradeshows or conferences, don’t keep what you learn under wraps. March: Revisit Your Best Content. July: Leverage What You Learn.
With events and conferences making a full-force comeback, there’s no denying that the tradeshow landscape has undergone significant changes post-COVID. Now, virtual buyer meetings, typically handled pre-show, have shifted the importance away from an in-booth buyer meeting aimed at introducing the brand and product.
Here are just a few examples of how marketers are using Pinterest and Instagram. Here’s one recent example from Ritz Crackers with its “ Pin Your Holiday Party to Win $10,000 ” contest. Have a conference, tradeshow, or other special event to promote? Connect with a wider audience. Contests increase participation.
For example, a research study conducted by the PR team can be used and reused in many different formats, like white papers, blog posts, and earned media coverage. An executive’s participation in a tradeshow panel can yield video, media coverage, blog posts, and social media engagement.
It was really dense tech – to do the job well, you needed to sweat the details about core router algorithms, for example. One time I was at a dinner with the client team following a day a tradeshow. At some point, I got it and started pulling in impressive results.
If you’re trying to appeal to tech journalists, for example, the story might be your skyrocket to success, or how you got funded within nine months. Some examples include: Awards won. Your media kit should tell the story of your brand. If you’re aiming to attract advertisers, it might be your super-engaged audience. Keep It Updated.
That’s how PR and marketing executives describe trying to conduct media relations at what is arguably the world’s largest and most important tradeshow – CES ®. Exhausting. Career-making or breaking.
Start attending events like tradeshows and industry conferences. Need a good example? It’s time to become the brand that everyone knows and loves. Make a name for yourself by getting involved in not only your community, but in your industry as well. Your opinion may even be a useful angle for the reporter’s story.
Here are five examples of marketing strategies where results can be boosted via a 360-degree PR campaign. You’re Participating in a TradeShow. This year 5W had the honor of representing Indie Beauty Expo , the largest tradeshow for independent beauty brands. See our recap here.)
These may be the dog days of summer, but public relations teams everywhere are working hard to book their CEOs and others in enviable speaking slots at upcoming conferences and tradeshows. Though your speaker’s expertise may be 3D printing for example, is a 3D printing conference the best option?
A software targeted to small businesses may look at other service providers for SMBs – those that offer accounting, networking or loans, for example. Attending conferences and tradeshows benefits young companies in many ways, not the least of which is the opportunity to network with various breeds of influencer.
If several briefings are taking place in a condensed timeframe, such as for a tradeshow, these sheets might be upsized to a formal briefing book. You can do a prep call, but what really helps executives or other spokespeople get ready for these important meetings is a briefing document, aka a briefing sheet.
For many companies, this impacts client conferences, employee functions, and tradeshows, usually at considerable cost. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that large events and gatherings of 50 or more people, scheduled within the next eight weeks, be canceled or postponed. Identify your unique situation.
We helped streamline that broad topic into concrete examples of stories that resonate with newly diagnosed patients. Speeches – at industry conferences, tradeshows and other events which can be repurposed as articles, blog posts and white papers. Or it can be a complete overhaul.
For example, a recent panel we produced for media tech business Arkadium, focused on how publishers are innovating the creation and delivery of content given Facebook and other digital channels like Snapchat. For example, pick a location with some cachet. Healthy panel attendance requires a lot of elbow grease.
Look for industry conferences, tradeshows and associations. The trick is to first identify the target audience you want to reach, then match up tradeshows, associations, conferences, webinars and podcasts that reach that audience. Even an hour invested in this task is beneficial.
When companies plan communications for the year, they tend to time out major company announcements around tradeshows for fear that announcing it at a show could take away from the big news — keeping a good pairing apart. . Following are six examples of company announcements that can be paired with an event.
Examples: website, blog, resource page, content hub, newsletter Benefits: You have complete control over the content including the quality, timing, context, and presentation. Be sure to think about sharing ideas that aren’t just links to blog posts, for example. Buy reprints and hand them out at a tradeshow.
The thinking behind a flat fee is that agency staff may overservice in a given month – for example, during a tradeshow or a major launch – but it will not request extra billing because it may then underservice during another, less busy month. Hourly billing.
For example, I remember agreeing to a sizable web project, when at the time, I had little in the way of web development experience. To tradeshows. One thing I learned pretty quickly when I worked on the agency side is that when the client asks if you can do something, you say “yes” and figure it out later.
Mission-critical tradeshows have ceased. For example, too many companies are trying to optimize social channels with a social media team, but then their email program is managed by another team, and the website is managed by a different team, and SEO by another team. What’s your take on virtual tradeshow events?
Tradeshows and events offer the perfect opportunity for companies to experiment. For example, SXSW is an event that has grown in size and scope since its inception, but has always attracted an enthusiastic group of techies, music fanatics, and content lovers. So how do you decide whether to take a risk? About Erienne Muldoon.
For example, a 2020 study by the Demand Gen Report 68% of respondents said the B2B sales cycle has increased compared to a year ago. 32% “industry events/tradeshows/conferences,”. 31% “business or industry publications/trade media,”. 11% “local or national professional trade associations.”. 27% “web searches,”.
Consumer expos, industry tradeshows, and product sampling all had to make massive pivots in order to survive. Using media and influencer events as an example, in-person event attendance has historically been limited by location.
For example, pick a trade publication in any vertical market and study the headlines. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of TradeShows. It’s always been dirty little secret in PR (and editorial) that advertisers get better coverage in the trade publications. Which leads me to the second problem. The alternative?
Two weeks ago on the Talking Points Podcast , I lauded a local company (Victory Motorcyles) and agency (space150) that recently killed it with a virtual reality execution at a tradeshow in Chicago. It’s just one example in a short list of brand executions using VR recently. Snowboarding Championships a few weeks back.
Here’s an example: Use the headline for Twitter; include relevant hashtags; Cite interesting statistic for LinkedIn; Pull an insightful quote for Facebook; Post the image to Pinterest; ensure the description make sense. How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of TradeShows. If you don’t share it, why would you expect anyone else to?
The beauty industry is ever evolving, and Adit Live, independent beauty’s leading tradeshow for brands and retailers (and a client 5W is proud to partner with) is all about introducing innovative products and rising trends that capture the attention of beauty enthusiasts everywhere.
With so many elements out of our control, how can brands still make an impact with media outlets and their target audiences at tradeshows and other events? Based upon my time on the floor of CES (yes, that’s me behind a mask above), here’s three tips any brand can apply from this most recent tradeshow.
In the example above, you have 3 specific and unique areas of specialization. Then spend some time researching industry events, such as tradeshows and conferences, where you’re likely to find them. Financial planning => Retirement saving => The importance of dollar cost averaging when investing. 2: Identify.
I’ve seen many startups rush into PR the moment they close a round of fundraising or participate in a major tradeshow or accelerator. One company is an isolated example; more than one means there’s a trend, and a potentially bigger story. Here’s what we’ve learned about PR for startups. Prioritize.
For example, you might want to announce an upcoming tradeshow or conference. For example, you can add credibility to your press release by speaking with an authority figure. For example, you might want to interview a CEO, stakeholder, or project leader. For example, you might consider adding a graph or chart.
When the business does pop it’s head up, it usually only because it has something to say, to make an announcement or exhibit at a tradeshow. You can see this very clearly in search results for example. It’s an effort to see what might be coming next from the leadership, even as the institution loses sight of everything else.
How B2B Marketing Can Get More out of TradeShows. For example, a study reviewed by Marketing Charts , suggests most buyers do want to hear from sellers at various stages of consideration: “The report surveyed 488 buyers across regions, industries and job titles, responsible for a combined $4.2 billion in purchases.
Workflows you created for that one tradeshow five years ago. In the example I mentioned above, wouldn’t it be simpler to have one central list of all the emails “signed” by John Smith, in case he ever leaves the company? Nurture streams that hinge on outdated enrollment criteria. Start auditing. Now the fun part can begin.
This summer, our team of passionate beauty experts was honored to represent Indie Beauty Expo NY, managing media and communications efforts for one of the largest beauty tradeshows for the second year. EIGHTH DAY , Seabuck Switzerland, and RealHer, are examples of brands that have made this a part of their mission from launch.
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