TSNN asks: How's it going out there?

Another half year is behind us and we are gearing up to take the pulse of the industry again. At the beginning of 2008, TSNN started the Trade Show Activity Indicator TSAI(TM) to simply act as a free, helpful planning tool for meeting planners and industry suppliers as they attempt to predict future activity in the event industry. Our basic premise for the TSAI is to measure research activity for shows and compare it to the previous period. Since TSNN owns the most comprehensive events database on the internet, we have an excellent data pool to benchmark research activity within our database, look at meeting planner venue RFPs to our sister site, CVBhotrates.com, and triangulate this qualitative perspective with some qualitative research in the marketplace.

In order to facilitate our research with an inside look "from the industry trenches" we need to hear from you to add support or challenge the data findings. So we want to know: How's it going out there? TSNN just posted a question on Linkedin asking :

What is your sense of the health of the tradeshow industry? Are industry events being materially affected by the economy? What are the bright spots and where are the weaknesses? What are your predictions for the second half of 2008? Share your thoughts with the entire industry and help us formulate a realistic view of the current climate. Answers will be used to help support the TSAI(TM) prediction tool developed and managed by TSNN.com. Please add your thoughts here.

We invite you to have a voice in your industry and give your thoughts on the health and future growth of tradeshows. As a thank you for participating, we will send you a copy of our 2nd TSAI release and findings.

And, while you are already posting an answer on LinkedIn, click here to join the TSNN networking group of industry professionals. It takes just a minute, it’s free and it’s good for the development of your network to join our rapidly growing group.

Off Price Apparel Retail Group on LinkedIn

The Off Price Specialist Show – the largest and only marketplace for below wholesale apparel, accessories and footwear, has started a networking group on Linkedin. The goal of this group is to help members:

  • Reach other members for sales prospecting, recruiting staff and networking
  • Accelerate careers/business through referrals from Off Price Apparel Retail Group Members
  • Know more than a name – view professional profiles from fellow Off Price Apparel Retail Group members.

As the other sectors of retail beyond discount apparel are taking a harder look at Off Price, jobbers and industry advocates can also utilize Linkedin to ask questions to the industry in a manner that sets them apart while creating prospecting opportunities with respondents. One of the Off Price Show’s trade show media affiliates has created a group and generated 30 qualified leads in the first hour after inviting professionals to join through their enewsletter. For buyers in particular, the Off Price Apparel Retail Group on Linkedin will be a tremendous resource for job and career opportunities given the higher rates of turnover in the retail sector.

To join Linkedin’s Off Price Apparel Retail Group, click here or contact Don Browne at the Off Price Specialist Center at 262.754.6910 or dbrowne@offpriceshow.com.

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Do you have a story on a new and/or best practice that garnered successful results for your event? Whether it's sales and marketing, operations, customer service or any new idea that can benefit your peers in the industry, WE WANT TO KNOW! Send your ideas, stories or press releases to Don Browne, tsnn.com online editor, at dbrowne@tarsus-inc.com.

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