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How to Exhibit in a Different Economy: 17 Strategies to Leverage Your Success (That Work)
By The Trade Show Coach; Susan Friedmann
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LinkedIn: What It Is and How to Use It
Linked In can be a handy way to stay in touch with colleagues past and present but it can also be a very good way to build business.
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TSNN.com Is Now On Twitter
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TSNN Feedback from Members
"I use TSNN all the time with my job! We post upcoming tradeshows for our member base and I use the TSNN.com resource at least once a week to locate things that are relevant to our online retailer members. We also recommend TSNN.com when they ask where to find more information. Glad to see you are on Twitter as well!"
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Top Ten Wholesale
TopTenWholesale is a vertical search engine that connects buyers of general merchandise wholesale products to manufacturers, importers, distributors, auctioneers, independent retailers, flea marketers, drop shippers and any reseller of new and closeouts merchandise.
The #1 goal of TopTenWholesale is to be the information super highway of the general merchandise wholesale trade.
For more information on TSNN's valued partner click here.
Best Practices
Inside Outdoor Events: Tips, Trends and Tools
By Lindsey Getz
Tips, tools and tricks related to the latest trends you will need in order to prepare for an impressive outside event.
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Why Attend A Trade Show If You're Not Selling A Product?
By Stephen Key
Even if you do not have a physical product to sell in the traditional sense there are still major benefits to attending a trade show. The reason? Because the best and most long-lasting professional relationships are formed beyond electronic communication. Meeting people in person can make a huge difference. If you make an effort to personally meet representatives from your industry then trade shows are a superb way to make initial contacts.
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10 Lead Generating Tips for Events and Tradeshows
Budgets are tightening yet we still need a high return on our Marketing Investments.
- Secure your booth space early
- Build out a theme
- Start generating traffic before the show
- Leverage your current customers
- Set specific goals and communicate them to the whole team
- Be Different. There are lots of ways to stand out at a show
- Integrate social media
- Follow-up with booth visitors after the show
- Discover and reach out to the right buyers in the right companies
- Measure your success
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A Quick And Easy Way To Build A Great Mailing List
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Social Media
The 12-Step Social Media Program for Traditional Marketers
A Social Media Strategy is absolutely necessary.
Here's the 12 Steps:
- Audience Identification. If you know who your audience is, you're already one step ahead of the game. The next step is to figure out where they interact online.
- Platform Development & Design. Figuring out how to engage and interact with this audience.
- Brand Campaign Integration. It's possible for a social media program to piggyback off a good brand campaign, but it has to be transformed into its cooler younger brother.
- Content Creation/Coordination. You must create a consistent message.
- Goal Mapping. In other words, how do you measure your success? Is it brand mentions? Traffic? Email sign ups? Leads? Sales?
- Brand Identity. Everyone that is engaging via social media on your team must understand your goals and messaging.
- Audience Attraction. Larger brands like to start spreading the word of their new, fancy and glossy initiatives at the outset, but if your social media program is good, your audience will find them on their own and the spread the word for you.
- Social Media Listening. If you don't know what people are saying about you and your products, their related interests and more, how are you going to interact with them?
- Community & Social Responsibility. Social responsibility is increasingly expected of everyone - and this engagement is an essential part of your online identity.
- Internal/External Community Engagement & Response. Be everywhere. All the time. It's up to you to let people know that you are listening, engaging, helping, and offering solutions.
- Brand Advocacy. Authenticity and transparency are such huge aspects of social media, your social media and management team must be 100% on board.
- Customer Service. Good customer service involves listening (within and outside of social media) and responding appropriately.
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How to Ineffectively Network Online
Are you running into problems closing new deals every day? Maybe you just need some tips on what not to do...
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Web Advice
The Dark Side of the Internet: What to Do If Your Site Is Attacked!
By: Bob Speyer, President – Web Success Team
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Economics & ROI
How Tradeshow Information Can Drive Revenues
If spending is down then how can revenue opportunities be up?
How will the remainder of 2009 spending decisions be made in regards to virtual trade shows, online display ads and sponsorships?
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5 Secrets to Jumpstart Your Teleseminars
Teleseminars are not only great lead generators but great standalone products as well. A lot of marketers who are into information publishing business have experienced great success in selling these products. If you have great information to share and if you want to monetize on your knowledge, you may seriously think about launching your teleseminars to start making money online.
Read More from Sean R. Mize on how you can jumpstart your teleseminars
Job Postings
Manager of Logistics (Tradeshows)
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MeetingJobs.com
TSNN has partnered with MeetingJobs.com to bring you the meeting industry's most comprehensive job search website. The goal is to more effectively put hiring officials and job candidates together. MeetingJobs.com posts between 40-60 new meeting planner jobs per month and receives between 7000-9000 hits per day from qualified meeting planners seeking open positions.
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TSNN Partners with The TrainingCenter Group
Powered by HRTrainingCenter.com, this section is designed to provide training and professional development courses to HR, Insurance, Finance, Real Estate, Accounting, Legal, Health Care, Sales, and other industry professionals. Individuals can use the Training Center to find licensing, certifications, seminars, conferences, webinars, manuals, and more to help them either comply with industry requirements or to improve their own job skills.
Click here to view TSNN's newest offering, Industry Training
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Featured Events
- NAHC Financial Management Conference & Exposition
- Show Type: Trade Show with Conference
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston
July 29, 2009 - July 31, 2009
- The 20th Annual VISIONS: The Women's Expo
- Show Type: Public Show
Dallas Market Hall
August 28, 2009 - August 30, 2009
- Anti-Aging Conference: Clinical Applications for In-Office Procedures
- Show Type: Trade Show with Conference
San Jose Convention Center
September 9, 2009 – September 12, 2009
- mXpo 2009:Mortgage Industry Virtual Summit & Expo
- Show Type: Trade Show with Conference
October 7,2009 - October 8, 2009
- NAHC 28th Annual Meeting & Exposition
- Show Type: Trade Show with Conference
Los Angeles Convention Center
October 10, 2009 – October 14, 2009
Event Organizers seeking more ideas on best practices for their events can access tsnn's enewsletter archive at http://www.tsnn.com/newsletter_archive.asp.
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 Arlene Shows, tsnn.com online editor.
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