Trade Show Tips

There are two paths to becoming an expert in trade show marketing. Trial and error, which can be costly and frustrating, or learning from exhibit professionals who have years of experience guiding exhibitors to success. The Exhibits Northwest team is committed to sharpening your knowledge of trade shows, events, and face-to-face marketing.

We invite you to explore the ENW trade show blog for resources guaranteed to boost your Exhibition IQ.

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Top Portland Oregon Trade Shows

Top Portland Oregon Trade Shows

Whether you decide to attend or exhibit at a trade show in Portland, Oregon, the City of Roses offers opportunities for businesses to connect with potential customers, build brand awareness, and achieve their marketing and sales goals.

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Seattle Trade Shows: Your Ultimate Guide

Seattle Trade Shows: Your Ultimate Guide

Seattle offers a distinctive and attractive combination of business opportunities, natural beauty, and modern infrastructure that makes it a successful location for trade shows, conventions, and exhibitions.

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Trade Show Setup: Tips for a Successful Show

Trade Show Setup: Tips for a Successful Show

Just for fun let’s pretend you are an exhibit waiting for your trade show booth setup. For much of the year, you’re resting, perhaps a bit bored, while sitting in a climate-controlled warehouse with other trade show displays.

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Unlock the Power of Experiential Marketing

Unlock the Power of Experiential Marketing

The goal of experiential marketing is to create a positive emotional connection between the consumer and the brand. When consumers have a positive experience with a brand, they are more likely to become loyal customers and advocates.

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Maximizing Your ROI with Trade Show Rentals

Maximizing Your ROI with Trade Show Rentals

Are you considering a trade show display rental? You are in luck. In most cases, rentals are not only indistinguishable from a purchase exhibit but they are less expensive and offer greater flexibility.

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Custom Exhibits: Elevate Your Trade Show Presence

Custom Exhibits: Elevate Your Trade Show Presence

A custom exhibit forces many exhibitors to reevaluate their trade show marketing. And that’s a good thing since it requires developing a detailed marketing strategy. Custom trade show exhibits are flexible and adaptable, making them a worthwhile long-term investment!

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Captivating Trade Show Printing & Signage Examples

Captivating Trade Show Printing & Signage Examples

Signage is often the most confusing and complicated part of purchasing an exhibit. You can’t know everything about trade shows. Fortunately, the professionals at Exhibits NW have over twenty years of experience designing and building trade show displays.

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Fabric Display Design Tips & Examples

Fabric Display Design Tips & Examples

Let Exhibits NW be your guide to exploring fabric graphics and displays… whether you need a custom island exhibit or a cost-effective banner stand. Let’s get started with some of our favorite designs and useful tips.

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Trade Show Exhibit Design Tips & Examples

Trade Show Exhibit Design Tips & Examples

Trade show exhibit design isn’t a skill someone should casually dabble in every two or three years. Trade show exhibit designers spend years honing their craft, learning how to design custom trade show booths using a diverse set of materials. 

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14 Captivating Trade Show Booth Ideas

14 Captivating Trade Show Booth Ideas

Delivering a custom exhibit design that meets all the client’s needs — functionally, aesthetically, and fiscally — is our #1 goal. Most clients are not immersed in exhibit booth design, so the process can be challenging. But it doesn’t have to be.

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List of Trade Shows by Industry

List of Trade Shows by Industry

Whether you’re a plumber or an orthopedic surgeon, there’s a professional trade show in your industry. In fact, it’s likely there are multiple shows, large and small.

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Trade Show Pedestal Stands

Trade Show Pedestal Stands

Pedestal stands make your trade show booth look professional and approachable. Let’s get started with some examples and tips, including portable, modular, and custom designs.

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How to Choose a Trade Show

How to Choose a Trade Show

Wondering how to choose a trade show? With many options & types of events, we suggest consulting with our team of professionals. Let’s begin with 7 quick tips for any new or experienced exhibitor.

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11 Tips for the Best Exhibition Stand

11 Tips for the Best Exhibition Stand

Whether you’re new to trade shows or a seasoned expert, the choice of an exhibition stand can be stressful. It doesn’t matter if your budget is $3,000 or $300,000. You want to get it right.

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Outdoor Trade Show Display Options & Tips

Outdoor Trade Show Display Options & Tips

Looking for an outdoor trade show display? Let’s dive into some options and tips to help you achieve your trade show goals. Outdoor events require displays designed to withstand rain, wind, and the sun. 

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Fun Trade Show Activities

Fun Trade Show Activities

You’re new to trade show marketing and don’t know where to start. Let’s begin with a simple premise – trade shows should be fun! Interactive activities are a great way to attract clients to your booth and guarantee they remember you long afterward.

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Your Guide to Trade Show Travel

Your Guide to Trade Show Travel

It’s that time of year. You’re headed to Orlando, New Orleans, San Francisco, Las Vegas, or even Europe for… a trade show. For those new to the stress, chaos, and excitement of trade show travel, here are some helpful tips.  

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Vendor Table Display Ideas to Steal the Show

Vendor Table Display Ideas to Steal the Show

Table top displays offer exhibitors an inexpensive and creative way to showcase their organization. Today’s exhibitors can choose lightweight frames with creative shapes, backlit graphics, and eco-friendly materials.

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The Ultimate Guide to Trade Show Banners

The Ultimate Guide to Trade Show Banners

Banner stands are everywhere – banks, retail stores, job fairs, schools, stadiums, amusement parks, and even churches. It makes sense. Banner stands are an easy and inexpensive way to communicate branding, directions, and information.

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Trade Show Supplies: Your Complete Guide

Trade Show Supplies: Your Complete Guide

Each of your trade show supplies should have one thing in common with all the others: you should know exactly how it will help you reach your goals.  If you stick with that philosophy, you can slash your stress, installation and dismantle time, and budget.

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Portable Trade Show Displays: Ideas & Inventory

Portable Trade Show Displays: Ideas & Inventory

Buying a portable trade show display has never been easier. Perhaps it’s too easy. Most exhibitors, especially new ones, know very little about display hardware and graphics. Let’s review the basics about selecting the right portable display.

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How to Utilize a Pop Up Display

How to Utilize a Pop Up Display

You may be unfamiliar with the term “pop-up displays.” However, you’ve seen them if you’ve ever attended a local, regional, or national trade show. They are the ultimate lightweight, easy-to-install, portable display system.

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Perfecting the Art of Trade Show Giveaways

Perfecting the Art of Trade Show Giveaways

When you decide to invest in trade show giveaways – and that’s what it is, an investment – make sure it’s a respectable return on that investment? Trade shows and events are HUGE OPPORTUNITIES generating over 13 billion dollars in 2017.

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How to Prepare for a Trade Show

How to Prepare for a Trade Show

We’ve all heard the quote by Benjamin Franklin, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!” Yet, the lack of planning before, during, and after...

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What is a Virtual Trade Show?

What is a Virtual Trade Show?

Virtual events of all kinds are on the rise. In fact, in 2020, 67% of businesses reported using virtual events in addition to in-person events....

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