{"id":4568,"date":"2016-08-08T09:01:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/?p=4568"},"modified":"2016-07-15T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:02:42","slug":"tips-on-exhibiting-at-trade-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/blog\/tips-on-exhibiting-at-trade-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on Exhibiting at Trade Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4569 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"mansfield - pic - ken 3\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-600x805.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-1400x1878.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3-900x1207.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mansfield-pic-ken-3.jpg 1814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Mansfield Regional Sales Manager Ken Kraynak knows what it takes to get the most out of a trade show experience &#8212; you have to go &#8220;all in&#8221; with enthusiasm to generate attention for your booth. That&#8217;s just what Ken did at a recent Sandusky Show when he donned a biker outfit (complete with fake tattoos and facial hair!) to promote the Harley-Davidson prize for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summitsweepstakes.com\">2016 Summit Sweepstakes: Road to Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to put on a costume to get big results at your next local home show or trade show. Just <em>follow these tips<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #1<\/strong>: <u>Create excitement in your booth<\/u>. Think out-of-the-box and find a way to lure people into your booth. Get them to stay by offering a drawing they have to sign up for, a selfie station where they can get a picture of themselves sitting on a Mansfield &#8220;throne&#8221; or participate in a game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #2<\/strong>: <u>Pump up your team<\/u>. Remember that a high energy level during the entire show is critical. Schedule breaks often to booth workers so they&#8217;re &#8220;fresh&#8221; with every visitor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #3<\/strong>: <u>Stay focused<\/u>. This means keeping iPhones and cell phones put away while working the booth. Don&#8217;t allow booth workers to get distracted &#8230; keep your attention on show visitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #4<\/strong>: <u>Walk away with contacts<\/u>. Plan out in advance how you&#8217;re going to capture contact information and qualify potential leads. Are you relying on hot lead sheets, a raffle form or card swipes? Or are you asking for business cards or for people to provide contact information in exchange for giveaways?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #5<\/strong>: <u>Plan the flow of your booth<\/u>. No one likes to get &#8220;captured&#8221; in a booth with no way out. Create an open flowing booth space and then station workers throughout the booth rather than being clumped together or creating the dreaded &#8220;wall of workers&#8221; that attendees can&#8217;t break through to see your product!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mansfield Regional Sales Manager Ken Kraynak knows what it takes to get the most out of a trade show experience &#8212; you have to go &#8220;all in&#8221; with enthusiasm to generate attention for your booth. That&#8217;s just what Ken did at a recent Sandusky Show when he donned a biker outfit (complete with fake tattoos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-building-tips"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4570,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mansfieldplumbing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}