Does anyone remember the infrared beaming on Palm Pilots? Does anyone remember Palm Pilots? It was actually pretty cool. You could beam your info to a fellow Palm user avoiding the exchange of business cards which you would then have to enter into your Palm Pilot. It was fast an efficient and then totally disappeared [...]
February 17, 2010 (Mentor, OH) – The Rogers Company (www.therogersco.com) has expanded its presence in the Northeast by opening a sales office in Rochester, New York. Brenda Newman will be heading the East Avenue office. Newman brings over 17 years of experience to her new role having worked with a range of national [...]
In the post Drayage Debate: Chicago’s McCormick, we highlighted a local Chicago news report that investigated the seemingly outrageous costs of drayage. Ostensibly, these non-transparent costs seems to be hiding a lot of profit. All of this is underscored by the fact that Chicago has lost some major tradeshows in the past year [...]
Investigation shows that an exhibitor can send a piece of equipment from China to LA for $4,000. Another $1,800 for truck to McCormick Place from LA. Cost to get it from the dock at McCormick Place to the exhibitor's booth space? Just $17,000!!!
The Rogers Company has announced a new service that begins to answer many of the Trade Show ROI questions that companies have. Are we seeing value from this show? The answer, it seems, may be in what you’re doing with the leads you are getting from the show. From the press release: The Rogers Company, a [...]
25 March 2009
We’ve all heard about Twitter and there’s been a lot of head scratching as to how it will be used in business. At searchenginewatch.com they are covering The Search Engine Strategies (SES) New York 2009 Conference and Expo. They’re top story is about Twitter and it gives some clues as to how this will be [...]
24 March 2009
Tension fabric systems are great. They’re lightweight, easy to ship and store, and changing logos, images, and colors is a snap. So why do some booths completely miss the point of this fantastic design tool and building material? Companies who use tension fabric systems tend to recreate the square boxes that they’ve [...]
16 March 2009
In this video, Pattie Maes demonstrates new hardware that allows people to interact in a seamless way with the world. Ever since people began using PDAs and cell phones, there has been a struggle to use them to interact with the world. Remember some PDAs had infrared capabilities allowing you to beam business cards? That [...]
27 February 2009
Drayage is something that everyone deals with. But is it destroying the tradeshow?