You can trumpet your message at a tradeshow if you know what the audience seeks, says exhibit marketing expert Mim Goldberg in an interview with eConnections.
Effective graphics draws the audience into your booth and "creates memorability and validity to follow up after the event," Goldberg says.
But to be effective, booth graphics must be simple and focused on the audience's needs.
"Consequently, knowing and understanding your target audience is necessary," Goldberg says.
Pinpointing solutions is smart. Money-savings. Time-savings. Better productivity.
Illustrating big ideas is not. A booth that tries too hard to will be ignored or forgotten. "You can always tell if an [ad] agency has done the graphics for a show because they look like blown-up ads," Goldberg says.
But booth graphics alone aren't enough. "Verbal messaging and some form of interaction are necessary," Goldberg says.
"For example, if your company’s message is saving money, have graphics, discuss how your company can do this and, if possible, have a product that can demonstrate how this may occur."
