May 6th, 2010 by admin
With the Set up days just ahead for the National Stationery Show, here are a few tips from me… LLoyd Stone, President, Manny Stone Decorators
1) Headlines sell newspapers … Have a Bold company sign - you logo - posted above eye level - on your back wall if possible.
2) Post your booth number at least 3″ numbers on a 12″x6″ size sign on each side wall of your booth.
3) INSURE that your foam board is certified FLAME RESISTANT - If tested by the fire marshal, a 10 second flame test may be the criteria. If the foam board continues to burn after 10 seconds under the flame, it must be removed from the exhibit. MSD has the “right stuff.” http://www.mannystone.com/pdf/Stationery10.pdf
4) Wear comfortable walking shoes, sneakers or other footwear. I have never heard of a sales rep losing a sale because of the shoes/sneakers they wore at a show.
5) Bring a few bottles of water for yourself so you can stay hydrated each day.
6) Consider a giveaway with your company logo and url on it. It should be something that you do not sell! Why limit your sales potential by giving away something that you do sell? Make it something the average buyer would want two of… like http://www.justwriteadv.com/trade_show_giveaways_under_2.00.htm
7) Remember - you are a farmer. Plant your seeds, water them, fertilize them and let the sunshine - Take buyers business cards - do your homework and follow up with email, personal notes and phone calls to develop new relationships.
Best of luck in New York City and enjoy our great city while you are here!
LLoyd Stone
President, Manny Stone Decorators
www.mannystone.com
Tel: 732-617-1177
Cell: 908-770-6543
Fax: 732-536-7508
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April 25th, 2010 by Lloyd Stone, President, Manny Stone Decorators
When contracting with the show management’s sales department, attempt to rent your square footage left to right along the aisle.
Depth is far less important as compared to width. The number of steps the buyer must take to walk past your exhibit is important. We can help you arrange this.
The more steps the buyer must take to walk by, the wider the exhibit, the more time and opportunity for the buyer to be attracted to your products.
Put yourself in the attendees’ place. The floor is crowded; there are so many vendors and you’re not quite sure where you’re going or who might have what you’re looking for.
How do you, as an exhibitor, make buyers do a double take?
How do you stop them in their tracks and draw them into your booth?
These are key questions that exhibitors should be asking themselves well before they get to the show.
Here are some free tips for you from what we have learned over the years.
*Grids: Versatile, strong, and practical, grids are the foundation on which you can build your look. Backing them with white or color flame resistant foam board, instead of allowing the curtains to show through, will give your booth a new look and a bolder personality. Color sells!
*Flooring: Consider a white masonite floor instead of (or on top of) the standard, run-of-the-mill tradeshow carpeting. The white floor reflects light onto the wall-mounted merchandise.
*Light it up: Dramatic lighting creates instantaneous attention and attracts customers.
*Logo: Place your logo high and make it at least 2′ x 4′ in size. Headlines sell newspapers. Your logo is your headline.
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December 22nd, 2009 by Lloyd Stone, President, Manny Stone Decorators
Please forgive me if this lesson in trade show metric adaptation appears complicated or condescending. It is not intended that way.
Please look at the image.
The accurate insert wall “panels” at a 90.5 inches in height and 38.125 inches in width are NOT to be confused with the top-to-bottom measurements required when using foam board panels as perimeter walls. The foam board walls may be color coated with ink (not painted) or they may be used for applied graphics.
The foam board must be 96″ tall (standard height) so that it can act as an inner wall perimeter surface. The standard width is 48″ per panel.
The accurate measurements necessary for those metric measurements of the 3 meters by
3 meters exhibit space converted to imperial measurements in inches of 10′x10′x10′.
SO - THIS is accurate:
- 3 meters - known as 10 feet (which it’s NOT) is actually 117 inches
- For a 20′ back wall, 6 meters - known as 20 feet (NOT) is actually 234 inches. Therefore, one should use four 48″ wide panels and one 42″ wide panel when planning graphics.
- For a 3 meter by 3 meter or 10′x10′ - IF you maintain the 48″ widths of the first two panels and size the remaining panel at 21.5 inches (allowing for the thickness of the side wall butting into the back wall ), you will SAVE one panel of foam board when assessing your total foam board needs.
This allows 8 panels to be used for a 10′x10′x10′ instead of 9 panels.
Try NOT to make your sides 117 divided into 3 equal pieces or it makes the costs climb for labor and materials.
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June 12th, 2009 by Lloyd Stone, President, Manny Stone Decorators
Rent a Custom Boothby LLoyd Stone
Have a booth built to rent. Do not have a booth built to purchase. By renting, the booth should look like new each time you contract for its use. By renting, you attain great flexibility – something especially important during uncertain economic times.
Give us your wish list. You write the story. I will edit it. I can reflect your companies personality in a custom designed and custom built booth which Manny Stone Decorators will build to rent to you.
As you grow, you may need more space in which you can exhibit. Your exposures may change. One show you may have a corner, the next an inline 3 wall.
One show you may be able to build 8′ tall – another show the height restriction may be 12′.
Some shows have line of sight (low side wall) rules. Other shows allow 8′ height on all walls. By renting, you can roll with the punches and take advantage of show management’s sales department opportunities.
A rental exhibit allows you to change the size and configuration of your booth from show to show. Such flexibility allows you to experiment with size, shape and color to create the space that best presents your product.
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June 9th, 2009 by Lloyd Stone, President, Manny Stone Decorators
If the buyer can not see it, how can you sell it?
The best lighting related value at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is the Par Can lamp. Par Cans provide 1000w of power hung over the aisle in front of your exhibit. The advance rate price of each par can is $381. This price includes the rental of the fixture, the union labor required for installation and removal and the electricity. Par Can is listed as S85 on the electrical service order form. http://www.javitscenter.com/pdf/svcform1E.pdf
The other JKJCC option which is all inclusive is the 200w twin gooseneck lamp. The advance rate price is $186. each. The rental of the fixture, the union labor required for installation and removal and the electricity are all included. Twin Lamps are listed asE33 on the electrical service order form. http://www.javitscenter.com/pdf/svcform1E.pdf
When renting Manny Stone Decorators’ 200w halogen arm lamps, which may only be attached to framed hard wall or show provided MIS system booths, please order the appropriate amount of power and a 6 plug strip from the electrical service order form. http://www.javitscenter.com/pdf/svcform1E.pdf
The halogen lamps are much cooler than the par cans and offer softer lighting which may be focused on your merchandise or logo.
By example: if 6 lamps are ordered, you need to order 1 plug strip E29 @$32. advance rate and E27 which is 1000w - 1500w @$202. advance rate. The installation and removal of the rental halogens are subject to mandatory electricians services of $116. per hour straight time.
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