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Learn how to show your stuff effectively. Guidelines, strategies, and real-life examples show you how to put your best product forward via demos, displays, and live presentations.

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Vifor International Inc. introduces an injectable iron therapy and demonstrates its benefits to more than 2,000 liver specialists with a lighthearted, yet educational, activity.
 

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Intel's Inside-Out Experience

Intel turns product messages into customer experiences with activities that draw 42,000 attendees to two sites.


Testimonial Tactics

From graphics to hospitality events, six tried and true strategies for using customer testimonials at your next show.


Game Plan

The Medicines Co. uses an in-booth computer trivia game to educate attendees, gather information and quadruple attendee interactions.


The Money Pit

Interbank FX LLC creates an on-floor trading pit to win over wary foreign-exchange traders and quadruple booth traffic.


The Perfect Storm

To make a splash with its hurricane-proof windows Veka Inc. brews up a storm so attendees couldn't miss the product benefits.


Caught on Camera

Seven ways exhibitors turned attendees into stars of the small screen to build traffic, solicit testimonials, and demonstrate products.


Oral Hijinks

Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s radical shift to "edutain" dental professionals attracts more than 5,000 attendees.


Truck Stop

How Plaisted Cos.' brainstorming session produced a miniature fleet of Tonka trucks to double leads.


Intel's Core Competency

Intel Corp.'s hands-on, make-it-relevant method simplifies its complex Core 2 Duo processor and attracts 85,000 attendees.


Project Runway

BASF AG's turns their raw-materials into a slightly-irregular fashion show resulting in a 95-percent increase in sales leads.


A Panoramic Prescription

Amgen Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals strategic offense protects brand loyalty with a little movie magic.


Presentation Pointers

Ten tips to help you make the most of your company's next in-booth presentation.


The Power of Praise

Cerner Corp. takes a leap of faith and asks 83 customer evangelists to demonstrate products, for a 22-percent lead increase..


Recipe for Success

ProQuest savors the flavor of success by tantalizing attendees' taste buds and generates an 86-percent lead increase.


Time of Possession

Komatsu America Corp. 's sports-themed activities keep attendees inside its exhibit, doubling sales leads in the process.


Bell of the Ball

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. builds suspense and then delivers with a product launch that nearly triples at-show sales at Heli-Expo 2006.


Prizes Out, Products In

Johns Manville quadruples its quality time with attendees by trading a car giveaway for a realistic product-demonstration game.


We Proudly Present

Presentation experts identify six presentation categories along with tips for selecting the right approach for your company.


Game Show

HP marries its conservative approach to trade shows with a new acquisition's bells and whistles strategy. The result? Sizzle with substance.


The Intangible Experience

Siemens Medical Solutions uses an imaginary grandmother's story to bring its software solutions to life, and double leads.


All-Star Awards – A Model Plan

Replacing equipment with scale models, Astec Inc. saves big money at CONEXPO-CON/AGG – and doubles leads.


Saving Lost Customers: Inspiration from the Home Depot

Word Distribution adopts a customer advocacy strategy to create an educational experience.


I'll Believe It When I See It

Six product demos that prove their claims right before your very eyes.


The Incredible Shrinking Exhibit

To defray high exhibiting costs Astec Inc. replaced its $6-million equipment with 1/8-scale replicas.


Ticket to Ride

At the 2005 Chicago Auto Show, equipped with swipeable cards that tracked time and activities, attendees test-drove Chrysler vehicles.


All-Star Awards: Software and the City

Leann Bradburn of SignalSoft Corp. creates a PDA guided tour that increases sales leads by 216 percent.

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