Iconic brand Patek Philippe organized its largest ever exhibition in NYC, July 13 – 23, 2017, featuring several hundred million dollars of timepieces, some dating back to the 1500s. “The Grand Exhibition is of a scale we’ve never seen before. We’ve done one exhibition in Dubai, one in Munich and the last one in London, but we’ve never had this many historical pieces out of … Read the...

Cookie-based retargeting is a very effective visitor marketing tool but it is much less effective in the mobile environment. Here’s why… (1) a cookie is tied to a single browser on a single device, (2) cookie functionality varies by device/OS, and (3) cookies don’t work across mobile environments (a cookie in an app can’t share data with another app or a web browser on same … Read the...

We recently joined 35,000 filmmakers, producers and other industry professionals from around the world registered for the Cannes Film Festival along with another 100,000 people who descended on the city during the annual 12-day event in the South of France. One of the highlights was our visit to NEXT, the innovation hub of the Cannes Film Market, the b2b component of the Festival, which focused … Read the...

We saw numerous bus ads for the recent Construmat, the 140,000 square foot construction industry trade show, at Fira Barcelona. We highlight this show organizer’s use of bus advertising because many event marketers view outdoor as only a b2c tactic.  However, plenty of b2b marketers are using multiple outdoor media formats. Construmat’s ads ran on the TMB bus network, which covers a nearly 900 … Read the...

Based on our experience running tens of millions of retargeting ads around the world for exhibitions and events, we share some common issues that can negatively impact your results.  Plus we offer some tips to maximize success. Overkill frequency.  Blasting as many ads as you can to as many people as possible that you have “cookied” can waste ad spend, accelerate ad fatigue and annoy … Read the...

As much as digital marketing has changed, email still plays a key role in attendee acquisition. We received more than 25 attendee-centric emails over the five-and-a-half month campaign for CeBIT 2017, which brought together 3,000 exhibitors with 200,000 attendees three weeks ago at the Hannover fairgrounds. We liked this campaign, especially the mobile-optimized execution, so share 5 takeaways… (1) Due to the use of … Read the...

As trade show organizers are continuously looking for new ways to help attendees maximize connections, we highlight the “enhanced networking experience” that next week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is offering its attendees through its ongoing partnership with LinkedIn. The 467+ million member social net is also expanding the benefits to attendees with an exclusive offer for the 2017 event that was hard to … Read the...