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Your trade show display must be a reflection of your individuality, which should draw trade show visitors to your booth despite all of the other booths trying to accomplish the same goal. The environment is loud and is bustling with activity, so there are plenty of distractions, which you must overcome. Fortunately, there are ways to overcome many of the trade show obstacles and it can be done quite creatively.

Certain tasks such as pre-show marketing can be a great way to get the word out before the trade show. Rather than wait for the day of the show for people to see your display and hope that they will be interested in what you have to offer is simply not enough. Sure, there are going to be those who will notice your booth on their regular rounds around the show, but there are also those walking on past who may be interested but cannot distinguish your booth from the sea of other booths. That is why going out into the community and leaving flyers, placing classified ads about the booth in the paper, and various other advertising methods can be popular.

Also doing things such as having a great booth graphic, having giveaways at the show, and promoting the booth at the show can bring in prospects. The more noise you make at the show, the more likely you are to find prospects who will take the time to make their way over to your booth and linger for while. Once someone walks by the booth, there's only 3 seconds to make an impact. The overall design must be appealing enough to make them stay. They must be compelled to see what you have because of the attractive booth graphics and the excitement of those working within the booth.

How to have the best graphics

Graphics and other visual elements should be extremely bright in order to stand out. At the same time, the graphics and visuals should be telling the prospective customer how beneficial the product is going to be for them. In other words, this must be done in very little words because trade show customers are not going to stand and read. They are going to look at the graphic, look at the few words describing the product, see how the product is presented, and then walk in or walk away.

That is why it is important to take the following into consideration:

'The colours that are chosen are what make trade show displays stand out or blend in. What you want is for your display to stand out as well as get the message out to prospective customers in a way that is easy to understand. Using cool colours such as blue, white and green presents a professional image, but is not what you want because they blend in too easily. Colours such as red, yellow, and orange make a statement. Although you want to stand out, be sure to be careful with these colours because too much can be considered too strong by some.

'Using lighting can make an impact by doing things such as spotlighting a particular product or use lights to create an inviting atmosphere.

'Sound can be a great way to draw attention. Inviting music that does not disturb the owners of neighboring displays and doesn't fall entirely outside of your displays theme can be a great customer magnet.

However, be sure to focus on the task at hand, which is building revenue. By having booth workers focus on too much such as having giveaways, the fact that sales are the focus will be forgotten. By following these steps to creating a unique trade show display, you'll be in business in no time.